Kingstown Bowl

Dont let the online ad fool you like it did me. To start they had a pool tournament during the free pool time they advertised! When it became time for rock and bowl to start they didn’t have shoes in the size we needed for two of the three of us so they told us to wear our sneakers!!??.. There were 3 balls left in the racks to choose from so I asked if there was a way to get a ball… and was told to just go take one from the other people already bowling!? This is their responsibility to ensure there are bowling balls for their patrons! I told them I didn’t feel comfortable doing this so the owner/staff went and got and handed me 2 balls that our fingers weren’t close to fitting in!! After receiving an attitude from the owner/staff I asked for a refund w/o having thrown a single ball. At least he got that done right…unbelievably bad service from an old worn out bowling alley! We went to EAST PROVIDENCE LANES and they saved the night out! Professional modern bowling alley with plenty of balls and shoes and lanes. As it should be!

Wow! What a disappointment. I planned my son’s 7th birthday here. Reserved and paid for 3 lanes ahead of time. When I showed up they had no idea that we had paid and reserved the lanes. On top of that, when we eventually got our lanes 2/3 we inoperable. Our party suffered the kids were disappointed and we had a bad experience. The staff was unable to offer a solution and was rude and inattentive to our requests. I recommend old mountains lanes and leave this dumpster fire in the rear view. Shame….

I absolutely love this place. I used to come here with my parents when I was younger and started coming again recently. I forgot how fun bowling is (despite my lack of ability lol) and I'll definitely keep coming back. I'm not sure of a name but the one that works up front with the green hair is super super duper sweet and handles pressure well, a group of rambunctious teens came in and were lobbing balls and running down the lanes and throwing multiple balls at once and she immediately noticed and handled them, which was especially good because they were really really annoying. Big props to her patience!

For starters, the place is a bit run down. The pub was cute and updated, loved the free pool until 6, but the bowling was subpar. Trying out balls, one of the balls was so worn out it cut me. Most of the balls were in rough shape. We also asked for the bumpers, as my elderly boyfriends Mom was having a lot of trouble. The gentleman behind the counter said “that’s for kids ten and under”, which id understand if this was an updated ally with automatic bumpers, but the family next to us had one child, and the bumpers stayed up for everyone, so it’s not like adults weren’t using them elsewhere. I don’t see what the harm was in putting them up, and we could tell she was discouraged and embarrassed. Everyone should have the ability to have fun. Luckily we only paid for one hour. We tried to use the rolling guide assistance, but it was covered in screwed up duct tape, and bounced the ball around. As for my boyfriend and I, we’re both decent bowlers, around a 140 average. Neither of us broke 100. Like I said, the balls were pretty badly beaten up, so I’m sure that impacted it. We watched other bowlers around us too, and noticed that others were having difficulty hitting a strike also. Just bizarre, because we’re both usually good for at least 2 each a game, and it took me three games to get one. But, I’m not an avid bowler, so maybe I’m thinking too much into it. Back to the bar, sure, you can buy drinks- but they have to stay behind the fence. Normally, this would be no big deal, but the fence was up a couple steps, and as I stated, we were with elderly people. Sucked being thirsty for the hour we played, seeing as we both drove 30+ minutes to bowl here. We went to the pub after, the bartender was very pleasant, and the pool tables were in great shape for a bowling alley bar. I think with new balls, and a more reasonable policy on the bumpers, we would have bought an additional hour, but it seemed a rip off.