We love bowling at McRay lanes! Its always a fun time bowling, and the staff is friendly and helpful. We never have to wait long for food or a lane. read more

AMF McRay Plaza Lanes - Bowling Near Me - Chandler, Arizona

The general manager Rebecca runs a great center, the staff is always fun and friendly. I think it's a great center for league bowlers and any non bowler just looking to have fun read more

Amf mcray is amazing and a great place to bowl Jasmin and Rebecca are great lanes are good and the staff are friendly and helpful

Staff is really, really sweet. Great visit. Would come again just bc they made the experience personalized for the night!

Absolutely fantastic customer service. Well worth driving the extra few miles to bowl here instead of the Kyrene location. Well maintained lanes and approach areas as well. read more

Went bowling here today with my family to celebrate my mom's birthday. The general manager, Lewis, was amazing. He took us through the whole set up and they even had "happy birthday mom!" Running across our screen. They set up a party table and there was even a specialized menu for us due to celebrating a birthday. Update: they sang happy birthday to my mom over the loud speaker and gave her a birthday card. Um... speechless. They're amazing here! 10/10 would recommend coming here for a rolling good time. read more

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I've been a bowler for over 55 years! I've bowled in dozens of bowling alleys. I also have bowled in several leagues at McRay Lanes. It is a fantastic facility and the best bowling alley in Chandler, Tempe or Mesa! read more

Went to bowl with some friends who were already playing a game, we payed $55 for two of us and joined the lane next to them, the lane started glitching and not working or allowing us to play, because we had spent so much and there was only an hour till close, we went and asked if we could just get our money back because it wasn't worth it, the lady was really rude and said that without a receipt we couldn't get the money back (the other girl did not give us a receipt or offer one, and I watched her crush it up after our transaction) so we were left $60 out and did not play a single round of bowling read more

We went here on Sunday with a Groupon. 2 hours of bowling Including shoes 4 people $40. Crazy good deal. It was So fun. All the employees were sooo nice. Our server was the best. We had an issue putting our names in (user error) she helped us figure it out. They have an arcade area that was fantastic. Every game in new condition. Food and drinks were great. Ordered 100 ounce beer tube. I felt bad when I watched her bring it over, it was bigger than her. We all got some specialty drinks as well. Good price and they were amazing. If you're a drinker, get the blue Long Island iced tea. Wow! I really can't wait to go back. We go to the Main Event a lot. 3x more money and none of the employees care. Great fun! read more

AMF McRay Plaza Lanes - 100oz beer - Bowling Near Me - Chandler, Arizona

This is my favorite bowling alley in the valley. The staff here really makes it feel special. The servers are always very attentive and hustling around the house so your drink and food is always taken care of. Rebecca is wonderful in helping out as needed and making sure both experienced bowlers and new bowlers feel welcome. Also the layout of the seating here is much better than other houses IMO. No booths or swiveling attached chairs...just old school like it should be. read more

Customer service is mid. the woman with piercings in her lips doesnt know how to deescalate misunderstandings. the manager definitely need to reset her expectations with how to address situations when facing a ethnic individual. she gave attitude to my whole family that came and paid for the "entertainment". i dont know if ill be back but it will be a while before i do. read more

I was there on Wednesday with my family and the bartender was no where to be found when I finally found her she was behind the kitchen talking to the cook and completely ignoring me... so I went to the older lady running around with the lanes past the desk and she got me set up was super nice and made me feel welcomed you guys need eight more of her and none of the bartender to interested in talking to her friends then helping paying customers. read more

Dry lanes and stiff drinks. I would've given it a 3 star review, but the drinks are good, so I gave them a 4. I love how consistent AMF alleys are. The location is perfect. Always a good time bowling. The pool tables are decent. League night is great. America! read more

Took a group of 20 teenagers to bowl. Rebecca and her staff were amazing. Brooklyn took care of our food and beverages making sure everyone was happy. All said and done the kids had a great time. Would definitely recommend to my friends. read more

We came here on a whim (Sat night) to bowl because Main Event had a 3hr wait for lanes. Our only drawback was that the lane wasn't calculating the score/pins correctly. We didn't confirm until the last(3rd game) and getting 3 strikes in a row but they weren't counted as such. Otherwise, everything is made fresh at the snack bar. I got my chicken tenders tossed in wing sauce, which isn't on the menu. And everything came out HOT. The sweet chili wing sauce goes craazzzyyyy. Its so yummy and made w chili pepper flakes so it will def catch you in the back of the throat lol. Thanks for a good time and me not having to wait several hours to have fun w my family read more

Management needs a MAJOR NOT A MINOR STAFF overhaul. Sad because it could be an excellent facility! Joe at the bar is OUTSTANDING show him love! Staff sg John is an angry man who could use some counseling! Best wishes to the quality staff maybe it's time for some serious change at the top!! read more

Today I went in with great friends and had The best time and service. It's nice to call MCcray my home away from home. Food is always better than kyrene location. Rebecca is the sweetest always very helpful. read more

The folks working there are fantastic. We're not league bowlers, but we're always welcomed by kind and courteous staff. Helen the bartender/chef always gives us a hug and makes us feel like family. Of course she's always fast with her service too and always looking to help the next customer. These lanes are our favorite. read more

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Bowling is great food is as expected at a bowling alley mediocre Great deals on bowling Sunday evenings read more

Bartending staff was great, rest of it sucks. When one is trying to get several games in because you have a limited time or are with children, one doesn't have time to wait for the people in the lane next to you to take five minutes to wipe their four custom balls, adjust their wrist sleeve, review the pin locations, visualize their throw, and then, finally, bowl. If you want to play in a league, go ahead, but if you are playing for nothing at all, then don't start complaining that causals in the lanes around you are bowling as soon as the pin-guard is up. If you were really good, you won't be playing next to some kids playing bumper bowling. But the front desk folks are apparently deferential to "serious" players. That's fine, but then don't pretend you're a lane for causals and kids. read more

Perfect lanes.not to oily,and great pro shop.cedric gives the best advice.it is just great overall.

I've never been bowling before and I found unintentionally a good deal on groupon. Me and my boyfriend decided to go on a friday night, i know very stupid of us but we went up to the desk and we showed the lady our groupon and all she did was nod at us and give us such a rude look. Then after a few seconds she was like "ok well, i have a full house until 10 so" WITH THE RUDEST VOICE, so uptight and rude, like no need to be a bitch to a couple teens who want to have a good night. Like not my fault you're having a busy night. read more

After waiting a few minutes for someone to help us at the front, we were greeted quite rudely and then the worker was unnecessarily impatient with us until we got our lane. Then, the food in the picture cost $13.50 (in the picture we only ate 1 fry and didn't touch the chicken yet), which seems like a huuuge ripoff. read more

AMF McRay Plaza Lanes - Chicken tenders and fries - Bowling Near Me - Chandler, Arizona

We came here with our kids and my in laws. We made a reservation online. The staff - from the man grabbing the bowling shoes, to the manager and our server - were all extremely kind and welcoming. The facility itself is clean. The food was good - better than I expected for bowling alley food. The arcade is really small but the kids had fun. read more

NO STAR! They're suppose to serve food but they only have one old lady who manages to cook food, serve beer, drink to everyone playing which is about 50-75 people inside the bowling lane. I was 2nd in line and this old lady took the order from the person behind me IN FRONT OF MY FACE!!! And she was even mad when we questioned her what she was doing! We're missing our chance to enjoy bowling, patiently waiting for our turn, was in line for 30 minutes then this Person behind me hit his order then he went back bowling with his can of beer and order already being made! WTF! If you want people to come and play, respect the line in front of you! People walking with out their MASK ON! read more

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Someone needs to address the manager over this location. There is a manager on Friday nights named John, who would not speak to any of us league bowlers unless we were an officer in the league. When we approached the front counter we were talked over and told he would not explain anything to us unless we were an officer of the league. At one point he "dismissed" a server named Jayne in front of my whole team and the teams next to us because she was trying to get tickets fixed that were rang incorrectly from the bartender. He actually told her she was "dismissed". Who talks to an employee like that in general, much less in front of the people she waits on. Our tabs were all wrong. Was told a special for $3.50 was going on. We ordered the "special" and recieved a tab with $8.50 for EACH drink. Then there is the manager who says it's his center... pretty sure his name is Lewis (black guy). He likes to scream at the bowlers from the front desk. Has done this several times since he started here. He disappears once the league starts and then never shows back up. Not very personable to be a manager where you need to interact with customers. Maybe he needs to find something more suitable to his personality. Our league has had a meeting and discussed that many of us will not be coming back to this house. Management is rude. Our league sheets are never correct. The officers of this league are not the only ones that matter. We pay just as much as they do. read more

Obviously bowling is fun and every alley is pretty much the same however this is the second time we have had terrible customer service at this location. I'm pretty sure the guys name was Sean (tall, bald, Caucasian guy) both times was extremely rude and demeaning literally over a shoe size discussion. There's a bunch of bowling alleys near this location I would choose , and will choose from now on, one of the other AMFs if you don't want to be treated like shit while spending your money and trying to have a good time. Update: the alley reached out, offered us 2 free hours of bowling. We still chose to use that at a different ally. Please see that review for the experience (which was much better) so our decision to go to a new alley still stands. But thank you for making the situation right! read more

I took a group of teenage girls from our church for the Wednesday special. We didn't have any technical trouble with the lanes at all. Everything was clean and no stale smoke smell like when I was a kid. Kelly, the manager, was so accommodating and pleasant with us all. The girls enjoyed the music that was playing and they all had such a great time that we will definitely go back again. --Cam W read more

Great place, close to home. I was a bit disappointed by the decor, never mind the music. Pure static I hate to say. The concession stand was ok. To say I was out of my element is an understatement. Neither my kid not myself have really bowled (maybe twice each). Good thing he knew the scoreboard stuff thanks to his mad skills on the WII.. and my professional study of TV bowling came in handy as well. Whew. So let it suffice to say we were much clueless but had fun regardless. Great family place. read more

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Very disappointed in this place. My friend and I took our daughters there last night. He and I both have a 4 and 6 year old. It was league night - they put us on the very far end, as it was the only lane left. I'm not complaining about this - don't care which lane we bowl in. Less than half way through our game, the manager told us to keep our kids down because league players were getting "irate." We agreed to talk to our kids. As I was getting ready to bowl, I noticed they turned off our scoring monitor - THEY KICKED TWO DADS OUT BECAUSE THEIR DAUGHTERS WERE BEING TOO LOUD????!!! I didn't make a big deal out of it. My girls were tired and I was okay with leaving. When I turned in my shoes, the manager had the audacity to charge me for the one game. After I told I her I didn't understand because she kicked us out, she said she'd only charge for shoes. What a joke! I told her I shouldn't have to pay for anything. She begrudgingly agreed. I'm not a confrontational person - I was polite and never argued with her. I'm in total disbelief they would do something like this. My family and I will never return to this bowling alley. If they don't accept kids, they should say have a policy of not having kids on "league night." This is a bowling alley - not a country club! IF YOU HAVE KIDS, AVOID THIS PLACE AND GO TO MAIN EVENT. read more

We ended up here tonight because our regular lanes were closed for a private party. Loved that the music wasn't too loud. Some places have music so loud you can't have a conversation. The lanes were well maintained and we had no technical issues at all. Our night ended sooner than anticipated because of a large group of people who didn't know bowling etiquette. The way the management made it up to us was above and beyond. The best customer service I have experienced in years from any company. read more

5 stars for fun. I know there are cleaner, bigger and better bowling alleys. Too many people talk about Main Event. I didn't want to confuse the whole experience with laser tag and rock walls and other nonsense. This place is pure bowling alley fun. I wanted to bowl and this place had it perfect. At 7pm I would say half the lanes were open. By 9pm this place was nearly full and rocking. Great music great staff. The simple math on Saturday was $5 shoe rentals and $5 per game. We had five people and bowled two games which came to $50. Our shoes came to $25. $75 bucks or $79 with tax. Might sound expensive but just loads of fun. Relaxed bowling 2 games x 5 people took just over 2 hours. They have plenty of food and snacks we just got some sodas. They serve Pepsi products. They also have beer. read more

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This place has a great bowling but when it comes to covid regulations it's awful. The workers do not wear masks and walk up and talk to customers. Sky may not care about covid but some people do and you should not walk up to people and be in their face with no mask. read more

My normal lanes are the Tempe Village lanes (US60 and Rural). However, this one is closer to my house and I go when I just want to work on my game. I like these lanes, for some reason better than the TV lanes. Maybe it is fresher oil? Not sure but I have my two highest games scored here. No comments on the food, but seems like the normal food. I also like the bowling pro shop here. read more

Always a great time here! The staff is friendly and helpful. The place is always clean. The Summer bowling program for kids is great! read more

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Hit or miss. The lanes are well maintained and are oiled fairly regularly. The staff ranges from attentive and cordial to curt and dismissive. All in all, not a bad alley but could be better. read more

Horrible customer service. Put in a deposit two days ago for lanes for a birthday. My wife is pregnant and several people that were going aren't going now because of Arizona being on a State Of Emergency and National Emergency being declared. Several stores are closing down and most of the guests don't feel safe going to a public place. They don't want to be in an area were everyone is touching the bowling balls and have even the slightest chance of catching something. I will be looking into legal action since no one told us about not being able to cancel and even the manager said that they don't have to tell us. This practice has to be illegal and I will be talking to my lawyer. I bet I'm not the only person that has dealt with this. read more

We just came here the other day for Kids Fest. From the moment we were greeted until the time we left the staff was amazing! So kind, friendly, professional and accomadatting. We were in a lane next to a large family with several small kids. This family had no clue how to be respectful of the bowlers around them. They would allow their kids to dance around in our lane. They would have three adults and two or more kids up on the platform every time someone bowled. I only mentioned it to one of the ladies that worked here because she asked how everything was. She offered to move us immediately but I said we would see how it goes. Not long after that she came over to the family when she saw what was going on and told them to get off the platform. It was nice to see that they pay attention to details here. The bowling alley was clean and up to date. We will definitely be back! read more

Groupon brought a few of my friends here and I on a Thursday night for 2-hours of bowling. The facility is nice with plenty of room at each lane, a kitchen, bar area, games, the works. All the lanes were in good repair and easy to use, and we had a great time. I knock the score down a star for customer service. It wasn't appalling, but nobody was going out of their way for us either. We didn't get a very warm welcome when we arrived, due to a league coming in shortly... something that was not disclosed to us previously when we called to see if we needed to make a reservation and they said it was first come, first served. When we walked in to a nearly empty building, you can imagine our surprise to encounter such hesitation to let us use a lane. Although I didn't partake in the bar services, my friends complained of a bartender with a short attitude and the slowest drink making skills ever. The food was good, or at least on par to what you'd expect in a bowling ally or sports bar kind of kitchen. Overall, we had a great time and it made for a fun girl's-night-out. Hopefully I can take my husband some time soon and see if his bowling skills hold up to my hit or miss, "lucky strike" style of bowling! read more

Great place for league bowling and to come for some fun bowling... very limited on tvs though, if you want to watch a sporting event and bowl at the same time, this isn't the place. Staff is all very friendly though. read more

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