Columbus Square Bowling Palace

Bang for your buck: 7/10Quality: 10/10Service: 10/10Ambiance/Location: 7/10Overall: 9/10CSB leaves you with an ache for a bygone era of pizza slices, pitchers of Dr Pepper, and begging your folks for change for the claw machine. We enjoy coming here every now and again for a fun date afternoon. Neither of us are good bowlers but we have fun! CSB has tons of lanes, and maybe it's because of the time of day we go, but we've often felt like the only ones there. You can rent shoes for a fee and borrow balls for free. There's a snack stand with the aforementioned pizza and soda, plus beer options. There's also a smaller sized arcade where your babies can play for small prizes {we're particularly proud of a plastic Dino we won once}.Our biggest issue is bowling is EXPENSIVE. It certainly isn't bringing in a crowd based on what we've seen, and yet we've never spent less than $40 for an afternoon of fun.

I have bowled on and off at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace for years. It used to open be 24 hours, but due to the Pandemic it now open certain hours. I have enjoyed bowling there and this year for Franklin County Special Olympics bowling practice. It is 64 lanes, the largest in Central Ohio. There are some chairs that need to be reupholstered. They have done a great job updating the facilities over the years. It did host PBA tournaments in 1980's on NBC and ABC. The Columbus Square Bowling Palace is the Country Club of Bowling Centers and a great place to bowl for fun or league bowling.

I gave it one star because the food is good don't waste your time on bowling. Spend more time talking to the people to fix the damn thing!

This place is open 24-hours! Love the thought that you can go bowling at 3:00 AM. There is always open bowling available. They have a small arcade you can win prizes at. They have a bar and food. A pro shop. This place has it all! They offer specials like unlimited bowling for 3-hour time frames. I usually go during these specials and can get about six games in with friends. My fingers and muscles start to hurt before the time ends. There are usually plenty of lanes and it doesn't feel overly crowded.

For the price, GREAT deal! Open 24 hours as well which serves as a huge bonus. For a Friday night, it cost my group of 4 under $40 for shoe rental and bowling for an hour ($6 an hour and $3 shoe rental per person). We were able to get in right away since there are so many lanes here, 64!! However, not in the nicest location. I did not experience any troubles, but knowing the area have heard of all kinds of incidences happening. No issues with cleanliness or disorganization. Love that there is a local 24hr bowling alley. The food wasn't too bad either!

Got together with other Yelpers to go bowling and what a great night we had together! We got to meet Bill, the owner of the place, and he came out to greet us and give us a little history of his business and welcome us to his establishment. We enjoyed some delicious pizza (cheese, veggie, and meat pizza) and drinks and, of course, bowling! I asked Bill if he would bring out the bowling ball rail, which is normally for kids, but I thought it would be fun to bring that out since it didn't seem that anybody was familiar with it. We had fun putting our ball on the rail and letting it go a whopping 5 mph down the lane only to bounce off the pins or fall into the gutter. My group bowled 4 games each, and used muscles we didn't know we had! The bowling alley is very clean and has lots of lanes and great lighting. I loved the digital boards to keep track of the scores. We used the intercom a few times due to some user errors, and the people working there were very prompt and fixed the problems right away. I really like how the bowling balls were all in a central location with a color guide on the different weights of the balls. That made finding a ball super easy, and while bowling, the color of your ball was easy to locate. We had a great time!

This tried-and-true bowling alley has tons of things going for it! Starting it off big-time style: Open 24/7! What?! Yep. Since opening up shop in 1983, this bowling palace is open all year round (minus the early closing on Christmas Day, I believe the manager/third-generation-son explained)! The son also explained they're all about the customer; and they love suggestions!There's plenty of parking. Two CPD cops are on patrol during the weekends to keep an eye on things inside and add an extra feeling of security. Doesn't smell like smoke! Great lighting. Lots of tables and seating. Plenty of balls. Good condition shoes. Lots of lanes. Relaxed atmosphere!We feasted on Palazzo Pizza, the Palace's own personal restaurant inside. Soft, chewy crust; sweeter, tasty sauce; lots of onions mushrooms and green pepper throughout!The splendid customer service only heightened the experience! I recommend you check it out.

Bowling Palace reminded me of a neighborhood type bowling alley. In that there are nice staff, decent drink and bowling specials, lots of lanes, and open 24-7 before the pandemic. Though I do ish that they would rotate new balls in as the majority of their balls are scratched and chipped. But I do suppose if one comes here a lot then they could bring their own ball.

Seemed like a very organized tournament. Nice facility but could use a little bit of updating

False advertising.They advertise a Sunday bowling special between 9am-noon for "any 2 hour block". The special implies that as long as you get there and pay by noon, you can bowl for 2 hours for $15.The lady at the counter today told me that you have to be there by 10 am to get the full 2 hours, and if you get there any time after 10 am, you don't get the full 2 hours and it cuts off at noon, which makes zero sense.She was either wrong about the special, or they are false advertising and want to get people in the door to charge them $9/game.