Reviews of Kearny Mesa Bowl (Bowling Alley)

Roxane Blank

Fantastic. Attended a work gathering there. Nice and clean. Nice employees. Nice bar and pool tables. Wide variety of food items.

Kevin Foster

Great bartenders, easy parking and lanes for days...

Steven Brown

Had a blast. Great family night

Exsiquio Ramos

Great place to hang out with family and friends. Weekends are busy.

Victoria Santos Sr

Lots of fun they have a small arcade for the kids. Decent grub and very diverse good for family fun or a great date spot

Yesenia Castillo

A good place to have fun with friends and family!.. GREAT margaritas yaayyy

Andrea Johnson

Great service, friendly, and great for first date or family night

Dominic Mangiapane

Best place to bowl, drink and socialize!

Cleotis Hatter

Love this place there are plenty of lane. Nice bars inside with pretty bar maids. The prices on drinks are reasonable.

Leo

Ok

Amy Davis

Great place always have fun and enjoy family time

James Duncan

Great staff. Friendly atmosphere.

alison sallade

Honestly love it here, but it's really expensive at 21 per hr, and 4.00 per shoe rental. We do have fun but it's limited by the price

Saman Mosa

Food service is vey bad

Eric Leon

First time bowling, get there early because it does get busy quick.

Shawn Seibert

There is much maintenance that needs to be done here. For the first half hour every ball my friends and sent down the lane needed to be manually returned. On top of that the ball return on the lane next to us got jammed and ruined the bowling ball in it. There isn't much pin action, and the oil on the lane was non-existent. I usually have a very aggressive curve but had to throw straight balls because of the lack of oil on the lane. Not worth the money I paid, and if I ever have to go back I will use the house ball instead of risking damage to my personal balls

Kerry Chandler

I'm only here for the ride! I'm currently unable to bowl, but for the past 7 months I've been coming out to play with my friends! In this time I can honestly say that the only 2 times we had great bar service was about 3 months ago when the regular bar tender was out sick!! The Sunday morning bar tender has never opened the bar on time in the whole 7 months I've been coming here! Once she does arrive she is groggy and not very friendly, unless she knows you somehow. I won't complain about the rest of the staff because even tho they're not very animated or friendly, at least they are doing their jobs and from what I can tell, they're on time!! We don't always get food, but what we have eaten has been tasty. Honestly, the only complaint is about the sub par bar service.

danny ogo

Great place to bowl and socialize! So many great memories here and the whole staff is top notch!

David Gonda

Fun place to bowl. Lanes are in good condition. Staff are nice but they show a clear preference for their league play. We (group of 12) were given about 5 minutes notice before having our games suddenly closed out for a league game. We had been playing for 1 1/2 hrs and had been given no warning of a time limitations. Disappointing since I was 8 frames into my best score ever.

sarah stern

The lane attendant was really laid back and had a lot of patience is stragglers at closing time. It's pretty clean and has a huge parking lot. sometimes it'll be packed, so call ahead

simone ochoa

Fun times at bowling.

FRANKIE GAMING

Great family environment. Staff is always happy and ready to help. Love Kearny Mesa Bowl

Christophrr ODea

Great food, nice bowling alley, it reminds me of the bowling alley where I went when I was a kid.

Stephen L

Lanes aren't bad, staff is cool, often crowded. There are also lots of league options during the day and in the evening. The bar is good and has a couple pool tables and a jukebox.

C. Ryan 'Red' Miller

Saturday night leagues? Also, open lanes not being used by the league or the fundraiser going on but still was told 30-45 minute wait for a lane. Guy at the front desk was rude when I asked why we couldn't get one of the open, unused lanes, that were not being used by ANYONE. Excellent way to lose business.

Stan Durbin

Typical bowling alley but the lanes are decently maintained and the food is decent though typical for a bowling alley. They have a bar, a couple pool tables, some video games, and a pro shop. Kid friendly.

Gedri Mohamed

Good place to go

alain hutchison

Environment was cool... but the lane kept on having to be reset the ball machine malfunctioned .. And there's a rude cleaning lady sprays Windex on people!

robert flores

Me and my family had a wonderful time bowling if you like dj lights and music while bowling this is a place to check out I took my two high school daughters and 10 year old son and wife and they all enjoyed it also

Nicole Dominguez

This bowling alley is awesome! fun on on the weekend!

Travelor Katomski

The staff is friendly and it's a place the whole family can enjoy. There is a snack bar if hungry. Adult beverages are served as well.

Bobby Pruitt

Great bowling alley, that made a very special night for our 4.5 year old's first bowling experience. Friendly and helpful staff.

Marie Rice

It was a blast!!! Cosmic bowl was so much fun! The good was also great!

Uchi Deshi

Good, large bowling alley. Call ahead in the evenings to make sure it's not a league night.

KareM D

I called to ask if it’s busy or not, they said it’s not. I went there and it was crowded. They said that you will be called in 1 hour!!. I just got out. I don’t like to wait. I’m giving them 1 star cuz they lied to me on phone.

Magdalena Rymer

The pool was fun. It was quiet for about 10-15 minutes so I put 5$ in the jukebox. One of my 6 songs played and other songs got prioritized. You can pay to prioritize so I just waited it out with my friends. It became clear that the girl working the bar played her songs because she was twerking, dancing, and singing every lyric to every song. No big deal except over an hour and 15 minutes later I don’t hear any of my songs because she is skipping them. Not saying she can’t do it but I wouldn’t call it great customer service to prioritize your songs over the customers. Two stars well deserved. I won’t put any money into that jukebox again. I’ll probably look for somewhere else to play from now on.

Derril Mcdonald

Nice lanes, great lounge for watching sports as well and getting cold pitchers with apptz. Looking forward to returning with friends again.

Ashley C

It's nicer than it used to be but the food is a bit pricey and they only accept cash at the food stand. My little cousin had fun for his birthday.

Bar Suiter

Plenty of well maintained lanes. Also an arcade and a bar with pool tables and more! Always a popular place. Great atmosphere! Lots of parking too.

Bob Andy

Nice bowling alley lanes kept up and food and service was outstanding

Brian Watkins

Best bowers In th city

Aragao Aragão

Nice place great game, great place for date, friends get together.

Kerry Bacon

Loads of lanes. Great bar and staff. In general, a nice place to chill and relax.

Ryan Gelardi

Great place to bowl with properly maintained and oiled lanes. Well run operation with friendly and helpful staff.

Fett Gonzalez

I really enjoyed this bowling alley even with the old style computers. I mentions this because when/if you have an issue with the system. They quickly come and help you which I think is absolutely beautiful. I thank all the staff and bar tenders/bouncer who worked August 17th and made my first time bowling here at this establishment it was a wonderful experience.

Austin S.

Waits for small parties are a little long but good place overall

Melinda Rodriguez

Love the atmosphere. People are awesome. The bar is the best. Love karaoke on Friday and Saturday nights! Highly recommended!

Ethan

Lanes are run down. Balls have the worst finger spacing ever. Seating arrangement is poor. Overall this place is 20 years over due for a major remodel. I'd rather drive an extra 30 minutes to go somewhere else or just not bowl at all if this place is the only option. Major let down!

marquist cooper

To still get help/service while we were having our company party was simply amazing. They were organized and the bar staff was awesome. 10 thumbs up. Kareoke was a bit advanced ... ipads instead of books and pencils. I thought that was smart.

Reesh Ortega

Old and outdated but fun if you have the right people with you.

Aj Cruuz

Fun place but was playing pool and waiting at bar forever. No service. And when old lady came out she was rude and didnt answer our questions. Decided not to get a drink. Place has grreat potential but needs friendlier staff

Tahna Fox

Great experience but very high priced. The service at the bar was a little lack luster too. We had some issues with our lane but the people were quick to respond to our request and fix the problem. Overall, not a bad experience and had a great time, just not sure if the price matched the experience.

MrsG

Horrible customer service!!! If you plan to take your family bowling I highly suggest you choose a different bowling alley. After driving 25 minutes to get here when their website said that they had open bowling the whole bowling alley was taken over by a tournament. That was not necessarily the problem but then the rude attitude that the tendant gave behind the counter was my biggest issue! There should be updated information so people dont waste their time or dissapoint their children.

Majed Al-h

Good group entertainment, I would love to go there from time to time

James Webb

I like bowling at KM Bowl. They have a grill and bar with pool tables. Good enough for me!

Alfredo Nunez

Minimal wait. Nice old school bowling

Marleta Mcglory-Mitchell

Great fun for family and children. I have balls that are like for little kids and they also have the ramp to help kids bowl. The food is good great for parties

jezz Nu

Friendly, not expensive, fun. I like this bowl!

Charlene Barrett

I kind of really like bowling, it’s physical activity with a beer and air conditioning. The injury risk is kind of minimal and I get to handle balls. KM Bowl hasn’t done me wrong, the people have been lovely, the place is clean and it’s wonderfully un-fussy.

Douglas Andersen

Food, game center, and bowling. I hod lots of fun!!!

Andrea Shropshire

Great recreation for families and leagues good parking. Very good choice of activities.

Wilbert Hill

Nice ammount of lanes to bowl on!

flat track

Lots of fun and great snacks too !

Michael Creger

Lots of fun, cheap food and good times

Sandra Cummings

Everything was fine expect for the concession stand. Customer service was rude

J. Stewart

Always a good time. Fun for the whole family

Charlie Griffin

Kearny Mesa bowling is awesome I have been there many times growing up as a kid on this day we visited they were very nice to change lanes when we saw that are Lanes had a bunch of little kids they were very professional the place was cleaned balls were nice overall I definitely would recommend it to others

Matt Kingery

Excellent bar and night activities for the weekend. Open bowling with good scratch and handicapped bowling leagues. Overall, a great place to bring friends or make new.

benita werntz

Always a fun place to go to

Clem G

Great place to bring the family for some fun bowling

ANDREW MYERS

Great bowling alley with awesome staff! Bartenders are on point and there is plenty of seating when they are busy. For bowlers, their leagues are generally well run and the house takes better than average care of the lanes.

Marsha Kearse

Best game I've ever had!

Jorge Zannatta

Excellent service and great place to hang out

Adam Christensen

Super old software/hardware. Lane kept on trapping my personal ball and gouging the heck out of it. Couldn't make it one game without calling the front desk.

Tim Murns

The wait for a lane was a little long, but that's to be expected when league is playing... The service at the bar was great. The bartenders were very attentive to when I walked in even though they had a good crowd in already. Thank you ladies! Great job. You deserved the tips!

Elliott K

Went bowling here on a Saturday night. There are limited good options for bowling nowdays, but this place was fine. The beer was cold, the lanes worked fine. The system they have looks like it hasn't been updated since the early 90s. Make sure to make reservations if you want to bowl Friday/Saturday night as the lanes get reserved by large groups.

Robert Davies

I love bowling here. The staff is super helpful when bringing kids. The food isn't outrageous and the beer is cold. Toss a few frames during regular bowling, or the late bowling on weekends is always a blast.

Brian Brown

Ill tell you right now; these lanes rock.

Melina Wetzel

Typical bowling alley. Average price, has a bar area. Lots of friends "bar" style food. Not sure how it would be at night though, could be a but rough given the area.

Joshua Utley

It's what you'd expect. This is a good thing though. There is a bar that serves bar food and an arcade for the little ones. I love this place even when I not bowling.

Shideh Bahmanyar

The bar was not good. There was no bartender or only one for a large crowd, and she wasn't the fastest either.

Barry Schmitt

Fun place to get your inner Dude on!

melissa scrivner

We had a birthday party, the kids loved it. Busy and fast moving but good times.

Gen Man

Great place to bowl! First time here. Cheap place to play and have fun with friends.

Marlie Robinson

We went into the pro shop here back in February to get my husband his first bowling ball! We have kids and just life got in the way so haven't been able to use it for a while, pulled it out of it's bag to find it cracked all the way around the ball. Crazy! Doesn't happen often! But we called and they were happy to help us out. We went in the next day and we walked out with a brand new ball. Great service, clean alley, nice staff. Great place for league bowlers and anyone that enjoys bowling.

Haplo The Hand

I have been bowling here for a while. I love the lanes, I love the atmosphere and most of the workers are really great. As a strictly bowling experience it has been wonderful. I usually only go on the weekends but today was my first weekday. Totally different set of employees. I had an issue with my food order and Doris at the snack bar said "well that's how I make it". Her implication that it cant be wrong because that's how she always makes it is wrong. I always order the same thing and tonight was the first time I had a complaint and i was met with attitude and dismissive remedies. I will edit my review if the proprietor reaches out to me.

Mykle Ryan

Best bowling alley in San diego....bar none

Eleven Eleven

Bar tender was trippin

terry katomski

Staff is friendly, price a reasonable, and fun for everyone. There is an arcade along with pool tables. Food and drinks for all ages. There also happens to be 40 lanes to bowl.

Matthew Phillips

Good equipment, always clean, friendly staff. Lane conditions are fairly consistantly throughout.

Yvette Mendez

Fun bowling experience! Staff was very friendly and accommodating!

Michael Jones

The bar has 3 pool tables. They need new felt, but had a good time here

PJ Haggard

Love bowling and pool! Great bowling specials

dawn hickson

Fun bowling alley! Friendly staff, good prices.

tavares turnage

Good price good service

Sarah Schiff

So much fun! A bit outdated but fun bowling vibe. Cosmic bowling after 9p. Decent size bar with many pool tables and a jukebox if karaoke isn't going. Must spend $10 to run a card if that matters.

John Rowland

Great place for family fun. Watching children have fun when they bowl for the first time is great. The best staff around.

V. H.

was ok, was not able to bowl because of league playing. People were friendly and helpful, clean place.

Michael Robinson

Very good place to get some bowling in.

Stack A Millie T

$1 Thursdays can't beat that

Ricardo Rios

Super fun, nice staff, is for whole family, also good prices food. The rest depends on you.

Roberta Deason

Nice place to bowl

debbie storey

Lots of fun did almost 4 games in 1 hours time 2 people

Patricia Herrera

Love playing

Steve Peterson

This place is the dive bar of bowling alleys. They prefer cash, has a grungy feel, and you can get a drink on the cheap. But, still a fun place to bowl for a reasonable price. Wait staff was great too.

epiphany Seaman

Love the pool tables in the bar.. Bowling is fairly priced and they even have a arcade..

Michael Tyler Cairns

Good people and good beer selection

Caleb Chao

It's a bowling alley in San Diego. It's not bougie, but it's not expensive. Food's okay, as the song goes, bowling alley burger, fries and a milkshake. Pro shop is okay for basic services. They've upgrade software over time, which is cool. Bowling alleys are kind of kitschy nowadays, but this place is homey and comfortable and unpretentious. Bring your own shoes because renting shoes is gross.

Karen Edwards

Fun but a bit run down.

Jigme Groves

Awesome experience. Came for my buddies bday and played till our arms were sore. Cool environment and friendly staff. Also great proximity to amazing food. Highly recommended

Sandra Fimbres

Good deal! Good people. Pro shop.

Dan Heerdink

Great place to bowl, my Grandson says you're number 1 alley!

Christopher Ramirez

One of the most friendly environments I've been to. Great support with the labes, and friendly staff. My game may have been off but the staffwas on point, from the snack area, to the registration area. I gave them questions they gave me smiles and support. Thanks for the lane #22

Rebecca Gill

My son and I go there almost every Saturday. We have so much fun bowling

Jennifer Melman

Love this place! My boyfriend and I found this place by accident while we were looking for a cheaper and closer place to our house to play. It might not be the best looking place but we love it and We play pool all the time here and its cheap! Only $.75 per game!! Plus they have karaoke on Fridays and Saturdays after 9pm so thats always entertaining lol! Love love love!

Angelica Holmes

It was very busy when we got there and were told that it was about an hour wait but we only ended up waiting about 30 mins!

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Didn't like it

Jennifer Smith

Fun bowling alley just had issues with the system resetting the pins several times but we had fun.

Ernie Mowles

Pro shop service sucked. I wanted to get a basic ball bag and shoes. Other people came in after me that were regulars and wanted high end balls and I was totally ignored. It would have only been a $125.00 to $150.00 sale for him. I guess that's not good enough for KMB. Sorry I waisted my time going there.

William Johnson

Just good ol' fashion bowling. We travel 13 miles but it is well worth it. Clean, bright and fun. The prices are fantastic compared to the alleys in our neighborhood.

Veronica V

Clean, well maintained, easy to use equipment, good prices. Only negative the shoes are old. Fun place!!! Love it here!!!

Jim Szupello

Busy place with very friendly service

Terry Beckmyer

Great friendly. Service.

Erik Price

This was a decent bowling ally. It was clean enough and felt safe enough to take the family here. It was very well air conditioned on a 90 degree day. The place was very busy though. I would recommend and I would go back.

Abdullah Alshalabi

Been there multiple times. A typical bowling ally with around 30-40 lanes. People that work there are friendly, but the place feels a bit old needs an update. The arcade area is a bit limited, so not much to do if you need to wait for your lane.

Luke Smith

Great place! Lot of fun. Relatively decent food for a bowling alley but an excellent full bar with experienced friendly bartenders. This place gets packed though so make sure you call ahead of time.

Rodney Sinegal

That bowling is the best one in San Diego. Because it has a pool hall, a arcade next door and a very good cafe. If you want to play pool, games, bowling and eat good food. Go there!

Jim Hill

I wish I could give more stars, but they do not ever have lanes available after 5pm. Bowling leagues run everything and it doesn't allow for families to come and enjoy.

Mike Garcia

Good bowling and food is good. Great beer and drink selection.

Brandon Seth

Kids bowl free in the summer is awesome!! Adults and kids,gets 2 games a day each free for the cost of rental shoes! Yes - great family fun!@

Crysta Meador

Fun! What's not to.like? Pretty inexpensive good time! Plenty of lanes, big snack bar, and full bar!

Michael JHerman

Solid place & really fun. It seems a little pricey, but I haven't been to any other bowling places & can't really be certain of that. I would recommend this place to go bowl, have some drinks or eat. Great place for a party, too!

Cole W

Good place to go with a group, splitting the cost makes it cheap and a lot of fun

Sanskriti B21

This is a great place with a reasonable price. The only thing that bothers me is that they don't have a separate section for kids and family that don't want alcohol but other than that it's a great place.

Monish Reddy Katepally

Good place to hangout but waiting time is a little strainful....

Jessica Huebner

Get your bowling on!! It's been around forever, and fun for everyone!

Jackie Smith

The whole place is filthy. Carpet needs to be replaced and all the chair seats need to be replaced.

Paul Gomez

94 142 113 not a bad score! But the people now friends were the best!!!

W. Andrew Thornhill

Fun spot with an attached bar that has multiple pool tables and karaoke

Shibani Sehgal

Great bowling place. Neat and well maintained

Miguel Rojas

They have a good selection of beers in the bar. The food is OK, nothing to write home about. The facility is clean. The employees are friendly.

Jorge Alduenda

For the overall adult bowling experience, this is a great place. The drinks are reasonably priced, and so are the snacks. The lanes aren't as well kept as a bigger place like Brunswick, but the service is better. The pricing is good too. I would recommend taking the kids to Brunswick, bring your adult friends here.

CAROLE J Ellis

It was a good place to get together for a friend's birthday. We all had fun bowling badly and were nicely accommodated by the staff

Marco Morlett

It's a bowling alley people. What do you expect other than cheap drinks and fun

Danielle Petze

It's not much better (or worse) than I would expect a bowling alley to be. Kinda dirty. Kinda smelly. Kinda crazy, but that's bowling alleys, no?

joey young

Great for groups that just want to have a casual bowling experience I have personally been over a dozen times to this location

Michael Letendre

Great customer service and friendly staff

George Markarian

Fun place. Friendly staff. I get a little full on weekend so the wait can be long. That makes the wait for the pool tables also long and the arcade is sub-par. But eh drinks are cheap at least.

Leah Urban

We go daytime bowling with our little kids. Cheap to play, very helpful staff so we get bumpers and ramps, and the other customers that time of day are super friendly and nice.

Zachary McCormick

I used to bowl 3 times a week for like 4 hours a day, haven't done that in ages but I still love bowling. Sadly the lane they put me on had a ball return that out some nasty gashes in my balls, but the lady at the front desk was helpful with that and got it setup to have the pro shop repair them for me. All in all my visit was great, I got to practice my bowling and despite having a little mechanical mishap I left happy.

Nate

Too long of a wait, packed, has an 'odor' and not a very kid friendly place. This is not a very good bowling alley and Parkway Bowl in La Mesa/ El Cajon is MUCH better. No lines, crowds, full arcade, rides.

Danny Maring

Pretty good old bowling alley.

Brittany Jenkins

I have been bowling here for years. I am on a league and it is a blast every week. The staff is awesome, facility is great, food is good.. and Tara and Erica are awesome in the bar.

Bezz

Love this place as usual!

Francesca Castellani

Went on New Year's Eve. Lots of fun! One of our lanes kept freezing though.

Nekysa Savoji

Some of the best food I ever had at a bowling alley! Chili cheese fries and zucchini sticks for the win!!

Kyle Moore

All of the staff are awesome and late night deals allow for really cheap bowling. Always feel welcome here and try to come at least once a week

Memo Hernandez Ortega

Old but fun place. It seems like this bowling alley has been here for a while. I like bowling a lot so I had a good time. It's not expensive at all and you can have a nice time.