We came here to celebrate my niece's cowboy-themed birthday party and had such a fun time! The theme made it even more special, and the atmosphere was perfect for a celebration. We ordered pizza, beer towers, and pitchers of pop, and everything was great. The environment was lively, and it was a great spot for a group gathering. The staff overall was friendly and the vibe was really enjoyable. The only downside was that our server only stopped by about twice during our visit, so service could have been a bit more attentive. Just a heads up for anyone going--gratuity is automatically added to the bill as part of their policy. Overall, we had an amazing time. The energy, the atmosphere, and the experience made it memorable. I would definitely go back--great place for parties and celebrations! read more

Attended a child's bowling birthday party here and it was well organized! The young employee had the energy to capture the attention of the children and gave suggestions on how go spice things up. The party room was clean, pizza was delivered by a robot, and kids had the option of what type of candy they wanted to top their cupcakes with. So cute! read more

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This bowling alley is very nice! The inside is clean and updated. There is an arcade here, full bar, and easy parking. The food was good! They have typical bar food but it wasn't overly greasy! They offer laser tag as well, but I didn't try the out today. We went on a Sunday and the Lions game was playing on the big screen, so you don't have to miss out on the game to have fun with your family. The kids had fun in the arcade when they got tired of bowling, which allowed the adults to keep bowling competitively against each other. The party area has very nice, comfy benches that are roomy for the family. Deals run on Tuesday for $20/person for bowling and laser tag! read more

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Great place great atmosphere great service. Great everything I strongly. Recommend them for fun and entertainment with your family and friends. read more

They were quick and affordable and got back to me within 7 hours when I messaged them at midnight.

We hosted a small birthday celebration here and really enjoyed the experience. We rented two VIP lanes for 2 hours and had a great time! Our waitress was attentive and super friendly. We ordered a few pizzas, baskets of fries and drinks. There is even a gluten free pizza that received rave reviews, which was good for our gluten free guests. For vegans I believe it's just the French fries on the food menu that is available. Front desk staff was also friendly and helpful when asking questions about planning our event. There's quite a few lanes available between standard and VIP and every single one of them was packed and busy. It's a popular place on the weekends especially. The other games and activities we didn't explore but there was a lot of kids in the arcade area which is a nice option while you wait. It has an elevated bowling alley feel and I would definitely bowl here again. read more

Escape Entertainment Center - Glow bowling VIP lane - Arcades Near Me - Troy, Michigan

It's a family fun cute bowling alley. We enjoyed it there. Well maintained. We played 5 games and not once our ball got stuck. Would highly recommend read more

Strike! What an awesome Bowling alley. After coming here for a family gathering I must say, I was quite surprised. Not only does this place boast plenty of parking. The interior itself is really clean. We played a game of bowling, which by the way, was awesome. I also tried my luck at a few of the arcade games and a round of laser tag. Every activity was a lot of fun! The staff was really nice as well. We ordered different food ranging from Quesada Wraps to Chicken Wings, all the way to Burgers. Everyone enjoyed their meal and had a great time as well. Overall - tons of fun, great music, clean restrooms, and great staff. I'll be back! read more

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One of the worst experiences was at escape last night. We had reservations at 730, we came here what we thought was going to be a fun family outting, there was 14 of us including my 4 kids (5& under) and my nephew who is 1. My kids love to bowl, matter of fact, I even had my son's birthday here a couple years ago. But last night we were treated so poorly, we had two lanes right infront of the check in desk, the manager, CASS, I believe that's her name, came to us numerous, first was that the lane next to us was complaining that "we were in their lane and to try not to walk by their lane" if you've been there, the lanes are all pretty tight and next to each other, so yes maybe we collided a couple times, no interference with their bowling game whatsoever but it does happened where my foot or possibly my Toddlers foot stepped into the sitting area, I mean it's a busy Friday night.. we said okay Then my brother had a vape (breeze), he smoked it once and this girl cass rannnnn like someones chasing after her to telll him he can't do that, okay understandable, but again in a rude tone. Then my kids who are VERY well behaved and truly enjoy bowling, we're bowling, who had a bumper lane, one bowled in the Dino slide, and the ball was going down the lane, and my 3 year old who was next up to bowl, threw his ball after him, so it was one after the other, here comes CASS again, "YOU CANT THROW TWO BALLS AT ONCE" Okay cass, the bowling police, they are KIDS! There were so many other kids doing the same, but this girl said if she comes back one more time she's going to close our lanes.. unbelievable, my brother went and complained about the people next to us because they were just being so rude and they kept walking in our lane and I see cass gently going to them laughing with them, saying to them "hey they complained just like you guys did" and was just so nice to them, very different then when she approached us like 5x. Mind you, the people that "complained" were also smoking weed pens, two didn't have the proper shoes, but cass says nothing to them. But to us, she was watching us like a hawk, very disturbing. We came here for a family outting, she ruined our night, my kids night, my parents and siblings. Oh and we gave them a card to put on hold for food, they lost the card. It was terrible. Her and that manager with buzzed hair, tall & skinny, both disgusting & racist. I will never step foot there, let alone give them my business. Do me a favor, and just don't waste your time with racist people like this, that don't know how to run a bussiness and hire insufficient staff. read more

There are 23 alleys in here. The inside is clean and not too heavily populated. There's also an arcade room to the left of the bowling alleys. They also have a artisan restaurant to the right. Not a bad place to do a few rounds and get a few strikes in. read more

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I get why they named it escape. I have never wanted to escape more. The smell of cheap beer and cheese wiz fume up from the unclean carpet. When it comes to the activity of bowling I have mixed feelings. I enjoy it when I am under the influence of either marijuana, lcd, cocaine, shrooms or alcohol. Sadly this was not one of those experiences (it was a family affair). I went to pick out my ball and could not find a large twelve. Big fingers matter too escape. If you don't have big enough balls what else are you compensating about. We got the tater tots and pretzels. I didn't eat any of them but I heard they where good. Can't say on that front. The bowling was average. It was an ok bowling alley. Usually gripping balls comes naturally but I lost all my talents in this building. I put a picture of the person next to us score because I was to embarrassed to look at mine. The crowd was a lot of children and adults drinking alcohol. There was also a fun person who gave me pure enjoyment to watch bowl. You go girl. If you like bowling this place is for you go for it. But if not steer clear friends. Stay safe out there. Oh yeah on the gas or ass scale I would say ass but that is purely personal and not at all business. Until the next review tonight. read more

Escape Entertainment Center - Score - Arcades Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Pretty decent space to get a group together. Fun facts include an arcade space, a separate area for private parties, and they have some fun lights for night games. One hour game is about $26 and $3 to rent bowling shoes. Seems like they are running low on staff as it took a minute to get some menus and for refills on the fountain drinks. We ordered a large cheese pizza which was very salty and so were the fries we ordered. We came here once before and the pizza was actually pretty good so I think just this time was a miss. The mozzarella sticks were delicious though so I gave them an extra star for that and also because I happened to get a strike that night, so the lanes must be great read more

Escape Entertainment Center - Cheese pizza- large - Arcades Near Me - Troy, Michigan

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The white guy with crooked teeth was super rude whole time while bowling and I've never been disrespected so much in my life just kept coming up asking me to not bowl a certain way .. read more

What kind of incompetent management allows reservations while turning away paying customers--especially when half the lanes are empty? Showed up, only to be told we couldn't bowl because someone might show up in 40 minutes. So instead of letting actual, present customers play, they'd rather let lanes sit unused. The wait? Possibly an hour. The logic? Nonexistent. This place prioritizes imaginary customers over real ones. Absolutely ridiculous. read more

Love this place excellent food and drinks to top it off! Love Escape bowling in Troy, MI!

Pretty cool fun place! It was busy when we went there and we still got food and drinks, etc. I was happy to see a guide on ball size and plenty to choose from. I'd definitely return should we do that again! read more

I have been coming to this place since it opened as it is super close to home and there are several games that my 3 year old loves to play. It also gives me an excuse to indulge in my vice their coin pusher game. They keep it pretty clean and the machines work consistently. My only gripe is that some staff can be a bit stuffy and sometimes aren't that helpful. One instance was when I went bowling with the boy and they did not help me move the bowling ball roller to my lane. Also, as they only had two plastic dragon rollers, I was forced to use a metal one that fell apart. Finally, when I tried to put it together, I ended up cutting my hand. All the while the older fellow at the desk just sat and watched. At least he gave me a band-aid. I still had a great time, but the experience put me off. Also on later visits, I have seen other staffers help families move the ball rollers. Overall, I think this is a nice place for a party for kid or adult as they have luxury bowling facilities as well. I hope the keep it going. read more

This place is amazing! It's clean, the prices are great and staff is nice! I will never go to any other bowling alley!!

Great drinks great food friendly staff I had a great server today named kourtney she really had great service she made sure my glass was never empty and made sure that my visit was a good one read more

Don't give this place long before shut down. Games are limited and haven't been updated since they have been open. The manger is one of the rudest people personally dealt with. Told us one thing and when we came in he said he doesn't remember me. It was 5 days ago. Wants you to book and pay for a party and won't refund if someone can't make it because of Rona. Example went down to 2 lanes needed rather then 3 because kids that rsvp came in contact with someone and are now quarantined. Prices are also a bit high with no deals ever. Very disappointed, and the name is bothersome. Don't even have an escape room!!! Terrible customer service by management, terrible pizza read more

Escape Entertainment Center - Looks like escape room but surprisingly doesn't have any - Arcades Near Me - Troy, Michigan

They did a great job remodeling Troy Lanes!! There is no escape room in here though, it's just the name of this bowling alley! They also have a new arcade room filled with nice prizes and a laser tag in here (up to 24 players!) - which is fun and affordable! They also have full restaurant and bar available. This is a great place to have some fun with your friends! On Monday night after 6pm, it only costs $2/per game and $2 to rent bowling shoes. On Sunday night after 6pm, you get two hours of unlimited bowling for $8. There are some other specials during the week that I haven't yet taken advantage of. I recommend coming here and checking it out; you won't be disappointed! The bowling alley was clean and the employees were friendly. We always have a great time here and looking forward to coming back soon! read more

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Ok so the bowling is fun the place is organized and family friendly I liked how they hand anti bacterial sanitizer on all tables BUT DO NOT ORDER ANY FOOD hamburgers were dry and have no flavor Chicken sandwiches was dry looked like they took chicken nuggets soaked them in franks hot sauce and melted cheese on top Fries you can poke someone eye out read more

So Me And My Father And My Brother Went To Escape There games are fun but the power sadly went out and we went to get drinks went it turned back on and the customer service is a little bad we got there first and they kept ignoring us? Which was not nice. read more

The game is fun and the FOOD was SO good. I have literally brought friends here 4 separate times just for the food made by Chef Lupe! I don't know how much he makes but he definitely needs a raise!! Just met him for the first time and he says everything is made from scratch. It's not your average bowling food and I'll definitely be coming again. Here's a picture of our dessert read more

Escape Entertainment Center - Nutella pizza and brownie skillet! Both so good - Arcades Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Veronica was 5 stars as our server for dinner; everything else went downhill fast. I made reservations at 1130 for a party of 10 at 7 pm for Cosmic bowling. Showed up at 530 to feed the troupe and here is where troubles began. - It took the wait staff almost 10 minutes to realize that we had not been served. - Kitchen was unable to provide the correct meal, twice to one of our party due to not having the correct ingredients. - Kitchen was not able to provide large pizzas, even though I specifically asked about this when I made reservations. - Cosmic bowling is supposed to start at 7; when I asked Nikki at the counter about when this was going to start, I was told "I've been really busy." I could dismiss the food issues and go back for the bowling, videos games and whatnot for the littles, but customer service was poor. Management needs to take a round turn on their staff, give them the tools they need to succeed and give an amazing experience to customers. I, and our group, will not return. There are better options available. read more

I don't normally review places that aren't restaurants but I came here last night with a group and it was so much fun! The food and drinks were great and so was the special they were running for unlimited bowling for an hour. It seems new inside which is nice too. I even got to play with the dog that's always there :) they just need to invest in new shoes and this place would be a 5/5! read more

We had our kids birthday party here and it was perfect!! They were very professional and made it so easy. Rebecca helped me from beginning to end. read more

Place is absolutely gorgeous and really amazing atmosphere. Has a whole private room for events too. You can tell it's a fun place to go with friends get some drinks, food and bowl. Other bowling alleys you can tell leagues play I feel this is more for just fun. Has a arcade and laser tag. Ended up bowling and then playing laser tag. Highly recommend doing laser tag so fun and we played for about 30 min fun course. Bowling was just ridiculous expensive when you know you can go somewhere else and play per lane. Here you pay per person ended up being about $30 for two people. The staff seemed a little unpleasant but I mean who isn't right now being so short staffed. They shut our game off because we had one extra player in the middle of our second game, which as a bowler you know thats not cool if your on a streak, instead of just asking us if someone wouldn't mind coming to talk to the front cause someone still owes money. Like I said just a little unpleasant but cool place still. Probably won't go back unless it's for the laser tag. read more

Paid for the "V.I.P" section only to get ZERO v.i.p treatment. There was not a single waitress/waiter in this section. We had to hunt down the manager, bartender, and front desk to receive any sort of service. Avoid this place. Not worth the money what so ever! Also, instead of understand that they have awful service they accuse us of being drunk (via the "managers" comment). And we couldn't even get our drinks in enough time to get drunk ! Extremely unprofessional. read more

very clean. friendly staff. yummy French fries! we were an adult family group and we had a great time! can't wait to come back for more fun times!! read more

The front desk people were very kind and helpful. Shout out to Nikki for finding us in the restaurant area when our name were called and setting us up. She was sweet and helpful. We were told an hour and a half wait but was actually about 40 minutes so we brought our food to alley tables. The lanes got very busy on a Saturday night but never once did a waitress come to our table. That kind of bummed me out but the bus boys did clean off our table and were polite too. I'd definitely go back again. read more

They changed us for the wrong night and said they called us when they didn't and then said they had a 3 hour wait when we did show up and clearly they had open lanes. The wait at the bar was 30 min and they were out of literally everything but bud light. They had 1 girl working the bar for the whole place, if that's the case they should just close. read more

Escape Entertainment Center - Arcades Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Nasty employees here or unprofessional management. One or the other. As a business owner myself, I'm going to blame the owners of this place. You are the leader of your employees and if you're a hard ass and a dickhead... your employees going to be that way. They're under pressure. So if you have anger issues from what I remember from my first experience with you, pretty sure you went after your young employees who are being molded for the future by your attitude. For sure it's the manager here. The employees are teenagers who would do whatever the owner ask of them. So I guess the owner confronted the children who work here after my second review and I have the children that work there leaving me dirty messages. Hahahaha!!!! Your threats are even a bigger joke then your bowling alley. I won't mention his name knowing he is a kid. I do have a pic of his message just in case you don't believe me. Nasty place 100%. Exactly why I left that kind of review. Worse customer service. Then leave fast. My first review wasn't with or about the employees it was with the manager or owner. read more

This is the place to go for families. Our first time going. Amazing amazing. Everyone was informative and friendly. The lady at the bar where you order food was so sweet and explained everything to me. The manager came over and explained their new system which would allow us to make our bowling experience fun and exciting. They have laser tag and an arcade to win prizes. Sooooo clean. Food was awesome. Love this place will definitely be back. We had the Mac and cheese hamburger. Spinach artichoke dip. Pretzel bites. Chicken caprese sandwich and spicy tempura cauliflower. Thank you so much for the great family experience. read more

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This was such a terrible experience the manager is a complete jack ass. So, we came in after being on the waitlist and they never told us if it was for one game or what ever time it was just a flat rate supposedly. We started playing and after an hour our lane shut off. I went up and asked to extend our time and he was so rude. I over heard the people next to us getting 2 hours, but we were not allowed 2 hours... we were some reason only allowed one. We had to pick up all of our food and drinks and move everything. Honestly I have never been talked to the way I was by the manager.... so rude. The worst part is is that NOBODY filled our lane for over 30 minutes. My family including extended always came here but never again.. my advice to the owners, get a new manager. (Food was good though). read more

Decent location. Nice cosmic bowling but too much congestion when packed. Tables are really close by. Laser tag is expensive. Bar is good.

TERRIBLE SERVICE!!!! Management was discriminating against our group. Not allowing us to eat and drink what was served to us by this bowling alley. We asked to be in the VIP room and we were told no. We wanted to play lazer tag and were told we were not allowed too. The manager Mike was raising his voice at us, when I kindly went up asking questions while saying please and thank you. Then continued to yell at us and telling us to get out. Never spoke to us in a normal tone, always with an attitude. WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!!! read more

This is a place my family and I would frequent quite a bit. I have brought large parties here and reserved multiple VIP lanes for family get togethers. They have changed their food and it is now awful and was a very poor choice. We came on a Friday evening and got a regular lane on this night and there were at the very least 15 empty tables surrounding us. We had a large food order and divided ourselves amongst 2 tables next to our lane. A staff member came running over and said we could only have 1 table. I looked around and said it is empty in here and she said yeah but you can't do that, it's our policy. I said ok, can we use the table and if anyone comes we will move immediately and she said no. Then said, we have 6 lanes reserved with people coming. We stayed 2 hours and no one came and all tables remained completely empty. Her behavior was over the top as if we had committed a crime. We moved and sat at the 1 tiny table with zero room with 15 neighboring tables all empty. You should always treat your guests with generosity and comfort hoping they will return again. Between the food now being terrible and the staff member's behavior, I am now done with this place and have found another bowling alley for my family. read more

spent two weekends in a row at escape for parties, including a surprise party. both weekends the bar ran out of basic drinks like bud light bottles and had terrible service from the bartenders working. first weekend pizza was great, the second weekend the pizza tasted like cardboard. called and spoke with a fantastic manager who was very helpful! followed up with her after her mtg with the owner and per the owner "we can only offer an apology. we can't give everyone money that's disappointed" the only reason why i'm giving one star is the servers we had in the VIP room were fantastic! read more

They are severely understaffed on the weekends. The servers are nice but the food and drinks take forever. The bowling is super expensive and they wouldn't take my gift card. Wouldn't come back here. read more