We had so much fun here! We came last Sunday for the first time. We bought one lane for 6 people for one hour ($60), six pairs of shoes ($5 each) and two people needed socks ($5 each). XL Lanes is located at the south end of fashion fair mall. You don't have to actually enter the mall to get to it. We had no trouble finding parking. You can take the stairs to go down to XL or wait for the little elevator. Inside, the cashier is to your right with good large signage as to prices etc. to the left are pool tables and seating area and beyond that, arcade games and the bowling lanes. We attempted to place an order at the bar but since we were bowling, we needed to order through a server. I wish I'd remembered his name but our server was GREAT, very attentive and swift with everything. I'm looking forward to going back read more

I didn't know what to expect since it's located inside the mall. Upon walking in I was surprised with how big the place is. They have bowling, lots of arcade games and pool. On Mondays and Tuesdays I believe they have a 5 dollar special. Each game is 5 dollars and shoe rentals are 5 dollars. A great price in my opinion and it allows you to pick more games if you want. They have bowling ramps and bumbers for the kids. My boys are little and they had a blast. They have food too. Our waitress was extremely kind and very helpful. We ordered nachos and chicken tenders with fries. Pretty basic food but really good and fresh. My boys devoured it all. A great place for family fun. read more

XLanes - Bowling Near Me - Fresno, California

Nice chill spot, lots of different things you can play here for adults and kids. The drive selection isn't too bad as well. The food was great and the pricing wasn't bad at all. Service was fast, friendly and accommodating. I like coming here just to get a few games of darts and relax with the girls. read more

XLanes - The turkey club with garlic tots and Mexican candy - Bowling Near Me - Fresno, California

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I'm very shocked lol. I came to bowl and there's no oil on the lanes... I was told by a staff member that "this isn't a real bowling alley." I mean, i appreciate the honesty but why is this place marketed for bowling if they don't even oil the lanes ? Or put down the actual size lanes ? I paid for 4 games, I couldn't even finish my 3rd. Walked out. Staff were friendly and I'm sure they didn't care about it lol. Yeah, makes 0 sense. read more

Staff are great and the vibes here are awesome, but if you're here to try and have a good bowling session, this is not the place. Lanes are DRY asf... I can literally walk the whole lane and not worry about slipping. They don't oil their lanes and that's a shame. Pool, arcade, food & drinks are wonderful. My only complaint is the bowling section! If they made their bowling lanes similar to a legitimate bowling alley with oil, this spot would a well-rounded spot for family/friend fun! IF YOU'RE HERE STRICTLY TRYING TO BOWL, GO TO LUCKYSTRIKE. IF YOUR HERE FOR AN OVERALL GOOD TIME (FOOD, ARACADE, DRINKS, POOL), IT'S GOOD. read more

I recently found out that this bowling alley has 3 karaoke rooms I was very interested after finding out but I couldn't find much about it on yelp or google. I decided to go check it out myself and being that today is my birthday... It was perfect and easy to book. I just went online and went under karaoke room reservations by scrolling almost to the bottom of the page and used my credit card. The prices are good and they have good equipment and it wasn't too hard to navigate through once we figured out how to add songs to the list. To save a lot of time make your playlist maybe the day before. There were 12 bar top stools for u and ur friends to chill. It was SOOOO MUCH FUNNN! Hope to be back soon. read more

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Staff was over all ok. The issue was that they do not accept a Permanent Residence Card as ID. That is not stated anywhere on their page. Per the bartender "it's our policy". We ended up just walking away. I will not he going back ever again. read more

Your security guards need a reality check. Wanna be cops just following us around all night and as soon as it hit closing time just forcing us out to leave. read more

5 stars for service - Jojo, Ryan, and Alexis were awesome, attentive, and provided great customer service, 3 stars for karaoke rooms that fit 10-15 people with poor to no air conditioning except for 1 out of the 3 rooms available. It was a very hot and sweaty night. Came for group karaoke on a Friday night 8-10pm. Drinks good for the price and had a great time. Bartenders was super quick. Easy to book. Wide song selection. Just wish the karaoke rooms were consistently cool for such a large group. We were here for a group bowling event prior to karaoke and the bowling was fun as well. read more

Place is cool. Food is good. Service is decent. Pros: I really love the design of the place. It's so cool and fun. They have a good selection of games to play. The food is good. Well the pizza since that's the some of the only things I've ordered along with onion rings and nachos. Birria pizza is my favorite. Friends were able to get drinks and were satisfied. Bowling is great. It's an overall vibe just being there. Cons: I've been going here for karaoke with friends and it's been fun but mainly because we make the most of it. When we reserved a room for the first time, staff didn't really show us what to do or which room to go to. We had to figure it out ourselves, meaning I had to do some tweaking with the karaoke room settings and tablet as if I worked there. After having to ask for food service, staff was being judgemental of our singing by trying not to laugh. Pretty much made it a buzzkill. I also want to note that one of the rooms did not have a good sound system from it's speakers so every song sounded distorted. Can't forget to mention that the party lights glitch alot to where it flickers wildly and hurts our eyes. The games were for the most part accessible but some such as one of the Mario Kart machines were super wobbly and it felt like it was going to fall along with me. I also tried playing street fighter but it kept taking me to a black screen so I basically spent my credits/money to play nothing. read more

First time at the bowling alley. Not sure what to expect but was nicely surprised. The cashier was really nice and helpful. They charge by hour or by game and she gave a us both totals to help us decide which option would be better. There are 12 bowling lanes. Max 6 bowlers to a lane. We had 3 kids and were able to program at the cashier which bowlers had the bumpers. So when it the kids turn, the bumpers would automatically go up. The lanes were clean. There was plenty of seating. In addition to bowling, there were a few karaoke booths, pool tables, air hockey tables and arcade games. The place was clean. There were lots of tables to eat and a large bar. We didn't eat anything but the beer was cold. There were a variety of people, not just young adults. Would visit again. read more

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I booked XLanes for a holiday staff party. I was able to work with Kennedy through phone/email in order to plan out the menu and everything we needed. It was perfect! The food was delicious and hot out of the kitchen! Our staff had an absolute blast and ultimately was a reasonable price for our group of 30! read more

The bar tender told me "oh you're big you need a lot of alcohol you're a big girl!" I'm 6'2 ! I'm a tall person, but why would you tell somebody that they're a big person and then comment on how they need more liquor! Still didn't get drunk " Then they gave our food to some other lane which we clearly said what lane we were at. they only refunded a portion of the food and my kids were crying because they have been waiting an hour for some food that never got delivered. The pizza was nasty, it took a total of 2 hrs to get one pepperoni pizza! It was my birthday but how does your bartender offend a "tall person" saying I need more liquor cus I'm a big girl! Wtf read more

XLanes - Our game - Bowling Near Me - Fresno, California

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What a PERFECT place to hang out with friends and family!! They have everything for entertaining. Karaoke rooms, bowling lanes, arcade machines, sticker photo booth, arcade machines and restaurant and bars!!! Their pizzas tasted really great, so freshly made out of oven and the buffalo wings were the top of my favorites!! We did bowling, the lanes and balls were clean, and even the sofa had under spaces for the shoes! My kids enjoyed all the arcade machines with the hourly play card. The arcade hourly card price was very reasonable compare to other places. Kids could try everything that they ever wanted!!! Definitely we'll come back for more fun!! One more thing, a shout out to "Giselle" and "Jojo"!! You were very attentive and kind!! read more

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We had fun bowling but the lanes were sticky and you couldn't slide when releasing the ball. I give 4 stars for bowling. The food got one star, we had the nachos tray with chicken. It was cold tasteless and had about a tablespoon of chicken and a tablespoon of pico de gallo no cilantro. Sad offering. HOW DO YOU SCREW UP NACHOS? We my go bowling again but would never eat there. read more

Updating my last review since I heard a few things about Xlanes. Some of my friends still go there and nothing has really changed about the service!! Even a few more people got asked to leave and not return because of the servers feeling uncomfortable being sought out for service!! Ridiculous management and poor service is going to ruin this laughable establishment!!! Xlanes needs to shut down if this is going to continue happening servers are there to work and serve customers and lanes not cop feelings of insecurity or be little children!! What are y'all running a business or a daycare for kids??? Wakey wakey xlanes read more

Didn't know this place existed. Stumbled across it at Fashion Fair mall. X lanes is kind of a misnomer because we expected to find a bowling alley and karaoke based on the sign in the front but they actually have it all for adults and kids. Definitely a family friendly place with all the bells and whistles. They advertise bowling as their main feature hence the name XLanes but they also have a full bar and dedicated billiard area, arcade, and private rooms to rent for karaoke! Very colorful and neat set up. Great family value package and a Happy Hour at the bar M-F 3-7pm. Be sure to ask about specials, they have special pricing for everything, restrictions apply. See their signs on No outside food or beverages. It's a restaurant/fun zone for both adults and children so they have it all. Be aware they have two entrances, one from the back between Macy's and JC. Penny as they are open past mall hours. read more

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Poor phone customer service, representative was rude. In person service was great. Venue is great. Would go again

This is my wife and my first time here. We asked the bartender Seth what his specialty was and he hooked us up with this Raspberry kamikaze....let me tell you SO DAMN GOOD. They were low on staff today but customer service was excellent. When a rude customer tried to like hassle him, he was polite and kept his cool. The food was awesome, we got the MOAP pizza and sweet sesame chicken wings...so delicious. Will definitely come back again. read more

XLanes - Seth's signature Raspberry Kamikaze. Delicious!!! - Bowling Near Me - Fresno, California

Michaela was the sweetest! Thank you for the great vibes, great drinks, and great service! Made my friend's birthday ended with a great memory! Thank you! will be back! read more

XLanes - Bowling Near Me - Fresno, California

BEST SERVICE! TIP THE BARTENDER!! SHES COOL AF! They have 2 private karaoke rooms for friends and family!! A dope arcade! Coolest bowling lanes and billiards! What don't you like! read more

XLanes - Best Bar! - Bowling Near Me - Fresno, California

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This place has potential but it just doesn't seem like it can hit that potential. Went to go bowl here and thought we were going to have a great time but we didn't. The lanes are not maintained/oiled so you can't spin/curve bowling balls. Even MCD floors are more oily and better!!! Bowling balls are cheap and don't rotate as the average bowling balls. Please save your time and money and just go to Bowlero. Better bowling atmosphere, vibes, and fun. X-Lanes seems to focus too much on other things besides bowling. If you name yourself after bowling, you have to have amazing top tier bowling. But nope!!!! read more

I tried to book a reservation for karaoke on the day of, but it was already all booked. however, we went in anyways and asked if they happened to have any availability. They were very kind and were able to accommodate us for an hour which we were super appreciative of. the stools in the rooms are cushioned but have no back support. We were told we can grab one of the dining chairs outside of the room if needed, which was great. There is a lot of different music genres and selections to choose from. There is a server that will come into your room to take any food or drink orders. Their cocktails are delicious. A few negatives: the music is very loud. Not quite a negative because some people might like that, but we couldn't really hear eachother singing lol. AND, the room was VERY hot. We were told they were unable to turn the AC on which was pretty horrible because it was hard to fully enjoy our time in the room. We were given the option to prop the door open if needed, which kind of helped, but it would've been nice to at least have a fan. A few things that would really make this experience exceptional is comfortable seating(preferably couches), air conditioning, and more karaoke rooms. All in all, it was so much fun. Let me tell you, 1 hour goes by quick in there. I'd recommend it, especially since there are no private room karaoke places nearby. read more

I have been to xlanes 3 times now and I can honestly say that it is a really cool place. The staff are friendly and helpful, the vibe is great, and the food is some of the best I've had. I've watched an interview where the owner was talking about how almost everything on the menu is house made and you can tell! Now as you can see I didn't give this a full 5 stars. I do have a few things that weren't so great and that I feel can be improved. One time I went in and the men's restroom was super dirty and no toilet paper was in either stall, I'm not sure how many times the restrooms are checked but it might need to be increased. Now for my last part it has to do with pricing specifically for the bowling. When you go early in the day pricing isn't too bad, it can be as low as $5 per game. However I don't particularly care that it goes up as the day goes on. I get it companies need to make money but literally when I paid $9 for a game (which was actually $18 because me and my wife were bowling) and we played the hyper bowling just to have the game end in like 10 minutes made us feel a little ripped off. I'm not necessarily 100% upset about pricing but I would like to see hyper bowling changed to be 2 turns per player so that way the games last longer to make it feel more worth the money. My wife and I switched to regular bowling after that game and we enjoyed it more. All in all this is a very fun place to go bowling, get some food, play other games that they have and hang out. Glad Xlanes is now apart of Fresno! read more

Very cool concept and friendly staff. Only knocked a star off because the bowling isn't quite right. Bowlers need to know this isn't a true bowling lanes. The lanes aren't oiled, so there's no way to spin the ball with any control. And all the pins are held by rope at the top of them, so they don't fly around like regular pins. I'm guessing this design is so they just pull the ropes to reset them instead of needing double the pins and organizing machines to set them every frame. Took me about one game to give up and just throw balls straight. If you're not a remotely serious bowler, this place is probably perfect since it has everything for a fun night out. My wife and kids loved it and once I wasn't trying to bowl great, it was fun. I hope it succeeds as it's a great use of the Fashion Fair basement. read more

Food service is terrible, workers have bad attitudes, manager is worthless to deal, would go anywhere else but here

Service is so slow, inattentive and I think overall just inexperienced. I hosted 18 individuals here for my husbands birthday party. Reserved 3 lanes for two hours each. Hope our server was so slow I ended up suggesting to my guest to go to the bar for their own drinks since service was not moving along and half of the party was either missing drinks or still waiting to place their food order. I wish the management team would've been more involved. We were there to consume and did but many of my guest and myself did not leave happy. The place itself has potential and had been fun the prior time I was there with a party of 4, not sure if the bigger group was too much for the venue to host or maybe the staff just isn't properly trained. If hosting an event here I would suggest having dinner somewhere else and maybe just getting drinks at their bar before doing the bowling. Food here is not bad, I think we all agreed the food was good but the service ruined the experience. Food was actually out before drinks for some of our guest which was really irritating. I had to go to the bar and ask for water cups and two of my guest ended up just canceling their beers afterwards and stuck to just water. Service me can either enhance an experience or completely ruin it and unfortunately for me this place can't meet minor expectations for big parties. The place was not even a fourth of capacity full which only added to the disappointment. read more

2nd time where our karaoke session didn't go pass 2 hours of our time. 1st time they gave us a free 1hr karaoke session so we finally decided to come back for a 2nd time but AGAIN they messed up and now we got ANOTHER 1 1/2 hr free session. I do appreciate them for them giving us a free session again but still they could be better with being accurate and keeping their words. Update: they gave us 2 hours instead, hopefully 3rd time is a charm read more

Xlanes is a pretty fun place and has multiple attractions of things to do here. The main thing is going to be the bowling the lanes are nice but are a little overpriced for a date. The arcade was had some good games but have a pretty limited selection so it felt like we ran through the games we wanted to play and still had $20 left over out of the $60 we put on the arcade card. The pool tables are nice and not to badly priced compared to other billiard places. I liked that this place had a bar and food options that was a nice way to start the night of fun here. I think between all the options they have you will find something entertaining here. Its a good place for fun night out read more

Bee was amazing and so attentive to our huge party of 40+ people! The right food came to the right person and she was so kind and gave great recommendations of the menu Can't wait to come back and ask for Bee! read more

Literally looks like a hole in the wall while strolling through the mall but this place is poppin on the inside. Its hidden on the south side of the mall. Walk thru the doors, get pre-screened by a security guard and take the escalators down... its a really huge space. They have 12 bowling lanes, 4 pool tables, arcades, 4 darts, a full bar with a good selection on draft, TVs all around. Looks like a fun place to have a business or family event here. Go check it out! read more

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The lanes here are dangerous for actual bowlers. The flooring doesn't allow you to slide. I brought my own shoes and used powder. Still no slide. The lanes are dryer than a 40 year old virgin. After my 4th frame, I went to go ask for a refund since we paid for 2 games. Was told they didn't do refunds. Got switched to a different lane. Same results. This place is cool, but too small and terrible for bowling. We also did not have anyone waiting on us. I'll stick to bowlero moving forward. read more

I had heard about this place just opening and we decided to do a group date night; which turned out to be a great idea. We did reserve two lanes in advance since we had over 6 people and the manger was very helpful and friendly during that process. The atmosphere is great, so fun! They have bowling (of course), darts, pool, giant Jenga, giant Connect Four, and cornhole! The bar is huge with ample seating but as of right now they serve only beer, no hard liquor...yet. Table and high top seating is decent and readily available. My only "warning" is pricing; we did go on a Saturday but bowling, food and beer added up quickly. Overall a great time! read more

The service was outstanding. Denajay made our visit very enjoyable. He did great of making us feel welcome from the moment we to own bowling lane. The kids had a great time. This was our first visit. We'll be back! read more

Michaela is always so sweet every time I come in! Having such a kind, knowledgeable person working up front creates such a great vibe for the rest of the experience! Love the arcade games & the garlic fries, definitely will be back! read more

This has become my favorite spot to go for a day of fun. I could spend hours here! The Hyperbowl is so much fun! The food is great also! Everyone is always so friendly and so accommodating. I was always nervous about this place, but I feel so safe being in there. Just an overall great environment! read more

XLanes - Bowling Near Me - Fresno, California

Great food and super friendly staff! Would definitely come back for a night out with my family! read more

So we came back and the bowling was nice. But I found out that they charge you a 20% service charge for groups of 4 or more for food or drinks. The waiter kept apologizing about that and he mentioned that people didn't know about it and it is written in small print at the bottom of the menu. And that service charge does not go to the waiter it goes to the company. So I guess I will not be ordering food here because of that money is not going to the people working then why charge. read more

Didn't even get inside of the place because when we parked and we're about to get our children out of the car, there was a bunch of people stealing clothes from the mall and getting in their cars and driving away dangerously. Wouldn't suggest taking your kids in this area of Fresno, such a bad location and neighborhood to be in. Place has potential but would hate to come back to our car with a broken window or stolen car! read more

The private Karaoke booths are an absolute blast! Michaela behind the front desk went above and beyond her job description to accommodate us for my girlfriends birthday. The service was outstanding, and the atmosphere was energetic and vibrant. read more