Been sat on the toilet for 20 minutes waiting for toilet roll cos there isn't any. Asked my girlfriend to tell reception and they said they would send someone. 20 minutes I've been waiting so far read more

Always a good giggle going bowling. Especially if you have a group of friends and you play in teams. My biggest complaint is that it is so extortionately expensive...for 3 games, 2 adults, was over £40...on a Monday night! I know that they have some deals (I think Tuesday), but seriously. That's a bit silly. Not to mention food and drink are pricey as well. Looking at the menu (I was starved and slightly squiffy) I was hoping to order something relatively healthy. Unfortunately it's the typical fast food, microwave, deep fryer stuff. Not very satisfying and most likely would leave a greasy film on the roof of your mouth. I decided not to order anything and stuck to wine. Which did NOT improve my bowling as I had hoped it would. Overall, a fun night. Games afterwards are always a giggle, so it's nice that they have such a selection of things to do. They also have pool and ping pong tables. I've not actually used those yet, but I imagine they will be between £1-£3 per game. read more

For two games for an adult, it's £12.49, which seems reasonable to me. They estimate around an hour per game if your lane is full (6 people) so I guess that works out that you're paying around the equivalent of minimum wage for a good deal of fun. It's a bowling alley, with everything that goes with it (arcade machines, terrible music, and goodness knows who else's fingers have been in those holes before yours) but it feels friendlier to me than most bowling alleys I've been to. Also, while I can't speak for the rest of their food, the chicken nuggets are not bad, and the drinks are what I would call fairly reasonably priced. The sad part is that they can't do score sheet printouts, so the only answer is to snap a quick photo of the score screen with your phone. It seems odd to me that this is central Edinburgh's primary alley and it doesn't do the things that the bowling hall in rural Yorkshire did - score printouts, and humorous animations on the occasion of a gutterball, split, spare or strike. It's basic. But there's also a sneaky thing. If you bowl it just right and catch it just as your first ball is going through the system, your second ball can bounce off the mechanism and hit some of the pins it missed as it went by. Woop woop! read more

Tenpin Bowling - Bowling ahoy! - Bowling Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

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Full disclosure, I'm applying my American bowling alley experiences on this review. I don't mean to, I just don't have any other "measuring stick". First, the arcade area is pretty robust. Lots of different games, both ticket games and regular games (ones that don't give you tickets). I think the prices are a little expensive, but then again, this is the UK, so I guess it's par for the course. Bowling. I was surprised at how expensive bowling was on a Friday late morning/early afternoon...not exactly high traffic times. There were great deals on Thursday and Sunday evenings (10 pounds for two games and an appetizer), but apparently Friday afternoon is where they make their money back. Three bowlers, two games a piece (total of 6 games) was 35 pounds (roughly 50 dollars). The upside of this was shoes are included in the price, or you can simply bowl with your tennis shoes on; however, even factoring this in (three pairs for $2.75 a pair) we still paid about $40 for six games of bowling. The lanes are in decent shape, though the approach is in rough shape (thanks to no bowling shoes). The house balls are in rough shape, however, with 9/10 of the balls having divots, marks...basically it looks like someone has been rolling the balls down an asphalt driveway. If you are planning to come to Edinburgh to break your league high, I would pick a different lane. Overall, it was a nice break for the kids, but the cost of bowling and the shape of the equipment (balls and lanes) outweighed the benefit of me not having to rent shoes, and made the excursion to Tenpin not worth it in my opinion. read more

Tenpin Bowling - Entrance to Tenpin. - Bowling Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

This place is kind of everything that makes bowling a bit naff. Awful food, bad beer........penny gambling machines... I do like bowling its good fun and makes for a good night. But why cant a place do for bowling what the Dominion does for the cinema......! Im thinking gourmey hotdogs, chilli fries.....the same kind of food in a way but done with some care an attention. read more

Not bad, not great either. Really busy when we were there. Some things don't work well, not a great selection of balls. Could also use screens for bowling related fun, not football. Very distracting. Didn't try the food, has a bar. Overall if you wanna go bowling its fine! read more

I've only been bowling 2 or 3 times before so I can't comment on whether the lanes are perfect for experts or any of that malarkey so I'll just focus on the basics and the entertainment factor. There are lots of different weights of balls (all handily colour coded) with different size finger holes... spend a bit of time getting those 2 bits right! It makes all the difference! Cressida had organised the meetup and had been on a Tuesday early evening before (6:30pm) and apparently it was quiet that time. Well... not this time. It was hoaching! Lots of kids, lots of noise. A boisterous bunch of lads took the lane next to us a bit later too; one of whom managed to throw the ball all the way down someone else's lane with one bounce and then knocked all their remaining pins down. The machine where you add players names was only half working so we had to use names that didn't have certain letters which was a minor annoyance. They showed the footie (no idea who it was playing) on big screens above the pins which put people off a bit too. Overall though it's a handy location, the facilities are fine, nobody spat out their drinks so they must have been OK (we didn't try the food though), it's reasonably priced, the balls are round, the shoes don't pong, the lanes are flat. Pretty much what you want from bowling. ;-) read more

Does bowling well. Not too expensive and caters well to groups. The bar is also really quite cheap, I got a fright when my white wine spritzer was only £3 odds. What a surprise! Very noisy with tonnes of arcade games and children running around the place high to the back teeth on sweeties. But hey, what else can you expect from a ten pin bowling alley? Unfortunately you're unlikely to enjoy a Big Lebowski vibe here. But if you want to bowl, this is the place to come... read more

We went bowling last night, and I discovered the following: 1. I'm not very good at ten pin bowling 2. Trying to bowl with your left hand when you're right-handed doesn't work 2. Alcohol does not improve my technique in the slightest! Despite all that, I had a great time at our Yelp bowling night out! The atmosphere was great, the lanes were shiny and the bowling shoes weren't as awful as I remember them! At £7 a game, it was really good value (and we got a voucher for a free game at our next visit!). The staff were perhaps a little bit stretched at times, but were very cheery when they did get round to serving us, and they were so keen to make sure we were having a good night! We're thinking about making our visits a monthly feature, so I'll hopefully have plenty of opportunities to develop my technique (and play some Air Hockey too!). read more

This is about bowling. No much more to say about that. They also provide a games arcade, a full bar and they supply pizza & burgers. I have been here many times over the years. As Jenny L mentioned it has changed very little. As a keen 10pin bowler, (not good, just keen) this is my go to place for a fix. I am reviewing this on the basis of service and experiences. The booking staff and the check in staff are efficient and very friendly. - Less so the bar or food staff. They do make you wait - or are very slow in providing your order. This is something I already come to expect. It hasn't changed. I would like to mention that in 2007 I took part in the Lebowski Fest UK in here and I really enjoyed that experience - they should do these kind of themed dress up bowling parties more often. They also have 'disco-bowling' times and that is an experience by itself. Black-light and mirror-ball on the ceiling. Some balls have got fluorescent paint on them and all this makes for a brilliant photo / video opportunity. I like this place because I like bowling. After bowling you may play some pool, air-hockey or spend some money at any of the arcade machines. - strangely enough THESE do change every so often. In all an OK place to bowl. read more

If there is one sport I love and am good at more than any other, it has to be ten pin bowling! And the place in Edinburgh to go if you want a game is at Tenpin at Fountain Park. It has over twenty lanes which light up during the evening! Students can claim discount and this also applies at the bar where drinks are quite cheap. If you are bored of bowling and fancy doing something else, then don't worry! As Tenpin offers many pool tables (with a lack of pool ques!) and an abundance of games machines, including air hockey! Tenpin, due to its location and lack of bowling facilities in Edinburgh, this place is always busy, so my advice is to book a lane before you go or you will have to wait an age! Tenpin is a great place to go with mates and have a great time...only if you win though!!! read more

I love bowling, but this place has the worst customer service I've ever seen. Because I was worried about it being busy, I booked a lane in advance for our group. However, we had a couple people cancel at the last minute - this stuff happens but they wouldn't refund me the money I paid for them because they said they couldn't do that for online bookings because it was through a different company. I thought this was incredibly silly, but because we ended up just taking turns who got to take the extra shot we weren't going to lose that much. After finishing two games, we decided we wanted to play a third game. According to their price guide its only a pound more to play a third game, but they wouldn't let us add a third game to our existing booking. They said we had to start from a whole new booking and pay £6 each instead of just £1. The staff didn't even try to help with this and just assumed their crazy system made sense and we would accept this price gouging without argument. I know there are not many bowling alleys in Edinburgh, but I will never be going here again after this shabby treatment. read more

Pretty run down, some of the computers that set up your names don't work, everything is in need of refreshing, the gaming machines are prolific and on good condition, prepare for loud noises off the gaming and slot machines. The food was served in plastic baskets and not very apatising, sadly I won't be returning. This bowling alley is on the lower end of any I've played in. read more