The High Five staff (Sarah and the team) were outstanding in making our evening a success. High 5's options were varied, and my people floated between ax throwing, bowling, basketball, and the VR. It was so much fun watching the staff enjoy themselves. The food was tasty and plentiful. We enjoyed the varied options and I can't believe your vegan options were so tasty. I even bowled a game of 88. read more

Came here for a work event and really enjoyed the atmosphere! We only stayed for the bowling, but the staff was kind and were willing to open up the karaoke room for us if we wanted! The drinks were great. The only reason I'm giving this 4 instead of 5 stars is because the food options are limited, especially for vegetarians. I would love to see slightly healthier food choices as well. Overall, I would recommend High 5 for any group events. Next time I would love to try the axe throwing and top golf VR! read more

The venue was pretty cool and the food was amazing. A group of 9 of us went and we ordered different apps to share. The tower of onion rings, loaded fries, pizza, and the chicken tenders were soooo good. I plan to come back for sure. read more

Having a blast! This place has so many different things to do, not to mention dranks galore! You should definitely check it out... all the cool kids are doing it! And when you do, look for AJ, he's a badass ;). read more

Matt & Cardel (I hope I spelled his name right) were amazing! They made our first experience fun. Cardel was very knowledgeable with the VR game & he recommended fun games! Matt always made sure we weren't thirsty. Lol. They seriously made our experience fun! read more

High 5 Austin - Bowling Near Me - Austin, Texas

Please tell the owners to take the trashy hula skirt off the bar. It's horrible and pointless. This place was much nicer when it first opened. Now it feels neglected and the drinks come half full. The staff is sweet and does their best. read more

We had this bartender this evening Jay, he was so attentive and helpful. He made sure we were well taken care of and helped us throughout the evening. When I needed beer recommendations, I told him what I liked and he gave me great recommendations. I'll definitely be back. read more

Me and my raiders brothers love coming here Sundays to watch the games! Bartending Service was excellent Rosie did a fantastic job this past Sunday! read more

We come to High 5 pretty often and no one has ever had better service than the bartender Jay. Hands down, if you want the best experience then ask for him! read more

Yikes! I do not recommend! I went for their Monday special that they have online which is unlimited bowling + shoes, all you can tag, & a 100 pt player card for $22.50. The whole staff had no idea what I was talking about when I asked about it and there was no manager on floor the whole time I was there. Ended up paying $40 for just two games of bowling for two ppl w shoes. The first alley we played on even broke on us. I'd most definitely recommend a normal bowling alley. Didn't even get a chance to do anything else because the bowling alone was so expensive. read more

Not on did they over charge me during happy hour so I spent $48 on one drink and 2 appetizers, they charged over charged on a $9 tab so it ended up being $18, and they charged me a third time for an additional $41. read more

I work next door to High 5 and go there often. I've had good and one bad experience with bartenders. Whenever Courtney is my bartender she is great. Very aware, efficient and is always ready to offer another round before my beer is even finished. Etienne I think is his name is not as attentive. Went there after work tonight to watch the Fury/Wilder fight and he was more attentive to the fight then the people drinking at the bar. After my first beer it took me literally 15 min to get a second one. After THAT one, it was over 10 minutes until I had to walk down to where he was standing to ask for another. At which he told me he did last call already. But he never made it down to my side of the bar to do said last call. Courtney is amazing. The other guy, not so much. read more

Aj the floor manager was really sweet he made sure everything was okay. His energy was positive and I will be coming back with more friends.

The staff there was so amazing especially Aj, He showed us how to bowl correctly & To do Axe Throwing correctly !! Good job read more

High 5 Bowling is extremely fun! The thing I love about this place is that the prices for each game are super affordable and convenient! The people are nice and extremely friendly! 10/10 recommend! read more

High 5 is so much fun! Kayla and AJ were so amazing. We had a blast bowling and hanging out. We will definitely be back.

We had the best time ax-throwing at high five. It was my husband's birthday, and there were about 12 of us in our party. High five staff was awesome. And I will say the food was incredible. Bar drinks, where you get your moneys worth. Thank you so much for taking such good care of my friends and family! read more

This place is great to take a family. Bowling, arcade, food. Our kids had a great time yesterday. Great place for brunch! Super fun for kids. Good food. NOTE: Not the same owners as Goodnight. We want this place to stick around. North Central families you need to go! read more

Poor service. Only people at the restuarant/arcade. They ended our bowling game and we hadn't even finished one game. We would understand if others were waiting but again we were the only people there. This was a game we paid $86 for... that is ridiculous. After the game abruptly ended, it took the waitress 15 min to bring us our checks. read more

High 5 Austin - Bowling Near Me - Austin, Texas

Manager Mike, makes sure your experience is what you hope for. This place is way more buzzing than it's ever been. If you've tried before and weren't impressed, do yourself a favor and try again. New management. Says it all. read more

High 5 Austin - people sitting at a bar - Bowling Near Me - Austin, Texas

We had a blast here. Drinks, food, music, bowling and games. The staff was super friendly and place very clean.

Adult playground. Great selection of craft cocktails and beer. Great bar eats. An all you can play arcade with actually fun games for adults. You can bowl, chuck axes, throw Cornhole out on the spacious outdoor deck. This place is under new management and if you're not here drinking and having fun then you should be. read more

First time visiting with my fiance last night, had fast drink service and played all the games the place offered. The staff were super friendly and attentive. Great hangout spot for any night of the week. Our bartender Mike made a great old fashioned with a perfect pour. We WILL be back! read more

Great food great service ordered garlic Parmesan chicken tenders which where a little pricey. Nice arcade and bowling, a very relaxed ambiance. read more

Really poor service from start to finish. Even the exec chef was out at the bar with 3 or 4 other employees and no one came to serve me. That happened all 3 times I went to the bar (to order food, to get our order corrected when it came out incorrect, and when I went to pay the tab). It's as if doing all the prep is more important than taking care of customers. Food was meh. And then, the bowling times out 10 minutes early. I recommend taking a pass. read more

We were there with a group of 12 this past weekend, and these guys were amazing all the way around. They were attentive and quick, the whole staff. Special shout-out to Elian, who really took care of us with the axe throwing. We'll be back for sure, just for him. read more

Elian was amazing with helping with axe throwing. We will be repeat customers. Appreciate the patience and time he took to help us learn how to hit the target. Great atmosphere, amazing customer service and a great time. read more

This is closer to a 2.5 star review than a 2 star one. My wife and I went to High 5 on a relatively quiet Saturday night. One large party, but not a lot of other patrons. Nonetheless, we suffered from the "you are invisible" problem - our server only came every 10-15 minutes. And he was impossible to flag down because he was serving the large party and never looked our way. At the end, to pay the bill, I had to go to the bar and ask them to close me out - and then THEY tracked him down. So, service is definitely a 1. The food had high points and not-so high points. We ordered the hummus trio, and each of us liked one of the hummuses (she liked the pesto, I liked another one). However, they were supposed to come with cut-up vegetables - we had to ask for those and then wait .... She had the snapper, and it was excellent - not over-cooked, nicely seasoned, good accompaniments. I had the spinach and arugula and shrimp salad that others swooned over, but not me. Something was off on the vinaigrette (my wife agreed) that just took it down a notch - perhaps too astringent. This place has potential - but needs significant upgrades in the service. read more

We had our company holiday party here in December (which I planned). I'm really happy with our choice, and will definitely host with High 5 again! The food is really good. The venue and vibe are fun, chill, and just the right noise level. The drinks are good (and the bartenders on their game). And the prices are fair, particularly for parties! Johanna and here team were incredible. Helpful, genuine, and fun to work with - I highly recommend! read more

Showed up tonight at around 9:30 to play a couple of games and enjoy a night cap. Stopped in the restroom first and it looked like no one had cleaned it for a couple of days. One stall out of order and the other two toilets were full of un flush tp/ stall trash over flowing. Went up to the bar to grab a drink. The whole bar was sticky and dirty from past patrons. There was literally a melted pile of ice cream on the bar top where I was standing. We were willing to look past all of this except the "bartender" walked straight past us with out acknowledgement and left the bar area. We left. Really sucks that all of the "cool" north Austin bars with games have sub par service. read more

High 5 is a locally owned Austin business that started in Lakeway. The Anderson Lane location is the second location. It only opened a couple of weeks ago. This location provides a smaller and more intimate adult-focused scene. I like how they have opened up the interior space. TThe outdoor patio has also gone through a facelift. It is spacious, cozy, with several corn hole stations and oversized connect four. When we walked in we were warmly greeted. They don't yet take reservations, but for a Friday night, the place only had a few guests. They have a large central bar, surrounded by comfortable booth seats. The arcade and bowling are in the back. We shared some wings, and then each tried an entre. The menu had several gluten-free options. The prices were reasonable. We started with some wings. The wings were tasty. The blue cheese sauce was good, with large chunks of blue cheese. Amongst us, we tried the Spinach & Arugula Salad, grilled cheese, fish & chips, and a pasta dish. Our least favorite was the grilled cheese. the bacon was good, but the bread was not toasted. My husband is VERY picky about fish and chips and really has a hard time finding some he likes. He enjoyed these. The regular and sweet potato fries were both very tasty. The regular fries were crisp and hand cut with some skin left on. Just like I love them. The pasta was deemed good. My salad was fresh and tasty. The drinks were good. The Mexican Martina was a tad too spicy. After eating, we ventured back to the bowling section. You rent the lane by the hour. We didn't have socks, but I was able to buy some for $2. There are about 5 lanes. There are large screen TV's playing local sports games. They have a good selection of balls to choose from. The shoes and area were very clean. You can order food and drinks here. You can keep your tab open as long as you DO NOT start your order from the bar. Anywhere else and you can maintain one tab. We had a great time bowling here. We then went to try out the skeeball. First, you need to purchase an arcade point card from the vending machine. It takes credit cards. Grab your loaded card, and then start swiping and playing games. You can earn points that go on your card that can be used towards other games. You can also redeem points in the vending machine at the front for various gifts. They have several games to select from. Look forward to our next visit. read more

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We got there and went bowling and ordered food, were there for almost an hour and a half and didn't get our food that we ordered but the folks a couple lanes over were getting served and the waiters came right over to them to see if they were enjoying themselves. I had to go track someone done just to get a bowl of chips and salsa, which was stale btw. read more

Service is bad! It was very slow and the bartender was occupied eating. I still don't know if the have food he never offered a menu. I also noticed he never checked on the one table that was occupied. read more

We were late and they were accompanying. ASHLEY is amazing and let us play all the fun music while we were bowling.

I went there yesterday for some axe throwing. It was the first time we had done it...it was a blast! The instructor was very kind and helpful. Food is a bit pricey but we had a great time. read more

Yesterday my boyfriend and I went to high 5 and sat at the bar and ordered some drinks, everything was fine. We got put on the list for bowling and top golf and was told our slot was for 9 which meant we had to wait two hours because some company reserved the bowling and top golf until 9. Which was perfectly fine because we had some food and played darts while we waited. 9 o'clock came and we went to the counter for bowling and this stupid manager told us we weren't on the list and the company reserved the ally until 10:30. The manager couldn't even access the list to see what order we were. He was very rude and condescending and we'll most definitely never go back to this place. I guess you can't trust what an employee tells you because obviously no one knew what they were talking about. read more

I used to come here regularly and loved it. I'm currently sitting here and the service has been horrible, the music is so loud at 7:45 PM at a place that is considered family friendly that I can't have a regular conversation with the people at my table. I requested the music to be turned down even a notch, she said "I'll ask". No response. We ordered mozzarella sticks 20 minutes ago and they still aren't out. We asked about them and was asked "did you order them?" Not only did we order, we ordered 2 and one order was brought out as we were asking about them. He said "oh, I'll get the other order out soon." No napkins or silverware was brought out as we were served our half of our order. I was a regular here. Spent lots of money. Never again. This will be my last visit. read more

Empty and sad on a Thursday night. We were trying to find a place to bowl and Highland lanes was full because of an event, luckily this place was down the street. A tad more expensive than your normal, at twenty eight bucks a lane for an hour and five dollar shoe rentals. The dude at the register and the manager looked miserable working. We literally were the only ones there for the entirety of the time we were there, mind you it was just around/after dinner time. We also all checked in on yelp for the free five dollar game card but only would give us 1.. sucks considering it didn't say anything about limiting one per party .. not like it costs you anything for us to play ski ball . They have the arcade, bowling, axe throwing, and a bar. Axe throwing looks sad and the arcade is small. However, for what we were there for was bowling . Few lanes is what they had, the balls all covered with plastic . The guy kind of just threw our shoes on the ground, told us to put it back when we were done, and left . Didn't take the plastic off so we tried to and halfway through the manager came shaking his head to take it off. Bowling balls are all old and super used. My biggest beef besides customer service is the condition of the lanes. They are uneven and you can see dents in it. All our throws curved to the left unfortunately so we didn't get to get a good score as usual. I honestly probably wouldn't come back just because the workers annoyed me and the lane and ball conditions are poor. read more

High 5 Austin - Uneven lanes - Bowling Near Me - Austin, Texas

HOLIDAY PARTY MADE EASY! I am planning a party for my team at work and emailed the location. Within minutes I had a menu to pick from and a quote for the event. We are AXE throwing and I cannot wait. My husband and I did this in Kansas City with one of our grown children last month and it was a blast! Perfect party for a blend of ages and Johanna coordinated it all and kept in constant communication to ensure it was a hit. Food was amazing - especially for a vegan crowd! read more

Clearly this location is a full hit or a full miss, based on reviews. For us, it was unfortunately a full miss. We organized a catered group outing for our team with the agreement of food for 30+, bowling, karaoke, golf, and other activities. From the minute we entered, we were clearly a burden to staff, who were wildly unhelpful and dismissive. When they weren't busy engaging in conversation or tickle fights (yes) amongst themselves, every request (resolving a lack of food, drinks, or otherwise) was met with either "we can't do that, sorry" or a "we're working on it" with no follow through-- even though the requests had been previously agreed upon when reserving the event. The bowling equipment continuously malfunctioned, and, after repeated requests for karaoke and golf, we were ultimately told both were out of commission due to network issues. We were not offered a refund, voucher, or otherwise for the lack of promised activities. An all-around underwhelming and disappointing experience. read more