Madison-Square Lanes

This has been our family's favorite bowling alley down the street for many years, but realized last night that they raised their prices to $40/hour + $3 for shoe rental. I'm pretty sure it used to be $5 per bowler per game which was part of the attraction for a family of kids like ours that takes a full hour to bowl one game! $55 seemed a little steep for 1 hour, but I get it too...

Amazing bowling alley. A bit pricey but totally worth it. My girlfriend and I come here every week. Has a classic bowling alley feel. Cash only.

Old School local bowling ally in Lakewood. Simple, clean, and friendly staff. Cash only. They offer selection of alcoholic beverages, soda, candies and snacks and food options. No wait for a lane on a Saturday afternoon. Bowled a couple rounds. Enjoyed this spot and look forward to returning soon!

I, lived a hop skip and a Jump from There.when I was 11yrs oldmy Dad gave me $ 5.00 on Saturday to get a haircut My Friendwent with me, but I never did get a haircut, I spent the $5.00 onBowling when I got home Dad looked at me, Son did you get a haircutI said no I spent the $5.00 on bowling he said ok, your Grounded forthe next 2 weekends But you can Still Play Baseball .Thanks dad!your the best Dad in the World !

Went here on a Saturday night, they got us right in. They are open until 2am which is awesome, and i loved the old-school vibe of the place. One thing that was my favorite part about this experience was an employee by the name of Will. He was so friendly and helpful. I bowled one game and i realized i didn't have enough cash to pay for it (they only take cash, no cards), so I tried to use the ATM there but it wasn't working with my card. Will, the employee was so nice about it and took the amount of cash that i did have. I will be going back to pay the rest of the price for my game, and I definitely will be back many more times to play more games! The prices are very affordable, too. $2 shoe rental and $4.50 games. I loved it. Thank you so much to the staff and especially, Will!

Madison lanes, a funky throw back to the 1970s. This well kept and preserved establishment takes you back to the golden era of bowling. My experience will not be my last, the prompt attention the attendant was refreshing a few times a slow moving ball was caught, within minutes the problem was fixed!

Super bummed about our bowling experience last night at Madison Square Lanes ~ I don't think I've ever made a review in my life but this morning I'm still feeling strange about our bowling time. My husband and I brought our son, who is 4 to bowl. It's been snowy and cold and we've been stuck inside all weekend. We pay 49 dollars for an hour on one lane with bumpers and 3 shoe rentals. At first we were okay with this price, this was a similar price we've payed at other bowling alleys. The alley itself was very old school, as most are. We liked the vibe. We start our first game, everything is normal at first. After a few minutes of playing the pins reset in the middle of my husband's turn which caused the game and score to be uneven. It'd be the next players turn and they'd start with two pins, if that makes sense. We let the woman working know and she mentioned that lane had been doing the same thing earlier and moved us to the opposite lane at the other end of the alley. She transferred our score from the other lane but it was out of wack because of the issue on the first lane. We weren't playing a super serious game with our 4 year old and bumpers but we still wanted to try and keep our game and score on track! Especially for 50 bucks. So we let her know and she resets the whole game. We start over and we're going good, I bowl a strike and then the pins never come back down. At this point it's becoming slightly comical, my husband and I just sitting there like? The woman working was the only one there and she was helping some people, making drinks etc. which is totally fine, we get that. So we sat there for about 5 minutes with no pins to play, we hit the service button on our lane and then chose "need pins" to try and solve the issue ourselves but we needed her assistance. When she came back over from helping the other customers she reset our pins and apologized saying the lanes were old machines. Again, I get that but honestly have never had an issue like this at any other place I've bowled. After resetting our game/pins for the second time, we try to finish our game only for the pins to reset mid game and mess the score up again. It was kind of wild. I'm almost positive we didn't bowl for the entire hour and when we left she didn't offer any money back, no free drinks during, or anything for the inconvenience. It sucked! Total waste of 49 dollars. I feel so silly for even taking the time to write this review, but it honestly just didn't seem fair. Won't be coming back, sadly. This spot has been in our neighborhood since my husband and I were children, total disappointment!

Best going elsewhere. They started to charge per lane at a max 1 hour. Would be good if they switched back to per game charge. Especially when it took time to fix the lane in the middle of the game. Not recommended for family's.

Classic bowling alley feel. Was fun for a birthday party. My kid loved the little arcade and I appreciated the bar!

Great family place for a league. Also fun Friday and Saturday Nights! Nice bar and staff. Thanks!