Good for bowling good for games. Terrible terrible food. They don't keep their beer taps up and running. I mean they ran out ...

I was so hoping for a better experience. I've been looking forward to this Pinstack opening in Las Colinas for months. My company has had two employee events at the one in Plano, we had an awesome time and the food was good. My husband and I meet another couple there. They've raved about the food at the Pinstack in Plano and wanted to meet for dinner. We order 4 appetizers items to share. We order two Whole Hog pizzas. Our pizza came out perfect, but they had to send their pizza back due to the lack of toppings. Our Game Time Nachos tasted like they came straight out of the refrigerator, the cheese and brisket were cold (not even close to warm). Lastly, I order a watermelon margarita that cost $13 only to be served in what I would consider a small glass. One more thing, the sitting area is tight, they should remove a couple of table to give people space to get get to their table without bumping people. Needless to say, it wasn't the best dining experience. But the games were fun. I'll give them another try, will update accordingly. read more

Pinstack - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

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Service was/is poor at this establishment. Four serving staff standing and watching people bowl and no one taking any orders. Never will I ever come here again. read more

A sign of a GREAT establishment is one that can take a potentially bad situation and turn into a positive experience that deepens and prolongs the relationship with the customer! The General Manager, Al, did just that with me. Last week my daughter and I were at Pinstack, playing in the arcade, and bought a bottle of water at the bar. A couple of days later I noticed the charge on my card from the bar was not accurate. I actually assumed the bartended may have padded the bill for extra tip, so was a little upset, as I've never experienced that at any establishment before. I called and left a message for the General Manager who called me back and handled everything professionally, and even went over the top to make it all right. He promised to research what happen and replenish our losses and then some. I shared with him that, in an unrelated incident of unfortunate timing, I also had my car broken into and our Pinstack card (with saved up points) was stolen from my car. I had one distraught daughter as a result (because she never said anything on one of those cards before and had her eye on a prize in the gift shop she was saving for). The theft from my car wasn't management's fault at all and they really didn't *have to* do anything - but Al, the GM, not only refilled a card, but gave us extra game play and even gave my daughter an extra gift from the store that she really had her eyes on! My daughter was over-the-moon happy! And we both were and are grateful beyond words for the professionalism and kindness exhibited by Pinstack Las Colinas. Certainly they have created a customer for life. P.S. My daughter named her new stuffed animal "Alice", which was inspired by Al, the GM who classily fixed the situation. Thanks, Pinstack. Class Act. read more

Laura and Talariyah were the best employees in this place. They made my first time experience one to truly remember and I don't usually don't give yelp reviews but I'll give it to them just cause they're definitely worth writing a review about. 10/10 recommend coming to this location. read more

We took a group of 20 teenagers to Pinstack for their end of season party. We bowled for two hours, ate lunch at the lanes, then played in the arcade. Our servers were very attentive, the food was great, and everyone had a great time! Pinstack is so nice and definitely an upgrade to places like it. They even have private VIP bowling lanes. read more

Alicia with the dark brown hair, glasses and super thick drawn on eyebrows, you're the reason I'm giving Pinstack in Las Colinas a 1-star. But I can't say you earned this star all on your own. I had to go to the bowling desk twice to ask for a server and nobody delivered. Even your superiors have recognized that you should have been fired cause you seriously lack the ability to do your job. Shout out to the guy bartender though for helping us out with our drinks. Gave him what could have been Alicia's tip. Sucks to suck, Alicia. Overall, the service here is subpar the past three times I've been except for the male bartender! I wish I caught his name so he gets recognition for actually doing his job and doing it well at that. There's just too many teen employees standing around not doing anything or even bothering to acknowledge if you need help and management doesn't seem to do anything about it. Tonight was my last time ever coming to this crappy location. 3 strikes and you're out. read more

Pinstack is a place of entertainment for families and friends. They have bowling, a gaming area, full bar, restaurant and more! Reader you should know I am in my early 40's, have an aversion to physical activity and prefer to talk, drink while snacking on little teeny cute fruits and cheeses. Also I never know when I want to be adventurous and try something outside my comfort zone. My mood dictates what I will be up for. This place isn't right for a person to go to on a day they aren't feeling it. This wasn't my first visit to Pinstack. I've been here before with my adult kids, the hubs and my kids adult friends. During that visit we ate at the restaurant. The food was just blah to me. We played games. I've outgrown gaming so it didnt appeal to me. They did the tightrope act which I am too chicken sh*t for. I did manage to get up but loss my nerve. Needless to say I stared at everyone smiling from below. If I rate it it will be a 0 for sad face left alone person. We played laser tag. My first time actually. I've played paintball on acres of land. Laser tag is ok. For me it's too small. Hiding places are shared with other people. You'll also find kids crying and parents ignoring the kid to get each other. Also keep in mind if Rambo is playing you will not have a chance in hell. My military son killed me so many times. I just quit. He had a blast using his military training and tip top physique to pick off his family. I kinda got the feeling he enjoyed it too much and we might end up on ID. The other family members ran up behind him shooting at me too. They must hate me. If I had to rate that experience it would be a 2. We did more but I dont want to bore you. This last visit they said there was a 2 hour plus wait. So we got the VIP room. For almost $50 an hour you can go behind the doors into a not so special area. It looks the same as the rest of the lanes. One waiter on staff. He was slow. The VIP experience was no different except for the wait time. That's all. No wait time for us. Food was whatever. We ordered mozzarella sticks, avocado toast for the millennials, sliders, margarita flat bread, adult cheese sandwich and some weak painkillers. Expect a painful bill but not painkiller. It's whatever. So I don't care for it much. I LOVE seeing my kids smile. I love seeing my husband shake his booty before he throws the ball. My son is being deployed again for another long stretch. Most of all I love sitting next to him smack talking about his sister. Family is what really makes this place come to life for me. I will return again when they make me. I will say I don't like anything but i do because I am with them. read more

The worst customer service experience I have had anywhere in 20 years. A month ago one of my 10 reps called to reserve 2 lanes for today Wed. Dec 7th for an end of year get together. The person on the phone said they don't take reservations but open at 11 and won't be a problem. We showed up a 11 and they said they were fully booked. After some frustrating discussions they said they could give us 1 lane but only 8 of our 11 could Bowl. We said fine. Then we bowl and our machine locks up twice. This caused us not to get our full hour. The whole time 10 lanes or more remained open. When our time ran out we asked for a half hour longer for free and they wouldn't do it. I asked to speak to manager Al. It was clear the unfriendly staff attitude stemmed for Al's poor customer service. I asked Al why we weren't able to use the open lanes for the past hour. He said they were booked at 1 for corporations. I work for one of the biggest pharma companies in US but OK...I explained we got there at 11 and all lanes have been open since 11. He said it's corporate policy to only allow one lane for walk ins. So if I had just split my group in 2 and said we were different parties then we could have received 2 lanes.I told Al this is a stupid policy and you could have made more money and pleased a customer. He said he would give us another half hour free I said don't bother and he replied with a snarky remark, "good," he obviously has a small man's complex and has never been taught to help solve customer problems. I will NEVER come back and I will let the other 10 managers and over 100 reps in the DFW area to never use your place ever again. I will also reach out to the cities where you have places and tell those managers as well. I have already posted on your LinkedIn page where I have 16,000 followers and will do the same on my Facebook page! Dumb, dumb, dumb! I am now responding to Al's completely ridiculous response. No Al YOU did NOT do everything within reason to give us a good experience. You are a complete moron! You had over 10 lanes open for 2 hours and wouldn't let us rent any of them to satisfy our needs. So when you say you do everything within reason to help us and work with us you are just lying. It wasn't within reason to allow us to use another lane that wasn't being used for 2 hours? You are literally an idiot. You need a course in customer service and satisfaction. You also had an attitude with me when you said, "let me tell you how this works here." That's not how a manager talks to an upset customer. You apologize for not coaching your people to figure out solutions. The solution here was simple! Split the group into two and put us next to each other when you have open lanes for 2 freaking hours! It really isn't hard. You are in the wrong business. read more

Beautiful place, they spent a ton of money building this place out. The prices are actually pretty good, most everything is $9-$12 range. However, they are really lacking in management here. I don't blame the employees, they were getting totally ran over. I saw at least 10 customers come up to the bar to get drinks because their server had 7-10 tables each and MIA because they had half the place to cover. I heard one customer yelling about it's been 20 mins just to get a glass of water. They have a real problem with lack of staff and their staff needs training, a lot of it. This place for sure has very high turnover because the employees are worked to death, 2 bartenders helping 30-40 people at a bar & making drinks for the whole bar area, it just doesn't work. I placed an order for soup (it's pre-made) 30 mins later the bartender came over and said oh the soup is on the way. I decided to pay for my drink and buy dinner somewhere else, this place is a total mess. Remember, it all starts from the top, poor management here. read more

Pinstack - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

The food not good at all,dirty dishes and silver ware,it took so long to get the food and the place wasn't even full,the order was wrong and we have to wait even more for the food,mediocre service.recommend only to play not for food. read more

Pinstack - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

Expensive, dirty, crowded, and a rough crowd. Paid for a VIP Lane and the service was great. There are also a lot of great games to play other than your traditional 2 ball/10 frame game. read more

Horrible experience won't be back. I work in a high flow restaurant too and know things get hectic at times. Half the menu was 86ed not, because they didn't have the item but, because the kitchen staff was behind. They were out of most of the beers on tap on a weekend. Going into a weekend most restaurants know to stock up on such items. When we were finally able to order drinks and food after asking multiple servers. They did not bring out my groups drinks all at once some people in the group waited over 45 minutes for one drink. read more

Stopped in to try out the lunch. Had the Steak Fajita Taco Salad. The food was excellent. Very tasty. Just felt for $12 it might have had a little more salad in the shell. The quantity of meat was just right. Service was acceptable; not great. It always perplexes me when you ask for water with lemon and the water arrives minus the lemon. Had to ask for lemon again and got to see it delivered to the wrong table by the server in training. The other server then retrieved the much coveted lemon and delivered them to me. The menu has a wide variety of choices so i will probably be back. read more

Don't do it. Save your money. Service is SLOW and BAD. Employees don't give a rip. Their computerized scoring system for bowling glitches out and feeezes. You will spend more time at the counter asking them to reset the system than you will bowling. Tons of employees standing around doing nothing. Freaking terrible. Great way to waste a night. read more

Had a great time here on Saturday with friends. It was like a 2 hr wait to bowl, but the bartender closer to the lanes kept things entertaining. He was really nice, cracking jokes and just having fun at work. Which is great to see. He made us feel comfortable and he made perfect drinks! (really sad I can't remember his name, I think it was like Anthony or something) Once we got to the lane we had to flag a waiter down to get some service, that really sucked. However when we did get someone she was really nice and very helpful. Not much tentative but very sweet. After we were down bowling we played some arcade games, which most of them were broken and taking but the machine was not working. Super sad. I gave 4 stars solely off the service from the bartender and some of the staff. Other wise it was a rocky visit. But we still made the best out of it. read more

Terrible service, rude staff, bowling alley is in bad shape., Dont waste your time or money on this place. we will never go back.

This place is fun but a little pricey for an arcade and bowling alley. Make sure you set up any party over 10 way in advance and do an event package. We called with a party of twenty thinking we could make a reservation to at least eat, based on website, but they won't reserve for parties over 10 and they don't do reservations on the weekend. Something the website doesn't share. I'm giving them a two because accommodating large groups at a place like this should be easier. When you are bringing a large amount of customers into a place, your level of customer service and accommodations should never go down. **update - after their response, just want to clarify - IN ADVANCE! don't go with a party or group if you aren't a planner. Even restaurants will accommodate you last minute with a wait. Even if uou wait, you won't be able to sit together even if the restaurant is empty. read more

To start off when we arrived they assigned the bowling lanes we got to the bowling lanes and they were dirty. They "picked up" the stuff and never came back to wipe the table. Terrible food service. Took over an hour to bring out a burger. We finished our game and the burger was still not out. Then a rude manager just started moving our food and stuff to a table because he had another group coming. When multiple other lanes were open for use. read more

From the time was I employees with this place to now is like night and day. We got to the place like 10 pm figured that would give my husband and I enough time to play a hour of bowling while we snacked. Got a lane and not once did anyone come by to see if we wanted food or drinks (not once the entire time). My husband found a towel and cleaned our lane because it had food crumbs all over the seat and table area, he then had to go to the bar to order our drinks, and eventually our food as well. He had a beer I had a margarita, or should I say I had a glass of tequila with yellow coloring, I sent it back and had a coke. My husband spent more time away from the table and game then he did playing. It was time up so I had my husband go up to pay for another 30 minutes and although it was 11:12 and they closed in 48 minutes we had time to play the 30 minutes. He was told that he couldn't pay for any more time because they close at midnight, mind you it was 12 minutes after 11. This place has certainly not got the staff that cares about the guest and guest experience nor do they care about money because they sure are missing a lot of it if that's the treatment the guest get when they come in. Worst experience ever. read more

Came on a Saturday night. The food was average. The mozzarella sticks were lukewarm and cheese wasn't melted all the way. Waited 2 hours for a bowling lane for a big party which was expected. I've came before on a weekday and and got to play every game we wanted to. Overall a fun atmosphere with average food read more

Pinstack - Margarita pizza & mozzarella sticks - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

We had an amazing time bowling. The general manger Blake came to our table to make sure everything was going smoothly. He was very friendly and attentive to everyone. . The atmosphere was nice also. We will definitely be coming back. read more

Great service!!! Nathan was friendly and polite. Food and drinks came out amazing and Wemberly was very sweet. The ambiance is amazing Definitely would come back and highly recommend this place!! read more

I have had the worst experience on my visit! I reserve a lane for Friday 04/24 for 8 o'clock! When I got there on time and had to wait 40 minutes to use the lane! The lane was disgusting! They wasn't sanitized at all! No one sprayed the balls that we were using! Managers were not checking in on us! The waitress were frustrated and not nice! The food was nasty as hell! Cold and hard! We didn't have instructions on how to use the lane! The service was horrible! After paying over 200 dollars between food and reserving lanes I will NEVER go back! Lacee Jones 469-910-9320 Laceejones20@gmail.com read more

I thought it would it be nice to try somewhere new. But I will spend my money elsewhere from now on. This place had TERRIBLE customer service. We not only had to ask to be waited on not once but TWICE. Our food was cold, and it was awful, we didn't get our drinks until half way through our meal. I will never spend my money here again. read more

Pinstack - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

We had a great time! Food was amazing and very fast! BIG thanks to Nathan S. Would love to see him next time he made it a great experience for us all. Thanks for the pic!!! read more

I'd go 3 for the food and 5 for everything else so I went 5. I had the 20 dollar burger,I'd call it average to good, not sure how you have such amazing ingredients and get just a kind of good burger. I doubt I'd order a meal here again. That said everything else was just amazing and I'll definitely go back, already planning next trip back to bowl and play games. Very reasonable prices for such a nice place. I'll bowl here from now on. read more

Pinstack - Twenty Dollar Burger - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

I don't typically write reviews but my company had our Christmas party at the Pinstack in Las Colinas and everything was amazing! The staff was very accommodating and respectful. The manager Bri was great as well. It was clear that everyone wanted us to have a great experience and we sure did! Thanks for the great service and a fun party!! read more

This is such a dope place to go for fun and food!! The food was legit for a bowling place, it's nice and clean and they have alcohol so that's great too!! Yea so cool place pretty good food it's a chain place so that's what your gonna get! Peace, blessings and fulll belly's LA read more

Please update your website that you are closed. Drove 35 minutes to this location only to see "Temporarily Closed, refer to website. " And you know what, your website says you're open. read more

Pinstack - Pinstack saying ope. - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

It was my husband's birthday and our first time going there to play bowling with a reservation. I called weeks prior, no answer left a voicemail. Called again and dial for operator so I could talk to somebody. They got me a manager to speak to which told me that I had to reserve the lanes online because a private space is a lot more expensive...waited til Friday morning, reserved 2 lanes ($225.16 for Gral lanes, which only includes 6 pairs of shoes per lane, would have been almost $300 for VIP lanes, the private room is somewhere around $800!). Arrived on Saturday and get our 2 lanes, I asked for a server so we can get food and drinks ordered, area is crowed and floors are sticky. One server comes and gets our drinks ordered, another server comes and tells us that she is a server for lane 6 and the server with the white shirt is our server for lane 5, we get our food ordered with the server with the black shirt and started playing. The server with the white shirt comes later and tells us "I don't know what you got going on here but my manager told me that you only get one server!" like we know how things work here? or ordered 2 servers? or I manage your service?! That is not my responsibility to figure out or work, we come here to celebrate a birthday and have a nice time. Food arrived a bit cold, we got our drinks. The server that got our food order did not come back to check on us or ask if we needed anything, I had to ask the guy that brought the food for silver ware and plates, I asked the other server and she acted like it wasn't her deal, the customer service is at a low level here. Then later the server with the white shirt came to tell us that we have 6 minutes left to play and we needed to move to the tables behind us. We moved and wanted our check since we had no desire to stay longer. When the time came to check out, the server said a manager will come over to talk to us after we told her that we were not happy with the service (It didn't happen). Looks like she got the server with the black shirt (Food server) to finally bring our food bill separately which she came to us with an attitude and put the ticket with the total on the table, my husband asked for a breakdown not just the total bill, she came back with it and we paid. I will say after this experience we will not come back or recommend this place, it is expensive for what you get, the quality of the service is poor which does not justify the cost and when you add "attitude" to the equation it is simply not worth it and it could ruin your event. read more

The hostess was helpful when we walked in , had a fun time playing in the arcade . The bartenders were great & entertaining . The manager , Bryan , greeted us & genuinely cared about our experience there . Being my first time at Pinstack , I will surely be back to enjoy another night out ! read more

Pinstack - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

Dean is awesome...Love this place. My family and I visit it often and they never disappoint.

So sad to give it this low of a review. I know that today is Black Friday, but being in retail/ service industry for many years, everywhere I worked was staffed ready for a crowd. Today was our first time, and I will not be back. We spent 20 plus min waiting on each drink, the food was cold and AWFUL (and $50 for the Deluxe platter). Our server so great but overwhelmed. I could hardly swallow the sliders because of how dry, we didn't get salsa for our chips, and were given only bev naps for napkins when we asked. For what we don't today I am very disappointed UPDATE so thankful that management reached out to see what they could do. Found a few things out about the day including that a website told people they would be open an hour earlier than planned. After speaking to the manger we will go back for another try to check it out. It's nice to feel like someone cares when you are just one of thousands to visit a place. I will re rate after we go back. read more

The food was good, the bowling lanes were awesome nice place had fun w family and friends .... happy hour drinks $$ was cool... $20/lane/ hour weekdays eve is awesome ...the bartender and the servers were good ... we are happy with the visit ... read more

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We arrived to find the lanes completely booked had an hour wait so we decided to eat. 25 min wait for chips and salsa that only came after we asked if the forgot us. 15 mins later we asked if they had forgotten our mozzarella sticks. When the meals showed up over a 10 minute spread they forgot our simplest order of chicken fingers with ketchup. We reminded them and 5 mins later it showed up with ranch. The staff are friendly but definitely not waitresses. No clue. read more

So this location is pre-Covid clean. Aka if you are very concerned about your safety don't come here. I come here very often with my friends and know what to expect. Bad service; servicer take more than 10 minutes to greet you, or don't come at all and you have to go to the bar. I have been in the service industry for 3 years, it's not hard but for some reason these servers suck.. after talking to a few bartenders and servers it may be managements fault but who knows. You are NOT 6 feet apart from other people, and they do NOT clean the bowling balls or seats etc. before the next comers. They get two stars for having good deals and good food. That's it. read more

I am giving this place a ZERO!!! I got food poisoning from being served raw chicken. Check the photo. The manager didn't want to come speak with me so he sent some kid to apologize. Then had the audacity to tell me, "We spoke to the cook and told him to make sure he uses a food thermometer going forward... Really? Ya don't say! Guess what they offered me as an apology... A free meal if I return at a different date! This is comical, so I guess I should double down and shoot for full on salmonella this time. No Thanks! This place won't see any of my business again. read more

Pinstack - Raw chicken served at Pinstack! - Bowling Near Me - Irving, Texas

I'm not one to leave reviews good or bad but this was an outright terrible experience. Visited on Saturday night for a date night. Had a lane reservation in the vip area. Got our shoes and went to our lane. Dirty plates, half eaten food left all over place and smelled terrible. Started bowling thinking they're just behind with the high volume of guest. Requested a server to order drinks and food but no one showed. Took them 45 mins to realize what was going on and a team of 5 to clean the area finally but they didn't even wipe down our table. No one acknowledged us or even gave a simple apology for sending us to a dirty area. The only positive thing I can say is after it was cleaned, a server came over and she was very nice with a great attitude. read more

We have been here about 8 times now and I can't believe it has taken this long to write a review. The service is always excellent but this visit was beyond excellent! We visted the restaurant, bowling, and gaming areas. 3 of the employees stood out and there for has prompted this review. We received the BEST service/friendliness from Donnell, Nicholas, and Jocelyn!!!! We were celebrating my son's birthday and we had the best night because of them! The food was amazing! Drinks were great as well! I love that the drink/food menu has so much variety to make everyone in the "group" happy as well. If you are looking for something fun to do with the family/friends.....This is the place! Great place to have great dinner(they have a separate restaurant inside) and happy hour too! *our group includes people in their teens, 20's, 40's and the youngest is 8. read more