What an AWFUL NIGHT!\r
I started by calling ahead Friday night to reserve a lane for Saturday night for my boyfriend's birthday. They rudely replied that they don't do reservations but it's not usually a problem. It seemed they were too Williamsburg -sheik to do something uncool like take a reservation.\r
I arrived early to the hipster bowling alley/bar around 7pm Saturday night and was informed there would be a 3 hour wait (which actually turned into 4 hours). I looked around and quickly realized that they don't take reservations because they get people to sit around and drink in the bar for hours waiting for their turn to bowl\r
It gets MUCH worse! My friends and I were sitting at a table with a low-hanging ceiling lamp not in the center of the table. It was near the side of the table, so my tall friend knocked into it when he stood up (he had had two beers but I could have easily knocked into it sober because I'm also tall). Glass went all over us and our table. The staff became enraged! We apologized and started trying to clean it up with our hands and napkins. We were not even drunk and certainly not rowdy. We practically had to beg them to give us something to clean it up. Never did anyone ask if we were okay.\r
It gets even worse! 3 hours later we're finally up to bowl after $150 at the bar and now we pre-paid an additional $100 for two games and rental shoes. Half way through our first game, my mildly drunk friend knocked over a lampshade on a 70s thrift store lamp on top of our bowling machine. The dear lampshade was unharmed and we put it back on. The employee became irate and kicked us out! I couldn't even get my jacket and we got NONE of our money back! He was on a major power trip. I imagine that he wakes up ever morning and practices in his underwear in front of the mirror, ""YOU'RE OUTTAHERE!!"" \r
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AWFUL PEOPLE. Birthday ruined, money down the drain! DON'T GO THERE
Pros: Only bowling alley/bar in Brooklyn
Cons: Horrible Staff, bad vibes, bad anger management
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