Memory Lanes Reviews

It was great there. Bowling lanes are well kept and the employees are spot on when it comes to service. It's definitely a place for the whole family!

Drinks were appropriately priced, bowling very expensive.

They run volleyball leagues which are low stress and played on a sand court. It is pretty fun.

The staff here is amazing! They'll leave you to your own devices, but won't hesitate to help when asked, all the whole being very friendly and professional in the process. My wife and I had a blast, and will certainly come back again!

Large bowling alley with attached bar and restaurant. Good food and drink and has plenty of parking.

Friendly place, loads of fun, good food very reasonable price

Place is a joke, got scammed out 10$ when we couldn t be there past 10:00 and wouldn t refund us the games we couldn t play.

Traditional bowling alley with a fun urban vibe! Good bar/gastro pub style food. Clean lanes usually a wait for a lane but fast service for drinks and food.

Food is extremely expensive for the portion sizes given. The server at the bar was very inattentive and could not handle simple requests even when there were only two tables to serve. Our server while bowling never offered to get us another round of drinks and only came to our lane once. Bowling is reasonably priced, but we had to have our lanes fixed three times over the course of 2 games and even had to switch lanes because our lane completely broke. The bowling side employees were very helpful when these problems happened, but it was too much and took away quite a bit from the experience. I think I'll go elsewhere if I want to bowl again.

this is a great place to go, bowl and enjoy live music. Many local bands show off their talents here, as well as national acts. The food is comfort food, lots of it and in the frugal gourmet range as well. This local bowl and eatery also has plenty of games for those who love the old school arcade style gaming! its Kitschy and you can dress down, relax and de-stress with your friends. One last big thing, Memory Lanes puts on the Memory Lanes Memorial Day weekend in honor of our brave Vets who serve our country, in fact Memory Lanes has been doing this for awhile so you can be assured that they know what they are doing. Staff is always polite and knowledgeable as well as quick with your orders, drinks and food. . . and the bowling is fun too!

Memory Lanes has an above average restaurant for a bowling alley but surprisingly low prices for the actual bowling! This is a great place for students to come de-stress and unwind with some friends.

Memory Lanes staff was AMAZING accommodating my 7 year old's birthday party. We had so much fun and felt welcomed and well taken care of with a bunch of crazy 6-7 yr olds. A great birthday set up! Thank you.

This place is a gem in the neighborhood. Incredible food, great atimosphere and top-notch staff. Kevin (aka Batman) behind the bar will never let you go thirsty. :)

Please patronize this amazing space. Bowl a game, grab a drink, have a laugh and let the fact the world is burning around us fade away for a brief moment.

Re: previous comment, no one complained about the price of any goods or services.

Batman the bartender had wrestling on the tv! Thanks, batman!

Lanes were well oiled and had not been oiled for three days. Nice shot for a lefty.

Nice wide Lanes with a lot of space and nice lighting. And nice selection of drinks.

It's a bowling alley/bar/restaurant. Been to one, you get the idea. The service wasn't great, waitress was catching up on the days gossip, the chicken Alfredo was more of an Alfredo soup and had to send it back. The burgers, nothing special. Had that lovely "I was a frozen patty" taste. Normal bowling alley, knock pins down, they get set back up, try again. Not a place I'm dieing to go to again, but probably will.

Unlimited bowling Monday nights for $11!! So much fun beating my boyfriend at bowling! Great drink service too!

I go here for open bowling with the homeowner's kids. This time their southern cousin tagged along. One thing about this place is not many people are in there which is fine by me. It's clean, and close by. There are shoes to rent, scarry I know. Along with balls to the walls
Before you even get your game on here comes a friendly bartender with a menu awesome. There was a taco deal which was resonable but I passed on food this time. We ordered a round of drinks, (pop)
And commenced to bowling with the champs. Staff brought 2 lightweight balls and you can have bumper guards for beginners. The excitement from the future league bowlers showed in the first game but it may have been from the loud rock music blairing that unsettled their concentration. I haven't heard KISS since the 70's they sucked today as much as they did back then.
It was a battle of the North and the South on the lane and it came down to a close game that just barely beat 100. 2 games of bowling for 3 and shoe rental an easy $30 bucks. Drinks just under $10 with a tip. But hey the homeowner's kids and the southern cousin were happy so whose to say.

Cool atmosphere. Always friendly staff. Decent prices.

A group of friends and I get together and we have a playdate with our kiddos. They love it here and it's perfect for all of us. Not too far for us and we come from St.Paul, Minneapolis, Brooklyn Park and Mendota Heights.

Great chicken tenders! Great burgers! Great food and atmosphere.

Needs a bit of renovation. Maybe time for new management/ownership? I'm open for a renovation contract just by obligation of living in the neighborhood :)

Good bowling quality and price. Good bar prices and selection. Mediocre food. Friendlyish staff but slow service (even when not busy). Arcade and bar games are sorely lacking. In the summer there is a nice sand volleyball court for leagues.

You could not pay me to return here. The staff were so absurdly rude it felt like I was on the set of a prank tv show. The group I was with had several of our games shut off while we were in the middle of playing the game and for some reason it took over 45 minutes to switch the lanes back on- in the meantime, we had the joy of interacting with the AWFUL staff several more times to beg them to let us play the games we had already paid for while the groups next to us bowled with no issues. The food was bad but that was an afterthought by the time i got fed up and left. Appalling customer service!

Waited overten minutes and didn't get served so we left

Crappy band, over charged for 12 oz. Beer 8.14 a 12 oz. Glass of beer, ridiculous. 5.00 dollar cover charge on top of it. People were going to v.f.w.

The bowling itself was fine, but the service at the lane was terrible. I was left waiting for a half hour before a waitress came to get my order. It took twenty minutes before she brought back our drinks. When we wanted our check, we finally went up to the bar after waiting another half hour for the waitress to make her rounds (she never did). They had to find the waitress somewhere in the back and send her to our lane. We visited at noon and it wasn't even close to busy. Good luck if you plan on going in the afternoon or in the evening.

Great night out. To bad it was the last Punk Rock Bowling night. Great crowd. Couldn have used some more help at the bar.

Does this place even want business? Because they sure ack like they don't.

Nice lanes. Good food. Easy to get to. Good parking.

It's fine. But really pricy. Shoe rental for two plus a game for five was over $30. And the food is kinda sub par and overpriced. It does have a fun Retro mural on the wall. And the look of the place is what you would expect when you think of a classic bowling alley.

We went on the weekend for the 21+ crowd and we had a great time. You can pick your music ($1) the drinks were great and cheap and so was the bowling/shoe rental.

Use to go here when I was younger and loved it!! Still do, can't wait until Spring/Summer for some volleyball fun!!

Fun place, great staff and I love the volleyball courts. Not great food though.

It's a bowling alley that serves beer, bar food, and live music. The prices are reasonable, the equipment is in good shape, and the staff are friendly. You really can't ask for much more.

Nice place awesome atmosphere..!The bands don't play in a room, but right on the lanes!!!

Lots of different people, fun and very friendly atmosphere and bowling!!!

Great bowling alley, good bar, good food. Can get a little pricey.

You definitely get all of what's good in one spot! Delicious beer (try the Cigar IPA), good food, like the chicken tenders-huge chunks of REAL chicken on a gigantic bed of fries easily could feed 3-4 snackers or 2 hungry folk. You can bowl, there's volley ball, outdoor tables, even live music! You're missing out if you've never been!

Great friendly staff, clean facility, great prices, good food, overall great place!

It seemed like a bad night to be there. I had a very rude encounter with some patrons and the waitress took forever, I ended up ordering from a different one for take away.
Then one of the managers, long hair in a pony with shaved sides, yelled at the cashier who was in the middle of helping me. It was incredibly rude and I felt awful for the cashier. I used to manage a restaurant and I would never behave that way or treat my staff that way, especially in front of a customer.
I was hoping for a fun night but my friends and we left early. Not sure if I ll go again...

Sunday Trivia is fantastic with Uncle Dude and Kevin from Lampshade Productions. Liv is our favorite server. A special shout-out to Sprout and Batman. Also, there is jukebox bingo every Wednesday night. Free to play. Great cash prizes.

Their schedule says open bowling at 9 on Wednesdays, so we go at 9 and see that all lanes are in use.

Counter Guy: No, sorry all lanes are league bowling.

At 9:40 there's a few lanes open, so we ask about getting one of those lanes

Counter guy: Nope, there's no open lanes.

Me: What about those open lanes?

Counter Guy (very condescendingly): Those aren't open. Those are courtesy lanes.

The pattern, open bowling on a Friday night, was surprisingly good. The drinks were a touch on the expensive side. The lanes/backs were extremely dirty. I've never had my towel be that dirty after a single use cleaning. Granted I brought a white one but even the palm of my hand was dirty after cleaning. If you're not bringing your own equipment it will be an entirely lovely experience.

Great place. Bowling is a little expensive but other wise it's great. Two games for two people after the student discount were $17.

Good enough bowling alley. Fun time for beer, good drinks

Never changed....its still got that old school bowling alley feel unlike the big chains dont have. Decent drink prices....just wish it was the Big lebowski Tribute concert every time I came....

Fun retro bowling alley with updated tech. Good beer selection on tap!

I love memory lanes. Punk Mondays is great. Block party is great. Bowling is great. Beer prices are great. Memory lanes mos def gives me greattttt memories haha

Great vibes nice place to bowl with friends or a date

I'm not a bowling fan. This was a place to go meet friends and hang out. They stayed out of our way but kept providing a supply of drinks and food. The lanes basically worked, a few extra pins got knocked down by the machines occasionally but that just made scores better, none of us were anywhere near competitive enough to mind that. We did mind a bit that we finished off a keg of good cider that they didn't have another of but that was probably the worst part of our visit.

Freakin awesome, all our family always have such a good time there, and I don't even bowl.

Great family friendly place for entertainment no matter what day of the week it is.