Xtreme Entertainment

Come here for the bowling — not for the customer service or the food.
Overpriced bar food that targets the children/​family market — not alot else to expect from a bowling alley really. But you’d think they would try to offer something on their menu that didn’t come from a frozen box.
The bowling lanes are fine — they block every now and then and the gutters play up– but they work and are reasonably priced. They have a jukebox that plays the videos above the lanes — which is great if you like Ariana Grande dancing across your tenpins while you’re trying to land a strike. The carpet glows in the dark which makes for easy fun with the kids if you’re waiting. Which brings me to the main problem. The wait. We showed up on an easy going Thursday night around 7pm to be told a lane wouldn’t be ready until 10pm for our group. Understandably we needed 2 lanes, but even when we dropped the numbers for one lane– we were advised «we should have booked ahead». Moral of the story — don’t do drop bys here, they’re ‘popular’ and probably wont be able to accommodate your spontaneity. We went across the road to Paradice Ice Skating instead.

Very Disappointed! Had 2 Bowling Games for $ 10 on a Tuesday. Took us half and hour to finish 1 Game and on 2^nd Game they stopped It at 10.30pm as they had to close at 11pm. Not really fair as you see and other groups were starting on there 2^nd game and kept playing. We wouldn’t had mind If they stopped It 5 Minutes before closing but this was just ridiculous. All they care about Is money as the Manager was no help at all as they like to argue with customers and no apology was given to us while the kids we took were very unhappy. I won’t recommended this place to anyone anymore unless I get some sort of compensation for their actions.

Xtreme Entertainment has the best bowling lanes in almost all of Auckland. Not too narrow lanes, the score screens are easy to read, there’s a great range of bowling balls to choose from, the seating is roomy and the music is generally good (not a small feat for a bowling place!). On Thursdays they do half price bowling, an awesome date night option or something fun to do after work with mates. There’s an arcade aswell with a few staples such as Tekken and Time Crisis and a number of pool tables. The bar also does good deals on drinks and a Happy Hour– they even bring them to your bowling lane! They also have a selection of snacks you can order for the kids or to accompany that drinks of yours. I can’t wait for this place to re-​open looking bigger and even better. A great place for all ages!