I am about to tell you how an avid bowler can save $154 per month and get a free Hyundai. It all hinges on the premise that you never go to Danforth Bowl.
The pros:
- This place is amazing for 5 pin bowling.
- The staff are nice and helpful.
- Everything is clean.
- Rock & Roll bowling was SO. FUN.
- The music was amazing.
- The other reviews of the staff being amazing, the bowling being incredibly fun, the environment being clean and cared for are all completely accurate.
- I really liked keeping score manually with the paper!
- Resetting the pins between turns was fun too.
The okay:
- $6 for a bottle of steamwhistle
- $1.5 for a can of gingerale
The terrible:
If this was so amazing and I had such a great time why would I only give it 1 star?
Because for one hour of bowling (with shoes) for 4 people we were charged over $120, and when I emailed them to ask about it the next day, the owner said that the total was $44, we had we paid $46 and that we had probably spent our money in a bar after we left.
(Actually the verbatim email said [all carriage returns and case choices theirs]:
"Sorry Sarah I am sure you would not have paid 3 times more than you should have nor would norm charge anyone three times more than
They are to pay ONE OF YOU NORM OR YOU OR ONE OF YOUR FIENDS WOULD HAVE COTE THE MISTAKE
EVEN IF A MISTAKE FOR A COUPLE OF DOLLARS was made THAT WOULD JUST BE A MISTAKE $76.00 More three times as much no sorry that is not
Correct. I THINK YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AGAIN MAYBE WHEN YOU LEFT DANFORTH BOWL YOU SPEND IT IN A BAR")
So in summary:
- I had a good time here
- I paid 300% more than I should have
- The owner told me I didn't pay the bill that I did pay and there was no way we could have been charged that much
- The owner told me I went to a bar after and spent the extra money they collected
- They only have shitty beers
- the music is very good
Danforth Bowl seems to bank on people coming here because it's on the subway, but it's so expensive that if you came here every week you could use the savings incurred by using a bowling lane in the suburbs to buy a Hyundai to drive you there. And then you would still have the Hyundai. And one hundred and fifty four dollars. Per month. Because these people are crooks.
[Free Hyundai math:
To bowl here once a week for 1 hour with their affronting rates would cost you $480.
A 2012 Hyundai can be yours for $0 down at 0% for only $96 per month!
Even after insurance and gas to drive you to a different bowling alley ($50/mo) and paying that [better] bowling alley for shoe rental and one hour of bowling ($45/wk) the monthly cost is only $326 which is a savings of $154 per month for a bowling hobbyist!]
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* note: the owner offered to give me one hour of free bowling to because of the price "mixup" (?) and continued to blame my rampant alcoholism. I did not accept the voucher.