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Woburn Bowladrome
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Montvale Ave @ Prospect St (354)
Montvale Ave Opp Prospect St (354)
Montvale Ave @ Main St (354)
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
7 reviews for Woburn Bowladrome
7 reviews in English
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Review from Jack M.
Boston, MA
Updated - 9/3/2009 2 photos
So I actually went back last week - don't ask me what drove me here...
The building has been repainted - at least out back. Looks nice and new. Parking is still hellish - but if you expect it when you get here then you'll do just fine. Note to you: please look for the arrows on the ground. Guy in front of me didn't and nearly hit me - loser!
The place still smells the same - ahhhhh - bowling.
So the place has been re-vamped since I was there last. The center area has an all new counter with lower areas for the kids/handicapped. It's been cleaned up some. Still the same gruff workers behind the counter, though. The arcade area has new arcade games and little skee-ball for the tykes, but they all take tokens only now - that's kinda lame.
When I was there - they had half the building as regular bowl, and the other half as that dark neon "galaxy bowl".
This place would be better if they served beer.
The ball returns have changed - they are now a long rectangular box and the mechanics inside the ball return literally FIRE the balls out at you. Watch your fingers!!!
Bowling is all automated scoring now. I miss the old pencil and overhead displays....
If you have kids, you can do worse than to kill time here. Prices are still reasonable to bowl a few frames. Give it a shot.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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8/5/2009
Wow. Still here. Still crazy after alllll these years.
I used to practically live here when I was a… Read more »
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Review from phil s.
Woburn, MA
11/25/2011
Everything was great the , atmosphere, excellent bowling experience, fantastic night,
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Review from Francis C.
Lexington, MA
1/14/2011
I have a love/hate relationship with the Woburn Bowladrome. On the one hand, it's reasonably priced and conveniently located. Seriously, the prices are awesome and for some reason it's one of the few bowling alleys in suburban Boston. I also like how they charge by the hour, rather than by the game. It can suck to get booted off the lane in the middle of a game, but it's definitely preferable to buying, say, three games.
But there's annoying parts too. For one thing, no matter how many empty lanes they have, you'll inevitably get dumped in the middle of a group of people. I don't mind bowling next to adults, but oftentimes I'll end up next to a bunch of kids screaming or running around. The second problem is that a lot of the lanes are old, so they break down a lot. And the computer system will randomly give out extra points for no reason. Finally, not one television in that place works. Not that I go to a bowling alley to watch tv, but it'd be nice to have the Celtics or Red Sox up on the screen while I'm waiting for my turn to bowl.
Still, there are a lot of worse ways to spend an evening than at the Woburn -
Review from Jeff D.
Winchester, MA
7/16/2005
Looking for a great place to Bowl?
Check out the Woburn Bowladrome off of Main St or Montvale Ave in Woburn in the Municipal Parking area. The bowling alley has been a popular alley in the local area for generations and they run the place quite well. It is also decently priced and is worth taking the kids.
A fun day might be a couple rounds of bowling, dinner at Bill and Bob's and then a movie at Showcase Cinemas.
With the Woburn Bowladrome you'll definitely hit
a STRIKE!Listed in: My Neighborhood
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Review from Joanne G.
4/8/2008
Great place to take a bunch of people on a friday night after 7:30pm
Parking is tight at times but there is a back lot
Brothers Pizza on Main street is awesome and they deliver
$15 an hour for loads of laughter
Candlepins only but hey it's fun to see it fly down the lane and not hit a SINGLE ONE! (from experience)
I think there are some arcade machines and candy machines but the owners don't mind you bringing your own stuff to eat - just be kind and clean up after yourself. -
Review from Daniel M.
Waltham, MA
9/2/2008
I don't like my bowling dressed up or too clean. And that's why I like the Woburn Bowladrome. Sure, it's not the cleanest place in the world and parking out in the back can be a bit of an adventure. But bowling should be a lot of fun and that's exactly what you'll find here. They've got leagues, but not so many that it's not possible to find time to throw a string or three. Prices are reasonable and there's enough for the kids to do while the grownups are having fun. There's food in the area and from my experience they don't mind if you bring in somthing to munch. Overall, it's a lot of fun for not much coin.
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Review from Anonymous R.
Woburn, MA
5/14/2007
I had my kid's birthday party at the bowladrome and here is my experience.
I booked the party with one of the owners, who was a real gentleman. He committed certain things and I trusted him...did not ask in writing! Then I went to confirm the booking and met another guy, who started denying all the rates that I was quoted earlier. But he still said he would give the prices to me. I figured it was all good, until the party evening. During the party, this guy said rude things to my husband complaining that I was a liar! When I tried to resolve the misunderstanding, he yelled at me and threatened to call the cops. I paid him whatever he wanted since I do not like getting into such things. Btw, they also charged for things that we did not get and we had to ask them to remove it. At that point he said it was merely an oversight on his employee's part. So when the customer says something, it was a lie and when his team did something it was an oversight.
The pizza took forever to come and my guests were hungrily waiting for food. They can make only 1 pizza at a time.
Not at all a pleasant experience to have a party.
