Strikz Entertainment Center

It’s a great place to come play some boiling and arcades, not too crowded and most of the time no wait for a line

As a Birthday party destination, I would definitely go elsewhere — we spend a large chunk of money for my son’s party — they were running way behind schedule for laser tag, which made for a room full of amped, crazed 10 year olds. And when I mean falling behind schedule, I mean by more than an hour. When parents came to pick up their kids, they were told that the party had ended, when in reality they were playing laser tag. Of course the parents were distressed and worried. Worst of all, my husband witnessed an employee disparaging one of the parents that was worried. They really did not seem to have a handle on what was going on — our experiences at Main Event, Cinemark, and even our own house were far better and less expensive. To be fair — I am going to call and speak with management today — I may revise my review if they are willing to work with me, but truly it was not worth even half of what we spent.

Great place for bowling, laser tag, food and fun in the Frisco area. Very conveniently located at the intersection of Lebanon & Preston with ample parking available. The best deal here is the early bird special on Weekends where you pay $ 11.95 for unlimited bowling and laser tag until 2pm — so get in early and play as you wish till 2pm.
Staff is very friendly and food/​bar is pretty decent too. It’s a great place for kids and adults.

We brought our group of winter campers to Strikz over the holiday break. We called ahead and they gave us a great deal. When we arrived they were prepared for our group of 25 and got us bowling in no time. The operations manager Tim was especially helpful and accommodating. Becca at the front desk was awesome as well. She handed out shoes, prepared the alleys and answered questions all with a pleasant demeanor and big smile. We ordered and fed everyone in a quick and timely fashion. I would definitely recommend Strikz to anyone but especially large groups! They do it right!

I recently had a burger at this establishment. It was pretty darn good. The french fries were excellent. I was impressed considering this food is served at a bowling alley/​arcade. Definitely a great place to grab a quick bite to eat!

One of our favs for afternoon fun, especially in the Rose Room. Hopefully people keep their kids out in the main room; but if you want to avoid them, come during the day; open a tab at the bar and have some fun bowling!

I decided to take my daughter in to bowl for her birthday during the week on her actual birthday. You would think that bc of it being during the day it would be slow and staff would be hard to find. Totally not the case, the manager went out of his way to make my daughter happy and even helped her out when playing some of the arcade games the game jammed and she didn’t get her tickets, he fixed it and made it worth her while. Needless to say she left smiling and happy.

Not only was the pricing very competitive, the service was top-​notch. I found a manager to compliment the service and, during that conversation, discovered that the employees I was complimenting were all the manager’s sons. No wonder the place is run so well – the manager and employees are aligned in strategy and temperment. ;-) Anyway, be sure to check out their early-​bird specials. Deep discount on bowling and (especially) laser tag. My family loved it.

Having no earthly idea what to do for my birthday, I decided to go participate in one of my favorite pastimes, bowling. I was in a league when I was younger at Strikz, so naturally I decided to go here rather than Main Event. I regret that decision.
My family got there are 9:30 on a Saturday and went straight to the bowling area. Zach got us a lane right away and was very polite. We had a great time bowling. My family also decided to play some games and laser tag and my little brother was especially excited for laser tag.
However, the problems started when we moved to the arcade. BOTH of the card machines were broken so we had to make the trek to the front desk for help. Not necessarily a big deal, but inconvenient. Then we played a few games, after scouring for the ones that weren’t out of order; I won the jackpot on one. Woohoo, just in time for the machine to run out of tickets! Normally this wouldn’t irritate me, but there was not an employee to be found on the game floor or near the prize counter. After searching for awhile, we still could not find the guy. I had to resort to the guy who was running the laser tag. He was helpful and got me my tickets as soon as he was available. Except it did end up being about 20 minutes of wasted time.
We finished up with the games and got our prizes (some people magically showed up). My family was ready for laser tag and we headed over. No one was there. Assuming there was a game going on, we waited a few minutes. Again, no one appeared. I went inside the little arena and it was completely desolate. The sign says to go to the front desk to resolve any problems. By now it was already 11:20 and laser tag closes at 11:30. Zach asked over his walkie talkie thing if laser tag is closed and I heard no response from the radio. Not wanting to waste any more time, I asked one of the guys at the prize counter to help me out. He was happy to help me and called the guy who was supposed to be working.
By time the punk sauntered over, it was 11:29. He got behind the computer, used a smart-​alec tone, and said, «What time is it?» I proceeded to tell him that it was 11:29 and I had been waiting there for about 15 minutes for him. He argued with me and then told me I could come in and play until it was 11:30. Unbelievable. I was so mad at this point and I told him he should stay at his post instead of wandering around. He told me he was and I scoffed.
Basically, don’t come to Strikz unless you are just bowling. I’ll be choosing Main Event next time.

Had an awesome time! Much better than Dave and busters! The owner is a great guy too.

We went to Strikz on a Sunday evening. I was surprised it wasn’t more crowded than what it was. We were able to get right in and get a lane and didn’t feel crowded at all. There wasn’t anything super impressive about it that set it apart from other bowling alleys. Everything did seem to be organized well – balls were separated by size and easy to find. They seemed to offer a pretty good menu, but we didn’t try any food. We did order drinks and they had Michelob Ultra on tap, which is always a positive in my book. They also had a pretty big arcade area, although we didn’t play any of the games.

What a fun place. My family and I came here for my daughters 14^th birthday. We reserve a lane in the Rose Room. It was phenomenal. The service was great. My family really enjoyed our time here! We will definitely return here again!

Strikz is a fair place. The workers and staff are fairly nice, but don’t really respect or acknowledge the customers when they are asking a question. The food is not cheap, costing $ 8 for a tiny pizza. Overall this is an ok place.

My family and i came here on a saturday evening and the place was packed. There was a 2 hour wait for a bowling lane so we decided to stay for a bit and play games. We are from the Grapevine area and have the main event center there but was in the dallas area and decided to go to Strikz. The gaming systems were old and out dated compared to main event and the prices were close to the same. We loaded up and left after 20 minutes and went back to main event and got a lane right away.

This place USED to be excellent. But now that the people running it are unprofessional and don’t care about their work place I am less than satisfied. The place is filthy. The service is almost non existent and no one can answer your questions without starting with «uhhhhhh». The manager was less than helpful. I was ignored at the bar and pressed service button several times before I got up and SEARCHED for someone to get a beer. NEVER COMING BACK

Was looking for some bowling fun on a Saturday night and in Frisco it’s either here or Main Event off tollway and main.
I guess my problems started before I even arrived. I called ahead as I was turning onto Lebanon from the tollway to see if there was a wait time for a lane and I was assured there was none and they had «ample» lanes open.
(I was either going to Main Event or here based on wait times, as we just wanted to bowl)
We get to the check in for bowling and are informed of a 20 minute wait, which isn’t terrible but had just been informed less than 5 minutes prior that they had «ample» availability.
We end up paying extra for the «rose room» which was an absolute joke but allowed us to bowl right away for $ 5extra per hour.
This rose room was supposed to be a full service/​private cosmic bowling area and that couldn’t have been further from the truth. No waiter to be found until I had to leave the room and ask for service, no variety of ball choices and many were in terrible condition .
Now to the bowling, well yet another let down! Our lane broke after 1 frame and had to wait 10 – 15 of prepaid bowling time for the technician to fix it.
Other negatives:
Food was terrible. (Only ordered appetizers)
Pepsi’s were flat
Our lane wasn’t clean or bussed when we arrived and those items remained throughout our entire bowling session!
Rental Shoes were worn and abused
Won’t be coming back here for almost $ 50 an hour.
Don’t bother with the «rose room» unless there’s a wait.
Poor quality and terrible service !

Strikz is family friendly and has plenty of bowling lanes. It is somewhat clean, not really up to my standards, but it is a kids place. The staff was friendly and efficient. The bowling prices were comparable to other places, so not necessarily cheap or high. I was a little bummed that they didn’t have more arcade games, but we still had a blast. This place overall is best for bowling.

Expensive but lots of fun. We got a lane in the Rose Room and enjoyed some beer and an appetizer sampler platter delivered to our table. The staff was friendly and the place was very clean. Next time we’ll bring the kids but they probably won’t make it past the video game section by the front door.
We’ll be going back for sure.

It seems to me that more new bowling alleys are trying to be have that cool vibe feel while some trying to be also family-​friendly. Strikz is one of those that is trying to be both.
Service was on and off, there’s a service button that you push to.
The layout was so-​so; they placed the bowling ball in numerical order by weight, so if I had to get the lightest one available I had to go to the other side across the room and my lane was located where the heaviest ball was near. Lol.
There’s a supposedly a bar near the door that appears to me that is not currently in usage which I think is a big waste of space.
It was still a fun night, but to me as long as you are with a great group of people, it should always be fun.

I have visited Strikz once before, but I will review my most recent time since it’s fresh in my mind. This place is an arcade/​bowling alley that offers food and bar, as well as pool tables and laser tag. It’s a good place for kids and adults to have fun. It’s a step above Chuck E Cheese, but not quite Dave & Buster’s. There has been birthday parties going on both times I’ve visited, lots of kiddos running around.
We decided to go bowling on a Sunday night since we were all off for MLK the following day. We got there just before 8pm and realized they had a Sunday night special that went from 8 – 12, perfect timing! For $ 12.95 you got unlimited bowling w/​shoe rental, arcade games, lazer tag and pool tables. What a great deal! And they offered $ 2.50 domestic drafts/​wells and appetizer specials. Nice!
The lanes filled up quickly and they put our bowling game on a timer. Unfortunately, we had 7 people (including a three yr. old) bowling with us, just too many people on one lane. So we split up and half of us played arcade games. We soon figured out that the deal only included the games that don’t give prize tickets. There weren’t many of those and the few that were there were mostly broken. Bummer. As we played air hockey, the others came over to us and said their lane got closed in the middle of the game because «the staff wants to make sure everyone gets bowling time». Ummm… NO. We quickly told them to turn that lane back on and they did, but dumb idea on management’s part.
We then decided to play pool. Another disappointment. There were three tables total and only two were open for free play, of course those two were taken. We bowled one quick last game and headed home around 11.
Overall, we had a fun time. I just think they have some kinks to work out with this special offer. Most likely, we will go back.