Castro Village Bowl

My friend, her dad, and I decided to go bowling here. We live in Fremont and had to commute here because Cloverleaf Bowling at Fremont is permanently closed because it couldn’t survive the COVID pandemic. We want to come here because of how reasonable the bowling game prices are compared with other bowling alleys. It’s $5-6 per bowling game. Even though that the place is not as fancy, it follows the same gameplay (10 frames per game) It also has a food court, but I decided not to eat there because the food items are a bit pricey, but that’s not what really matters. Maybe next time. There was a time when our lane had a problem setting the pins. So, we had to ask the staff to fix it, and it got to the point that we have to go to a different lane due to technical issues. The good news is that our scores are saved after doing that. It was a fun experience bowling with my friend and her dad and I would come back here again. Hopefully, I can score over 100 even though I suck haha!

I expected a more updated design in the middle. The light is kind of gloomy and the atmosphere is not comfortable. In general, we had a fan. I myself have been in America recently and I don't know how things are set up here, but at my home in Ukraine, the bowling alley workers offer clean new socks. The shoes that were given to us are not new... and it remains unknown to me whether the shoes undergo some kind of cleaning or not? So I didn't like that moment with the socks. I did not feel comfortable.

Honestly as far as some of the closer bowling alleys I've been to, even though this place is a bit farther from me but I would say pricing, ambient, cleanliness, and even looking at the menu for food is great! So I would say this is such a nice location of bowling for those in the Bay Area! I do hope to come back next time and try the food, looks like there's many more options rather than the just the usual bowling snacks and food.