Parkview Lanes — Local services in Cadillac

If you're not apart of a league or have a kids birthday party, GOOD LUCK! They advertise open bowling for weekends, forget it... They have league times advertised from 9am-3pm and then 6pm - 9pm On Saturdays. So open bowling would then be from 3pm to 6pm right? Well makes sense if you think about it. So my friends and I had planned to go today which is of course a Saturday, we show up between 4 and 4:30. Upon entering, there were only two lanes being used and 4 lanes open. We are told that "they have no available lanes and have a league coming in, come back around 6:30" we asked if we could make a reservation, we were told we couldn't. before I continue would like to say that the employees were using the far right lane just for the record. So we leave, get food, and come back. Upon arriving, there were once again open lanes, a birthday party strolled in as we got there, and we were told "sorry no open bowling for the rest of the night". Really disappointed because this is the only activity people can do during the winter other than skiing and going to the movies. Also disappointed because the pines is no better, so how are people supposed to bowl if they aren't part of a team or a birthday party? Whatever, won't be returning and would advise people not to...

I called Parkview lanes Friday afternoon to check on open bowling availability for four adults and 3 kids today which is Sunday. I asked if I needed to reserve lanes. They stated that we didn’t and that it was first come first serve! So we showed up today at 11:45. The guy that was walking in to open. He asked.. are you with the party!? I said no we just have 4 adults and 3 kids. He said oh I don’t have any bowling available we had someone rent all the lanes for the day. I told him about calling Friday and said idk who you talked to but it wasn’t me. To say the least we weren’t impressed. While we were deciding what to do next and while we’re were doing that another group walked in and right back out and said they called yesterday and said they had a group of 15 coming in for a birthday party. Parkview said yup come on in we have plenty of room first come first serve! So we weren’t the only ones!!! They will not get any business from us or that other group of people seems how they ruined their birthday party plans for their daughter and our little family get...

Great small bowling alley with a retro feel. We popped in after leagues on a Saturday night and bowled a couple games. 2 people for $20ish bucks all in with shoes included. It seems like a family opperation. The staff was really friendly. It's vintage in a cool way, but I had to remove a star because some of it was getting pretty run down, some the ball returns were broken and a lot the balls to choose from were missing hunks, or the fingers were faaar apart. I had a really hard time finding lighter balls with "normalish" finger holes and spacing. I don't know what someone with kids would do, most of those balls were really heavy and my hand wasn't long enough to reach the holes. They also turned off the music after the leagues left, so it was uncomfortably quiet, making the pin crashes pretty loud. Overall...