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Bloomsbury Lanes

Tavistock Hotel, Bedford Way, London WC1H 9EU, United Kingdom

Bloomsbury Lanes
Bowling alley
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GVFC+HM London, United Kingdom
+44 20 7183 1979
bloomsburybowling.com
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Saturday: 11–3
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X L
X L249 days ago
Decent bowling place for socialising and bar experience. Can get very busy hence would recommend book lane before visit.
Only thing is weight 8 ball is not very many hence majority is weight 10-12 so could be a struggle for people prefer lighter weight balls.
Alex Cook
Alex Cook1 year ago
Came here with my work, the lanes were good, and so was the food, extremely impressed with it. Staff were great and the drinks were good too!

However the hand fans on the ball return are not functional. It certainly makes it harder to keep bowling.
Philippe
Philippe1 year ago
Great bowling and entertainment space for groups or a few friends.
Big dance area with great music. Thought though that not all the lanes were operating which didn’t help with waiting time. The staff is really nice though and it made up for it.
Will recommend to go there as a group and renting the area downstairs with karaoke bowling, ping pong, arcade games and much more
Avril-Marie Ives
Avril-Marie Ives2 years ago
Service was very slow and we had to find somebody on a couple of occasions after they wandered off halfway through taking our drinks order in the diner.
I would advise you eat before coming here if you're vegan as options are pretty much non existent.
The bowling was good and the bar staff were helpful.
Ádrian A.
Ádrian A.2 years ago
Nice place with one of the best staffing I've seen in London! The waiters were super nice, friendly, helpful and efficient.
We played some games, have a few drinks and dinner there, it was all great. I was expecting a more impacting bowling lanes to be honest, they are quite standard but enough to have great time. The food was surprisingly good too. Will be back for sure!
Joanne Dudley-Smith
Joanne Dudley-Smith2 years ago
This was a lovely bowling alley - they have about 6-8 lanes which do get busy so you'll need to book! Staff are lovely and very friendly - there's a bar too and a small menu for some food options - they do an amazing pizza! The large pizza is LARGE but delicious! :)
Rishi Bhabutta
Rishi Bhabutta2 years ago
Good venue - we rented out the downstairs for a work Christmas party for about 150 people. It was actually a great venue for this and cost about 60-70 per person. Bowling, beer pong, a kareoke room - pizzas and other food brought out, beer buckets. Easy place to use. Only shame there were no screens there to show World Cup games!
Becca
Becca2 years ago
Very miss leading! I asked for 1 game for 4 people. So you'd think 1 full game that you could finish for 4 people. Nope, not the case. 1 game for 4 people is only 10 minutes. It's not like other bowling alleys. Where it is 1 game for however many people and you get a total and pay it... and you get a full game.
The member of staff on the tills was very rude, and expect your whole experience there to be on a time limit. For 1 game of bowling, it would have cost us about £80/£90, I don't know where the maths came from. Even 1 person playing isn't finishing 1 game in 10 minutes, it's takes a good 2 minutes for the balls to come back. And a good minute or 2 for the pins to be lifted and put back for the second bowl. Don't waste your money, It was my first time bowling in London, and honestly, It really put me off, think I'll be sticking to the bigger companies next time, like hollywood bowl or tenpin. But they need to find someone who doesn't have an attitude problem to be on tills next time!
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