Boston Bowl - Dorchester

Went with a few friends for NYE around 6pm. Didn't have to wait at all but the crowd started to pick up.

Price per game was actually not too bad, maybe $8 per person per game. I liked how their system allows you to customize screen, see data, and the ability to reset and edit score due to error. That's also the downfall. Maybe it was our lane but multiple days, maybe a few too many, the system would pick up the remaining pins but it would drop one so each time the score was off. We were able to reset if it was a full set but when it wasn't, there was nothing we could do

It was a fun time for new years. Cheap beer, lots of tv's to watch the game. No frills candle pin bowling. Definitely a hole in the wall kind of place but in a good way. Parking is hard to find in the area so Uber if you can.

This happened at the bar section of Boston Bowl. Bartender Natasha overcharged us for 6 shots. When we were ordering, she said herself, that she may not have enough. She began pouring our shots and she ran out around the 4th cup. Instead of opening a new bottle, or grabbing one from the kitchen section, she proceeded to split the initial cups of shots she had already poured (4), and split the liquor into 6 cups.

So I've been here :
Just me and my husband as our then infant watched/ slept. Candlepin!

5 years later at a Crazy birthday full of crazy kids (as a guest) I think this was also for candlepin. Arcade , too. Such great service !

As a family of 3 (kid is 8 now)

I appreciate: the kid friendliness of this place (especially the ramps for the balls) , the choice to do candle pin or 10 pin, and the cheesy breadsticks. And everyone who works there.

Don't appreciate; none of the vending machines took credit cards (womp womp whine whine)

My kid had a blast, which means we had a blast.

Thank you !

Aaron was so helpful and accommodating! He made it a wonderful party for our staff! Definitely would recommend them for events!

Just tried to come here to practice batting and the young kids they have working here are claiming the cages are closed although it hasn't rained much at all today. I think they just don't want to be bothered having to do whatever to make them work. The boy at arcade desk & girl at main desk both couldn't care less that I drove from Quincy to use these. The girl at main desk said there's no manager available after being pressed on whether or not there open claimed "not right now". Fix the machines or get less lazy staff. Every time there's a cloud in the sky your going to not open the cages? C'mon, do better Boston Bowl. I am disappointed.

Been bowling here for over 15+ years and always had a great time bowling. Now they changed the pins setup to wires holding all the pins and is completely horrible. Pin action is horrible. I bowl an 175-215 and out of 3 games not one game went over 175. If you want to bowl to bowl and don't care and have fun this is your place. If your a decent bowling like I am and bowl leagues this is not the place. If you want real bowling go spend the extra 15 min drive and go to westgate lane in brockton. The food here is pretty good tho can't complain about that.

Solid bowling place with pool in the back as well. Getting a pool table was effortless. Not sure how often they sanitize everything but it was fun and not super busy. Lots of space to socially distance too!

I've been coming here for decades. Some of the same people still work there & I love that. They have a rewards program that I have started to take advantage of.

Their food has gotten a lot better over these last few years (with the exception of the terrible Philly egg rolls that have no meat like frozen taquitos), but unfortunately that shorter woman behind the bar hasn't gotten a better attitude. I'm sure she's some type of manager but her customer service skills are truly atrocious.

They did some renovations on the lanes and included the experience room which is my favorite. The regular lanes are always malfunctioning & the balls have cracks. Not to mention how they cut your fingers these days.

The wait can be a quite long when they have leagues or on the weekends . I would suggest making a reservation if you don't want to wait around or call ahead to see what the wait is like.

The drinks are WEAK from where you order food and they don't have a lot of mixers, such a pineapple juice smh.

Ps idk why but I love their PIZZA & wing dings, always my go too.

We had our 8 year old's birthday party here and it was great. Candlepin bowling and arcade were both a big hit with the kiddos, the environment was pleasant for grown ups to hang out, all arrangements were professional and well managed, and the back of house tour of the mechanicals of the bowling lanes was a special treat. We would most definitely have a birthday party here again. Our party started on a weekend morning and it was not all crowded.