Fowling Warehouse

I really can’t speak anything bad about this place.
1. It’s in Detroit. I love anything that’s helping to revitalize Detroit.
2. It’s uniquely Detroit. You can’t go Fowling anywhere else.
3. It’s a ton of fun.
4. Anyone can play, even if they’re not an athlete.
Fowling Warehouse is a great place to go with a group of people for a great time. I highly recommend it to anyone.
The best part… if you get a bonk (knock the middle fin off the table without knocking over any other pins in the first throw), you get to blow this super loud fog horn like the one at the Red Wings games. The bar has an excellent selection and there are a lot of places that deliver food if you want some. They also apparently have live music some nights.

Aside from the Auto Industry, Motown, Toy Trains, and Cereals. Introducing Detroit’s new product, Fowling. It’s basically football and bowling marrying each other and becoming a new sport.
It’s like any other Midwest sport that you can carry a beer in one had and throw something with the other. It’s a hybrid of the horse shoe and the corn hole. Only played with regulation size footballs and bowling pins. Yes it probably sounds weird and utterly boring like corn hole and horse shoe, but once you play, it really gets fun. Specially when you play doubles.
It has all the fun and exhilaration of beer pong, but none of the drawbacks like throwing up. Just your good old family fun and maybe a little competition. Your ability to throw the football does come into play big time.
I just love handling balls, but if you’re not into handling balls? There’s a bar with a gazillion craft beers on it, go get something to drink instead then. I don’t think there’s any food yet. I’m sure they’re working on that. But I heard they’ll allow you to order pizza and have it delivered there.
Anyways, the Fowling Warehouse is a fun place to be. Come down and check it out. It’s only $ 10 for all you can fowl. Weeeeeeeeee!
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The thought of getting robbed by a local gang is half the fun. This was a surprising good time in a surprisingly terrible location. Don’t worry the one officer that patrols front of the building takes some of the fear away. They serve alcohol inside and has a sweet sports bar feel with all Detroit games on the Grande tvs. Visit the other abandoned warehouses on the street on your way out for all your black market needs.

This warehouse is huge. You could have parties here. The owner is a genius. Anywho, the place is great for date night, girls night and team building night. It has the right amount of competition needed to push you. Be prepared to sweat. I enjoyed it. My arms were burning. I love it. Fun workout. Bring your own food. Drinks are strong at decent prices. The culture is is great. The location is hard to find at night.

I called several times during the week to try and book a reservation for a birthday party and even contacted them thru Facebook Messenger. Never got any phone calls back and finally heard back from someone after 11pm at night. I’m never going to this place because I can only imagine how the customer service is in person. I had more than 10 people to bring to that place and spend money and now they will never get my business ever!

Simply the best. Grab a beer, find some competition and play the night away. Ton of fun with a group, or just a pair. The perfect place to relax and do something active.

Weird. Cold. Cold service, well, actually lack of service. Again, this is a business where the staff are too cool and hip to be working. Staff would not allow me to have water… wtf?
Alcohol driven. I wonder if the place is up to code with the city. It seems sketchy. This of course is just my thoughts and I am not trying to smear the business, just provide feed back.

I have never experienced a venue with poorer customer service. Not only is there no process to reserve a lane or wait in line for a lane upon arrival, but when a lane became available and our party entered, we were shortly kicked out due to «someone having paid for the lane.» Every customer pays the same fee to enter and a venue that will allow one party to overtake another for absolutely no reason is a venue I will never revisit. In addition to the awful customer service, the space itself is cold, dirty and incredibly loud. Thank you for an awful Saturday evening!

Go Fowling. Stop reading this review now and go Fowling. Grab some friends. Throw a football (if you are me, poorly) and try and knock down some bowling pins. Play defense! Othewise, you will lose pins because other people’s balls bouncing around. Grab a beer. They have a good selection of local beer and a nice liquor selection. And grab a beer out of the mystery beer machine (I’m not explaining it. go see for yourself). The guy that owns/​created the place is a great guy and deserves the success he has had so far. My only hope is he franchises it out to Cincinnati.

No big deal, just throw a football and knock down pins, EASY!
Wrong. So so so wrong. My arm was so sore afterwards.
You can’t bring in your own drinks, but don’t worry, they have quite a variety behind the bar. The local pizza place delivered some darn good pizza too!
It’s a little off the beaten path, but it was a ton of fun and I’m glad I tried it :)

This place was so fun! And deceivingly difficult!
It is in a seemingly abandoned, industrial area lies this oasis of Detroit style fun representing both ingenuity, creativity, and grit that embodies this city. Combining both football and bowling with a surprising number of rules, fowling is so much more athletic and difficult than I thought. I assumed I would walk into a warehouse of free for all sports but there are some rules and regulations that make the game much more sophisticated than first assumed.
The Fowling Warehouse serves a wide array of beer in fancy cups for those ordering draft– don’t get caught fingering them or beer will spill all over you, wasting precious golden, bubbly goodness. Seriously, I’m a bit obsessed with those cups. They’re magical.
They do not serve food but they contribute to local business by providing delivery recommendations from local eateries who are obviously used to fowling mania making ordering easier. We ordered from Amicci’s on our trip and it was a yummy finale to our day of fowling.

Is it bowling? Is it football? Does getting hit by a rogue flying football count as a contact sport? A little unassuming and very «off the grid,» The Fowling Warehouse offers a unique experience for Detroiters and visitors alike! After you sign a waiver you enter the caged off playing arena, pick a lane (unless you have one reserved towards the back of the warehouse), split up your teams and knock down some pins! Loads of fun, although watch out for flying footballs (there’s no separation between lanes). Also, be aware that although there are large fans, there is no air conditioning — avoid going when it is 80+ degrees outside (wish we would have known). Drinks are on the pricey side for being a warehouse. There was a live band on Saturday night, fun. No kitchen, but they have delivery menus on hand if you’re hungry.
Overall a neat place to take friends, as long as it’s a cool day and you’re not hungry.

So someone, one day, asked «What would happen if football and bowling met each other at a bar, chatted each other up, and then went on a few dates? And then football accidentally knocked up bowling and had to marry her because that’s what people do when they get knocked up? And then they had a baby??»
Well, this is that baby.
Let me give you the run-​down on this joint.
Pros:
+Throwing stuff and hitting things. Show off how manly you are by utterly crushing your friends by knocking down their pins.
+Lots and lots of lanes. Chances are you’ll find one. It’s very slow at the beginning of the week, so you can go then if you want.
+Shots are $ 7, but are about double. Huge shots.
+Lots of fun with a big group.
+Live band (A toss-​up music-​wise)
+A few Tvs to catch current sporting events
Cons:
–Hard to find. You make some weird turns trying to find this place.
–Leaky roof. Water was splashing all over the bar.
–Pizza cartons all over the place. Need more cleaning crew.
–Need something to separate the lanes, sometimes other people knocked down our pins with their ball. it’s kind of annoying.
Notes: They don’t have a kitchen here. You order from a local pizza place and they deliver it here to your lane. Pretty smart actually. I don’t know how to throw a football, so I wouldn’t come back here (hence not being a fan). A cool place to have a work party otherwise.

It’s been a while since my younger, more athletic cousin emasculated me in front of a horde of people. But here he is, Johnny Goddamn Football, complete with the substance abuse problems, throwing one dart after another, making it look almost accidental with a shrug.
He eviscerated at least 100 pins during our three hour rental. I knocked down 7 pins. Total. Pathetic. A true testament to my ever-​fading youth coupled with the fact I was never really all that athletic. Thankfully, there is an ample bar featuring a ton of «good» beers to help quell the pain of failure, along with a vending machine that shoots out mystery beers. I didn’t bother giving the mystery beer machine a whirl, knowing I’d end up with Red Dog or a half filled Coors Light with a note at the bottom urging me to kill myself.
If you can get past your less-​than-​stellar athletic prowess, you’ll realize that this place is great — and not just for our inner uncle Rico’s that we keep bottled up inside.
«If I were taller, I’d be in the NFL.» Whatever you say. Go have another beer, you slovenly turd, and tomorrow, after you recover from your monstrous headache, you can return to your normal life, the one that resembles hell. But tonight, you’re not just a champion, you’re a god at a newly invented sport that is guaranteed to put a smile on every one of your friend’s faces — even mine.

Fowling the game = not new to me
Fowling Warehouse = first time visiting.
It really is a very fun time.
It’s pretty laid back — we celebrated a birthday there, and we were able to bring in our own foods and decorations.
Parking can be a bit bad if it’s busy here. By the stroke of pure luck, I was able to snag a relatively close spot… the rest of my party came by party bus… which may be the way to go, as there are police visible all around this place! Seriously… take a hike! Maybe because it’s in a slightly janky area… who knows… Über it up folks!
But don’t let that stop you (like it would!) you have to try this fun fun game!

Fowling is a blast! After months of wanting to go, I finally got my chance. With a quick check in process and an interesting beer choice from the mystery beer machine, we were ready to get started.
They gave us a great tutorial of how to play the game and the rules associated with it. Then the fun begins.
Teams of 1,2 or 3 on either side. The game is a lot more active than I thought. That made it a lot of fun. You have to prevent collateral damage from other teams errant football throws. It happens. Alot. I tried a regular football throw, I tried double handed overhand throws, & I tried under hand throwing throws. None of them were very successful. But all of them were fun.
I had a great time listening to the excitement in the warehouse. People were cheering, laughing, booing, groaning, and having a great time. It’s contagious.
Jay, the bartender, was fantastic as well. He knows his beer, and there was a lot of great craft beer to select from. That was a great surprise.
Fowling is as fun as I’ve heard and I will definitely be back. So cool that we have this opportunity in Detroit.

I went here on a weeknight when the place was nearly empty. The space is awesome! Huge with two bars and a stage. Lots of tables and gobs of «Fowling» lanes. I had a nice chat with the owner who was super nice. The beer selection is crazy good!
The price for open fowling is perfect at $ 10. But renting a lane is really expensive. We didn’t need to rent a lane since the place was nearly empty! Score!
As a side note, fowling is REALLY hard. I’ve always thought of myself as someone who’s pretty good at throwing a football but trying to knock those pins over is maddening to say the least. I really wanted to love the game itself but it got frustrating pretty quickly.

I have been to Fowling Warehouse twice now and had a great time both trips. We went both times on Saturday early afternoons and it wasn’t super crowded. We took turns rotating and played in teams of two on each side. You throw a football at the other team’s pins. The best part is that other people are right next to you, so if their balls knock down your pins — you’re out of luck. It all counts against you.
There is a full bar — but I will take a minute for you to get a drink because there has only been one bartender both times we have been there. But the drinks are cheap and strong, so it’s all worth it. Also, it’s only $ 10 to play unlimited play and until it gets busy, you can play continuously if you like.
Be prepared to get dirty and have a serious layer of grunge on your hands.
It’s a blast and I absolutely recommend this place. They do not have food, but you can have whatever delivered to you and there are pizza menus laying around.
We will absolutely be back again.

SUPER FAN HERE! So much so that I convinced my office to have their Christmas Party here. We carted our tooshies from Flint all the way to Hamtramck and we had a BLAST! I had the lanes reserved ahead of time and made food arrangements with them as well. They know a local pizza guy, Amicci’s Pizza, and had it ready for us when we got there. The food was delicious and the fowling was hilariously fun. I think I got clocked in the head a few times but it made for a good laugh. Harmless at best.
The girls kicked major ass and we beat all the guys by knocking our pins down first. Who’d have thought?! We were probably there for at least 3 hours and everyone had an amazing time. I highly recommend it if you are looking for something new and different to do for the night. Seriously people, a must visit if you’re in the Detroit area.

This is way cooler than I thought, and I had high expectations.
They have a 40 foot bar at the entrance when you walk in, past the counter to pay for fowling. Not only are there four taps with good beer (that get filled from the bottom with a unique system), but tons of canned beers, and a «mystery» vending machine stocked with all matters of stuff for 2, 3, or 4 dollars.
Fowling is ten dollars all night for unlimited play — if it’s packed in there, you may have to put your name on a waiting list, or keep winning. The game is sort of a mix between bowling, beer pong and football, and it is addicting and fun. I played for a few hours, and two days later, my arm is still sore — but we are already planning a return trip.
The stage/​biergarten area is excellent as well. Can’t wait to come here for an event.