Universal Lanes

this place is awesome. i came here on a wednesday night and it was a lot of fun. the place was pretty empty, as they tend to be during the summer, and they had a summer special going on that was really cheap… i think it was like five dollars for three games or something ridiculous like that.
they also have a surprisingly fancy lounge area that really looks like a lounge. it was probably the fanciest thing i’ve seen in a bowling alley. i remember the bar being a pretty good deal too for pitchers of beer. the bartender was really awesome and friendly! i guess business was slow too so he might have just been bored.
anyway i highly recommend this place if you’re looking for something fun to do or a date or a group outing, especially if it’s rainy outside. i hope i get a chance to come back some time. especially if it’s busier. i have a feeling really interesting people like to show up here.

I have been to this bowling alley before and after the renovations and boy have they done a lot of work on the place. The place looks fantastic now! I like to visit when my friends are bowling on the Friday league (mostly gay league btw). The bartender is super nice. The staff that makes the food were great and the beers are cheap. This is a great establishment to have some good times.

Nice place, have good deals all the week long, fair prices, the food and drink is good, little problem in the screen where you enter the names and scores, its old, and some time do mistakes in counting the roll between players

Fun atmosphere. Fair prices. We bowl there once a month on Saturday nights, always a good time!

Hello people watching!!! If you are bored and need a good laugh, check out the bunch that this place attracts! I went here to watch my friend bowl on his league. I got a hoot out of watching the senior citizens! I went to visit and get munchies, but didn’t expect to get a show too! I agree with someone elses review, my sweatshirt stunk like fried food just from being in this place. Remember how your hair or clothes would stink like smoke back when smoking was permitted inside? It was like that, just with grease. I’m not sure which is worse. There appears to be newer renovations. The bathroom was clean. The bar was shockingly nice and staffed super friendly people. The drinks were ok, I mean come on. we’re at a bowling alley. We all kind of shared finger food. The ranch sucks. The chips are phenomenal, I was shocked! wings, meh. I’m sorry I can’t comment on the lanes, I was simply there for support. I would say they should have considered better signage during their renovations, it’s easy to miss this place. The building looks nothing like a bowling alley.

I’ve been going here weekly, on Tuesday $ 1-​night, for the last couple weeks. To be fair, I’ll list both pros and cons, but in general I’d say this place is pretty awesome.
Pros: Sebastian (one of the workers) is incredibly helpful. He’s a sweet kid and seems to like his job enough to actually care what happens. He’s attentive and good at his job. The specials ($ 1 beers, $ 1 games, $ 1 shoes) can’t be beat. The bathrooms are incredibly clean, there are tons of bowling balls (never running low), and the pool tables are PRISTINE.
Cons: Every other worker besides Sebastian seems hostile, immature, or ridiculous. One worker was getting wasted with patrons the first night we went up, after admitting to me he was in high school. So obviously that’s a problem. I, personally, have waited at the bar for over 30 minutes for someone to help me. I’ve had workers get drinks for someone sitting with me and then walk away without asking (or giving me time) for my drink order. The carpet is filthy and needs a good cleaning, but it’s a bowling alley so that’s to be expected.
Overall, if you go in and can have Sebastian waiting on you, you’re aware of the flaws but accept them as «character», and you only want to spend $ 10 and have a whole night of drinks and games, it’s totally worth it. We’re going to keep returning every Tuesday until the deals run out or until Sebastian realizes he’s too good of a worker for a Warren bowling alley!
Oh, one more quick note — last night we did hear that a couple cars had their catalytic converters stolen IN THE PARKING LOT. I cannot confirm the validity of this, but it did appear to happen to at least one person who was under their car inspecting it (and my fiancé looked as well). Not sure if this parking lot is unsafe, if this is a fluke, or if this person had it coming, but that’s something to consider. Lock your doors, park by a window so you can see if someone is messing with your stuff.

I used to hang out here quite often when I was in high school, but less frequently (although still more frequent than now) in my early college years. I think it was only a few years ago that they had the Thursday night specials. Not sure if they still have that. Anyways the place is no longer your old Universal Lanes. They’ve got a new sign, and the interior has almost been completely renovated. They’ve got a new bar, new top-​of-​the line kitchen, new pool area, and a new hangout/​karaōke place in the back. The finishing touch? Flatscreens. Oh yeah.
I was back here a few days ago with some friends, and I was really surprised at how… empty the place was. And we went on a Thursday night too! I’m guessing people dont know much about the new renovations yet (or maybe I dont know much about the time the crowds come in yet), but I figured this place deserves a new review. It was only a year ago I think that they made the changes. The menu items look and sound delicious (but I am on a diet), so I will come back and try them soon. They have new pool tables in the front $ 8 an hour, or $ 1 pool tables in the back ($ 1 per game, I think, I didn’t pay). Looks great, was clean, the guy who worked at the front didn’t try to hassle us with specials or deals. What more could I ask for? They even gave me shoes with velcro straps!
The only thing that they have not improved is the bowling computers. They are SEVERELY outdated. It seems strange playing on these old computers when the rest of the place is almost brand new. I’d come back here to play again, since it looks way nicer now.
And if someone who works at Universal Lanes is reading this, please, PLEASE (for the love of God) change your horrible-​looking stars-​and-​planets carpet.
Please.

My family and i go here every Sunday; driving past 5 other bowling alleys This one is the best. Staff is great too!

i’ve bowled in this alley for 4 years as part of metro detroits friday night mixed league. its a gay and lesbian league on friday nights. terrible name huh? you think a gay league would come up with something better like hershey express league or gay unicorns or something. but no, we get some terrible throw away name.
anyway, this alley has been very kind to our league. they have allowed the league to grow and have given us pretty much carte blanche with the friday night karaōke.
why the 3 stars you say? its not because of the 3dollar 22oz drafts. its not because of the nice manager and the pretty cool staff. its the smell. i have to go home and after drinking large amounts of beer and remember to not leave my clothes in the same room. they smell that bad. its this odd combo of fried foods, stale beer, BO and an ashtray.
also the lanes aren;t always in the greatest shape.
if they get rid of their horrible stinking stink, i will change my rating.
love, juston