Hollywood Bowl Lincoln

Compared to its previous incarnation of Lincoln Bowl, the early signs from Hollywood Bowl are not fantastic.. you can no longer ring and book, rather having to go through a ridiculously long winded online process (I get we're in 2023, but it took nearly 15 minutes to book two lanes for a Monday night, including having to enter the names of every player going on the evening!), and also having to pay the full amount upfront (which, in our case, involved having to get the calculators out to work out who owed what as there were 3 separate families).Other than slapping a bright pink Hollywood Bowl banner on the front, internally nothing as of yet has changed, except for the food menu is greatly reduced/cheapened compared to how it was under its previous guise, and the staff don't seem as attentive as they once were.It's early doors yet under the new ownership, and I am sure they will spend the money to update things and perhaps add more to what is still a good evening out, but at the moment there is just a lackluster feel to everything

Pretty good prices just a shame they removed the individual animated pictures during the bowling, the kids always loved seeing their own silly faces. Also the food seems to be pricey for what it is, adults plates were pretty much the same portion sizes of the childrens plates but obviously cost more

It's really run down. Feels grim and dirty. Ceiling tiles are missing and falling down.TOILETS DISGUSTINGNot enough bowling balls. Had to keep waiting for the one ball to come back.Nowhere to hang your coat is super annoying too , they could easily hang hooks on the wooden rulesStaff were nice

This was a really difficult review because the staff were great, the prices are much more affordable and it was a very enjoyable experience.However the pins are on strings. This is a huge problem. The pin action is severely affected. You won't get the usual crescendo of pins flying everywhere because the natural path of the pins is being changed. It was very noticeable from the three games we played, one person getting a strike because the string of one pin pulled the string on another without the pin connecting with the other.That being said, if you're coming down just to have casual fun then it's a 5* place. If you are coming for a competitive game of proper bowling it's a 2* place at best purely for the pin set up.

Cool place to throw some balls at pins. Pins are attached to strings which I believe reduces the action, but could just be me. Good deals if you use specials.

I'd booked for 20 people through Lincoln Bowl and been in multiple times about my booking when it switched to Hollywood Bowl. When we got there the booking hadn't been transferred over, I think his name was Kieran, was doing all he could to see if we could get any lanes, unfortunately on this occasion it was very busy and he couldn't, he did however manged to sort out the arcade for us to use and out credits on the machines so we didn't have to pay, he also gave us 2 free games each for another time. He couldn't of done more for us!!

Tried to book and hold a lane for 48 hours for kids party to check for availability , no way in effect was the reply. Needed full payment there and then. Would not do 3 lanes for 16 children! 2 lanes max one hour one game. Massive backward step to what was friendly lincoln bowl

Great service at reception and the cafe: friendly, helpful and efficient. Bowling was value for money: 3 games for 3 people for £30 .... taking a leisurely 90mins, with no pressure to speed up. However, on Lane 2, if the bowl left the lane into the side trough before the end, nothing was registered until the back wall behind the pins was hit; so, for example, trying unsuccessfully to hit a rearmost outer pin gave the bowler 7 attempts!! That can't be right? All in all, an enjoyable experience - and no fuss over needing to change into venue-supplied shoes: flat soled outdoor shoes were acceptable.

Food was really good. Service was good but our overhead bowling monitor didn't work or else would have given 5 stars

We are a group of pensioners who came last week for a social event to find that the price had jumped from £7-40 for 2 games to now over £10-00 for 2 games. That is a very big hike so unfortunately I won't be using this Bowling Alley again.