Academy Lanes — Attraction in Haverhill

I had my son's birthday with 23 kids today. It was such a great turnout. The staff were very supportive, quick to help and just very kind. I ordered 10 pizzas, they can out right on time just an hour after bowling. They werent out too early and the kids werent waiting for them at all. The juices and everything was all set by the time we walked over. The kids were very happy, It felt great knowing the staff was on their game and made my day much easier not having to find them constantly. Everything was at a great price as well. Although you have to order food from them, the pizzas were only $12.00 each for large pizzas, and I had 6 pitchers of juices. The total was I believe $150.00 for pizza and 165 for the 23 kids. Thanks so much for making this day as stress free...

This is a pretty basic bowling experience. The candle pin bowling was in "glow mode" when we went. The seating area is dark, but the control panel is not very well lit, which made it hard to enter results as you went along.

Many of the candle pin balls are chipped. I'm not a good enough bowler to speak to the quality of the lane maintenance. We had a good enough time.

Shoes were $2.50 a pair, and you paid per lane per hour. That's kind of weird, because your games rarely end exactly on the hour. I would have preferred to pay per game (which is how 10-pin is priced).

The staff was pretty friendly, although when we came in there was no one around. They didn't seem to be in much of a hurry...

me and a friend went to have some drinks, and bowl for an hour. we walked up to the bar ready to show id’s as 2 people who look very young. instead of greeting us, and asking “how are you”, she immediately said “if you want sodas order somewhere else.” we politely told her we weren’t ordering sodas she then said “i hope it’s not alcohol” she proceeded to start serving us, we went to pay and while she was typing on her system she was whispering about us to 2 men beside us. it was a very horrible experience from the beginning will not be going back, if you look young and want to drink, and see an older woman do not walk up to...