Kings Dining & Entertainment - Raleigh

My siblings and I got together to celebrate my brother's 41st birthday. The atmosphere is nice for both adults and kids. There were plenty of things to do such as bowl, play pool, or foosball. Additionally, we ordered a sampler and two drink towers. They had a variety of food and drinks to select from. The food was good. The service was great. The only thing I would like to warn is if you order food to eat and everyone gets up to play or watch others play your food and drinks may be gone when you return. It was a really good time. We enjoyed ourselves and definitely recommend for a family night.

Going to the Kings in Orlando has always been a great time for me, so it was no surprise that the Kings in Raleigh was on the same level. With it being a busy holiday weekend, we made reservations ahead of time to bowl. The staff was quick to get us checked in and out to our lane! I haven't noticed this in FL but for this location they have some accent art throughout the bowling area of the Dude from The Big Lebowski. It was a nice touch that added to the atmosphere. Something else cool to note is that they even had his drink on the menu with their own twist! We didn't end up eating food, although the father and son in the lane next to us had pizza that smelled absolutely amazing! For drinks the boys had an array of beers, and I started off with a drink called Pirate Ship. It comes with blue curaçao and pineapple vodka which are always a delicious combination that makes me feel like I'm on a tropical vacation! It definitely helped out my bowling game as well, which they should add in the fine print .Whenever I'm back to visit I'll be sure to come back to Kings! It's really located in the perfect area for you to bowl and walk around mid town!

Zero stars we made a reservation and got there early. Staff rude, ignoring us for 20 min then they said there are no bowling alleys available, we waited 45 more minutes and left. What a waist of time, never again don't waste your money

Came across this place after eating dinner in the same area. Seemed like a really cool place because it had a bowling alley and a game area along with a huge bar and grille. We sat and had a drink and a shot, the bartender was really nice and quick with making our drinks. We had a fun time playing in the arcade area while drinking. We came back the next day and wanted to bowl and get some food and drinks. The server this day was very slow to take our drink and food orders. We didn't receive our drinks or food until we were basically done bowling which the bowling is for an hour. It's a cool place to check out though.

Kings Dinning & Entertainment offers a variety of fun for everyone in your party. I highly recommend making reservations as far in advance as possible and leave well before 9pm. The atmosphere was great and everyone was respectful of each others personal space. However the later it became the rowdier groups became. Security had to speak to a few people because they were getting a bit out of control. Kings would be better if they limited guest by reservation and limited bar guest. There were a lot of people just sitting and waiting around and it became crowded pretty quickly.

Visitsd Kings tonight with my wife and another couple as a date night and will NOT be going back any time soon. This was the worst customer service experience I've ever had and I did make sure the manager was aware on our way out.We had a reservation for 5:45 pm on a Friday. It was the only reservation available, yet when we got there and got 30 minutes into bowling, more than half the lanes were still open.When checking in for our reservation, the person working at the counter was very short and not personable. There was very little greeting. When he asked us for payment, we werent allowed to use cash for one, but when we told him how to split the bill, he rolled his eyes and responded in silence. One of the parts of checking in was providing shoe sizes which we provided on paper as requested. A second worker came up and asked us for our shoe sizes anyway without bothering to check the form we'd filled out less than 5 minutes prior.Another key to the check in experience was that there was a tip line. The person who checked us in pressed less buttons and had less interactions than someone who works at a fast food restaurant. There should be no tip line on the card statement that needs to be signed. Especially when it costs $120+ for 4 people just to bowl for an hour and fifteen minutes.We were brought to our lane and prepared for a fun session of bowling. We were not approached by a server at all until after we had to go to the bar to order our own drinks. The server was an African American girl with dreadlocks at least 4 feet long. When she finally did approach us, we were all half way through our first drink and 3 frames thru our first match of bowling. She said "Im here to take really good care of you tonight" yet we literally never heard from her again.We purchased two drinks a piece and a plate of fries. This likely wouldve been twice as much had we had any sort of service at all.In comparison, the group directly next to us, who showed up an hour after us was greeted with waters menus and utensils before they even took their jackets off. These customers were the same demograhic as our server and it was clear she was showing favoritism. This is the most politically correct way of putting this. The drinks were $7 for draft craft beer and thats fine. The lanes for the bowling were well lit and they had a good selection of bowling balls to use. The vibe of the place was fine, although it did seem like none of the employees wanted to be there. I brought up our experience to the manager on duty, but all he wanted to do was bring it up to the server directly with us there and a dozen or more other customers within ear shot. That wouldve been embarassing so i told him my piece and then our group left. There was no apology and no offer for compensation. We will not be returning as long as this establishment has the same staff and management. The owner needs to take a good look at the recent reviews because clearly my group is not the first to have an experience like this recently.

WTH?! I don't understand. I'm sitting at the bar. It's not a busy night (Thursday) at all but my glass has been empty for 10+ minutes now. The thing that blows my mind is that the bartender has walked past me multiple times, looks directly at me and my glass and still fails to approach me. I finally flagged her down to order food but she still failed to ask if I wanted another drink before walking away. Here I am now waiting for food and drink, which I haven't even ordered yet. The spot: This seems like a pretty fun and chill place to hang out with friends; however, if I can't get drinks on a slow night I don't think I'll have luck getting drinks on a busy Friday or weekend night. Decent music. The food: I ordered wings and waffle fries. It took a long time to get just those two items out. When food finally came out, it was only the wings because apparently she didn't hear me ask for fries... yet we had a mini convo whether they were regular fries or waffle fries. Service observation:Communications amongst the team sucks! Food runner is running around clueless. Other people at the bar have asked for their food to-go because of the long wait. From others facial expressions and reactions, I wasn't the only one not happy with the service tonight.The bartender was sweet, but that didn't make up for the poor service.

This is not a place for kids so don't let that fool you. Our bartender was so high she could barely do her job. The pins are on strings. This place is basically a night club. If that's what you are looking for and don't care about waiting forever for your drinks and food you are good. Never will come back.

A little pricey, but I always have fun and keep coming back! The food & drinks are always delicious. I recommend the maple bourbon wing sauce!

My boyfriend and I went here for date night 3/8/2024. As soon as we got there around 6:30 the older woman at the shoe return was extremely rude and unfriendly. Whatever people have bad days.Boom. We are sat for bowling and order some food. I had the steakhouse burger, which was fine! We had the fried brussel sprouts, but they didn't even come with bacon or honey siracha that was stated on the menu. They were okay. But it came with buttermilk ranch... tell us why there were cheese crumbles in the "buttermilk ranch". No, not blue cheese. Just cheese crumbles. At first we panicked because we thought the ranch was curdled but it was random cheese crumbles?? Odd. Now, I feel personally obligated to warn everyone here to NEVER EAT THE CUBANO SANDWICH from this place. My boyfriend ordered it, and it is described as having "Pressed Mojo Pulled Pork, Honey Smoked Ham, Pickles, Mustard, Swiss cheese".I just made Cuban pork with a citrus mojo this week, amazing. THIS CUBANO WAS ANYTHING BUT AMAZING. The "mojo pulled pork" smelled and tasted so off putting my boyfriend, who's not a picky eater, only took one bite. So I tried it thinking maybe it's just how it's supposed to taste. NO SIR. For those of you that own dogs, the smell of dry dog food on your hands or the smell of a rawhide bone is what this pork tasted like. I never spit out food but this was absolutely disgusting and almost made me vomit. We both looked at each other and could only think about kitchen nightmares and that we were probably served expired, old pork. Apparently someone across from us ordered the same and said it was disgusting as well. AGAIN, NEVER EVER GET THE CUABNO UNLESS YOU WANT TO RISK FOOD POISONING. On the other hand, our server at the lanes all the way in the back, he was absolutely amazing!! Someone come and get the man because he needs to be working somewhere else with his work ethic and attitude! I asked if we could get another burger instead of his sandwich and he was very accommodating! And I absolutely hate sending food back or being wasteful.. but this was necessary. Nice job!! The young lady at the shoe return on our way out was very nice as well. A woman in a black and white blouse was very helpful and kind too (assuming she was part of management). As far as the arcade, they have a lot of fun games that we enjoyed besides bowling like pac-man, Mario kart, and claw machines. Overall, games are great! Food is questionable, and some employees are great! Definitely NOT worth the price. Around $50 for an hour of bowling for two people. The burger and sandwiches were around 17 each. Cocktails around $15. Food is definitely subpar quality and not worth that price. Go for just fun and the bottles and canned drinks. I had bold rock cider for $7 each. MOST IMPORTANTLY: NO CUBANO SANDWICH