I have no idea what Blainbrook is like now, but I went there in 1978 and had a lovely time, despite having a terrible blistering sunburn from drinking all night (days before) and then laying all day in the sun slathered in baby oil and iodine (a blonde tanned woman lent this to me, a pale redhead). The blonde woman's friend who took me there said if I wasn't hobbling around with blisters behind my knees, he would make me dance. So we just sat back and had a nice time talking in the great atmosphere. I remember it looked nice too. It sounds like it's still a great place to go. I saw in some reviews that it had retro arcade games, and I hope that's still true. I grew up in the arcade atmosphere, and I still want a Galaga arcade game when I have room and money. :) read more

Always a joy to come to blainebrook! Every pinball machine you could imagine with actually fair prices! Great employees, and decent food. They also have a nice array of pool tables and a good sized bar/restaurant, arcade, and bowling. They even have Jolt! Awesome vintage vibe! Drive over an hour every time I visit, well worth it. read more

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Another awesome visit to Blainbrook! We tackled a solid variety of arcade games, air hockey, and enjoyed a few rounds of pool. The pinball selection here is truly next-level and our go-to spot. They have over 40 machines, and it's the main reason we keep coming back! The service is always great and the perfect family friendly atmosphere for us. read more

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This is a great place! It has so much and feels like a small town bar so there is great people watching. A friend and I came to play pool and have some drinks. We played a couple games and then went to the bar/restaurant area to eat. I got the mini corn dogs and loaded fries, both were great and you got a lot of corn dogs for the price! My friend enjoyed her california burger. We also got drinks, much more reasonably priced than the cities. Our server was fantastic as well and checked in on us frequently as we sat and visited for a few hours! read more

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Bavarian pretzel The Bavarian pretzel was spot on. It had a bready and chewy shell with a smooth pretzel flavor that didn't get overpowered with large salt pebbles. 4/5 Eggrolls. The eggrolls were fine. They were cooked well, but they may have been frozen before they were fried. Fine for a late night snack. 3/5 Breaded mushrooms The mushrooms were super moist and juicy. And they have a great flavor, but you must like mushrooms because they have a strong earthy after taste. 4.25/5. read more

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Jen and Keith the best bartenders.. Great bar food, cheap drinks and the ambiance is a vibe!

Went to here 2 times with big group of friends with discounted deal from Groupon coupon and I really loved my both 2 times experiences! Good huge bar with good choice of drinks, good view of bowling lanes, and huge arcade right by the bar. Easy to kill few hours with friends here! The workers are coooooooooooooool equally as the place is! read more

We really enjoy Blainbrook Bowl and Sports Bar. The Entertainment Center is referring to the banquet hall on the same property. Nice venue for large groups The bowling alley is very nice, lanes in good shape and great staff. The sports bar is just that. Lots of TVs, high top tables, 3 separate bars (not always all open) and a huge game room with pool tables and video games. Also they have more pinball machines than I've ever seen in an establishment. We had lunch in the bar. Great burgers, tots, fries etc. I had a turkey club on cranberry wild rice bread. Very nice! Our server was fantastic and we didn't have to wait for any beverages or food requests. And a bonus for me, they have PBR in bottles. Yup! read more

Can get really busy, luckily they have 3 bars! The service depends on business, gotta remember how busy it gets here constantly read more

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Went in to play pinball. Fastest tables ever could not believe the slant. And don't breath heavy on machines or they will tilt. read more

Experience was okay overall. As for the bill, we received a bill that wasn't separated and had a 20% gratuity charge added on which wasn't visible. The bill we received had an added tip on (not visible) and still asked for an additional tip. It was a very sketchy payment process, If we hadn't asked for an itemized receipt, we would have never seen these charges. If attending, ask for an itemized bill, which will show the automatic tip added on. It was our first time here and it left a very sour taste in our mouths. read more

Does not understand the difference between a B card in minnesota and a driving restriction. And per the "manager" that it's left to the bar staff to decide, when we have been served alcohol on previous visits. read more

This a such a fun place to go for drinks and a good time with friends or family. The place is huge! We came here for drinks and games on a Sunday night, St. Patty's Day actually. It was fairly busy because of this but usually it's pretty quiet. There are four nice pool tables that are two dollars per game. They are located in the arcade area where there are numerous pinball machines to play, and I mean at least two rows to choose from. They also have other arcade games, including claw machines, buck hunter, etc. Poker was happening this particular Sunday night. We also went bowling. It was only $6 for shoes and six games of cosmic bowling!! Isn't that crazy?? That is so cheap! The drinks are made pretty strong and tasty which is always a plus. We did not try any food this night, but they have a big menu of food if you are hungry. Everyone working here is friendly and services you if you're down bowling too. This place is fun and affordable for everyone. read more

Excellent food and drink variety and service. The highlight here is their extensive selection of pinball machines, and vintage arcade games.

Always appreciate the food. But last night my boyfriend and I were subjected to obnoxious men having loud conversations, using swears and slurs like "faggot" and "douchebags." I'm glad we didn't bring my 7 year-old this time. We held our tongues, on the way out they whispered and gestured behind our backs. Very uncomfortable, offensive, not safe. To the staff...I know these are locals but keep the space positive, friendly, welcoming to ALL. Do better. I've posted on social media, several are done with your establishment now. Go to Matt's for your juicy Lucy, everyone. read more

Now and forever referred to in our family as Suck-E-Cheese. If you're going for games, half will be out of order. If you're going for food? Good luck. When we went the waitress informed me their "grill was down" I opened my mouth to ask additional questions and she turned on her heel and stormed off. I tried to get the attention of several other wait staff only to be ignored. Upon finally getting ahold of someone I was told that they could only do fried food but it would be at least an hour late. Not wanting to waste any more of my day we refused and I just had drinks. Upon asking for the tab they finally informed us that it wasn't much of a weight anymore for fried appetizers but by this time it was too late. We went down the street and had lunch. Utterly disappointing. *Returned today 3/12/22 Finally got a waitress after almost half an hour. Told its at least an hour for food. Last time coming here. read more

don't get much better than this. bowling, arcade games, pinball. great staff and something u can bring the whole family too

I'm with Tone J on this one. While the bowling is nice if you want to bowl, I'm making the drive up for the pinball. Seriously. If you like pinball, you WILL piss yourself when you walk through that door. They have everything and they have many. I mean MANY! From old school machines to the recent stuff. It is awesome. Sure the prices vary (25 cents to a $1) but who ever thought that one day you could play an AC/DC pinball machine and then pick the song YOU want to hear play when it's YOUR turn? Too f'n cool. Plus the game itself has some fantastic pin action. My usual routine is this: Get a beer. Find a machine and load up some credits. Play like mad. Ball drains. Give the machine a bump and cuss as I try to save it. Undo my pinball stance and step aside. Take a drink from previously mentioned beer. Watch my bud as he has his run. Repeat. I'm telling ya life is good when I'm at Blainebrook playing pinball with my boy Tone Job. read more

Went there for a burger, but it was so busy that the waitress said it was an hour for food. I had appreciated the waitress telling us this, and she was very kind in explaining it. She even comped our pop that we got before we left. I would give this place another try. read more

All you can bowl Friday and Saturday nights. We love the servers here as well. Keith is very friendly and gets the orders to us fast every time. He's also good at recommending drinks for us because we like to try new drinks. There's an arcade on one side, bar on one side, and many bowling lanes. read more

Clean, friendly knowledgeable staff. Fun graphics on scoreboard. Bowling alley food is the best! Just a picture of the lanes. read more

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Great food and good prices on bowling. My kid is in Jr league and they are so good to the kids

My neighbor and compadre go bowling weekly, usually on Thursday afternoon. Our routine is to bowl about 2-3 games, order food, and play a few Pulltabs. We want to share the laurels of "Jenny," the bartender who we cannot say too much about; she's wonderful. She tends to a bar, plays a waitress, and keeps all of her customers happy. WE LOVE JENNY! We just had an experience and the Ol Piper Inn in Blaine, which was terrible customer service, an incident that the manager on evenings was totally unwilling even to explore, and then the day manager Kiley came off like my complaint was simply a customer "whining" bout poor service. Then, Jenny, who makes the experience always wonderful! read more

Over the years, the owners have put some money into the place. New tile floors, new TV's with high def DIRECTV, and they moved a wall to make the bar bigger. It's still has most of its old charm, but is a much nicer place to be. Still a good value for happy hour drinks. However, the food has gotten very expensive, and in some cases inconsistent in quality. This is the only thing they really need to improve on. Overall it is a good place to hang out. Great bartenders and staff. Good place for families, because they have a huge game room and massive selection of pinball machines. And of course the bowling alley. read more

Went to this establishment on a Thursday night for some appetizers and drinks. Bowling seemed like a lot of fun and it really is impressive just how many games there are! I liked the food (sampler) but the reason this is getting such a low score was because of the service. Our waitress came and took our drink orders and disappeared for about 10 minutes. When she came back with our drinks, she took our food order. Again, we only ordered appetizers but it took a lot longer than expected. When we were done, our plates sat there until we asked for boxes to go. She brought back one bill without asking if it needed to be split, which it did. No box. She came back with the separate bills. No box. She tossed our bills at the table which just added to my irritation because SHE STILL DIDN'T BRING ME A BOX! I will have to try this again but I hope that there will be better service. I don't need you to call me the Queen but I do expect better service than what she provided. read more

The only thing "jumbo" about the jumbo Bavarian pretzel is the amount of disappointment you'll have after ordering it. This is a food court quality pretzel - not the JUMBO pretzels that many restaurants are serving these days. Also - there was no salt on it. Boo. Total waste. read more

I joined my brother and his friends for beverages. I was not that hungry but decided to try the queso. I heard the cherch and Chong burger was the best. So they order it and I tasted it. It was so good! The queso needs a little onion or jalapeno but its tasty! The service was good, drinks were priced well for happy hour and I think I might bowl here sometime! I reccomend this place for small groups that want to get together, or maybe even date night! Good job Blainebrook! read more

These guys are so cool to host the "Pinball Tournament" every month. Allowing an outlet for Pinball enthusiasts to gather and compete on a regular basis. Cheers to them & Thanks to Valleri Tell em the ZERO sent ya. read more

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Easily the largest pinball machine collection I've been able to find in the Minneapolis area. They have a handful of typical bar-beat-up arachnid Galaxy 2 dart boards. Those are saddled with about 10 classic arcade games (asteroids, centipede, but the rest appeared to be a handful of hacks). They have a nice GT2015 Live, Deal no Deal, the rest is can't remember. Food was typical bar burgers, fried stuff, and some other conventional dinner items (ribs, prime rib, etc) that I generally avoid when I'm in a bar. They have about 12 beers on tap. Service was pretty good. Decor is your average bar with 80's influence and music in the background. They have 24 bowling lanes, but we didn't go there to bowl. Make sure you take notice, the pins take quarters. So don't dump your cash in the wrong change/exchange machines. They have two for tokens only and two for quarters. We didn't make that mistake, but if it's your first time, ask for help like we did. Prior to asking for help, both change/quarter machines were lit "out of order". The condition of their pins are a mix of good and so-so. The Rudy in the Funhouse doesn't talk, the play field of the 8-ball deluxe was shredded, their Freddy was titled and my in-experienced wife dropped $1 in it before she noticed. The Monster Bash, Attack from Mars and another had a nice color DMD upgrade and played nice. They have a nice Wizard of Oz, but I must stink at this game because my games lasted less than 2 minutes and all it did was gobble our money faster than we could blink. Maybe we just had a bad night, but golly I've never seen so many unlucky drains in my life. The pins/flippers played un-usually fast and on more than several occasions we lost balls on play resume where the balls seemed aimed right thru the flipper gap. I was really enjoying Whirlwind and oops, ball pops up and jams in between a ramp and toy. I tried to get it loose, and the machine tilts. People seemed to really be enjoying the new Kiss table. Overall we had a fun time and we will be back sometime. read more

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AWFUL service. Waitress was absolutely rude and when we asked for water she replied "front desk" as it was out at the front desk. When we asked for a sampler platter of food, she replied, "kitchen is closed"... very cold and rude. Oh and our lane had one bumper that wasnt working. Very unhappy with the service here. read more

We came in to do some bowling and we went to the desk to get our shoes and buy a couple games The man who was working there was talking to a woman when we arrived, and after standing at the desk for a few minutes waiting to be acknowledged, we said hello. He turned his head around and rudely said, "hey I'm talking here." It just seemed like we were an inconvenience to him, when he could have simply said that he would help us soon when we got there, instead of completely ignoring us until we said something and then responding rudely. Needless to say we left without bowling. Thanks! read more

everyone here is miserable and they display that by treating everyone here like garbage! if you hate yourself, this is the place for you. want to be scammed out of $50 even though it is clear you tipped in cash and scribbled out the tip line on the credit card receipt? want to wait a total of 2 hours for food you'll be charged for and didn't receive? come on down! they value their tips and that's it, oh shit i mean their guests, so very much! read more

Used Groupon to go bowling for our family Christmas weekend . Staff was friendly the food was good. The pizza was huge we will be coming back soon read more

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've been going to Blainbrook for about two years now and there's been two instances where it has failed to exceed customer service. The first one happened about a year ago with their bartender name Dede/Dee. I politely asked, if they had a menu and she rudely responded " We dont have a menu and I dont have time to tell you our whole menu, there's other people waiting, it's not just you! ". It was a simple question that could've been dealt with better customer service and manners. Second instance, happened this year when the guy at the front desk (much younger gentlemen) told me that there was going to be a wait. There were no resistance there as I understood peak hours were happening. I've waited for about an hour and I saw that there were two new customers he was consulting with, asking for lanes. Before I knew it those two customers were placed in a lane before me. It seems like blainbrook hasnt changed in customer service with my tenure there. A bummer because it's a local alley for me. There's no problems with the lanes/for me. Owner seems nice but their staff seriously needs a lot of work. If you go, dont be surprise if customer service is bad. read more

Great place for bowling. Super friendly staff. Love Keith the main counter person. The alley is a little dated when it comes to the layout. They are working hard to update. And they do have a few employees that only work their because their parents own the place. I say this because they talk to you like they are doing you a favor by being their. One has even yelled at me. The rest of the staff makes up for those few. I would go here over the one down the street. If you want to bowl. The food is your standard bar food. Good if you want a burger or an appetizer. Drinks are priced good. Depending on the bartender depends if you get a weak drink or strong. read more

Blainbrook has become one of our favorite places!! Makayla, Missy and Bri are great. We love the drinks, Chicken strips and Cheech & Chong burger... OH AND THE TOTS with ranch. read more

My family visited Blainbrook on a Sunday morning right at 9. Staff members were friendly and helpful, bowling in the mornings is super cheap and the place was clean. Its a really old building but the bowling area is pretty well updated. We played with a 2.5 year old and the bumpers popped up just at his turn and they had plenty of ramps for little ones to use. We will absolutely be back! read more

went there for 13th birthday party. bowling and games were very fun and the food was good too

My boyfriend and I were in town visiting my parents over the holiday and wanted to get out of the house. We drove by this place and saw that the parking lot was pretty full so we decided to check it out. To our surprise they had a bowling special: buy 2 games, get one free plus is was happy hour time too! We had a couple of drinks, some snacks and enjoyed our super cheap games of bowling. The place was a good time and we'd love to go back when we are in town again. Oh and the giant room of pinball machines was awesome too! Such a good time. read more

PINBALL MACHINE ALERT!! Literally they have 50 machines from old to new! It's a bar, bowling alley and arcade all in one! The food is your typical bar food and it's always good. Service is solid (Mary is the bomb) and they are experienced. They have a ton of games to play from old school to new. The bowling alley is solid and they have a ton of lanes. Pool tables too. They also have poker on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Paul who runs it does a great job. I've always enjoyed my time when I'm there. read more