C&B Archery

Charging 75 $ for new bow setup is laughable. Take a ride to smith point archery instead.

I would not recommend this place for anyone who has experience in archery. Lines are clogged with children and renters, with the teenager staff member and senior staff allowing for long wait times to call for clear and resume shooting.
Long and short, this is the chunky cheese of archery ranges.

My kids had been dying to find an archery place and while we were visiting family on Long Island decided to try this place. Kids 10 and 13 had a greAt time that we went back again with more family members two days later. Staff is very helpful and it is very strict with their rules to keep everyone safe. Will definitely be coming back again.

came back the other week for a lesson and some shooting and again, the staff was extremely helpful and really make you feel at home. Place was packed which is always a great indicator of a quality place. If you are thinking about buying a bow, shooting one or just want to ask questions, this is the place to go!

It’s great that the indoor space is so large and there are so many lanes but if you’re not a local or a hunter, staff members tend to be unfriendly and rude to customers making it just not worth the trek to Long Island.

The place was pretty neat and clean. The employees were relatively nice as well. My sister and I had a great time shooting and definitely learned a lot from the teacher on beginner class. It was just a disappointment that I went before the closing time and they ended about 5 minutes early. Also, the beginning part of the class was fire safety lessons, which took 30 minutes, but definitely wasn’t worth that long.
But otherwise a great experience as far as shooting is concerned, and I would go archery again, but perhaps will check out other places before coming back here.

I had a very good experience at the range Christmas week with my 3 sons. They were extremely professional while teaching range safety and equipment use. We will return again.

We were in New York visiting with the family when my sister offered to treat us to a day at the archery range. Upon arrival I found everyone to be nice and hospitable. I sat back and watched a lot of the people shooting and I couldn’t wait until it was my turn. John taught a bunch of us the basics, the do’s and don’ts and before we knew it, it was time to walk up to the line with a bow of our choosing. I had a great time and I thank the staff at C & B Archery for being so kind. It really put me at ease. I’d happily go back again if I am in the area.

My kids have been going here for almost a year and they enjoy the junior league immensely. Dustin and Ralph are the ones to speak to for help with the bows and arrows of course. If you’re not in the league, I would recommend calling in advance to see if their schedule allows for a lesson and reserve a spot. I came here clueless but everyone here is always willing to help you.

If there were a close alternative I would take it. The intructors are nice but the counter people are RUDE. Regardless, shooting is a lot of fun and archery is a great date!

I have bought two bows from them and would shoot in their indoor range. The owner is RUDE. Stopped going there when the owner started playing games with the price of a bow that I had ordered from him. Most of his staff that help build the place are gone. I now shoot at Cedar Creek Park for free and shop online for my bow accessories.

After taking a group lesson at Queens Archery and receiving bows for christmas, my sister and I wanted to find an archery range that was more convenient for us to get to and C & B Archery fit the bill. I was a little nervous about going there because of the previous one star reviews but I was pleasently surprised by my experience. We went on a wednesday afternoon so there was no crowd (only one other person there), we were able to switch between distances as much as we wanted to (5,10, 15, or 20 yards were the distances I believe), and, as we had only shot once before, we didn’t need safety lessons but we did need some help with honing our skills which is exactly what the staff helped us do. The whole hour that we shot, John stood behind us and kept giving us tips about improving aim and concentration. He was great and truly helped improve our archery skills. We will definitely be back to shoot at this range!

Was a few arrows down and needed to pick some up. They had the type I needed but the fletchings were the wrong color and I wanted to keep the set matched. They offered to change the fletchings and the nocks to the matching colors at no extra charge when I bought the arrows. Nice!

:(Sad panda is sad.
Having done archery in Canada (and being told I was pretty darn good), I really wanted to try my hand at it again in the US of A. Flash forward a few months (and well after Katniss became a name), I found myself at C&B. Unfortunately, as mentioned on this little ol’ site here, the place seems to be a madhouse. Not sure if it’s because we’ve gone on the weekends, or if it’s always like this, but wow, it just seems impossible to get in here. The first time, we missed the class by a few minutes, and regardless, they had no equipment for us to rent. Fine enough. We were told to make a reservation next time. No sweat. I can be flexible and all that jazz.
The next weekend, I called and made a reservation a few hours ahead, in order to avoid a snafu like last time. Well, such was not the case, as we were faced with cold, hard rejection yet again. While there were spots available (we did reserve!), there was no rental equipment to be rented out to us. Not sure how a place runs out of rental equipment, but I also don’t understand quantum physics, so hey.
The dude who runs the lesson apologized and basically told us there was nothing he could about it. Well, OK, maybe get more rental equipment? I dunno. As a way to make it up to us, he gave us each a free hour of shooting time. Honestly, we should be getting the lesson, rental fee, and hour of shooting all comped. How can you seriously tell people who reserved that they can’t go ahead and take the lesson and shoot some arrows? Seems kind of silly to me.
Needless to say, as much as I like to give second chances, I already did, and I just don’t want to be turned away again. So, looks like I will have to try my hand elsewhere. Shame.

If i could give them zero stars or negative stars i would.
So my girlfriend and I have both shot a bow and arrow before and we enjoy it very much. We decided to share our common interest by stoppping by C&B Archery and shooting at their range. Before we stopped in we went to eat at Smash Burger (which i highly recommend) 5min away.
The first time we stopped by a little after 4:30pm. The girl who helped us asked us if we had shot and where. We told her, but she politely informed us that although we had both shot before and received instruction, that we needed to take their course first. That’s fair enough my girlfriend and I thought. The girl helping us told us how the course had already started but she was going to see if she could get us in. We followed her inside to see what the situation was like. She approached the instructor (who we would later learn was her fiancé) who took one look at her and in a (i kid you not) disgusted way told her, «Don’t talk to me I don’t want to hear it». We would later find him outside smoking a cigarette as we left. Both of us felt terrible for this girl and pretty rejected that we wasted our time going to the range. The girl (who turns out is the owners daughter) was apologetic and suggested we call to reserve a spot in the class before coming next time.
The second time we stopped by we called at 2pm and asked (the same girl… the owners daughter) if the 3:30 class or 4:30 class expected less people. We were told the 4:30 class was expected to have less people and that we could def shoot then. We gave our names and made reservations. Again we stopped at Smash Burger and had a delicious meal. We also enjoyed some free Red Mango at the more recent location in Hicksville. We then made our way to C&B. When we got there it was a mad house. There were no less than 20 people in the front (that is exceptionally small) with the same girl (the owners daughter) looking flustered beyond belief, and there were no lights (as if there was a power outage). My girlfriend thought that we were def not going to be able to shoot. I dismissed this though considering we made a reservation. The girl called for help a few times, but none came. We saw a few people leave dejected as they were told they could not get into the 4:30 class. We saw some people leave dejected since even though they had their own equipment, there was no room on the range. We saw one person returning a bow they bought there because it had cracked. When it was our turn to talk to the owner’s daughter she informed us that we couldn’t shoot. We told her that we had made reservations. She replied that we had called again and the other guy told us we couldn’t shoot. My girlfriend politely told her that we had not called again and that we had made the reservation with her. The owner’s daughter sighed and said that the other guy (i don’t know who this other guy is) said that he told us not to come down. She pointed us toward the back wall and told us to wait. As we waited, more and more people were sent home. When it got to us the instructor (whom i believe was the same guy that was rude to us the previous time) told everyone left that we couldn’t shoot. He continually repeated, «What do you want me to do». It was a very classy move. He told us all that we would all get a business card with a stamp giving us an hour of free shooting worth $ 9. What is the point of taking a reservation if you cannot keep a reservation? It doesn’t make any sense.
My girlfriend and I could have done a dozen other things, but we blocked off late afternoon to do archery two weeks in a row. We do not live very close and so to waste our time and energy two weeks in a row to be offered a business card worth $ 9 is exceedingly insulting. The range elevates unprofessionalism to a professional level. They are understaffed, uncoordinated, under equipped, and rude.
tl;dr: My girlfriend and I came here to shoot. We were turned away twice in a rude and unprofessional way. Don’t waste your time.

The staff here is fantastic. Extremely friendly an helpful. Being new to archery, they didn’t turn their back on me like other places, but instead were welcoming and offered me good advice and a private lesson for beginners at a great price. Range and shop is nice as well. C&B Archery is great!