Alysha Arseneau

Review of Royal Oak Golf Center

The mini golf does not live up to the hype.

The mini golf does not live up to the hype.

Their website boasts that they are the best in Michigan/Detroit. They claim that they have a championship level course

They have certainly oversold themselves. It is a perfectly adequate course. Best in the state? I doubt it. The course is in need of maintenance and regular upkeep.

The holes are not particularly difficult. Many of them have the same toilet bowl effect at the hole, meaning you only have to get your ball close enough and it is sucked in.

The holes are all covered in debris. Some is unavoidable, this time of year the fluff from trees is everywhere. The rest, lack of sweeping and no foresight when designing the landscaping.

Don't bother showing up for the matinee prices, it is a whole dollar cheaper for maybe 2 hours a day. What a joke.

Be cautious walking between holes. The brick paths are in need of repair with loose and missing bricks. Another poorly thought out design choice. Instead of replacing or repairing the paths, they have put up signs to watch your step.

My last issue is a shortage or garbage bins. They are too far apart and golfers leave their garbage strewn about.

This may have been an excellent mini golf course at one point, but it will take quite a bit of work to earn that boast again.