AMF DeSoto Lanes

My boyfriend has been a league bowler here since November. Service was ok until today when they hired a so called cook. Couldn’t read a menu to save his life. I literally read the menu to him. Messed up a simple burger order 3 times. Mind you, we had been coming here every Friday and spending money. So I spoke with manager Craig who took off a whopping 3 bucks off the bill. We will not spend another one red cent at this place.

This is a really great place to come with family and friends. I also have came here for a birthday party for my daughter when she was much younger. They had a room were you could rent it out for the party. You could bring your cake and any decorations.
It has been many years ago but I do remember it was a really nice place for young kids to bowl and enjoy themselves. They also have pool tables, bar, and a area to order food. They place is fairly large but can get pretty crowded. So I do recommend coming early as possible.
This is not one of the best bowling alleys I have been too but it is okay for just wanting to come and hang out. You will see a mixed crowd and the age group is from young to old. We had a few issues with the ceiling fan running which made it very cold. We had to ask more than once to get it turned off.
While this is not the best place to bowl it is not the worst so I will go back for the convenience of being close to my home.

Went to bowl on Sunday and had to wade thru cigarette smoke in front of the door even though the ordinance States non smoking within 50 feet of the entrance… strike one.
Counter notified, but. Did. nothing…strike two
And .long wait but that’s expected with Sunday night leagues, however,
there were lanes open as we waited over 20’minutes to be assigned the open lane… strike three.
Mgmt was very disorganized and rude to our requests. Poor desk organization.
Strike four
Lanes were slick in delivery area and unacceptable for quality bowling by any standard… strike five
We also tried to call ahead to check lane availability, ten times…
no.one pIcks up the phone and voice. mail was fill.
Strike six.
It’s a wonder this facility is still in business with all these issues.
If you really want a quality bowling experience for your family… pick another alley.

Haven’t been here in years, and now I remember why. Everyone was rude. Went in to the bar to play pool and the tables were in horrendous condition. I grew up with my stepfather playing in pool leagues, so I know what they are supposed to look like. We questioned the bar manager and she stated that they recover the tables every two months. Properly maintained pool tables are recovered about every six months, but these tables looked like it had been two years since they were taken care of. The bar manager sneered at us when we told her we knew someone who could recover them properly. Yet another place that doesn’t care about their customers.

We went as a family to enjoy a few games of bowling and had a great time! Customer service was fantastic and the facility was nice and clean. Can’t wait to go back for our next adventure.

Never again! Horrible customer service. Poor music selection. Crappy atmosphere.

Despite the other review on here I came in anyway with kids and the place isn’t one of those fancy bowling alleys but the staff is really great and accommodating! Especially for the kids. We had a great time! Crowd is really mixed, music varies from tupac to country. Pricing is a bit high but after 9 it’s 8 bucks for all you can bowl. Overall we had a great time! Picked up a postcard that days kids bowl free all summer and adults can get season passes for really cheap.

Wow. I think this pretty much sums up my experience at AMF Desoto Lanes. If I weren’t with such awesome people, this place would have been plain terrible.
So last night my immediate cousins and I had our first Cousins Night Out event that we are hoping to turn into at least a quarterly event. One person suggested bowling and dinner so off we went to AMF DeSoto Lanes. We chose this location because it was perfectly located between all of our parents houses. Let me tell you, as much as I know this area, this place was hard to find. It is off of a well known street (Hampton Road), but the street sign is just so tiny and off set that you will seriously have to closely watch for it. I would strongly suggest keeping in your right hand land and it is the first street right after you pass the shopping center where Ojeda’s is.
Anywho, the parking is just weird and is not handi-​friendly at all which sucked considering one of my cousins (who was injured while in the military) really needed proper parking spaces. When we went in first set of doors you immediately get a strong wiff of FEET. Yep. Stank feet. I was freaked out because honestly, feet are creepy. So I’m not happy. We go in and find our party and what can I say, I come from a family with style. Everyone always dresses cute and high heels and stilletos are always worn if not a pair of super cute flats, but don’t be mistaken, everyone can play sports. Why does this matter? Well, because some of my relatives were treated very rudely for no reason by ghetto patrons (which there were PLENTY). They had socks in their purses and was ready to have a good time. Who cares if they wear heels all the time. The staff sure as heck didn’t… and to be honest they did not seem to care about much of anything.
So everyone laced up (I didn’t. The strong smell of funk foot was enough for me to not even try to get shoes.) and the game started. Things were awesome and we were even given cupcakes by a neighboring family who were extremely nice. As the evening wore on we became very hungry. Little did I know this place had waiters because I never saw anyone and when I went to the counter to order a guy rushed up there to take my order. While deciding what I wanted, I was appalled at the prices. Seriously $ 13 for some Rico’s Cheese, cheap, ghetto nachos. For real?! $ 9 for the smallest chicken fingers combo. It was ridiculous! The food was not high quality and the grease was not fresh. I did not even bother to hit the bar because I was too blown away. For such an ugly, uninteresting establishment, they were charging like they were Main Event or 300 Lanes, which I would have preferred to go to. At least at 300 Lanes you get more quality food, it is cool looking, is catered towards adult, have happy hours and may I add, it is much, much cheaper.