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Sparetime Recreation Lewiston
24 Mollison Way, Lewiston, ME 04240, United States
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St
Review №1

Had a great afternoon watching grand-children bowl and play in arcade...Had a very delightful time staff was very accommodating...

Da
Review №2

Great family fun. My four-year granddaughter enjoyed herself using a ramp and lane bumpers. The adult children and grandfather also enjoyed themselves. We are complete novices and know next to nothing about the game but a computer kept the score for us and even made recommendations on how to improve! The food was nothing special but kept the four-year old happy. They also had various arcade games to entertain those not interested in bowling. The place was busy with people but we did not have to wait as they have a lot of lanes.

Ga
Review №3

Had a blast, new owner is friendly and eager to make sure everyone has fun.

#w
Review №4

Great family entertainment! Never a bad time here! Kids of all ages are sure to enjoy themselves. Small arcade area too. Foods to be expected at a bowling alley, not diamond quality, but keeps the kids happy. Hope you have fun like we do!

Le
Review №5

Offering 10 pin and Candlepin bowling

Co
Review №6

Fun place to go for an hour or two for bowling. Slightly pricey but if you’re splitting the lane among a group not bad. Customer service was pretty good but possible for there to be a long wait at first depending on how busy they are. The place hasn’t changed since at least the early 2000s but it doesn’t really ruin the experience.

Sh
Review №7

My kid had a blast and the people that work there are very nice

Ry
Review №8

Lots of fun, candlepin bowling with the kids bowl free program

Pl
Review №9

Great place to bowl and many specials for people who have weekdays off. Yes, the technology is still the same from when the place opened in 1990, but who cares, lanes are in great shape.

We
Review №10

Fun time. Hours if operation are questionable. Call ahead to see if lanes are available;there could be a league event or party.

Ch
Review №11

Great time, place is clean and well taken care of

Am
Review №12

This is a very fun outing, especially on days where its hard to be active outdoors (think cold, rainy days or below-zero temperatures). The facilities are well taken care of and they offer snacks/food alongside the bowling experience. They also offer candlepin bowling, which I hadnt heard of until I moved to Maine. What a unique experience.

Na
Review №13

For what they charge for bowling of expect up to date equipment. Not so here!The first lane assigned to us broke before we even rolled the first ball. Got moved to the next lane over. That one needed to be fixed 3 times before the end of the first (and only) string! Would have walked out of it wasnt our little girl s first time bowling.

An
Review №14

Had a great time there my grand daughters were invited to a party they had a great time. One of my grand daughters dont bowl, she played games the whole time and she still didnt get enough tickets to buy anything. Just a grand mother who thought that was a bummer for her and there was nothing I could do.

An
Review №15

I would have walked out, but I had my 4 year old so we grinned and bared it. First lane we were in was not working to start. After waiting... We were moved to another lane. That one broke down numerous times as well, which required stopping to get help or call over intercom, waiting..... Our family fun night was anything but. We were disappointed.The place is old and dated.... Having to manually enter dropped pins. I think bowling alleys had better technology 20 years ago than this. We will never be back.

Al
Review №16

Great night of Glow bowling and some drinks.

Ca
Review №17

Great birthday party spot!

St
Review №18

Always a good time and the food is terrific. The onion rings are the best in town, IMO ;-)

Fa
Review №19

Always a fun place to go. The kids love it everytime we go. Very family friendly. They also have birthday parties which is great as well.

Ca
Review №20

Candle pin with grandkids, great time!

Da
Review №21

Awesome female employee wish I caught her name working extremely hard. Very knowledgeable. Was my first time going but she made it fun.

Me
Review №22

Technology very outdated with little to offer. Most lanes arent functional.

Ro
Review №23

Great family-friendly place that the children will love.

Ta
Review №24

It has an ok alley and terrible food pretty good customer service I guess

Li
Review №25

Great place

Da
Review №26

Cost too much and the pin reset took 30% of the time paid for. Dont waste your money.

Jo
Review №27

Great bowling ( candlepin ) but try operating those machines to keep score, forget it. Ill use the old fashioned pencil (# 2 ).

El
Review №28

WENT WITH THE RESIDENCE FROM PINE TREE SOCIETY. The staff are wonderful they set up our lanes for us and they talk to the residents and that means so much to me to see our population mingle with the staff as we try to have them develope a community relationship. Where we take it for granted or we dont even think about it. We go several times a month. Its a great place to have fun and meet new people and have a few drinks of H2O.

Da
Review №29

Super friendly staff, my son and I had a great time.

Pa
Review №30

My husband and I went Saturday night. Called ahead to see how late they were open, they said they were closing early ( 10 PM) cause it was dead. We get there just after 8pm, the staff wasnt rude but wasnt friendly either. The lane we had kept getting stuck when resetting the pins. We wanted some food, was told the kitchen was closed, yet orders were being called out and being taken. The lane we were at had food everywhere, was gross. We paid for 2 games each and they shut it down before we finished, although they did turn it back on when we told them. Was not impressed.

Am
Review №31

Very outdated on equipment. Pins and balls got stuck repeatedly.Decent prices.

Ch
Review №32

Avoid lane 20. Came here for an hour and the pinsetter malfunctioned twice, was worked on for 25 mins before our hour was up.

Ca
Review №33

The machines dont work half the timeand bad service

Er
Review №34

The girl that is working the shoe counter is as personable as a wet towel you ask her for anything and its a huge inconvenience terrible service the other thing is the girl thats trying to make drinks has no idea what shes doing this place has gone to hell. Terrible. Spent $60 just a bowl for 2 hours to have to push the button myself keep track myself and house to have bumpers Put down 3 times and then the girl given attitude when I had to ask him a 3rd time this place is terrible and I will never be coming back

La
Review №35

The staff is his hit or miss. The candle pin side needs to update their scoring screen not. A fan of doing it myself. The 10 pin side has automatic scoring. Why cant the candle pin side. The place is clean and the only place in the area. It good but not great. But bowling is a good time.

Da
Review №36

This is not the greatest alley Ive been to. It could use an upgrade. Half the arcades is broken and the lanes are not taken care of. The staff was great.

Jo
Review №37

I remember when this was built 30 years ago. It hasnt changed. It hasnt even been renovated. Subpar food, tacky night bowling. A staple of Lewiston!! Now with candlepin bowling!!

Ja
Review №38

Bad experience I have to bring my clients here every weekend the machines always break their super outdated the bathrooms are always disgusting, the paint in the bathroom is a hideous dark purple and you can see every mistake, not to mention their is always barley any staff when their the place is full this place needs a whole new renovation it is 2019!!!!!

jo
Review №39

Getting better now that they have put money into the cadlepin lanes. Almost no breakdowns.

Sa
Review №40

Terrible. Unprofessional. Rude. Tried to reserve a party of 4 lanes, 15 days before and was told couldnt make a reservation until day of. Then called day of and place was full and found out other people were able to make reservations. Hours were not updated and people were disrespectful and rude. Never going here again.

Am
Review №41

Usually a good time, could use some updates but overall a fun place.

Ja
Review №42

Had a great time wish we were not greeted with you cant bowl today because of leagues --- one of employees said yes we only have candle pin right now. Which was fine....wish it was on website thou

Ro
Review №43

Lots of fun. In need of repair. Food overcooked.

Am
Review №44

Tried coming here twice, both times were within 2 hours of closing time and we were sent home both times because the staff wanted to leave early. I’m extremely disappointed with spare time bowling.

Co
Review №45

Absolutely will never do business with this so called “business” ever again! So unprofessional! When planning a birthday party we were advised by a male to call the day of the party to make reservations. The website says they were open at 9am, we started to call at that time to make reservations and after writing to someone on Facebook they said they open at noon. When we finally got to speak to someone on the phone they said that we should have made reservations because they are full! Get your facts straight! Plus the arrogance/rudeness in there messages, such a joke! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO ELSEWHERE!

Em
Review №46

Nice place to bowl. Could use some updating, but I am positive they dont make enough money to do that

da
Review №47

Had a great time!!

Ch
Review №48

Good place to bowl. Decent food.

St
Review №49

Not a bad spot for some bowling. The have both candle pin and 10 pin bowling lanes. They also have a pool table and a video arcade. Food and drinks, yes adult drinks too. They have bowling leagues and a pro shop.

Mi
Review №50

Regular bowling. Old facility, old lanes, pro shop by appointment only.

Jo
Review №51

Friendly and inexpensive. Great for all ages!!

Sa
Review №52

Its great to have the option of large or candle pin bowling. They have good bowling prices. The food is average at best. They also have a small arcade area.

Co
Review №53

Great place. Large venue. Food seems pricey but its bowling alley food so you pay for convenience

Jo
Review №54

Great place for family to have a great time.

Me
Review №55

Fun times,great food,good people

Mi
Review №56

Awesome bowling alley, and great atmosphere.

Ch
Review №57

Great place to kill some time

Al
Review №58

What a great place. Very accommodating

Sh
Review №59

Clean bowling alley with both ten pin and candlepin. Affordable rates and decent food too! I had a steak bomb wrap with sweet potato fries and it was great! :)

st
Review №60

Expensive and it felt dirty in side. And I think I put my hand in puke on one of the arcade machines.

De
Review №61

Always have a great time here and staff is friendly and helpful

Re
Review №62

They have both regular and candle pin bowling. Staff are friendly and helpful. Clean and fun environment.

Da
Review №63

A wonderful place to have fun and good people running it

Ha
Review №64

I work above this place. Food always smells amazing and Ive been bowling a few times. Great games and friendly staff.

er
Review №65

Very nice place, both candle pin and regular bowling, and the prices are good!

Bo
Review №66

Great bowling spot with horrible pizza. It was almost like getting a pizza from the freezer section at Hannaford, but quite worse. I understand they are not a pizza place, however, it was so bad that it stuck out as a huge negative. The service has dropped off the map as well. They shut food and drinks down a half hour earlier than expected and never gave a last call. You could tell by the short responses and body language from their staff that they didnt want to be there and certainly didnt want to give a great experience to their customers, but did want to hurry people out and close as fast as possible. Huge disappointment.

Mi
Review №67

Not impressed with the overall friendliness of the staff or the cleanliness of the common areas. My group showed up on a Sunday and found out that it was league night, which was different than what was presented on the website. When asking the staff about the lenght they said they would not be able to accommodate a group of four. The candle pin side was being cleaned and water was everywhere as well as no signs indicating the slippery floors, which is a potential hazard. The pool table was in rough shape, but the coin op worked and nothing jammed it. Most of the pool cues are curved/broken tips so do your best to compensate.I was surprised at the amount of people present and it was observed they were having a good time. Something that frustrated me was we were not asked if we wanted food or drinks when we approached the bar. They have it available and I had hoped they would allow me to order and I was not able to due to closing soon, a response given over an hour before the establishment closed. Another pro is that they were open late, so this is a place for all ages if you are looking for something to do.

Ni
Review №68

Its a pretty good place to go and meet your friends...Not many other choices if you like to bowl.

Da
Review №69

So sad to see how far down this once nice business has gone. Very dirty. Run down. Equipment broken. Not the bowling alley I remembered 20 years ago. So sad to see.

He
Review №70

Our food order never got placed but they compensated with apologies and a speedy deliver once the order had finally been placed.

Je
Review №71

Very children friendly as it should be and the doctors and nurses are very friendly and helpful

Ch
Review №72

It was my first time candlepin bowling and it was definitely a new and fun experience.They have 22 ten-pin bowling lanes and 12 candlepin lanes. It was busy even for a Wednesday night. Shoe rental and game prices seemed a little high, but I havent been to a bowling alley in a really long time, so I have no idea what it costs nowadays.They have locker rentals and an arcade for the kids if they get bored between turns. Theres food and beer for everyone.Definitely fun and I would recommend it if you need something to do with some friends.

Ra
Review №73

Very friendly and very polite person would recommend this bowling alley

Ja
Review №74

Great summer deal for kids bowling. 2 free games when paying for shoe rental.

Ti
Review №75

Love this place nice staff and its always good food and

Ch
Review №76

It’s fun although we always ask for no candle pins and they give them to us they also put no gutter rails up that aren’t stable they have fell down twice for me in one day

Gr
Review №77

Its your typical bowling alley. We came with our 4 kids and had a good time. The standing area behind the lanes was a bit dirty but it was later in the evening so maybe it was just from the come and go traffic, but still no reason to not have staff come around and empty the over flowing trash cans or wipe down the soda and beer spilled tables that were all sticky. The biggest complaint my kids and us had was with the pizza, we honestly couldnt figure out how a completely tasteless and I mean tasteless pizza is possible. I know you expect to pay a bit more at these places but almost $70 for 3 pizzas and a pitcher of soda is a bit much.

Ky
Review №78

This place is really getting old and showing it. Arcade selection is disappointing. The bowling was good. Food was bad.

Ro
Review №79

Very clean and organized, had a good time.

Mi
Review №80

Excellent staff. Cheap. Fun.

Nh
Review №81

Nice ally. Very good lanes.

kl
Review №82

Great time bowling. Lanes may fill on league nights

Cl
Review №83

Very polite and curious customer service

Fr
Review №84

Went bowling with my daughter gson mom neice and nephew had I blast

Ke
Review №85

Not the best bowling alley. Hard to find balls that fit your hands, and the lane we had failed to work twice in a hours.

La
Review №86

They have candlepin bowling! Yay!!!

An
Review №87

Had a real good time with all my friends

Da
Review №88

Best quality bowling lanes

Mi
Review №89

Alot of fun

Ca
Review №90

It was a great time

Do
Review №91

Had a Blast Great place !!!!

Do
Review №92

Food was awful

Ro
Review №93

Best spot in Maine for bowling.

Pa
Review №94

Good time

Jo
Review №95

Bowling & small arcade with ok food

St
Review №96

Plenty of parking.

Ti
Review №97

I think they should have both sides light up with music and provide cheap nylons for shoes for people who dont plan* on bowling.

Je
Review №98

Fun decent prices

Re
Review №99

Fun place

Da
Review №100

Really need to up grade

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  • Address:24 Mollison Way, Lewiston, ME 04240, United States
  • Site:http://sparetimerec.com/
  • Phone:+1 207-786-2695
Categories
  • Recreation center
  • Bowling alley
Working hours
  • Monday:9am–10pm
  • Tuesday:12–8pm
  • Wednesday:5–9pm
  • Thursday:9am–9pm
  • Friday:5–9pm
  • Saturday:12–9pm
  • Sunday:9am–10pm
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
Amenities
  • Wi-Fi:Yes
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