Way up on prices, way down on quality and quantity. Steak tips way over-cooked. No flavor at all. 99 is starting to falter.

I doubt anyone is coming here for food, but it was bad especially for the price. Ordered pizza and spicy chicken sandwich (not the exact name). Both were frozen aisle quality, or worse. Service was okay but they need a better system. A group that came 10 min after us was served before us. Definitely eat before you come here and stick to drinks. As for the arcade portion, all but 2 kiosk machines to get a playing card worked properly. The rest is average to other arcade places--some out of service games and broken machines. read more

I am going to be honest here - I really was excited about coming to Lucky Strike, but our experience wasn't anywhere near what I was expecting. This location is huge, and they have a TON of stuff to do, which is the good part. Bowling, shuffleboard, arcade games, multiple bar areas, etc, etc. Unfortunately, we went thinking that we were going to go bowling (the name is Lucky Strike, after all). We were disappointed to see that there were only 5-6 lanes total, and they were all completely booked until the end of the night. They told us that we were welcome to wait, but it would likely be over 3 hours and nothing was guaranteed. We went and grabbed drinks while trying to decide what to do, which was another downfall. Their drinks are VERY overpriced and generally not great. They have all sorts of 'fun' drinks on their menu that are a genuine waste of money. We ended up leaving, just because everything was too expensive. I wouldn't be opposed to coming back, simply because it does seem like there is a ton to do there, but I get the feeling that everything will be expensive just like the drinks we ordered! read more

Let's start on a semi positive note. Upon arriving around 5:40pm myself and my friend and her two kids decided to grab food prior to playing in the arcade. It had been there first time and I truly had high hopes. We ordered the nacho tower to start with chicken and the chicken was ice cold. The manager kindly enough came out and said he would take care of it and the child was able to get am appetizer of his choice. That was issue number 1 but got resolved my frustration before recieving our appetizer was that it took about 30-35 min fo us to be served. The waiter barely checked on us mind you this is not a large seating area; there are waiters and waitress flying in and out from the kitchen. Eventually we order our meals and quite frankly I was left ver displeased. I ordered the chicken sandwich with some type of spice. I was under the impression that it came with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, you know the fixings. Sadly enough it was just chicken sauce and pickles. Although the meat of the chicken was on point I would have preferred a salad who orders a chicken sandwich with just pickles and sauce. Anywho, our waiter seemed disinterested in serving our table I came to this assumption because he barely checked on us and I would have to holler for his attention. I barely write novels on Yelp reviews but you know that its serious when I have to go in on your whole establishment. By the time we get the check and get ready to play it's now 7:25pm. The kids are excited we load up their cards and we send them on their merry way to have an adventure. An adventure that would be cut WAY too short. I guess their policy is kids need to leave at 8pm. Why is nobody at the front door explicitly relaying this message to parents. I would've NEVER wasted time ordering food if that had been the case. You then have workers going around politely asking parents to leave, to me that's asinine. I know this Lucky Strike location is fairly new but they need to step it up. I'm very disappointed in my experience today and I felt bad for those kids who spent their Christmas money for 45mins to be kicked out. Lucky Strike do better! Would I go back...no time soon I'd rather drive over to Dave & Busters. Food: 2.5 Customer Service: 2.5 read more

Lucky Strike Somerville - Chicken sandwich - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

I was in tonight for an MIT party and dealt with a kitchen manager who was extremely rude. The food was terrible and his attitude was even worse. We will rethink the Venue next time we need a host. read more

Bar service here is a joke. Went for the Boston Celtics finals game. The most embarrassing part is that you order online and the service still sucks. The wait staff literally has to just get you drinks and check in with you but they are too lazy to do that. Would never come here again for food / drinks. It's a bowling alley / arcade and if that's what you want come here but eat somewhere else. Staff is incompetent. If I could give negative stars I would. read more

Went in fairly early on Saturday night and the place was filled with little kids. I mean possibly a Birthday Party with 100 kids, filled! Not what I expected, went to try bowling but the wait was 3.5 hours. So the plan is to play games & spend redic amounts of money before you bowl, Think not! We went back downstairs, paid entirely too much to drink a drink out of a bong like cup that tasted like way too much Mix and was just too sweet! So prob wont be back for some time, unless Im forced to go for a work event! read more

Fun place to go, especially at night. I like the arcade though the last two times I've gone all of the claw machines that have stuffed animals are rigged. Either stuffed too tight and set to the weakest level or just set to the weakest level. The machines in back you can perfectly pick up the stuffed toy and it will drop it a second later. This happens even with several tries and other people. I got several prizes easily the first time I came and now the none. Obviously the house always wins but come on guys. I do like the other games especially the coin pushers, water gun, and air hockey. Beer is good, food is bad except fries. Just flavorless. My burger tasted like nothing and my partner's pasta looked like those side pastas you buy in a packet at stop and shop but less flavorful. Go to Zo Greek first if you're hungry. Note- 21 plus after 8 read more

What a great addition to assembly row. This lucky strike is sick. I loved that I don't have to drive into boston and deal with parking or even pay for it. It's free here folks and this place is the real deal.. Games: Pool tables Bowling Air hockey Basketball Shuffle board Foosball A ton of arcade games and some classic ones Service: I dont know what other reviewers complained about but I didnt have any issue here with service. Our server checked on us every 10 mins and we were here for 3 hours. This place is that much fun and I see myself coming here alot. The food was bomb calamari with salt and pepper and those nachos with chicken were the real deal! Kids are not allowed after 8pm. Live DJ on weekends in the first floor 2nd floor is where everything is. Enjoy!! read more

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We came here to watch the superbowl. So I expected a very busy place, but it was not. The service was horrible! I ordered a Diet Coke (I'm diabetic), but received a regular soda. I then ordered a water, which never got refilled the entire 3+ hours we dined. It took ~10 minutes to receive a bottled beer every time and occasionally was forgotten altogether. The wait staff are inattentive, unapproachable and appear disinterested in serving customers, preferring to chat with coworkers and/or friends. The food - nachos were A+, chicken sandwich was over cooked & difficult to chew and the wings aren't worth the price. I also ordered a gluten free pepperoni pizza, but was given a pepperoni pizza on regular pizza crust. Thankfully I knew the food I received was not gluten free. The manager was attentive & apologetic. He had a GF pizza prepared right away and is the reason I'm giving this establishment any stars. We will not be coming back. read more

What a massive disappointment. My friends and I used to really enjoy the lucky strike in Fenway and figured we'd give the Assembly Row location a try. Night and day difference. When we first walked in and waited for the bouncer to check our ids, he remained on the phone talking to a family member and refused to take us for about two minutes. He loudly said "love you bye" lol so it was clearly a personal call. Not the biggest deal but the guy was incredibly unapologetic about sticking a finger in my friends face as his way of telling us to wait. We first went right to the credits machine as we all brought our cards from the other location that still had funds on them. This machine told us that all of our cards were invalid. I can only assume that Lucky Strike doesn't let you use credits between locations, which is insane. After realizing that our paid credits were useless we really didn't feel like spending more on another card and decided to try bowling instead. The two girls working the bowling counter seemed like they had no idea what was going on. They couldn't even tell me "how much would this cost for my group of six?" and had to go ask another employee. Two of the lanes were completely empty and the employees flatly told us the wait would be 2.5 hours and about $24 a person. They weren't polite or empathetic in any way and seemed to enjoy giving bad news. We said no thank you and went to the bar. The bar was another nightmare. There was a huge group of friends of one of the bartenders taking most of the employees attention. This bartender completely ignored all other patrons and only worked with their friends - sharing memes on her phone with them and taking photos together. We waited for over ten minutes for help. When a bartender finally approached I attempted to order two drinks, a cocktail and a beer. I get half the name of the cocktail out of my mouth and the bartender says they're out of that and walks away. What the f***? There were six of us there at the bar trying to buy drinks and this dude just bailed when he saw a chance to. Getting drinks was like pulling teeth. One of my group ordered a whiskey ginger and was handed a glass full of... orange liquid. Another bartender saw this, took the drink from my friends hand and remade it without an explanation. All of this felt so bizarre. Desperate to partake in ANY activity we decided to try shuffleboard. I approached the same girls at the bowling desk and asked about getting shuffleboard pucks. One girl kindly hands me the rack of pucks and says "have fun". Great! Finally something we can do. I say thank you and start walking back to the group when the other girl at the desk YELLS at me to come back. I do asking what was wrong and she starts treating me like a thief saying these need to be paid for. I had NO idea - I asked them how to get shuffleboard materials and was just given them and told to have fun lol. So we dropped $40 to rent the pucks for an hour. Finally we decided to just get some nachos before heading out. Dear lord I have never seen worse nachos. We're obviously not expecting much but what came to our table was a pile of completely burnt, acrid, plain chips. Every one tasted like carbon and 90% of the chips were plain and dry. Absolutely insane that the kitchen would send it out. I had heard other people say the Somerville location wasn't as good as Fenway but wow, we're never going back. Rude and poorly trained staff who seem to have no oversight from any type of manager, wildly overpriced and incorrectly made drinks, terrible policies such as not being able to use VALID LUCKY STRIKE CREDITS, and just a vapid money pit feeling over all. Do not bother trying this place. read more

Most bs arcade ever. 1/20 games work waste of money. Played one game of pool we were at the table for 20 minutes. Went up to cashier and they said we were playing for an hour and a half. Liars and a rip off to go here read more

Omg.... there is no bar i hate more than this place. The bartenders absolutely suck. The bar is pretty much empty yet they take so long to make drinks and get to you and don't even acknowledge you're there. I waited 20 minutes and no acknowledgment so i just walked away with my boyfriend. So ridiculous... this isn't the first time either. I've been here before and same story... train your staff, lucky strike. Honestly, I'm not even hard to please. I serve so i know when it's laziness and ignorance vs being busy. I typically give the benefit of the doubt, but this place is inexcusable. To the tall bartender with tattoos working on July 3rd... YOU SUCK :) read more

Lucky Strike Somerville - Empty bar..... LOL - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

What a disappointment. Came in on a Saturday night to celebrate a birthday. No hosts, waiters to greet you, and had to fend a space to accommodate our party (they don't offer reservations). Waiter was a complete idiot. Manager was an even bigger one. Expect to be treated like 15 year old high school kids. Food was overpriced, cold, and undercooked. The support for communism was seen in a nice picture of the Cuban terrorist (el Che) hanging out by the bathrooms. It's like running into a picture of Hitler on your way to Pee. The arcade was the only thing that can resuscitate this place. Never going back. read more

Lucky Strike Somerville - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Charles, who works the reservation desk, is the man!!! He was super helpful and patient; went above and beyond. Thanks, Charles!

It's actually $311 for 2 people on a Saturday.... Absolutely disgusting. You could just rent an airbnb and get ski passes instead.

the staff was very friendly and accommodating! I highly recommend going! they are awesome, great atmosphere and outstanding service!

We love coming here!! Nick was our main bartender/server and he could not have been more attentive! We appreciated our experience even more because of him!!! read more

For a place that advertises the sport of bowling in its name, you'd think they'd take better care of their lanes. These were by far the worst lanes I've ever bowled on in my life lol. Unfortunately for me I joined a casual bowling league for once a week bowling here, and the first night realized the terrible condition of the lanes. It's obvious they're not oiled well at all, ball hooks off the lane every single throw. It's an absolute joke. Play the arcade games I guess but the shuffleboard and bowling are just in terrible condition. Reading the other comments I'm surprised I'm one of the only ones commenting on the condition of the lanes. read more

Came in for lunch today and had the Cajun salmon that your server king recommended. Great environment and he knew had great recommendations! Get there Tokyo cosmo! read more

So much fun!!! Burgers were really good & the pricing for the arcade/bowling was fair. I wish we arrived sooner so we had more time to play! read more

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Just came here for a quick bite to eat as I was in a hurry but wow this place is impressive. I've been to Cheeky monkey a number of times and this place has the same vibe--but with a HUGE assortment of games including arcade games. I got the Cajun food truck fries which came out super quickly and tasted amazing with the fries cooked perfectly and the Cajun flavoring not overpowering at all. As someone who comes to Assembly Row to shop quite often this is now a new MUST to come visit every time I'm here. When in the area it's a great place to catch a break from the heat and play some games with friends/family while you are at Assembly Row. Also putting it on my bucket list of places to go out at night as the bartenders were super nice and they have a full bar with a number of local beers on tap! Can't wait to come back! read more

Lucky Strike Somerville - Cajun Food Truck Fries (look at that cheese!!!) - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Great vibe and super fun bowling/arcade games. The food is good but pricey (as expected) and the staff are generally rather nice! Def recommend if you make a bowling reservation! read more

Gave away our reservation for bowling without giving a warning they give it away in 5 minutes. Did not let us know ahead of time. Not coming back here. read more

This is the type of arcade and bowling alley an ex girlfriend who hates you would recommend Not only is this place understaffed, but the staff they do have unfriendly and aren't held accountable. After waiting for 3 hours for a lane, we went up to cancel our table only to find out we'd been "called" an hour ago. They took down the wrong number after I told it to them twice and didn't even apologize. Made my brother's b-day unnecessarily difficult. read more

Came here for a relaunch or opening party (I think it was opening but it was way after they opened) and was disappointed by the lack of options for the party. Not a lot of food coming out (chips, pizza) and it was all going to the bowling area (meanwhile people were in the pool area and the games area). There was also only one drink that was included which was sickly sweet. If this is how they show their service to make you want to come back, I don't want to. read more

To preface this review with the thought that I am generally wary of these types of places anyway because they generally are a ripoff. To pay for the games, fine - one sort of knows what they are in for, however, there are other things that could help make the overall experience better. The restaurant...the one upstairs...horrific. Someone in our party knew our server's sister so perhaps that is why we received nice service but the rest of the dining experience was not good. The food - average at best - still not the biggest issue. My child has a food allergy and when the food runner brought his burger out with cheese on it, I let her know and she was full on angry. Immediately, red flashed and it was a moment of rage that came across her face. She snatched it away and I asked if he could keep the fries, to which she took off the plate and slammed on the table. The table next to us - in our party - experienced similar rude service from her - slamming their food down on their table. Unsure how we had completely p*ssed her off but we did. Our server was extremely apologetic about the cheese and I told her it was not a problem but what was an issue was how rude the other woman was. She apologised for that, too. In fact, our server was nice and clearly doing too much. She seemed to be the only one who was taking care of the dining area, the high tables AND a birthday party...honestly, PUT MORE STAFF ON THE FLOOR!! As for the food itself, the pizza someone in our party ordered was gross. You would pick up a slice and the cheese would just fall off the soggy crust. The nachos - very average. My sandwich was good but I am not sure it could be messed up (veggie gyro) and another person's hoisin wings were very good. The games themselves - all our children enjoyed despite the cost, so that was nice. read more

This is a great addition to Assembly - there's so much to do! We started off the afternoon bowling, and for a Saturday around noon it wasn't too crowded - I was expecting to have to wait for a lane, but we got to start playing immediately. The only negative for bowling was that the lane kept 'eating' our balls. We brought one of our own to use and every couple frames it just wouldn't come back up through the machine and we'd have to get someone to help us out. Everyone was so friendly about it, but it really made for slow gameplay during those frames. (note: they also make you sign a release for using your own ball, not an issue, just not something I've seen before) We went right to the arcade section afterwards to try out some games and they have a pretty large selection. It doesn't feel big when you walk in, but there's a lot to do there. The prize selection is another story, but I personally don't really play to win so that's not a huge deal breaker for me. After spending a good 3 hours here we were exhausted so we didn't actually eat anything, but from the food I saw around it looked like good enough 'pub' food. I'd be open to trying it next time. Overall I had a really enjoyable time at Lucky Strike and I'd come back again soon! read more

Terrible. Bought a $27 game card. All games updating and did not work. Had one hour there with my son and had to leave. They would not give a refund. Flat out refused. Spent $50 on food beforehand. They knew games didn't work before they sold me the card and still no refund. Will never go back. Manager completely unhelpful read more

Never book here if you are celebrating anything. First off, the whole 'booking process' was terrible. I won't get into the details of what happen while we were trying to book the shuffle board and cabana area. Anyways, we ended up booking the Assembly Suite and 2 Pool tables. We had a party of 10 people. Due to issues during the booking process, they waived the assembly suite hourly rate fee for us. When we arrived the hostess showed us our assembly suite and said our server will be with us. The Assembly Suite has three semi-private tables and large screens. For the Assembly Suite you had to book a package with them that had minimum f&b requirements. With that, the director of sales said we had to decide on the food prior so the kitchen was prepared for it. Fine, we didn't have a problem with that. It makes it super easy and smooth on the day of our party. However, on the day of our event, it was a mess. The server had no clue what food we ordered and that we requested it be served at 9pm and not 15mins after when we arrived. She even acknowledged that they didn't tell her that information. The operations was a totally mess. I thought the point of letting them know ahead of time was to make the operations smooth.. On top of that, our server for some reason was not just designated to the Assembly Suite but she was also serving tables around the bar area. So therefore she took FOREVER coming to us- if she ever did. Maybe 3 times throughout the entire night. (We arrived at 8pm and stayed until 12pm) If you are spending $500+ on booking this place, you would expect the service to be attentive. It was not a great place to host an event. read more

Celeste was our favorite person tonight. Not only was she able to remember our individual orders, she was a great help in choosing shareable food. Will be coming back on nights she's here only. read more

My family visited this location on a Saturday afternoon. We decided to play first, eat and then play again afterward. Wearing a mask here is not enforced for employees nor customers. We saw a few employees without masks and/or pulled down with their noses exposed. When we decided to dine, we sat at one of the many open tables. Our server was not friendly... sort of unpleasant and never replied to any of our "thank you's". She just looked like she didn't want to be there at all. We were trying to locate an actual menu but our server told us to scan the code on the table. So it brings you to this questionable third party site and asks you to order and pay on there. I don't know why, but cell reception was weird so we asked for a hard copy of the menu to make it easier to review with the kids. Our server later returned with a print out for us and one for the table next to us. Seems we weren't the only ones having issues with the scan menu. So we ordered a few apps and a few entrees. We waited 45 minutes until any of our items came out. Oh boy our sad nacho tower... when the server lifted the canister, all the toppings and a bunch of the chips fell onto the table. It didn't stay stacked like a tower. He picked up some of the mess and was about to walk away. I asked him for a new batch as we basically had just chips. I bet if we weren't looking, he would have slopped it back onto our chips and ran. He didn't apologize, nor did he take the initiative to offer to bring a new batch. The whole nacho tower looked neat when another table ordered it... but it's top heavy so I'm not surprised our's toppled over with all the toppings. I feel like you'd be playing jenga with it... the moment you pull out a chip, the entire tower would collapse. Anyway, after a few minutes I actually went to tell our server to remove it from our bill as we didn't want to wait again. Judging from our 45 minute wait, it probably would have taken them a while to bring out a new batch. The $10 chicken quesadilla was paper thin, just cheese and tortilla--there was no chicken inside. Total rip off for just melted cheese and tortilla at like 3 millimeters thick. Oh one of our glasses of water had white debris floating around in it. That was pretty gross. On a better note, the bbq chicken pizza was pretty good... but pricey at $16. It came in an oval flatbread shape. While ordering, I had asked our server how big the pizzas were. She showed her hands in a circular form in the size of a personal pizza. Sorry but no, it was an elongated oval. I don't care what shape the pizza is, but could you at least answer correctly? Anyway, the Caesar salad with chicken was tasty, and my daughter enjoyed her burger and fries. So, I don't know what took so long in the kitchen. They really need more staff in on the weekends. Waiting 45 minutes for a few items was really insane. All which would have quick to make. It would have been faster to run and grab a few pizzas from Ernesto's to feed the kids. Sorta wished we had left during the time we waited. Well, now we know to not dine here in the future. We should have listened to the other reviews stating the service was really slow! Oh and not once did our server come to check in to see how we were doing. For $80, I expected a little bit more quality and quantity. Regarding cleanliness... Not once, did I ever see an employee disinfecting the games during the time we were there... we were probably there around 4-5 hours in total. Two of the hand sanitizer dispensers were empty. The family bathroom had no soap the two times we went. The prize room... my daughter inquired at the desk about how many points the Pokémon cards were which were locked up in a display case. The employee told her an amount and mentioned they didn't have the key as it is lost, so they can't open the door to retrieve anything in case anyway. Lol are you serious? That sounds pretty ridiculous to me. No spare keys at all? Just wow. This place needs more staff and better customer service. I get food service isn't a fancy job and most probably hate it. But could you try to be a little friendly? read more

We come here quite a bit and the staff is fantastic; they do a great job with all the kids running around, answering questions, bringing food out fresh and fast! A special shout out to the bar staff, Albi, Nick and their manager, Cayla. Extremely attentive to detail and they take care of everyone very well. Highly recommend this place for family fun! read more

Just like Dave&Buster's. Put money on a card and send kids loose. More games for adults. Pool, shuffle board, bar and drinking and sports. Didn't try any food. read more

Lucky Strike Somerville - Daughter wasting my money! - Bowling Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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Arcade/Entertainment: So many machines are broken. Also their gift shop is way overpriced. Usually arcade gift shops are overpriced but this one is ridiculously overpriced. The place LOOKS amazing but it's hard to actually enjoy. Food: The food took forever and when the food arrived, it was cold. The quality of the food isn't so great either. The drinks are okay but not worth the price. Super unfortunate because the place really looks amazing!! Super eye catching, also in a great area. I wish I didn't have this experience here. read more

I'd say it's more of a 3 and a half than a 4 but I chose to round up because their alcoholic capri suns are amazing. The price tag attached to them and really any of their drinks and food is not though.. very expensive for the portions you receive and it is usually a very long wait to get table service even if you let them know you've been waiting for awhile (last time I was there, after nearly 30 minutes my group just ordered at the bar instead). The real appeal here is the arcade which is lots of fun. read more

Came in a not busy at all Thursday but service at the bar was fairly slow and the bartender was very inattentive...well until the end when the check and tip were to be paid. Went with choice of beef for the nachos. The tower of nachos had very dry greesy beef. And its a very unnecessary presentation coz it leaves all the topping at the top and bone dry at the bottom so didnt finish it coz all we had left were chips. For drinks i got the passionfruit mojito and this was my first time a passionfruit mojito was red. Accompanied by dry mint leaves which swam as they pleased in my drink choking me when i took a sip. Got a redo but bartender didnt put any mint so am guessing there was no fresh mint for my drink. read more

I came with a crew of 8 people on a saturday night around 9 pm. My first impression was not good, as the bouncers were rude to my friends for no reason. We went upstairs looking to bowl and had no luck. We were quoted a 4 hour wait and the space was supposed to be closing in 4 hours anyway. We ended up playing some games in the arcade instead. They had some fun options for sure, but a few machines were broken and overall it was unbelievably crowded. I wish we came earlier to bowl. I wouldn't have minded dealing with kids if it meant we didn't have to wait so long. The bar area was really nice though! The moscow mules were on point and I had no issues with getting someone to come over to me like some of the other reviewers! I'll definitely give it another shot sometime. read more

If you are going just for games it's great. If you are there to bowl, don't get your hopes up on this location a minimum of a 3 hour wait on a weekend night and that's even with an attempt to call in a week ahead of time. The bar/restaurant side of it is a different story. My party had 2 table and there was at least 10 of us. 1 of my tables was attending to and no complaints except the attention of the waitress could have been a little better. The other table that had the most people barely got service and when they went to the bar for their drinks because the wait was over 30 min the waitress was rude and told them all to move to the bar if they didn't like waiting. I would not suggest going here if you want good service, drinks or food. read more

Games are fun but the claw games are rigged. When I went here two months ago, I was able to win every time at the claw game with the tickets. Tonight, I would grab tickets every time, but once the claw grabbed the tickets and rose to the top, the claw would drop them. I tried it five times and each time, same thing. Then we played the claw games with the Jurassic world dinosaurs and the TY stuffed animals and you can grab them, but as the claw rises to the top, the claw OPENS and drops the prize! Again, tried it multiple times and it did it each and every time. Then the prize redemption center is GROSSLY overpriced! 950 tickets for a small Mario blind box which retails for $8. Save your money and goto Dave & Busters. So much better and you get a lot more for your money. read more