Hermitage Strike and Spare — Local services in Nashville-Davidson

The bowling alley is clean and the screens worked the lanes worked. So we usually have a great time going there. However the last time apparently was an off day .. not a lot of customers.. and there were some employees who seemed to decide they wanted to just play music for their own enjoyment rather than that of the crowd. There seems to be a playlist going that was fun, upbeat music you would expect to find while bowling. It enhances the day. Then you could tell that a song would start that apparently they did not like so they plugged in their own playlists from their phones. It was family and older people there bowking, and the shift manager was playing songs that were more of a different genre and we're not family-friendly. I mentioned it to the shift manager and he said he did that when no one had played the jukebox. Then he and the store manager literally Shrugged us off when we mentioned that songs were starting that got a little way into the song, and then it seemed that we could tell they didn't like so they cut those songs off and played their own. . That happened several times so it seemed obvious that they were songs on the jukebox or on the system that we're playing but that they decided to override it. Usually we have a great time but seeing that the employees, including the shift manager and the store manager, were less concerned about giving customers a fun day, and in fact were entertaining themselves instead, was disappointing. To be fair, these were employees we had not seen before. Don't know if they're moving shifts around but these guys did not seem to care a bit and were not friendly, not helpful and clearly not interested in...

Love this place!! Whenever the father of my 5yr old daughter, (whom I co-parent very well with..) & I get the opportunity we try to get together & do something fun & memorable for her.. & at the same time we enjoy ourselves too. So far we've taken her 3 times. It's both kid friendly as well as a great place for adults to go hang out, chill, have a drink..etc. There's so many other great parts of the bowling alley other than just bowling, there's a spacious bar area, & a good sized arcade area with alot of the latest, greatest play to win games, along with others you play just for fun.. but we always stack them tickets 🎟 pretty high for our sweet girl.. She never leaves empty handed or on an empty stomach!😉 So that's definitely another bonus part of this bowling alley.. The foods awesome, & well proportioned for the amt you pay... friendly staff who are always professional & strive to make sure everybody gets their money's worth! Also has lots of space for those that come in groups! Good times for sure, & that's why I give it 5⭐'s & would recommend it to...

Now that Larry Schmittou bought the place, the prices have went up considerably, while on the other side of the coin the quality of food and drinks have went down considerably. He also came in and lowered everyone's pay or they were fired. The guy is an ass.

Also, Schmittou cut free poker league out altogether which makes absolutely no sense because Hermitage Lanes was making money from all the poker players eating and drinking three nights a week. Now its just an empty bar. Great businessman this guy is!

Maybe Schmittou doesn't like free poker because he associates poker with gambling even though its a free poker league with zero gambling allowed. The problem in the past was that Schmittou's degenerate gambler son's debts had to be paid by ol' dad, and I'm sure it left a bad taste in his mouth. But here's the problem Larry...your son played football cards and lost his ass...NOT...