Fun bowling in Mason City. On a Sunday afternoon we took advantage of open bowling. All 12 lanes…read morewere in use and everyone seemed to be having a good time. Although we didn't take advantage of it, there is a bar and lounge area available as well. And if you 80s movie buffs are wondering, Mystic Pizza is on the menu. :-)

This review is mostly for restaurant only. I have been to the Comet Bowl restaurant now and then…read moreover the past 40 or so years, but it has probably been 8 years since my most recent visit, until my return, which was just a few evenings ago. The food is quite good. There was just a hint of perhaps stale grease in the French fries, but overall, they along with my burger were fine. The menu is large for this type of establishment. It was a weekday evening and the place was about half full, which is probably a good sign, considering the fact it was a weekday and there are several other restaurant choices within a mile. Bowling leagues for the evening were yet to start and I would guess the place gets busier at that time. Service was quite fast and the staff was friendly. The place was clean. I used the restroom, which is part of the locker room area and it was clean too. It has been a long time since I was in the bowling/game area and I could not help how this place seemed quite modern, and yet somehow interestingly retro too. I like the look. I would return to the restaurant again and might just have to try to bowl a game or two.

Open late as long as there are customers in the establishment and great service…read more Great hometown food. Don't bowl much but that will change soon. Also has volleyball courts out back for leagues! But anybody can use them at anytime. Check it out!

Oh man, the food here was beyond good! Definitely not your typical bowling alley fare. The Tuscan…read moreSteak is delicious, as was the honey battered flounder. And the owner chatted with us and was so friendly. I wish this was closer to my home so we could visit more often, but it was absolutely worth the drive!

The food is very very good and it comes at a good price! The service is awesome and someone is…read morealways there to help. It can be very loud on the weekends. They have claw machines and gum ball dispensers for kids. Bowling is good too!

Spare Time is the local bowling alley with a bar and restaurant, I don't bow, so this review only…read morepertains to the restaurant. I've eaten lunch here a few times and I really don't have any problems with the food. I've had their pizza before and I was impressed. Good ingredients and a quality thin crust. On my most recent visit I had a ham and swiss panini with fries. The taste of the panini was fine but I thought there could have been more ham. The fries were very good. Just enough crispiness and mildly seasoned. Unfortunately the thing I remember most from each visit is sub-par service. My server was very nice but didn't know what beers they had on tap. When I was done eating I waited at least five minutes to get the bill and this was the first time I'd been approached since my food was delivered. In her defense, she was probably new and over-worked. She was the only one I saw doing anything. The prices were standard. The food is good but not great. My overall impression is that it's adequate.

Very disappointed, went there for lunch, ordered the Hawaiian burger special for the month of June…read more They pulled it so no more. No new special. It's June 18th??? Then wanted fruit instead of fries, usually get two or three different kinds of fruit, grapes, cantaloupe and honey dew melon , got only the honeydew melon, ugh.. so frustrating.

Amazing staff, service and food! We are from out of town and they were welcoming with a great…read moreatmosphere. We would definitely recommend this great place!

My grandson and I visited this place today for lunch. We arrived when the doors opened for lunch…read moreat 11am. Beware this place is only open during the lunch hours and then opens again for dinner at 5pm. Service was very good. This place has bar and dining room seating. We sat at the bar. Drink and meal order were taken once we were seated. The grill is an open one so you can watch the food preparation. the hamburger was hand pressed. Fries were frozen but the crinkle cut tasted good. My grandson went with the seasoned waffle fries. I will go with them the next time. Mark the owner was the cook. Very friendly and made good conversation, especially about bowling. Meal was delivered timely. the place always has interesting specials of the month. this month was shark...yes I said SHARK! I wasn't in the mood for seafood but probably should have tried it! Bowling lanes looked in great shape for the age.

Rushed service bad management rude employees. I'd say since they lost Nic this place has gone way…read moredown hill.

Definitely! A terrible experience me and a group of students came in to bowl around 9pm we paid for…read morean hour of bowling and some shoes. When we got to our lane our table wasn't bussed there was trash and food from the previous guest, in good faith we continued to bowl and after one round all of our balls we're stuck when we noticed we told an employee and they were on it after awhile of waiting one of us decided to continue his turn (no one told us to stop bowling) and the light turned on when he threw his ball so we thought all was well, moments later a lady comes at us being extremely rude and we had no clue as to why. Apparently someone was working on the machine when he threw the ball but we had no knowledge of that. We were very apologetic toward the situation and continued our conversation when the lady left... then she came back and continued to attempt to egg us on aswell as telling us we can leave mind you our whole group was very calm this whole time.. 4minutes pass and our game gets stuck again we tell staff and stop bowling. The same lady comes back with even more attitude telling us we can happily report her unprovoked! At this point we just wanted a refund from this terrible experience we spent 50$ on the game and only got 22$ back we paid 28$ for 5min of bowling, we left and they refused to give us the name of the lady and decided to go to another bowling alley with better service. 1/10 wouldn't recommend

Great food! Had a good time with the family here, very welcoming. Love the staff!! Would definitely…read morerecommend stopping by.

Great food! Excellent service. Everytime we go in they always have fast service. The food is very…read moredelicious and I always like to try something different when we go. My husband love that they have a dine in or take out option. I makes our busy life so much easier!

Owners are terrific gentlemen. Clean and comfortable facility with great snacks and really cold…read moredrinks.

From the owner: Family owned amusement center. Featuring the best bowling experience in the area. We have shoes and…read moreballs to fit everyone. 20 LED screen displays for your scores and current sporting events.