Hollywood Bowl — Local services in Batesville

Took my son here for his 8th birthday. It was an absolute disaster. Called in advance to check if they had a league night and if so, could we still bowl. Whoever was on the phone told me there weren't any leagues going on in the evening but there was a highschool tournament taking place. The guy said it should be done around 5:30 and then they'd have to re oil the lanes and that it'd be done and ready to bowl by 6:15. We showed up at 6 so we could go ahead and reserve a lane. Told the kid running the counter that I needed to get a lane for 6 people so we could bowl 3 games. I went ahead and paid for everyone so that when the rest of us showed up all they had to do is grab their shoes. When the rest of my family shows up, they get told that they can not get shoes if they don't buy any games. So they ended up getting charged another three games each when all they needed was to pay for their shoes. Then they set us on a lane that was not properly tracking the scores and bowlers. So I promptly downloaded an app to keep score and track everyone's games on the second frame. My mother had mentioned how much they were charged just for shoes to come bowl with us, and my wife said that didn't sound right because I had already prepaid for everyone. She went to the service desk to ask questions and to get some clarity on why my family had been charged so much just for shoes since I had prepaid for them. There was some back n forth between her and the guy at the counter. Then the kid decided he would raise his voice to my wife in which we promptly left. That kid was mixing words and stories up to cover his ass. If he hadn't looked like a minor, I would've had some choice words for them. Then another woman walked up to try and help the situation. She told us we had bowled 4.5 games and yet on my score sheet tracker, we had just started our 8th frame on the first game and that she couldn't give us a refund for all the extra games we were charged for. I believe we were charged for 18 games. Never finished the first game but somehow we had bowled 4.5 games based off what their faulty screen and computer was showing. It was an absolute disaster for my son on his 8th birthday. Will not ever return and do not recommend going to anyone who is interested. Go to mountain...

Bowling was fun, yes. However, the lanes needed some help. My foot stuck every time I went to bowl. I even hit my knee very hard once when my foot stuck. There were only 2 ramps for the kids to share. Doesn't work when there are 6 lanes with kids that need the ramps. The bumpers for kids were plastic corrugated tubes and only for 2 lanes. Again, not great when many lanes need them. There was one bathroom available because the other had the door off the hinges and caused a safety hazard. It looked like that area was being renovated but can't tell when the rest of the alley needs a major renovation. The staff were young kids that were reluctant to help if it meant leaving the counter. The arcade was a mix of quarter or card swipe games. A few were broke and mostly claw games. I'm in the area for only a little bit and don't mind not going back.

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I go here just to shoot pool. None of the tables are levelled properly. The slate is warped. The bumpers seem to be in good shape. The balls will curve when rolling down the table. Each table has a different price. One table is $1 a game, but the one next to it is $1.25 a game on identical tables. They have 6' & 8' tables, but now they've taken out some tables & cramped the remaining tables together so they could add a kid's bowling lane to the arcade which takes up 1/3rd of the space for pool tables. I really can't blame them, because there's rarely more than a couple of tables in use when I go...