Hickam Bowling Center

This place is in need of a renovation. Seating is minimal, the food is limited, and the lanes are dated. We had my sons birthday party here and space was limited. They may benefit with having a «party room.» A little TLC will go a long way.

Great place to go bowling. Very clean & there are a lot of lanes. The snack bar has a lot of selection to choose from. Prices are good too.

The man working at the bowling counter was super rude to my husband and I. The beer here is really watered down. It’s dingy and good luck if you have more than two people in your group cuz you won’t have anywhere to sit next to each other.

It’s a bowling place so I really can’t complain too much. They don’t have any drink specials and the food is definitely substandard and small in portion size.
Bowling alleys are inherently symbols of the greatness of America. One man, with one ball at a distance knocks down 10 pins standing together. It’s a story of America, standing up against the odds, fighting for what he/​she believes in.
And to not have drink specials, quality beer, or the most atrociously unhealthy-​double quarter pounder hamburger with chili cheese fries on the side is just beyond me.
That night I was only able to score an 84 and 97 because of the quality of the bowling establishment. Because of my thumb size, I was also limited to 14 pound Indiana-​sized boulders to throw at the pins. Literally was more fatigued from rolling the ball down the alley than watching Cops at 4:30 (and I sweat a lot watching cops).
Step up your game, Air Force. Weak sauce.

This place is awesome! We were in the mood to go bowling and after calling a couple of close by bowling alleys, we decided to come here after we were informed that there were open lanes. After getting on post, driving towards Kuntz Ave we get there to plenty of parking, hooray! We all know how nice and quiet it is at night on post and we really enjoyed that compared to other bowling alleys we have gone to. After getting inside we noticed how clean, spacious and well kept this place is! The workers were super nice, $ 13 for 2 games (cheap!) and they had it as a glow night! I can proudly admit that I suck at bowling, so having the lights off really helps haha! We also got some food! I had the caesar chicken wrap and my boyfriend had a mini teriyaki plate with fries. The food was good! We enjoyed it with our couple of Smirnoff coolers (yum). I must admit that the coolers were a little pricey (~4) each. Overall this place is great! Super respectful people, clean, nice workers, good food, great ambiance, lots of parking, and plenty of lanes! Fun for the whole family. Definitely will be coming back here again.

The bowling was good, lanes are clean, etc. The smell when you first come into the place smells like a smoky bar. You get used to the smell. Tried to order food but the one lady was on a break and said «I“m on a break go find someone else». There was nobody else to be seen in the kitchen. The old guy who gave out shoes was nice. Other than that the guy who checked us out, was really grumpy, didn’t say thank you, didn’t smile, seemed irritated. I think everyone hated their jobs there or only wanted to serve league customers.
I am not sure why people are in customer service positions when they don’t like customers.

Hickam Bowling Center
I went to a keiki birthday party here. Some fun for keiki that have to be on base most of the time. Sometimes they just need a treat and boy were they happy to have their little friends show up to just go bowling.
Lanes are normal, space is nicely air conditioned. Not too much going on except — well bowling. If it is your thing, then you will have a blast.
Normally, you can leave your bag and ball on the chair and no one will bother anything– as you are on a base.
So the parents kinda let the keiki on their own more than I would expect as they knew where they would go and knew Ohana in general was there to keep an eye out for them.
I have been a bowler back in high school. I won bowling awards 3 years in a row in high school. I had the muscle memory. I played at a Unilocal event and then here after and boy– I stink. I used to be good and now all the muscle memory is gone and I got to get back into it. Little school keiki are bowling better than I was. Yes– I said, ohh I’m doing this to show you how good you are doing. I still don’t think they believe me. I know you won’t either.
I know I am not that good. I still like the game though.

Was here for Special Olympics.
On the plus side, it’s HUGE than what I’m used to. Clean, spacious, and okay.
Bad: Food is okay, but the prices for drinks is atrocious. $ 3-​ish for Monster? Go offbase and to any chain Supermarket and they’ll have them on sale for cheaper. The «Video Arcade» is a room of mostly broken game machines. Ironic enough 50% of the games are gun games on a military base. And ironic enough about half of them work to some degree. Area 51/​Maximum Force has one broken light gun, Police Trainer is completely broken and useless, Sniper Scope has a burnt CRT, where it’s dark on one side and hard to use, Police ⁹¹¹⁄₂ light gun is dodgy with the aim, and Time Crisis 4 is the only game that works… for a nearly 8 year old game! The others are a varying mix of broken to playable (The Fast & Furious machines are broken).
Okay venue, just needs a few refreshes here and there.

We’ve been here several times with our kids and they always have a great time. The food is good and the lanes are always clean. They tend to have a hard time opening on time but it’s worth the 5 – 10 min wait.

The food gave me a really bad poison! :)

Last night we took our 3 year old bowling for the first time. We went in to the snack bar and let her order. The cashier was sweet as can be (and prompt), the other employee behind the counter talked to my daughter and also complimented her on her glasses and really made her day.
The bowling operators were friendly, but not so prompt. They seemed like they weren’t communicating well. The other thing was they put us on lane 21 between these groups that were sprawled out and wouldn’t move. We literally had no where to sit even after politely telling them we had that lane. Regardless, my family had a great time together with or without the help of others.
5 stars for the pupu bar staff
3 stars for the bowling operators
Oh and the tater tots had something black in one of them. I won’t be eating those again.

It was a fun evening of bowling! Cheap drinks, cheap lanes and a blast!

If you’re not a fan of deep-​fried entrees, but you like listening to loud rap music and crashing pins while you shoo flies away from your skimpy but tough «charbroiled» chicken sandwich, that you got because they were out of «charbroiled» garden burgers (pretty much the only other non-​deep-​fried entrée choice on the menu); then you’ll probably really like eating lunch at the Hickam Bowling Center.
Since I don’t like any of those things including deep-​fried entrees; I will not be back to the Hickam Bowling Center for lunch (or dinner) in the foreseeable future.

This bowling center isn’t too crowded. The lanes and equipment are all in good condition. The diner in the bowling center has a big menu at very reasonable prices and the portions are big. The workers are helpful.

Can’t beat the prices.
I always have trouble with the lane freezing or the lights going out, and I can never seem to find the right ball. But for $ 2.25 a game, I can live with it.
Cheap beer, cheap food, cheep bowling = Saturday night tradition.
You need to be patient when you come here because there is only 1 guy who runs the lanes.
Sometimes its crowded and sometimes its almost completely empty.
I usually call and ask how the crowd is before I head over.
It’ll grow on you.
I love Aiea bowl, but I’d rather come here to save money and time.
*Not sure when they’re going to finish renovations, but right now it’s all manual scoring.

OMG! If you have connects to get on base try out Hickam Bowling Center! It is affordable and suffice when it comes to bowling centers.
The best thing about this place is the price. One game is $ 2.00 and it’s $ 1.50 for shoes. Also, you must check out the prices at the snack bar– WINNING! So cheap. Since 1990 have you not been able to find a mini plate for $ 3.00.
The place is safe and clean. Check it out!

Where else can you really bowl on the island? Once they closed the kahala bowling alley, I didn’t know too many more bowling locations. I stuck getting a lemon crunch cake at Aiea bowl instead of bowling because too many league nights.
My dad has Hickam access because he’s awesome! Haha not really but he does gave access to base. This bowling alley is nice because it has cheap food, lots of open lanes, cheap bowling, clean areas, and you don’t have too many hooligans running amuck.
If only my dad’s access to here equaled my access to here, then maybe I could get a score higher than 100. My practicing once a year with my family is getting me nowhere. I have to start at square one each time!

My coworkers and I love to come here right after work to celebrate certain work milestones like our 6 month and 1 year work anniversaries. We finish work at 1500, so we have a couple hours to bowl before league starts. The pitchers of beer here are only 10 dollars. An order of fries is only 1 dollar. Being on a military base, the house balls are not as beat up as some other places.
I’ve been meaning to checkout their cosmic bowling on Friday nights. Supposedly it’s the same price as normal bowling, which is around $ 2.50-$ 3. That’s a really good price compared to Aiea Bowl. Hopefully one of these days I’ll go check it out.
If you’re looking to have a relaxing time bowling, drinking beer, and eating cheap food, come here. The loco moco is around 5 bucks.

Hump days in July has become one of our favorite days among my friends and I.
Why?
Cause like the introduction in the famous Wu-​Tang Clan «C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)» 4-​close on Wednesdays at the Hickam Bowling Center are, «dollah dollah bill y’alllllllllllllllllllllllll»
Dollar bowling, dollar shoes, DOLLAH HOT DOGZ! CHEE
Thomas O. found out about this awesome deal and with the access of his and Nicole K.‘s military IDs, we HFB-​devirginized David C.
When we came in it was pretty poppin’ and when we went to go put our name in the list, they said it would be AT LEAST an hour wait (it felt forever and the whole time we were getting teased with everyone else bowling, even the Filipino nanas.)
While we waited we had a pitcher of Bud Light and a bunch of fried foods. The onion rings are really good, oily and cripsy our favorite! However I was disappointed with the wing dings. Seriously, for $ 4.25 it tasted like regular chicken so just get that instead. It only came with like 5 pieces that were kind of small and had no flavor!
Anyway, after what it felt like waiting forever, we heard Thomas’ name get called and we headed to our lane. We came to the conclusion that bowling shoes are hot and very stylish.
I really like that we’re trying new things this summer and we get to see each other in different elements rather than being stressed out all the time at school so it was funny watching how everyone bowled.
Nicole K. does a little skip and Thomas O. does a combination of tripping/​hardstyling/​having epilepsy when he bowls. David C. was very intense and serious about the game.
We did the classic Boys Vs. Girls and of course who won? Shouldn’t take you long to figure this one out!
Sure I did drop the ball a couple times and embarrassed the shiza out of myself, not to mention my hair looked all hammajang but seriously, we were the only young adults there with the exception of a 9-​year-​old girl looking like she was 15-​years-​old. No need impress!
Later we got the hot dogs, which were awesome! They grill the hot dog along with the bun so it was warm and crispy mmm! It tasted like the ones you would make at home before you headed out to the theater.
In the end the damage was $ 4 a person. Ho not bah ah?
Definitely coming back!

I came here for the first time for dollar bowling on Wednesday. I missed the turn so I had to go out of Kuntz Gate and come back in, but I know where it is now! and that’s all that matters.
If you look it up on the Internet, don’t be fooled. It’s not on K_​_​_​whatever street that is. It’s off of Kuntz on Luke Drive I believe.
Okay back to dollar wednesdays in July. It’s from 4-​close, but you need to go early. my friends and I went around 5pm after I got off of work, and it was already crowded. We had to wait an hour to start playing, but that was okay. With cheap food and good friends you can’t go wrong. $ 1 game. $ 1 shoes. $ 1 hot dogs. Chee.
We’ll be back for more right Thomas O, Riana S, and David C?