Ran-Ham Bowling Center — Local services in Saint Paul

Ran-Ham bowling connected to the Nook. Don’t bowl here. Food is alright but pretty expensive especially for what you’re getting. Bowling is about $10 per person and it’s going to take twice as long to bowl because every other person the lane will break down. The pinsetters on multiple lanes are broken/not working correctly. The wood where people drop the balls is chipped away/caving in. The place reeks of mildew and must. The balls aren’t the best. Manual scoring on paper which looks to be running out of ink. The ball return didn’t work properly on one of our lanes. No phone reception available in basement or wifi. Super sad to see the lack of maintenance on the bowling alley and even bar. Scared to see what the place would look like with brighter lighting. You’d think @ $10 a person they’d be able to do something to fix the lanes. This could be a cool retro place to bowl and get drinks/food if they actually took care of it. I don’t foresee this place staying open any longer than 15 years (and that’s a generous estimate) especially with the disarray and integrity of the building. Sad to say but they should close down the bowling lanes and use that space for something else if they aren’t going to fix the lanes. Pretty sad to see this piece of history being mistreated and not maintained. First time here and won’t likely be back unless things are changed. Saw a girl who worked here crying and leaving and the bartender manager guy was visibly stressed and frustrated. Seating in bowling alley was limited and cramped— actually the whole place was cramped. Can’t hardly walk past people. Super loud and hard to hear anything with the noise of the bowling, the music, and the game of trivia (?) going on over the speakers. Just very disappointed with my experience. The poor younger waiter/staff had to keep going and fixing...

Ordered 14 habanero, boneless wings, and a side of coleslaw. Was using the coleslaw over the wings. Wings were not cooked through. Gross. How does that happen? I mean, cold inside, unsafe. The kitchen manager took them to the back. And returned them as if they were washed off, microwaved and the coleslaw that was previously in the cup was somehow now less. Like not full, but 3/4 full and had debris on the outside. Poor plating. Weird. Also, the celery and carrots look like they had been chewed on by cats. -Dry, rough and unappealing. $31 with tip for that. Bogus. Bartender was kind and asked how they could make it right. Yes, comp my coleslaw or replace the celery and carrots. -I just wanted to eat my food. I’ve never left a meal and finished....

Giving this two stars because the atmosphere and vintage vibe of the place is actually pretty cool. However don’t come here if you’re trying to seriously bowl. Yes there’s lanes but they are in horrible condition. They seemed to have not been maintained in years. Very dirty. I wouldn’t recommend bringing your own bowling balls. They have house balls but they’re all very very dry and I was told by the guy next to me that the hole placements are very strange. I reserved two hours but left after one game which they charged me $20 for so keep that in mind. Beer was reasonably priced. Didn’t try the food but it looked and smelled good. Overall this place is an experience to say the least. Think of it as more of a bar with bowling...