Quite the spot. Took my amazing date here for our 4th date. YES, 4TH. And what a choice. Security was top notch right from the start with a bag search, and once we got inside, the energy was immaculate. The staff was incredibly friendly, and everyone in the arcade was just as enthusiastic about playing as we were. At one point, my date even got randomly dapped up by a friendly stranger!! But THAT'S the thing about this place. It creates an atmosphere where everyone feels like they're part of the fun. Bring the kids. Bring the date. Bring the friends. Bring whoever you want because this place knows how to make a good time happen. We walked out with the coolest little prizes, a bunch of memories, and the very strong realization that we gotta come back. I'd give this place 6 stars if I could. read more

Dom gave my party of 16 and I a great experience here at lucky strike downtown Chicago. Will definitely be coming back

We were a group of 16 so we had hard time finding a place to take us all. Luckily, Lucky Strike helped us out and took good care of us! The manager was really kind. As well as our server Dom. He was really great & made our experience 10 times better! He was helpful and kind with any questions we had, and was quick on bringing our drinks & food. We enjoyed that they were many arcade games and there was a lot of open space. We will definitely be coming back! read more

Honestly worried with the reviews, and going on a Friday night. I got a 2 hour Groupon, and time went by quickly. Luckily, pretty empty. Staff was pretty helpful in TV channel requests. Drinks were decently priced: moscow mule $13 maplewood son of juice $11 Auto 18% was a bit unexpected. Definitely get a Groupon if you plan on visiting! read more

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Quite the spot!! Came here with a group of collueges for a bowling night and was wowed but all the lights, games, and happenings here. It was surprisingly pretty dead for a Thursday night, but I can definitely see why locals would come here. We were assigned to lane 11 to bowl. The seating around the lanes were comfy, and we were quickly greeted by a server. While the bowling itself was super fun, I wouldn't write home about the food/drinks. Margarita was pretty sweet (pre-made mixer I assume), and the pizza was subpar. I did like the wings though! If you're looking for an activty-night, this could be a spot for you. read more

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Looks like my last review was 20 years about when Lucky Strike first opened here and that may have been my last time there as well. I met up with some colleagues here and realized the reason it took me so long to come back is the parking situation. I got a spothero for the parking right in the building, but still a pain and expensive (although less than paying the garage directly). The nice part was that the elevator took you right up to lucky strike, which was ideal when i left and it was pouring outside. I got here at 6:45pm on a thursday evening and we were one of the only lanes, but when we left at 9pm all the lanes were full. 7 of us had fun with a round of bowling and also enjoyed some pizza and wings. I had eaten a little before i got there so only had 1 slice of pizza, but it was good by bowling alley standards. And my glass of wine was good as well. They have an impressive arcade as part of the bowling alley that my boys would probably really enjoy. Noted if we're ever in the city and need an indoor activity for a bit in the river east area. Overall, it was a fun activity and good to be back after 2 decades. read more

My first time here and it was a happening place to play lots of arcades and lots of bowling lanes. Great service and lots of bars. Today was a great event for 3 Latino DJ's for the 4tb of July holiday. Great sale for bowling. Great music for the venue. read more

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This review is for bowling. Earlier this week we wanted to go bowling.. tried calling lucky strike a few times to see if they had open lanes and it took a while for us to finally speak with someone. Luckily they did have open lanes. We walked over and got to the cashier area to pay for lanes and shoes. No one there. We waited for a bit. We had to walk to the other side, toward the bar to find someone. They needed to call someone else to come to the registers. We finally were able to pay for our lane (which was booked by the hour and not by the game) and got our shoes. A couple of our shoes didn't fit so we had to go Back to change sizes, again. No one there. Had to find someone again. Needless to say the service is slow here. It wasn't even busy inside, it was a week night. They do have a kids menu, so that was a plus. Pizza or Chicken tenders, comes with a drink and fries. And of course they have a lot of lanes (I think I counted like 20?). There was a nail sticking out of the original lane we had, and caused our balls to get all wonky. Anyways- they quickly switched to another lane. Which was nice. But they didn't give us extra time to accommodate for that issue. read more

Lucky Strike Chicago - Bowling Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This is a the perfect place for kids bowling! When we called Gabriel over the phone, he explained everything so well and told us about the specials for that day. He made our first experience there special for my grandkids. Thanks again Gabriel, we will be back! Brice from California read more

I was in a party of 16 and as a first timer coming here let me tell you guys. It's a really big open space. For the bowling , arcade, and the pool table section. The people up front were also nice! As well as our server Dom. Never had a server serve us quickly. Drinks and food came out quickly and great, thanks Dom! Will definitely be coming back and asking for Dom! read more

Came here with my girls after a wonderful Valentine's Day lunch. We got our tickets from Groupon and paid $18.75 per ticket. This is the Streeterville location. Upon arrival we showed the nice guy at the register our tickets and we got a red game play card with 100 credits on it. Unfortunately, I don't think I even used all of my credits. So many machines were out of order, I would say a good 30% of their inventory was not working. So the games got a little repetitive. There was one machine that had no out of order service sticker, so we tried to use it and it didn't work. It just stole our credits. It was the machine where you hit the ball to test your strength. My friends and I got pretty bored with the games and went to their restaurant. We just shared an order of wings and my friend got funnel cake fries that came with ice cream and an assortment of other toppings. The food was okay- it was what you would expect arcade food to taste like. Our waiter was very kind, but service was really slow. We had to flag someone down to take our order after we initially sat down and waited for about 20 minutes. I probably wouldn't come back here, if I want a mediocre arcade experience I'll just stick with Dave and Busters! read more

A special shoutout to our server, Jeremy, who was incredibly friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed throughout our visit. We'd also like to recognize Aaron, the porter, who did an outstanding job keeping our lane clean and making sure we were comfortable during our entire stay. His attention to detail and hard work definitely didn't go unnoticed. The excellent customer service from both Jeremy and Aaron made our experience even better. We'll definitely be coming back and highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a great time! read more

It's a really cool place but very poorly managed. The prices are just stupid and they wonder why their reviews are so poor.! customer service is nonexistent the waitresses waiters have no clue what they're doing! Just a total shit show! read more

This place is not for older adults... the manager was indifferent... the new bartender was highly obtuse... would not recommend if you are over 25 read more

Arcade - Many broken or malfunctioning games (almost all coin pusher games had constant errors), undertrained employees, and no rewards app or bonus offers like that of Dave & Busters. Friendly staff who is trying their best, but don't seem supported by management or corporate in any way. Can't really speak to the other aspects of the business. Have reached out to coorperate folks about this location. read more

Gave this place a shot even though it has abysmal reviews. Showed up to our rez and our table was filled with the previous bowlers shit. 15 pairs of shoes littered our sitting area and a DIRTY DIAPER was sitting on our table. There was a party of 16 next to us spilling into our lane the whole time so we didn't even finish one game. Absolute dog shit experience this place has a well earned 2 stars. Should be even lower. read more

Lucky Strike Chicago - Bowling Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Scammers! Do NOT TIP! Long story short double dipped and manager called within 12 hours as she read some script at me. They must get plenty of callS on this topic as it sounded rehearsed. two transactions at the bar as we were hanging in the pool area. It was not busy yet understaffed but was willing to wait. Three receipts with each transaction. Bottom one is itemized and only one that mentions the auto matic gratuity. top two are identical. has a line to add gratuity. 40 plus percent gratuity on drinks I ordered and took to my table and then our food of pizza and appz came out with no napkins. no plates and no condiments. was there anyone to ask about these? nope, since the food was dropped off at the pool table next door and not our party. read more

Not a great first experience sadly..!! most are non functional and the place feels run down. the staff were friendly but in need of more training. we left pretty quickly and hope they fix it up bc it has promise. read more

This place has changed a lot over the years--not necessarily for the better. If you're just coming to bowl, you'll have a good time. The bowling aspect is solid. They've added an arcade vibe, which feels like they borrowed it from For the Win, but honestly, it feels rushed and thrown together. The worst part, though? The food. It was awful. We ordered a few large portions to share, and I ended up sick for two days. Downtown Chicago desperately needs a vibey arcade like Dave & Buster's, but this isn't it. Skip the food and maybe the whole place, unless you're just there for the lanes. read more

We came here because a friend of mine wanted to do a get together here. We ordered the vegetarian nachos. I ordered the Buffalo Cauliflower plate. It tasted a bit too for me. Overall, the food tasted more like bar food. The ambiance felt more club-like. I wonder what happened to the customers during the Saturday afternoon? Some customers went over to the bowling lanes. We waited for at least 20 minutes for any service to come to us. Our server, even though he came across as being laidback, it felt like he did not want to be there. We waited longer than we ought to have waited for our food and check. The staff gave themselves an 18% tip which equaled to $6.11. Personally I felt that was a little too steep for non existent customer service. Safe to say we don't plan to come back here. read more

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I've been to lucky strike before but not this location. It's bowling for adults basically. I don't think kids are not welcome but most times I've been it's adults. It's in a huge space and there are plenty of lanes as well as a huge bar. There's also seating at the bar. They have ping pong tables as well. Plenty of lanes and they are all automated. You just enter names and hit start and it does everything else for you. The balls all have large and small thumb holes which is awesome. I went with a large group so we have a reservation which I think is helpful or call ahead at least as I believe it gets busy there. They don't open until later in the afternoon as well. read more

Had a birthday party here for my kiddos and they enjoyed it to the fullest. The service, ambiance and food were amazing! We event returned recently for a family hangout. The only disappointment was the menu. The party menu is different then the regular menu and we weren't aware. They also wouldn't even try to see if we can order from the party menu! I think they need to change that and make it the same menu! Otherwise great time as usual! read more

Took the family there for New Years Eve, The best decision we made all 2024! From check in we knew we made a good decision. Door security in place to ensure the safety of the guests and staff on a holiday is very much appreciated. We were checked in by a manager named Jocelyn, and sat to our lane by a server. The food was good, live entertainment was awesome. During our stay we were also greeted by the General Manager Ivan to make sure everything was going well. read more

Lucky Strike Chicago - Picture taken of our lanes on NYE. - Bowling Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Very unfortunate but the Yelp rating is spot on for this place. This is a bowling alley on the second floor of AMC theater. SPACE- It's a shame because the space itself is very nice and spacious. There's lots of tables and seating, a large bar, and various games including the bowling lanes. We saw two events being held there. FOOD - the food we ordered was very tasty (pizza and the garlic parm fries) but they came with no napkins or utensils or plates. We asked the server for some and she said yes but never was to be seen again. That's unacceptable to me that after paying a 20% service charge I have to go scavenging for napkins (because you're bowling so you need them). DRINK - Drinks were reasonable priced for the area but pretty sugary like college style. The fishbowl punches were a good deal. They took FOREVER to come out and often our group had to go to the bar to ask them to make it even though no one was there. Finally at the very end of the night they told us we shouldn't have been using the app to order because it wasn't working well but NO oNE had told us that ever and there was no other way to order food. BOWLING- we came on a Wednesday night and it still took some time in lines etc and had to wait a bit so I can only imagine what it's like on the weekends. They were nice with booking us lanes and the bowling itself was fine and worked great. We had coupons to use but otherwise would skip because the regular prices are way too expensive. MISC - you can get discounted validated parking if you park in the attached garage. read more

Lucky Strike Chicago - Bowling Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The service was extremely slow while it was pretty slow. Staff is hanging out. Like I feel like I was here hours longer and felt captive. Drinks even the soda was watered down. Like coke tasted diluted by half. I mean it wasn't good read more

Lucky Strike Chicago - Bowling Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I would give zero stars if I could. Absolutely terrible experience. The customer service was awful. I waited for over 40 minutes for our food only for it to arrive not hot. At the time, the place was not busy by any means. The ball go stuck on multiple occassions in the lane and we asked for assistance, no one came.Definitely will not be returning here again. read more

Horrible first time experience for a party event of 14 guest. Spend $1000 on the event. I understand it's busy and I usually don't leave bad reviews, but the service was unfortunate Extremely slow and you are only timed two hours for the event also, please know that the cocktail tickets included in the premium packets are only to be used within those two hours which we were never informed by the waitress. We spoke about it with the manager to allow us at least to use the last three tickets a few minutes after our two hour event and I did not appreciate the manager, Joseline's tone and attitude explaining the policy. definitely lacks customer service. and it's unfortunate and unprofessional coming from the manager, Joseline. overall, I thought celebrating in a bowling alley downtown would've been a better experience being a tourist area buy apparently you get better service at a suburb. very disappointed. First and last time at this location. However, shout out to a worker who was extremely Nice, helpful and polite of the whole situation, Justin. read more

71 dollars for 2 people to bowl for 2 hours is absurd and egregious. Won't be wasting my money here any more.

Business charged me $208 for a tip for two people and was a simple order. Business should be checked for ethics. Someone did not do the morally thing right. Will not ever go back for patronage. read more

Steven"The bartender was amazing! Super friendly, quick with the drinks, and made the whole experience fun. Definitely coming back.

it was fun the whole group had fun and the bar was fantastic. :) i highly recommend coming here. i came here on a business trip but ended it having fun read more

A fun place for bowling and playing video arcade games. Staff is friendly. They have a good selection of arcade games. I wish they had a few pinball machines in the front area section. I tried all the video arcade games once and primarily played skee ball which is my favorite. They have four skeeball machines in the rear section behind the last bowling lanes. I think they have several pool tables in a small private room, but I did not see anyone playing so I do not know if this is private reserved room. In addition, they offer food and drink at separate dining tables or on tables within the individual bowling lanes. Groupon is offering discounted arcade game cards. I think that I'll be making a group reservation for my birthday party to be hosted here in the summer. read more

Scammers!!!! WATCH EVERYTHING YOU PAY FOR!!! They scammed me and my friends when we came out for drunk bowling. They add their own tip without telling you!! Charged me a $100 never called back after I asked about it. Scammers!!! read more

A large group of us came here as a business function and the staff was friendly, the lanes worked well, and the place was decent. Food was OK and the drinks were nice. The music was kind of all over the place, as it was matching the music videos that were playing on the screens, but then it started being something else, which was odd. Service was decent, but there were times we had to wait for someone to place an order with. Overall, it's a decent spot for bowling. read more

We recently hosted an event at Lucky Strike Bowling. While the planning process was seamless--with the staff making everything easy and ensuring we felt well taken care of--the event was disappointing. When we arrived, the venue was overcrowded, and checking in took longer than expected, which was frustrating for our group. Unfortunately, the issues didn't stop there. Our bowling lanes were constantly intruded upon by guests from the neighboring lanes. Too many kids and adults were placed next to us, and they frequently sat in our space and even attempted to bowl on our lanes, which made it difficult to enjoy our time. Given how smooth the planning process was, we expected better execution during the event. Lucky Strike needs to improve its crowd management, check-in process, and lane organization to ensure guests can fully enjoy their experience. I completed the Group Event Survey two weeks ago and, when asked, indicated that I would like someone to contact me regarding my feedback. A week ago, I followed up with the Director of Sales, who assisted with planning the event. She mentioned that the General Manager had attempted to reach me. However, I know that the Director of Sales has had no issue contacting me by both phone and email and as of today, I have not received any communication regarding my concerns. read more

Fun barcade! This place is so fun! The bartenders and workers were so nice and friendly! They made our drinks super well. I ordered nachos and mac n' cheese bites, and those were your typical good bar food. It was good though. This place has a lot of games, like pool, mini golf, and arcade games. It's so fun! The amount to pay for credits was $20 for about 120 credits, which allows you to play a lot of games. Overall, had a great time here. Definitely recommend! read more

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Went with family for a birthday night out. The staff was nice and attentive. The food and drunks were pretty good. I think their pricing for bowling was a little pricey especially since our balls kept getting stuck and they had to keep going to the back to send them out. Darts & pool was per hour instead of per person so that price was ok. Bathrooms weee clean. There is Parking in the garage $16 for up to 4 hours although the pricing when you enter the garage is totally different. read more

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Hosted our teens bday party here and worked with Joanna the sales associate. She sent the contract and confirmed we were all set. The sales associate advised I pay for the minimum number of 9 kids and can add on more on the day . Which made sense and of course we had a few more girls join the party ....so wish we had reserved 3 lane's instead of 2 . Overall good experience, plenty of food and unlimited soft drinks . The kids had a blast! read more

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If I can give it no stars I would. I went today me and my husband bought tokes through Groupon. An associate manually put in code to give me a game card no problem. My husband bought more tokens through Groupon once more went to redeem the manager told us he cant let us redeem till 24 hours which I was confused since they allowed me to redeem for mines 15 minutes prior. The manager that night was so rude when we explained that his employee allowed us to redeem he was making faces us being so disrespectful. This place has the rudest employees. I should've known not to go in because the security at the front was disrespectful and being passive aggressive with my husband. The front person as well she was mad because I had questions about the tokes and was mad that she had to work. read more

Vague cancellation policy on website. I had to reschedule/cancel a future reservation because we couldn't make it. On the website, it says to contact them if you need to modify/edit reservation and they'll do their best to accommodate (see screenshot). When I called, they said there is nothing they can do and that I can't even reschedule and I have forfeited the money. If we can't modify/cancel on the same day we made reservation, clearly say it under your FAQ. It makes no sense to tell us to contact you to just get refused. read more

Lucky Strike Chicago - WILL REFUSE ANY REQUESTS - Bowling Near Me - Chicago, Illinois