Reviews Medina Entertainment Center (Bowling Alley) in Minnesota

BRIAN Banish

It's Bob's Country Bunker minus the chicken netting and beer bottles. Overall friendly people, great acts and just BARELY enough parking

C Nva

I just feel good going to concerts here good location ,parking,food.

Susan Gosh

We saw the fabulous Armadillos, it was a great show, we love the Eagles music.

J Doe

Expensive, excellent, fun as hell

Natalie L

Good venue for a larger sized event.

Ian Wilson

Fun place. Good food

Craig Drehmel

Great place for good beer and great music!

Shawn Beaupre

Went to see Great White and Firehouse. It's nice to see bands in a small club environment. Drinks were $8 and shortly after the band told us to stand up, security came and told us to sit down. I've never had that happen at a night club. Still a good place to see a band as long as you don't want to get up and dance.

Sue Wagner

Had happy hour drinks and appetizers. Great choice, better than most others. However only Monday thru Thursday.

Shawn Gilloley

Great place for a concert and staff really friendly.

Scot Hanson

Ok food. Friendly staff

Alexander Duncan

The food is always amazing and the service was fantastic. Recommended.

Cole Epperson

Medina Entertainment Center has been one of my favorite places for several years now. I've been a league bowler there, and they always provide an excellent environment. Brent does a fantastic job in the pro-shop and provides quick service. Robert's also provides great food and drink service and the staff is always terrific at handling your order despite large volumes of people. They put on regular concerts and have a wonderful banquet area as well.

Ken Collins

Great place to see a show

Jake Jorgenson

Different venue, casual.

Tiffany Bathurst

Nice atmosphere. Nice servers. Very accommodating and flexible. Food was ok. Kids had fun in the arcade and bowling area.

Kent Levi

Very impressed. Wonderful staff, great food.

J Rothstein

It's a good venue to see bands. Well organized for getting people into the show quickly. Drink prices in the ballroom were higher than expected.

Chris Pearson

Nice venue, good eats, fun activities

Michael Bodin

The server we had was awesome. Party of 20, food was out in a timely manner, the beverages kept full, what should be hot was hot, what should be cold was cold. Tasted great too.

Brett Johnson

A very interesting venue to see a band. Tons of seating and brink options.

Tom Walters

Great food

Nancy Isaacs

Great food!

david crowe

Great staff , reasonable food and drinks

Therese Weitz

Great place to expand your genre in music! Super accoustics! Worth your adventure!

Sammy Smart

Beautiful place.

Roger Fitzgerald

Great food at Robert's Restaurant. Pulled pork sandwich was great.

Cheryl Gorman

Went there for a work meeting there yesterday

Ronald Salaba

]keep that 50s R&R going I love the Whiteside Walls & the Rocking Hollywood s

Kayla Stonehouse

We go here for dinner all the time. You don't have to be going to an event to go to the Medina entertainment center! Nightly specials, great happy hour and good food! Not to mention, people here really like their pull tabs!

Josie Bongartz

Fun, good food, nice staff

Mike Mrozek

A fabulous meal, and the staff (bartender) was awesome...very attentive to our drinks, and making sure we were happy with our food. Two thumbs up...will be back for sure, and will definitely recommend this establishment to others. Thank you for being so concerned about the customer!!

Matthew Danko

Food was great but a horrible setup to watch any kind of band. The owners really need to rethink how they do business there

Crystal Lyne

Went here for the first time and the food and drink were sooo bad. I could barely get down the margarita. I ended up drinking half and leaving the rest. I’ve never had a restaurant mess something this simple up. The nachos were just blah. Would never eat here again.

Ken Seaton

Remodeled a few years back, dining room is large and open. Still warm and cozy feeling. Lots of variety on the menu; and I've never had a bad meal there. And I've been there over a dozen times. Big bar area with good tap selection. Bowling is great. I've never been to a show there. But I guess I should check out Eddie Money some day. He seems to be playing there about every 3 days! :)

Anne Michels

We had our wedding on 8/31 this weekend in the grand ballroom and all I have to say is WOW. What a beautiful space! It was absolutely incredible. Missy Miller worked with us to plan the space and she was wonderful, as well. She made it very easy to plan our event and prepare the ballroom for us. Even without any decoration, the way the space is set up looks beautiful. I have nothing negative to say about my experience booking our event here!! Just amazing!! The food was also delicious and reasonably priced for the quality. Thank you so much for the best wedding ever!!

Mitch Jacobs

Good place and the huge downside is that they are expensive. They have bowling leagues as well and don't do much for their bowling league players as well compared to other bowling alley's and league bowlers.

Jayce Pasko

Drove in early all the way from Wisconsin for the New Year's show. Ate supper there. Then were among the first in line to wait for the show. For more than half an hour. Was supposed to be general admission. When we were let in to the venue, we were shocked to find that 70 seats at the front were reserved for people not standing in line! A large lady angrily and forcefully informed us that we were not allowed to sit there because she had reserved the seats. I then found the floor manager and he informed us that although it was indeed general admission for the rest of us, this large lady and her party had special privileges because "they knew the band". I asked how we then could get reservations for future general admission shows and he said we couldn't because they don't do reservations for general admission shows! This not only upset us but also the other people who had stood and waited patiently in line. We watched as the bulk of the "special" people arrived right before the show without waiting in line. So unless you are among the few privileged people, you will not be allowed to get first choice of seats no matter how early you get there. We'll not be visiting this place again because we are not among the favored class. Oh, and when I said that I'd be posting a negative review, the lady overheard me and said that members of her group would then flood the site with positive reviews to drown out my review. So beware.

Linda Schlatter

Have been here many times. Always a fantastic experience. Medina has great band's. Friendly people and staff. Roberts is a great place for a bite before or after the show. Highly recommend.

Jim Anderson

Nice place with good food

Danielle Shaffer

Played a nonprofit gig with WBC in the Ballroom last night for a healthcare kit packing party hosted by Messiah United Methodist church from Plymouth. Ample parking, small stage, but totally fit our 9-piece ensemble just fine.

Daniel Johnson

Great venue for dancing and quality Bands.....

Pete Gilles

Stopped here for HH. Very nice selection -- different from other places. Nice beer selection. Food came quickly and was great. Walleye Fingers were lightly breaded and very tender. Avocado Ahi Tuni was a surprise -- our waiter tried to describe it and he came pretty close. It was a mound of avocado pieces topped with very tender tuna with a corn relish on a bed of lettuce -- it was a very nice change from most HH food. Mac and cheese fries was a very large portion -- good hot fries.

Reggie Klein

Huge. Hoppin'! Lots to do. Fun. Nice staff

Jodi Feldbruegge

Good venue for music

Eddy Rice

Dated for sure and Led Zepplin 2 was just ok. Musicians were fantastic but lead singer was hardly a Robert Plant clone.

TJ McGuire

We had our wedding reception at the Medina Entertainment Center and it was so much better than we could have ever imagined. The food was phenomenal (lots of people complimented it), the space was beautiful with lots of room for dancing (people couldn't stop admiring it all). Christine and the team were wonderful hosts who thought of everything, we would definitely recommend the Medina Ballroom to anyone looking to have a reasonably priced, yet still incredible wedding reception. WOW!

Jeffrey Kruger

GREAT CONCERTS....

Carol Leet

Great place to have a company party!

eega ooga

bowling fun

The Savvy Traveler

We love to go bowling here during there cosmic bowl times!

Shelia Duncan

Medina never disappoints. Great place for business meetings.

Joe kurke

Had our company party there on Saturday night. It's our 9 year. Christine and the staff do a fantastic job. Food was excellent

Wade Jorgensonyrtu

Strange concert venue. Has...Seating. great for an older crowd. Entrance to concert venue was hard to find.

Michael Langlie

Cocktail prices are a bit too high

Rick Benscoter

I attend approximately 100 live shows a year at venues all over, big and small, and Medina Entertainment Center is my favorite for a live show, great staff, great shows

A Rhame

Had a great time at the flea market. Sold allot of stuff!!!

chris charlsen

BOC and Tubes. Perfect

Derek Salsbery

great for music..very large ballroom

Amanda Hammers

All allergens were well labeled and food was good. Always had to ask for a beverage refill and for coffee creamer with every refill.

Jacks M

Great Easter Brunch Buffet. Wide variety of delicious food with great service. Truly an enjoyable meal and experience

Daniel Krause

Awesome to have two very important rock bands together under one roof and with such a small (“intimate”) setting. Never had I imagined I’d see Queensryche and Fates Warning together! Parking is meh, and they wouldn’t hurt to drop the beer from $8 to $7 or $6. I’ll be back!

Eric Rindahl

Had our party in the ballroom. Nice environment, nice staff. Catered food was very good.

Lance Lubbers

Great food and great service

Jim Branthaver

Concerts here are great. The staff, people and music choices are many and varied which makes everyone happy. Beverage prices are high but understandable. 5 stars would have been in order but than again, nothing is perfect!

Daniel Gilleece

Low end venue. The concert room layout is a mess - like a kindergarten cafeteria. The valiant, peaked-in-high-school bouncers kicked grandmas out for standing up from their luxurious folding chairs to dance for 30 seconds. It was actually humorous to watch how dead serious these "security" guys were as they were escorting 65 year old delinquents out of their stern Footloose empire.

Noah Larson

Good food, quick service.

Chris Coe

Very expensive drinks $8 beers to high.

Rachel Stewart

Concerts at this hotel are great. The staff, food and music choices are are great.

Judy Aho

Great place. Excellent food and service. Wonderful atmosphere.

Susan Poulsen

Great time seeing Rumors last night!

Dustin Bentz

Top notch staff.good food and good beers.

Hope Costa

Bowling, soft pretzels and beer

amzgk kee

The Australian BEEGEES were fantastic! I hope they return, I will go again.

Cliff Boggess

Food and presentation is good. Price's are pricey!

Kyle S

Very well run concert venue. The entire staff was extremely professional. This was my 1st concert at the Medina but not the last.

David Vinge

The food, staff, and bar service was great for a group event in one of thier private rooms.

Sasha Wolf

Food is pricey but is good

Anya B

Nice bowling, good food

Elle Bea

The lanes are a rip off!! My hubs and I went on a “Tour de bowl” (look at my previous posts for more info). We barely broke 100 at these lines- which means one thing... the lanes are not up to par! Tis a pity because I grew up in these lanes. 5/5 because they had White Claw.

Ray Visser

Pick your band and enjoy. We saw the Fabulous Armadillos Eagles Tribute. Beyond Excellent. All the seats are good and the restaurant is excellent and not overpriced.

Andrea Combs

Nice place to bowl. Food is ok but expensive. Great live music venue and great private rooms for wedding receptions and private parties.

Steve Cossette

Great food. You can't go wrong here

Karina Xiong

My husband and I just got married here on May 2019 in the Images Room. The food was phenomenal! Everyone loved it , from the pinwheels and chip dip to the salad and glazed salmon. Missy did a great job organizing everything. The room was beautifully decorated and the staff were polite and accomodating. I definitely recommend this place to everyone. Our guests had a wonderful time saying it was one of the most memorable weddings they'd ever been to. Thank you for making our night magical.

nathan willette

My company has its annual Christmas party here. Good food and a good atmosphere. A decent concert venue upstairs. Also, It has an arcade for the kids and a bowling alley. The alley was a tiny bit rough the last time we were there but most are it seems these days. Overall, it's a very fun place

Angela Sele

Nice. Food was okay.

Mike Kuehn-Hajder

We had a Friday family bowling night! It was great and the young man working was on top of his job. Thanks for doing such a great job!

Joseph Bruce

Had a great time there... The Rockin Hollywood's are an awesome band! Drink prices are a little high for a suburban bar. Absolutely ridiculous to charge for water or carbonated water in this era of the designated driver.

Matt Kantrud

Quite possibly the worst entertainment center in America. They clearly didn't know a major music concert was taking place, because they started two tenders for 1000 people. Not much to do here other than wait for service.

Nicole Anderson

This is hands down one of the best venues in the state of Minnesota for concerts!

DJ Welteroth

Always a great, reliable place to eat and be entertained!

Yatavia Hogan

Fun place! Good venue for parties

Elizabeth Wold

Went for the bowling stayed for the nachos. Great experience.

Meetup Mania

Love this place, had a large group of 60 coming, got there really early to reserve tables, two other guests tried to take our tables, managemebt came out and tried to help us the guests were rude and threatening them to leave bad reviews. We had balloons, and new years eve items on the tables and over 15 ft away were a row of 9 tables open they would not go there. We finally gave up one table to them. Bands great, drinks refreshing, popcorn a little pricey but come back often. Love this olace, big dance floor and restaurant below great food many ate there to.

Saint Hockey

Bowling is always a good time here, staff is great!

Neha Prasad

If you're thinking of going here to bowl, don't. I was here this past Saturday afternoon with family visiting from out-of-town. The brown-haired girl handling shoe rentals was rude. Also, the scoring system kept doing wonky things like only giving my cousin one turn even though he didn't get a strike, working normally for my turn, and then setting up my other cousin's first turn with the 3 remaining pins from the last cousin's turn. Lol.

Larry Ferguson

Staff was very nice. Facilities were clean.Location is nice. Family friendly facility.Great food for our company party.

shantishante

This place has been around forever for a good reason! Always enjoy the music and the crowd :-)

Michaelbotnan@gmail.com Vette610mjb

Food and the staff are the best!

elvis obryant

We went over to have a business lunch, they treated us like Kings and queens. Checked out the bowling alley and game room also. Great price and great times. Checked out the bar, very nice selection.

Hayden B

I had lunch here, and the food is great! Lot's of variety, and the waiters were friendly and efficient.

David Self

Food was drenched in salt, the Cajun pasta tasted like I was swimming in the ocean and took a huge gulp of water with a bunch of noodles and pasta in my mouth. The bar area is a really neat layout, drinks were good. Just go a little easier with the salt in the sauce and on your cheese burgers. :)

Lisa Nihart

Very nice little wedding with our neighbors Will and Mary Kay!

Darren Johnson

Sound system isn't very good and cost for a drink is way to high price!

Diana Woodhull

Great food a little pricy

Alyssa Bates

Great event space!

Michael Metz

Saw 2 excellent concerts there. Would go again. Service was excellent.

Brandon Revak

cosmic bowling with the kids. Had a great time.

Jesse Voeller

My company has our Christmas part here every year. Always have great food and wonderful staff. Bowling here is also a great time.

S. Reda

Sound system wasn't the greatest and there were tables set up in front of the stage which was very awkward. Sitting at long folding tables while watching a concert was tough.

Stephen Brandau

Great venue! Friendly staff. Delicious food. Kids bowl for free during the summer too!

Jerome Lund

Awesome experience. Great live music.

April Richter

We had a group of 8 attend a near sold out concert there. They only had 2 waitresses for the entire place. Hard to get in/out to even go to the bar. We would've spent more money if there would've been a waitress. Should have had AT LEAST 3 more waitresses, breaking the floor up into sections. Dinner before was very bland, no seasoning on the steaks. Wine tasted flat and old. Overall very unimpressed, left a lot to be desired. Ribs and brisket tacos were good. Good thing the performance was great!

Cody Anderson

Great sound, super accommodating. Brian is tooooo good

Zumbro2Zumbro

Went and seen the cover band Trilogy. They were great and the venue was fun as hell. Good times had by all. I'll add a some pics and video. The band was amazing covering Doors, Zep, and Floyd. Place is massive with ballroom, bowling alley, and attached hotel.

james johnson

Always a good time with music and dancing. Excellent place to have a catered event or just have a good time bowling.

Patrick Murphy

Good food and good service. I will eat there again.

Spyder

It's really a nice place lots to do even pull tub to play

Band Galaxy

Great place for concerts! Nice bowling center. Robert's Restaurant is good too! Nice place to have receptions & parties although, the 20% automatic gratuity is a bit steep.

Jonathan Redeker

This place is unlike any I’ve been to and that is pretty cool! They have live music performances from some pretty cool bands, a clean bowling alley that is set up for cosmic bowling as well, good food in a restaurant with a nice vibe, and meeting centers for people! If you have kids, they participate in a free bowling for kids program too if you sign up on an app! My family had a great time.

Thomas Pedersen

Tasty food, reasonable prices, nice atmosphere.

Gregory Tada

Weird little place for a gathering. It's pretty far from the city center, and it has a small town feel to it. I s'pose that's the charm of it, but it always exuded a low-rent feel for being in such an expensive neighborhood. People working there have always been nice enough. I guess I'm more of a city boy.

Scott Welinski

Great staff, they always get the best performers here. Have seen Boogie Wonderland many times here. Bowling lanes are excellent and the restaurant i can literally find nothing to complain about.

Trish Schutyser

We often been here if we have a vacant time to relax and at the same time you can also enjoy. This place was great. Nice place to bowl. Food was good but a bit expensive. Great live music venue and great private rooms for wedding receptions and private parties.

E Marie

Fun bowling. Good food, friendly people. Large bar. Semi casual atmosphere.

Brandon Prell

Great place for lunch, variety on the menu, quality service, and great food.

Peder Swendsrud

It's a classic establishment. Nothing amazing, but I was there for a work function.

Laurie Chivers

Fun place. Good variety.

Dawn Ford

Excellent music

Jace Coleman

Great and tasty food, I loved the mood the spot has, and the staff members were friendly. I will surely visit here again.

Robert Hunter

Gear Daddies show. Great place to see a show. Huge space upstairs. Bowling alley and restaurant downtown. Food was decent. Asked nice bar staff to switch a TV to semi-final football game. Could not find the person to get it changed. 2 appetizers shrimp deal and something else were not bad. Beer and liquor offerings were more than adequate. Concert space is fantastic. Its huge. Huge standing area with tables all around. 4 Roses bourbon was good but pours seemed light. Table service was more than adequate. One of my fave bands of all time

Larry Kramer

This is such a nice spot to go to listen to a band. Not overly fancy, but a nice venue.

Randy Carlson

Attended a show here great place for gathering, easy in and out

Brady Zempel

Great place! Get some drinks, pull tabs and whatever else you enjoy at this place! Great atmosphere and great people always around!

Rhonda Epperson

We bowl in a league there. Wonderful food, great service, nice people.

Rose Westmoreland

Was there for my 60th class reunion. The room and service were wonderful. Had a great time

Patti Bluemel

Love going to Medina entertainment center.concert last night was great food.

Corbin Mattila

I went there and the service was great and timely. Food was awsome. I would definitely go there again.

Scott Wojahn

Loved it! Great party room, food, staff and fun!

Brian Jones

Great selection of acts. It was loud for the sake of being loud. It sounded like the soundboard was clipping the music because it was gated so heavily. I will be back, but you gotta work on that.

Andrew Wiese

Great staff, very solid good. The place is just a classic, unique for the old time solid bands, bowling with friends or family and where you could hang for a beer or game or eat with the fam.

Zealot

Good food and an arcade and bowling alley

Vicki Peters

Always a winner with their food, drinks and entertainment. Easy place to go on date night or as a family.

Dayna Anderson

We had our reception here and couldn't have asked for a better experience! SO SO SO many compliments on the food! We served apps, pizza and hosted beer and wine. We were able to get bowling lanes and have yard games set up on the patio. The dj sounded great in the space as well. It was a top notch party all around! Christine was the best coordinator to work with and made us feel very well taken care of from start to finish!

Steve Taylor

Good food and fast service. Decent prices.

Adam Bechtold

We held our wedding shower at this place and reserved a private room. The caters did okay with assisting with the food. They cooked the food during the day and left it in warmers until the evening. Food was a bit cold. They have a large line of beer on tap to choose from and a big restaurant. Bartenders were nice and offered help wherever needed for drinks. Beyond the food issue, place was great. They have multiple private rooms and was able to serve 21 people for our room.

Patrick A. Conlan

Fun bowling. Great appetizers. Great staff.

tricia lamo

Black Hawk concert was great! We had a nice time!

Richard Collins

Unbelievably quick and good. Good prices too!

Kayti Decay

Nice place, large, great sound..but it's just not rock n roll to have a bunch of banquet tables up front. GA standing room facing the stage directly is a bit stingy, the room is mostly set up like it's hosting an awards luncheon for a district manager conference, not Queensryche and Fates Warning! It really is an Entertainment Center, gigantic, adjacent hotel/restaurant, I did not visit those but they looked fine. Drinks were expensive. If the tables could be cleared from at least in the front of the stage it would be an improvement. Staff were good, I watched them professionally eject an extremely drunk 50-something dude wearing head to toe Affliction, no other incidents. Enjoyable evening overall, about a 35 minute drive from the cities.

Moses O. Kandakai

Nice place to take the family for a dinner!

Cora Winberg

Great venue, lovely staff, amazing food!

Rory Merlino

Great venue with Led Zeppelin 2

Lori Piram