This place is for having a good time and throwing strikes with friends. Stayed pretty late. Had a…read moreblast despite the flavored tobacco smells and the babies at the bar at 11:30 p.m. This place is pretty rad. 5 out of five, would return. Great music.

A few weeks ago, we had a birthday party for my husband here. He randomly wanted a bowling party,…read moreand neither of us have been for a long time. We ended up having a fantastic time, and I was really happy with how the party went. The man who booked it for us, I think the owner, was really nice and helpful and in the booking process. I was extra happy when, after I picked a package and gave him a number of people, he allowed me to only pay for the food of the people not bowling despite the package being a set price for food, bowling, and shoes. I expected to pay a flat rate for all, despite my parents not wanting to bowl, so I thought it was kind that he didn't have me pay for them for bowling. The party went off without a hitch! Everyone got shoes and they put us in a couple lanes on the side of the alley so it was more private. They also dimmed the lights so we got to have midnight bowling. Our food package included pizza, wings, salad, and pop. I also added on some nachos and fries, and I was able to have a tab at the bar for pitchers of beer. Speaking of the beer, they had a wide selection of them available for pitchers, including many local and some hard cider! The food was set up right behind the lanes for us so we didn't even need to leave them to eat. I wouldn't expect a bowling alley to have really good food, but we all loved it and my family, often picky about wings, were raving about them. Overall, the experience was lots of fun, prices very reasonable, and friendly and helpful staff. Best part - the 90s playlist they had playing throughout, giving us the most fun nostalgia boost!! If you are looking to have a great time for a party, I recommend!!

We recently went here for evening bowling. It was amazing! The staff was exemplary. From the moment…read morewe arrived until we left they were attentive and friendly. They gave us complimentary popcorn, registered us by phone and followed up with us twice to see if we were enjoying our experience. The manager, Wayne, introduced himself to us and had a card for my step sister whose birthday had been a few days before. The card included several free bowling tickets! Everyone that worked there was super attentive from Aliza, who manages sales to Wayne to the entire front of house staff. The space itself is clean and inviting and they even gave us a 10% discount on our game. Our evening was fantastic and the four of us have decided that we will go back monthly. Truly the best customer service. You won't be disappointed!

AMF Airport Lanes in Cheektowaga feels like someone took a perfectly serviceable neighborhood…read morebowling alley, handed it to a private-equity consultant, and asked, "How can we make this more expensive, less pleasant, and vaguely resemble an abandoned Dave & Buster's?" Bowling alleys used to be honest institutions. You entered a windowless building that smelled like lane oil, cigarettes absorbed during the Clinton administration, and fryer grease of uncertain provenance. You paid a reasonable amount of money, rented shoes last disinfected during the Carter administration, bought a pitcher of domestic beer, and bowled. Nobody demanded your email address. Nobody tried to enroll you in a "rewards experience." The scoring screen displayed your score instead of repeatedly suggesting that you purchase a mozzarella-based appetizer. Now the entire place radiates corporate enshittification. Everything has been "enhanced," "streamlined," and "reimagined," which means the lights are darker, the music is louder, the prices are higher, and there are fewer employees available to explain why your lane has stopped working. The bowling itself--the actual reason the building exists--feels almost incidental, like an inconvenient legacy feature that management has not yet figured out how to replace with a subscription. You can practically see the consultants' PowerPoint deck: convert community recreation into a "premium social entertainment experience"; replace straightforward pricing with packages; make every surface glow blue; rename ordinary food; extract the maximum possible revenue from each person before the lane malfunctions. A cheeseburger is no longer a cheeseburger. It is an "artisan lane-side dining experience," apparently assembled from the same Sysco ingredients but now priced like it received an undergraduate degree. And this is Airport Lanes in Cheektowaga--not a rooftop nightclub in Manhattan. I should not need to consult a financial adviser before taking two people bowling near Genesee Street. This is supposed to be the democratic beauty of bowling: a sport equally accessible to serious league bowlers, families with children, intoxicated coworkers, and people who throw the ball with both hands and somehow score 170. It should not feel like surge-priced recreation administered by an airport concessionaire. The saddest part is that the bones of the old bowling alley are still visible underneath all the corporate lacquer. You can sense that this was once a genuine local gathering place: leagues, birthday parties, cheap beer, elderly men with personalized balls, and regulars who knew exactly which lane had a slight pull to the left. That culture still exists, but now it has been trapped inside a glowing corporate shell designed to monetize "fun" in fifteen-minute increments. This is the lifecycle of everything now. A normal business develops a loyal customer base by providing a decent service at a fair price. A corporation acquires it, centralizes everything, fires or underpays the people who understood the place, raises prices, introduces an app, degrades the core product, and then acts bewildered when customers stop coming. Eventually, management announces another "bold transformation," which invariably involves fewer employees, more screens, and a new fee. I do not need AMF Airport Lanes to be an immersive entertainment destination. I need it to be a bowling alley. Turn on the lanes. Maintain the equipment. Charge a sane price. Serve cold beer and edible fried food. Let Cheektowaga bowl in peace. Not every human activity needs to be converted into a frictionless, data-driven revenue funnel managed from a corporate office in another state.

Let me start this off by saying... I DONT EVEN BOWL ! Lol spare time is just a great place with…read moreeven better food. The bar set up is very nice along with all the craft beers they have on tap, the staff is always friendly and attentive not to mention the cook is the best and the food is always delicious !

Went to bowl a few games on a rainy Sunday afternoon. It is a great place. It is clean, well-lit,…read moreand really nice and cozy inside. It has 12 alleys in it. I love it and will definitely be back.

I used to bowl here in high school and college, but hadn't been back in years. The lanes have since…read morebeen renovated and everything really looks nice on both the inside and outside. The bar also has a good selection of beers, as well as food. I would definitely come back here again to bowl and for a bite to eat and a drink.

I started bowling here when I was a teenager. I grew up in Williamsville New York and my friends…read moreand I would frequent here. I always got the prize for lowest score! lol Someone has to be on the bottom

Five star review for five star lanes. Cheap AF. Prolly won't be busy when you walk in, but that's a…read moregood thing. Only complaint is the smell of cheese outside.

From the owner: 18 Lane Bowling Alley & Sports Bar Drink Specials at our 12…read moreHigh Def TV Sports Bar Pool table Games, dartboard, much more to come

We don't live in the area, but we had dinner at Texas Roadhouse and decided to bowl here…read more The price was just ok at $29 for 2 games on a Friday night. But I found the place in need of an update. It was clean, and didn't take me long to find a ball. But the shoes and laces were so old. The laces were crumbling as I tied them. The screens didn't have any fun selections to choose from. A couple of times, a pin would randomly fall before taking the turn bowling.

So, I normally go here to have fun. I could've rated this 5 stars, but lane 29 SUCKS. We went there…read moreas a giant group just to hangout. We got that lane 29, and halfway through our second game, it just wouldn't reset on our second turn. The playlist a little weird tho

Great, clean place for bowling. Good food, inexpensive drinks. You can reserve lanes online. Highly…read morerecommend!

Food good food atmosphere bowling just all around "Cheers" atmosphere service was great. Alot of…read morework done to this facility and more to come I guess in 2025

Just finished a seasonal bowling league here- great atmosphere, cheap drinks and games (price does…read morerange by day and time though), and genuinely really delicious food. I tried a chicken parm sub, chicken quesadilla, and funnel cake fries over the course of the league's run- all were SUPER good, especially for a bowling alley. Oh, and if you went on the right night they also were projecting the Sabres playoff games over a few of the lanes which was a really nice touch while we were playing. Would definitely recommend!!

These lanes are kept up well and are always running with zero issues. The staff is friendly and the…read morecustomer service is great. The food is exceptional compared to other bowling alleys. They are open from noon to 11pm most nights. I recommend this place to anyone that loves bowling.