We are just visiting Arizona from California but we were met with a GREAT experience at this place! We played the Lucky Putt with 18 holes. Very cool, very trendy. It was all clean and well spaced out. Directions were clear and it was really fun! Then we had our hearts set on winning a mini pop of Donald and Daisy. Then we met Jared. He was very welcoming and made us feel like winners! And yes, we got Donald and Daisy! Definitely would love to come back and do the other activities plus try the food. read more

Uptown Alley - Prizes won with tickets from the arcade. - Bowling Near Me - Surprise, Arizona

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Amazing place to be! Full bar with yummy drinks, bowling, kareoke, VR games, mini golf. Love it! Go early, went sat at 1 and it was perfect. Not crazy busy, food was typical nothing incredible we ordered wings, fries and loaded quesadillas. Their special for mothers day was AMAZING 1.5 hrs of bowling, 4 drinks, 4 - 1hr game cards and a simple snack platter was unbeatable. Will go back! read more

Lots of games and activities like virtual golf and bowling . The food was 8/10 all we really tried was appetizers they were yummy! I think its perfect for a family night or date read more

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Ordered a pizza and it never came, shame to the cooks but praise to our nice server Devin who was able to help out with the stressful situation read more

We love bringing the kids here for playdates! So happy they took laser tag and the extra bowling out to extend the arcade and put the mini golf in. There's a woman at the front desk who I have seen for years now, I don't know her name, but she wears glasses with black hair kinda curly - she's always so great! I need to catch her name to update this review. She deserves recognition! I do miss the $5 kids meals with a drink and a cookie, last I remember they don't offer it anymore. Fun place for everyone! read more

My family and I have been frequent flyers of Uptown Alley for many years and have gotten to know a majority of the staff, including the management, throughout the years. We recently visited the facility, and was blown away by the manager, DJ's professionalism, stellar communication, and overall positive attitude. We had not been in since renovations started, but seeing all the new and improved changes to the establishment, as well as DJ's incredibly astounding hospitality, will ensure we are regulars for years to come. read more

im literally crashing out rn this was the worst arcade experience ever!! do not come!! i spent not only an hour but 100 dollars to gain enough tickets for a squishy cheese to find out that they gave me the wrong card!! they gave me a time card which does not gain any tickets!! an employee told me that he could not give us our tickets back!! so i walked away bare handed and squishy cheese-less!! after spending time on the games that gain me tickets and not ones that i would enjoy i am very disappointed to not have any prize!! although i am happy that he refunded me i still wish that he could have given each of us a prize of our choice within reason!! read more

If you're looking for a place that delivers fun, flavor, and fantastic service, Uptown Alley hits the mark especially on Taco Tuesday. The $2 tacos are not only a steal, but they're actually delicious loaded with flavor and perfect for pairing with a drink or two. But the food isn't the only highlight. The bowling lanes for 10$ with unlimited time! They are modern and clean, with a fun, upbeat vibe that makes it perfect for both casual hangouts and competitive games. The whole place gives off a welcoming energy that makes you want to stay longer than you planned. And let's talk about the real MVP of the night Devin. The service was absolutely top-tier. Devin went above and beyond to make sure everything was smooth, from food and drinks to lane setup and general vibes. Friendly, attentive, and genuinely cool, Devin made the experience feel personal and memorable. Whether you're there for the tacos, the bowling, or just good company, Uptown Alley on a Tuesday is a win. 10/10 would go back (especially if Devin's working). read more

Myriah is such an amazing bartender!! She knows what you want and is very attentive I really only go the day days she's working

Awesome people and fun vibe. Manager on duty, Ariel is super friendly. Provides awesome service. Bartender Nick super friendly, he knows his drinks! We will definitely return with tje family for more fun times and celebrations!! read more

We walked in & waited to be seated due to limited staff. My husband & I came on Thursday because they have happy hour specials all day until 7p. Our waitress was nice & approached our table after we were seated. We ordered the happy hour garlic parmesan wings, cheese fries, uptown margarita's, shark bite drink & chicken tacos. Our wings were very good in flavor & size, our fries & taco's were not hot @ all like they were sitting back there for awhile. We understood they were understaffed but they only had less than 10 customer's in the restaurant area & more in the bowling areas. The management came over to ask us how our food was early on which was nice of them to check on their customers. One of the manager's even recognized their regular group of ladies & spoke w/ them as well. Also; our waitress Kylee M. took a long time in between to check on us & we had to go up to the bartender to find our waitress so we can get our bill & a to go box. We will definitely be back to enjoy happy hour again & hoping next time all our food brought out hot. A tip; I just found out on Yelp for this restaurant you can receive 20% off your bill as well. read more

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The Food was aight. Jenell MADE the experience, she was attentive, fast, friendly, and efficient! We will definitely be coming back for her thank you Jenell! Made our whole night! - Arabella & Chris read more

Awesome!!! Cosmic bowling, video games, laser tag and a bar!!! You can't beat it!!! Delicious $4 drinks and cheesy bread...so much cheese!!!!! $45 for an hour and the $25 during the week!! Everyday they have game and food specials, be sure to check in to save 20%!!! Taco Tuesday is 8 tacos and a tower of margarita for $30 Best way to spend the day!!! read more

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The renovations we really cool. They have a karaoke machine and they have good drinks,

Our group of 8 grabbed a couple of lanes in the more private area and ordered many appetizers. The food was meh, but the service and atmosphere were great. Thank you Brooke for the wonderful customer service. After exiting the bowling alley, we hit the game room. I was surprised how winded I got from the Hungry Hungry Hippos game. read more

Jax is a Rockstar employee! Very knowledgeable, patient and accommodating. Aside from being the most beautiful woman in the building, SHE will be the reason my 5 kids and I will be sure to regularly visit Uptown. Whomever hired her should be truly proud! read more

Food was raw , no one could help me, and it's too loud. Food was raw , no one could help me, and it's too loud. read more

Can't get board here. Great for kids, adults. Good drinks and food. Great for b day parties and the pizza is surprisingly good! read more

Uptown Alley - Bowling Near Me - Surprise, Arizona

I am a resident of surprise for 20+ years came to see the new Uptown Alley and Colin was of great service! He let us play 5 min free to check out their new darts and golfing area! Awesome. read more

Daya in the arcade was so helpful and kind today, we appreciated her outstanding customer service.

Wow. This place is nice. It's like if a casino and a bowling alley joined forces. Huge bar area, great arcade, luxurious bowling areas with great lighting and couch-like lounge seating. Private party rooms. It was definitely an elevated read more

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I love this place... but had a bad experience today with Sherry, I came in to throw a couple rounds by myself and when she heard it was only me she was being extremely judging and disrespectful, her tone in her voice after saying "just you well ummmmm ok it's gonna be pricy and you only have an hour do you still want to do it" after I said yes multiple times she continued to reassure very rudely. Nothing is wrong with enjoying time alone while PAYING FOR IT don't understand why she had to be so surprised and rude. Guy in the bar was absolutely outstanding! I've never came across any issues here until I came across Shelly being judgmental, rude and without any professionalism. Makes me question if I ever even want to come back to this place. read more

We always come here to play pool and arcade games however today will be our last. I went to order drinks at the bar from a heavier set blonde girl with tattoos who did not look like she enjoyed her job. She made eye contact with me by glaring at me and then continued to walk past me to serve someone else who came up to the bar after me. She then continued to ignore me by walking past me multiple times before I asked her if I could order a drink. She then got extremely confrontational telling me not to yell at her.. I walked away because who wants service from someone like that? And talked to the manager about how rude she was. The manager didn't seem to care about the situation at all. I asked the manager for the bartender's name since my husband and I have ordered drinks from her a couple of other times and she's given us the same attitude. The manager said that the bartenders name was "Miranda" but I don't know if that's accurate since she didn't seem to take us seriously to begin with. Loved this place but we definitely will not be returning after this experience. read more

We found this fun spot while recently visiting Phoenix. My daughter enjoyed the arcade. There is also a restaurant and bowling alley. I didn't get a chance to go bowling, but it looked like a lot of fun. The employees there were also very friendly! read more

Uptown Alley - Real life hungry hippos! - Bowling Near Me - Surprise, Arizona

Uptown Alley was amazing! Group of 5 of us came in Saturday night in search of a laser tag arena & we got what we were hoping for and more. RUDY G. was beyond helpful and made sure we were enjoying our time, always letting us know to come to him if we needed help or had questions. We also played in the arcade area and that was a great experience as well. We'll definitely be stopping by again read more

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Devin has been my server multiple times and always goes above and beyond. He has a great attitude and work ethic. Food here is good for a bowling alley. Will definitely be requesting him every time read more

I was bowling with my friend and I ordered drinks first of all why are the drinks 3 dollars each but we where waiting forever for my wings and they never brought out my 3 drinks read more

Went bowling for the first time in years and I had a blast at Uptown Alley! Fun environment and pretty good music. I'm not the best bowler (even though I killed my competitors), but the bowling wasn't the best part... the Service was. Our server Devin was amazing! He was on it! We went with a large group and he made sure our food was hot, drinks were full, and that we were having a good time. Despite how busy it was, he was smiling the entire time, polite, and balanced like 10 drinks plus food on one tray! Rockstar! Thanks Devin for making my experience top notch! read more

Bowling was fun although interrupted by technical issues more than it should be. The servers were nice but not well trained or knowledgeable. The interaction with the Manager was more than irritating and we'll choose another place to spend our money for bowling. Tom read more

We just had our sons 6th birthday party here last Saturday and we are SO happy we made the decision to host it at Uptown Alley! The entire process from reserving the date, the private room, and the package all the way through the end of the event was so easy, and everyone I dealt with was so friendly! Our party host Raylee (sp) was the real MVP!! She constantly checked with us to see if we needed anything, and was so sweet and patient even with over 15 sugar hyped kiddos! She made the day go so smoothly. Kids and parents all loved the pizza and said it was delicious! The personalized monster cookie that was part of the package was such a cute addition. Everyone had a blast bowling and playing in the arcade! My son said it was his best bday ever! read more

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Last weekend we swung by here to bowl and there was a 2 hour wait walking in around 5:30pm. I called during the week to see if there was any way to get a lane easier. They offer a online reservation you can set up ahead of time. You pay when you check in. We did a 2pm reservation request. Checking in they were moving really slow. Not sure what was going on, but when it was our turn we were set up really fast. Music was booming, lights were flashing, water features were sparkling. What a nice ambiounce. Heads up. They do not clean in between customers. Left over food and drinks were all over the table. The seating was greasy. We sat on a circle cushion near the lane to avoid the mess. Our lane only had 4 balls. Which we ended up having to share with the sweetest group of 7 kids under 12. They were eating pizza and salad so it made the balls greasy and I kept getting food particles stuck to my hands. I had to sanitize in between. All I could do is sanitize and giggle. We are good sports. If you are assigned lane 28 warning it breaks down a lot! Our game kept getting stuck and the awesome kid in shoe rentals helped us a few times when he could. Certain malfunctions he had to request special assistance to fix it behind the scenes. Also the pin counting is off and with thay and ball the malfunctions the scoring was far from accurate. We were only there for fun so we didn't sweat the small stuff. Our time was up after only 2 games having to wait to use a ball and the lane malfunctions so they were kind and gave us 15 minutes to finish our last game. We appreciated that. read more

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Ask me if this place is worth going on a Friday night a few months ago I'd say yes. But after their change of unlimited starting at 9pm instead of 4pm, Uptown Alley is the same as any other bowling alley in Arizona. read more

Devin is the man he kills it every time! Definitely makes us feel welcome. Taco Tuesday & unlimited bowling is a great deal

Today me and my hubby went here to go bowling. It's been forever since we've bowled and figured let's have some fun. I am impressed because they had so many different specials going on. We happened to take advantage of the summer break pass special going on till July 30th. It's a Monday-Friday until 4, you get 2 hours of bowling plus shoe rental & unlimited arcade and laser tag for $15 per person. It was quite busy but thankfully we still got a lane. We bowled the whole 2 hours, laughing at some of our scores but having a great time. We were able to order drinks & pay for them at our table from our phone. Love that! They serve Coke products so another score!! We had a blast playing games. The arcade was also super busy, I didn't get a chance to play a few games because of the wait but we will definitely be back! read more

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Visited Uptown Alley in Surprise for a Church event tonight and had an amazing server named Devin. He was very attentive and made our experience enjoyable. Anyone that gets Devin as a server is sure to have a good time. read more

First time here, went bowling. Would not recommend the pizza, the worst I've ever had, it was gross. Poor service when it came to getting served food and drinks while bowling. Pricey for the poor quality. read more

A group of us went to Uptown Alley for food, drinks and bowling and needless to say, it didn't live up to my expectations. The staff was very friendly and accommodating, but the experience was subpar, especially for the price! We paid over $100 for 3 people to spend 2 hours bowling (the bowling balls were super greasy too, it was pretty gross considering the price we paid). We asked to be in the 21 and over room, which had always been a more chill area to hang out, with less than 10 lanes and a nice bar. I was surprised to see kids bowling in there. Maybe it's changed since my last visit? They didn't bother me, mostly because I couldn't hear anything over the music. My friends and I had to talk so loud to hear each other, my voice was sore by the end of the night. We used the QR code at our lane to order food and drinks, which came quickly. They have a decent selections of beer but it wasn't poured well. The food was ok, nothing special. I ordered the chicken sandwich and it was really charred, not what I expected, but the tater tots were good. It was easy to order and pay through the website. As a Surprise resident, I have been to Uptown Alley many times over the years (there aren't a lot of options nearby), but this was my most underrated experience. Overall, everything was just too expensive for what was being offered. I'm not inclined to return, especially with the new entertainment district being built just a few miles down the road. read more

There was a guy named Daryl who was completely disrespectful to us. We came in as a group of 5 friends trying to celebrate a birthday and requested two lanes... he wouldn't allow it because we were a party under 7 people. Until he raises his voice on us and after multiple arguments back and forth, he just leaves the counter all upset because we needed two lanes. All this because of this deal they had going on on Tuesdays. Stay away from dealing with this person. He doesn't deserve to be working there because that place is one of the nicest places to go to in terms of bowling but people like Daryl are what makes a person not want to go there. Way to go Daryl. SMH. read more

Uptown Alley - Bowling Near Me - Surprise, Arizona

We have been to Uptown Alley numerous times over the past few years. My boyfriend is an avid bowler and there really aren't options nearby if you live in Surprise, so this is where we go. It's never been an amazing experience, but it's gone downhill for the last few months. We keep hoping it will be better but it just gets worse and worse. There's so much to do and it has potential to be such an awesome place! It's definitely over priced for what it is. We were just there this weekend and about 50% of the games didn't work. But, they didn't have signs on them. Some do say they don't work, so you know not to try them. Others did not, so we would try and it would take our money without letting us play! The first time I let it slide but then we went to the desk and they said "yeah, the machines are old and getting rusty, we will refund whatever you spent and didn't play" which she did. Turns out, it was actually $17! That's a lot of games we didn't even know charged us. Sometimes those card readers don't actually read so you scan again. Apparently they were still taking the money and we didn't even know it. We played a few games and they would breakdown while playing. It was super frustrating. We had called prior to arriving (we live 10 mins away) and they said there was no wait for bowling. When we got there it was a 90 minute wait and there was only one person in line before us. No clue how the wait went from none to 90 minutes when there wasn't even a line. Once we were given a lane we could see that several of their lanes were inoperable. I'm guessing maybe that's why the wait was so high, they had lanes breaking down so it forced them to go on a waitlist, however that's just my guess. We then ordered 4 drinks and some water from the QR code on the table. After 35 minutes they hadn't arrived, so my boyfriend went to the bar and they were just sitting there. The bartender said those drinks had been sitting there for quite a while. He didn't offer to remake them, but said we could take them. The beers were all warm by that point so they were difficult to even drink. Plus, we tipped through the app almost $5.00 ($4.98 I believe) and had to serve ourselves! I had dinner in the crockpot at home so we ordered 2 tater tots appetizers for something to munch on. I went to the kitchen after 30 mins (knowing our drinks just sat there for a long time) and checked to see if our food was just sitting in the window (warmer). It wasn't there but I saw someone load up something that looked like 2 tots and thought maybe that was ours and it was on its way. After 45 minutes I realized I was wrong and those must not have been our tots. I went back to the kitchen and someone asked to help me. I explained and she looked around and said "I'll get some made for you and bring them out". I saw 2 baskets in the window and figured those were our tots but she said she would make new so that was fine. A man brought out our toys about 15 minutes later and they were not hot! He said "I tried to deliver these earlier......(I couldn't hear the rest of what he said)" I was just happy to get our food to munch on as we had been there for almost an hour and were a little hungry. We purchased 2 hours of bowling. Our lane only broke down three times in that timeframe, so it wasn't terrible but still, more than it should! And when your lane breaks down, requiring you to hunt someone down to help because nobody responds to the help button on the lane, they don't even add time back on! One time I personally went to the desk to get help and nobody was there. There was 2 other people up there to complain so by the time the desk person got there, she had to help others which meant we lost about 15 minutes (I didn't time that). Out of all the issues we had, even when employees admitted there was something wrong, we were never once offered anything to make it right from a customer experience perspective. We are all in customer service fields and there could have been things done to make it better. The bartender could have remade our drinks, the server could have either given us hot and fresh tots or refunded us for the issue. The only time things were actually "made right" was the arcade giving us back our $17. But we couldn't do much with it anyway because the games didn't work! Our card still has money on it and maybe we will be back at some point but it's not fun anymore. When you have issue after issue on a night you take your family/friends to have a good time, it becomes frustrating and not worth it anymore. read more

Uptown Alley - Receipts for drinks (including tip)! - Bowling Near Me - Surprise, Arizona

Absolutely love this place! We spend every Tuesday here! They offer $10 all you can bowl and arcade games. Facility is clean and staff is great! read more