Reviews for Bowl & Barrel in San Antonio, TX
The food was OK the manager did not want to turn on the AC so it was very hot everyone was sweating. The bartender stuck his... nose in the drinks as he was mixing it to sniff it for some reason. So I just had to walk away from the drinks. Bowling was fun. Read more
Nice place to bowl and hang out with friends. Good atmosphere. Full bar, pizza and appetizers. It's a little expensive and I... recommend you call and reserve your lane ahead of time. Read more
This was mine and my boyfriend?s first experience here and we were not impressed. We bowled almost an entire game before a... larger group joined the lane next to us and they were helped first. The table was bussed and then all the dirty dishes were puton another table (see picture) and not cleaned up. The remains of the water rings and food were still on the table and were notcleaned up before we started our game. Somebody finally came over and asked if we had been helped after almost 20mins andreluctantly wiped the table down, but then took the larger groups order. We then asked a different server for assistance and weordered a draft beer and the server returned with a bottled beer (see photo). Overall, not a great experience. The only reasonI?m giving it a 2nd star is because I enjoy bowling and the building and bowling lanes themselves were nice. Everything else wasawful and way too overpriced. $68/hr to bowl. Not worth it. Read more
My first time going with family, and it was PERFECT for my brother?s birthday. Sal was the manager on duty, and made sure to... check on us frequently to make sure our experience was pleasant. The bar tops were clean, and tables were always wiped downconstantly. Our server, Hailey, was also attentive! Sal made the experience super welcoming for not only my family, but it wasvisible for others as well. I would absolutely come back. Read more
Clean place that?s a good mix of good old bowling yet nice enough for a date. Lights and atmosphere is nice. Food is a bit more... elevated than regular bowling center food, but it?s still really good! Read more
Not a bad place to go. When you go here it?ll be more about the social interaction with friends than the quality of the bowling... facility. The pretzel is really good with the beer cheese. The $9 for 4 stuffed mushrooms, not so much. Which was extremelydisappointing. If you are expecting a great bowling experience keep moving. The balls are easily second or even third hand. Thepin system constantly knocks pins down when setting them up. The wait stuff was really nice but semi complacent which waslikely due to it being a busy Saturday night. To sum up everything it was an over priced night. Read more
Today we stopped in to bowl and eat to celebrate my sons 14th birthday and had such a great visit and service. We were greeted... at the front promptly and escorted to our lane by Sal who introduced us to our server Anthony. Anthony was very attentive andhad great suggestions for food and drinks. We enjoyed the pizza I highly recommend it if you like Grimaldis this pizza is waybetter ! We started with spinach dip and fries that were tasty ! Burgers in a bag were a hit with the kids. Anthony suggestedranch water for a refreshing drink and it did not disappoint. I highly recommend Bowl And Barrel for the food and service ! Notto mention we had the managers come by twice to check on us we were very pleased. We can?t wait to go back ! Read more
Where to start. - Call at opening to reserve 2 lanes for the evening. Was told we could only have one due to being full. No big... deal. The entire time we bowled, the 2 lanes to the left of us didn?t have people - we get to our table, (see picture), and thisis how it looks. Waiting for it to be cleaned took up 12 minutes of our paid time. - during the wait, why not grab some beers.Go to the bartender and ask if they sold pitchers, like every bowling alley on the planet. She asked me to repeat, so I said canI buy 2 pitchers. She responded with, I don?t know what pitchers are with some attitude. A little confused that a bartenderdoesn?t know what a pitcher of beer is, I said ok, I?ll just take 7 millers. She rolled her eyes, scoffed, and got the beers. Igave her cash, she put the cash on the register and started making another order. She saw me still standing there, and againwith major attitude, oh you wanted change with that? She was a real gem - I?ve bowled for 15+ years, and never bowled on worselanes. 0 oil on them. Any ball with spin, spins right off the lane. The pins are all attached to a line to help with setup. Ican remember 4 times during our time that the lines affected the outcome of the ball thrown, the line hit other pinsdown. -lastly, 90 minutes of bowling, the waitress came up to us exactly 0 times. Long story short, this is the overall worstbowling alley I?ve ever been to. They tried to make it all fancy and special, which was its downfall. Next weekend, we?re goingto the one a few miles away so we can actually have some fun, and not be in a stale, boring environment. To the automaticresponse from ?the owner? that will soon be below, no, I will not email you to talk about it. Read the review. Read others. Theyall say the same thing. This place is garbage Read more