Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl and Grill — Restaurant in Altoona

Can even rate Uncle Bucks Fish Bowl & Grill, but had to give a star to post. Was there on Friday night about 6:00 pm. A lot of open table for dinning. Hostess took us to back corner which she said was the romantic area. which who cared, we was not there for romance. Went to sit down and was large puddle of water on seat. Asked a waitress if could wipe up, she nodded and said sure. Well her and all the rest of the staff, just kept on doing what they were doing and never wiped up the water. Was standing by table and not sitting down you would of thought waitress would ask why I was not sitting down. We moved to different area on our own, After changing location the hostess came over and asked why changed location and explained why. Other couple was in the dinning area and told us that it was there when they were going to be seated there. Never wiped up. While sitting at the new location the hostess took our drink order and waitress took our food order. Shrimp all you can eat. Took 17 minutes to bring our drinks waitress can over and asked if hostess had brought our drinks. I looked at her and asked if she saw any drinks on our table, She said OH and left. Drinks can very watered down with no booze in them, was house Margarita. We have now been waiting 1 hour since being seated and still no food and no waitress ever came to check see if wanting any thing. Watching the other area, was being served their 2nd or 3rd plates of all you can eat cod and shrimp. We have not even got our order yet. While there 2 other tables got up and walked out. There was 2 managers in the kitchen area and the managers should of been helping cooks out in the kitchen.. Food was going out fast the the bowling lanes. Pizza and hamburgers and pitches of pop. When asked for our check the waitress never asked why or if wanted to speak with manager. When handed our ticket, waitress never even said thank you. Went to the check out and the hostess asked how was our food. I unloaded and asked what food, Been here 1 hours and in that time waitress was at our table twice, take order and bring our drinks. Hostess started saying how it was the kitchen fault and going on and on. Then I mention I could see 2 managers in the kitchen standing there talking. Well maybe they should of been helping get the food out to people who was just there to eat. I can say that was our first and last time will ever eat at Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl. How things looked in the store was wondering if Bass Pro was closing their doors. Maybe corporate office needs come out under cover and see how service is in Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl is!!!!!!! They maybe surprised at the poor...

Called ahead at 4:21pm to hopefully reserve a bowling lane. The staff I spoke with told me that they don't do over the phone reservations. The staff I spoke with said that at 6:30pm there would be open lanes and to come in at the time. I live an hour away. I pack my family which consists of two younger boys who are excited to bowl in this atmosphere and we drive the hour to hopefully have a fun family bowling night. We arrived at Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl and Grill at 5:30p as I figured we would get dinner prior to bowling and per staff there would be lanes open at 6:30pm. Much to my dissatisfaction I was told that all lanes were full for the rest of the night and that we couldn't bowl. I was upset at this time as I had called ahead and tried to make reservations. I talked with manager and was offered comped bowling at another time but did not accept his offer as I was using a Groupon and had already paid for the bowling my family was planning on doing this night. I was offered by manager to go ahead and eat dinner and they would try to squeeze us in for bowling but chances of bowling would be very slim. I refused that as well. I would rather spend money at another place to eat with my family then waste my money there when we were only going to eat there because we planned on bowling there. I was told by the manager that they can't take phone bowling reservations but you can come in and make reservations; that's not very convenient for people who don't live in Altoona and want to enjoy the bowling there. I was told that during the weekdays it slow but again there is no guarantee and if you live an hour away so you really want to waste ur time driving that far and not get to bowl. They need to get a better way to reserve lanes! If reservations don't show or are a minute late then they give their reservations away but to not be able to have any reservations when you live out of town is not convenient nor...

This place deserves zero stars. Let me tell you what happened earlier in January 2016. We went to the Fish Bowl because we heard about the aquarium themed bowling alley. The young kids had been excited to bowl there since the previous day when we discussed our plans. We arrived at about 1:30 and were told there was a 2 hour wait for a lane. We didn't want to disappoint the kids. That was a long time to wait but at least there were things to see in the store to pass the time, until the end of the first hour... Finally, after a little more than 2 hours, our pager alerted us. At the cashier, the manager apologized that they were not able to give us a lane because they had realized that a party was about to start and they had reserved the lanes for the party. My kids were so disappointed. I was very upset. I have never dealt with such an unprofessional business ever! We went to another bowling alley and still had a great time. I wish we didn't waste 2 hours at the Fish Bowl.

We were not the only group that got this unfair treatment. We were one of the first two groups that the manager explained the unfortunate situation to. There was a long line of other groups behind us that also were informed that they had wasted hours waiting for a bowling lane. On the way out, I heard groans from the other groups as they learned the news. Pointing this out because it's not like we just missed the cutoff to get a lane. The Fish Bowl screwed up royally and made...