Pins Mechanical Co. — Restaurant in Cincinnati

Don't go if you're under 30. Went to meet up with some friends to celebrate their birthday, but didnt make it past the front door... I do have a younger face so am used to getting carded frequently, but the bouncers were poking fun at my attire in the photo insisting it couldnt be real. A second later, they had bent it extremely far and it snapped (as most things do when applying force) cracking the laminate and they deduced it was a fake. After thanking them for cracking my ID, I assured them it was real, but they gave it to their manager/head-bouncer, (Im not sure which) who told me they were going to keep it and just walked away. Still in disbelief and feeling like I must be on a bad reality TV show, I stayed at the door until he came back, and he told me again to leave. I said I would like to, but coincidentally need that ID to operate a vehicle to leave, and asked if they had any ID scanners while showing my credit card with my name on it. He said that doesnt prove your age, and I asked again if surely there must be some way to prove its validity. He said no and I informed him gettng a replacement license would be impossible currently as my paperwork is in transit from another state. He said he would give me back my ID, but I wouldnt be allowed to come in. I agreed just wanting to cease speaking to this guy who had been nothing but unprofessional and cocky the entire conversation, relentlessly referring to me as 'bro'. After crossing the street, I found my Jack Casino and Belterra rewards cards, being from institutions that have actual scanners, I turned around. I told the bouncers I'm not trying to get back in, but here is proof that it was a legitimate ID this whole time just for their information going forward and maybe it wouldnt hurt to tone down their cockyness for future encounters, as to not ruin the nights of any other patrons. Then left just disappointed. Got to my car and realized I had my Military ID the whole time, and should have used that from the start when discrepencies arised.

Their sister store, 16bit: nothing but pleasant encounters for years now. They have an awesome staff and no complaints from me. But avoid Pins...

Went to pins which is amazing for the games, but apparently terrible for watching sports. I was on the 3rd floor where there was a vacated couch in front of a tv and on a Saturday in Ohio asked if the OSU game could be put on that tv. The bartender was very polite but told me I needed to walk downstairs and find a “white shirt”. I walked downstairs to the bar and was told the “white shirt” was on the third floor. I walked back up to the third floor bar and asked for the manager but was told “she said no”. So I asked to speak to the manager, which again that bartender was amazing and called her up on the walkie. My request was to watch the OSU game, we live in Ohio and they are ranked #3 in the country. The manager insisted that someone had requested the Baylor and Oklahoma state game, and refused to put it on. There was nobody in the vicinity who had requested that, I checked, and we were told that Ohio state wouldn’t be shown. We decided to leave, and as we arrived at the bottom the floor is the manager was seen gossiping to the employees about the situation and left.

From my experience: We had a great time at the duck pin bowling and were not being rude or obstructive in any way.

I find it baffling that an Ohio bar would refuse to show an Ohio State game.

I would absolutely return for the bar games, but would never watch a sports game here. And maybe that’s the intention?

*Thanks for the response, but you have to understand how that doesn’t make any sense. Baylor and Oklahoma State were on the local channels? OSU was on ABC. That is not the reason that we were told it wasn’t going to be put on. We walked down the street to Knockback Nats where it was already on and had...

It’s. A. Blast. The space is very well designed, has an atrium so you can see all three levels from wherever you are, and staircases on both sides. So it’s a very fun and engaging space that you want to explore as soon as you enter. You take these little wooden balls and whip them down a short alley and knock the shit out of the pins. No one makes you put on dumb shoes. There is a screen above the lane with an automatic scoring system so you don’t have to write down little numbers in little boxes. Keeps the game moving quickly and easily. If you have to wait for your lane you can play pinball and it’s more fun than I remembered. I think the machines have gotten way better since I was a kid. Only drawback - on the weekends you only get to play one game of pins, and then you have to wait for a lane again (at least the day we were there) We didn’t stick around for that but it would be have been nice to play a...