AMF Carter Lanes

Won’t be coming back here. $ 2 game night was super crowded, and they wouldn’t open all the lanes. The bartender apparently thought we were just standing at the bar for funsies, and that we didn’t want to order anything. A pitcher of pabst was $ 14.50, and to play pool, they charged $ 15 an hour. What a shit show.

I don’t normally bowl here even though it’s 2min away from my house. Crappy service at the desk. Guy working register was an ass but only towards the guys. But when the girls came up he was just a creeper. I know because I waited 10min at counter just to get shoes from the other guy who looked lost. Crappy service at the bar. No sports on the tvs or music being played. The girl at our lane who we ordered food from was really nice and the wings were decent. $ 2 games and shoes plus $ 2 PBRs. I guess you get what u pay for but now I remember why I drive the 30min to Fountain Bowl. This place is decent but their attitudes make it a dump.

Nothing great here unfortunately.
1) It’s expensive for regular bowling. 2 games with 3 people plus shoes was about $ 50. If this place was a Lucky Strike or something then maybe that would explain the priciness, but this place is run down and low key. The La Habra 300 alley is on the same level as here, but at half the price. We should’ve gone there instead.
2) Before we bowled we wanted to play a game in their «arcade.» I went to the front counter and waited… and waited… and waited. There was nobody working? Finally a guy walks over to me and I tell him I just need change (because I dont want $ 10 in quarters), and he said «Okay, I’ll get that for you in just a second, I just have to pour some beers for these guys.» Oh, so you’re the cashier and the bartender. Got it.
3) Right before we started bowling a girl came over and asked if we wanted to order any food or drinks. Cool, there’s wait service. We didnt order anything aside from a pitcher of water. Too bad we were almost at the end of our 2^nd game before that water arrived.
4) Lack of employees around to help. We set up our names on our screen and the people next to us approached us and asked if we could show them how to do it too. They said they were going to ask but didnt see an employee at the counter.
5) The heavier balls are organized in the racks, but if you’re looking for anything less than a 12-​lb ball then you should look for them in the abandoned lanes. They’re all over.
So, all in all, not the best experience and we love bowling. Its just hard to justify the price when the experience was not great.

It’s great, I started to get better but I lost my keys :(I didn’t drink or anything so what the hell

Walked in and left when I saw that they were «Cosmic Bowling» at 2 in the afternoon. Don’t bother coming here if you’re an avid bowler looking for practice. Save your money; there are plenty of other qualified places to bowl in the area.

Was here with a couple friends tonight to hangout and bowl for a while. I went to the bar to order a drink for myself and got carded naturally, but the bar tender was extremely insulting. My ID was taken about 6 years ago so of course I don’t really look like my picture, I understand that. BUT the bar tender just starts to laugh at me saying how my picture doesn’t look like me and is implying that it was a fake. Uncomfortable, I try to lighten the situation by agreeing that it doesn’t but that it really is me. She then hands my ID to some random (security I’m assuming?) employee laughing saying «look at this». He then makes some rude comments about it and hands it back saying something like «oh mission viejo folk». Um? Ok? Whatever that means. I work as a bartender as well and it’s not ok for you to treat customers who are giving you money in a way like that. It wasn’t until I had to give my debit card to this girl that I could get my drink. Good job being rude and disrespectful and making your customers feel uncomfortable and bullied.

Okay. I had a fun time here… but I have a few issues.
FIRST… it took about 10 minutes of just standing at the counter before anyone helped us. And when they did… they acted pretty annoyed. But oh well. For 3 people it was 11 dollars per person for one game. A little steep… but oh well.
ADVICE… bring your own socks. I mean normally you do but sometimes it is spontaneous and you don’t have any… they charge $ 3.24 for a pair of socks. Maybe they are lucky bowling socks? IDK
They put us down with all the other people. so it felt a little crowded. But I guess that maybe helps with the atmosphere? I don’t know. It felt a bit crowded for my personal liking, especially because there were lots of different lanes open.
The bowling itself was fun! We had a few problems throughout the game with it just canceling out a bowl (which ruined my score. hahah) but had a fun time all around.
OH BUT the music… really bad. We didn’t know a single song they were playing… and I mean I know a lot of music. It would have been a little bit more fun if they played music people recognize.

Always have a great time!!! Coming tonight to celebrate my Birthday with family and friends!!!

Worst service ever.
Our game shut off half way. We understood because it happens. We didn’t complain. We went up to the counter to get it fixed. The staff there Dylan took 15 minutes per customer because he had to ask his manager every single time. Once again we understand because we thought he was new. This happens.
While we were in line to get our lane fixed, Dylan gave our lanes away to another family. All our personal belongings /​bowling ball & etc were there.
When we were angry at this situation, the manager (female /​white polo /​curly hair) told us, «Well we don’t have to serve you if we don’t want to.»
Oh.
So we asked for the corporate email address. She gave us a wrong one. I am contacting BBB at this moment.

4 stars because I used to come here every other day in high school for bowling, go Lancers!
I recently came back the other day to hang with my friends who had passes. They get to bowl 3 games a day for the whole summer for like 26 bucks! That’s a steal. For the rest of us, we opted for 13 bucks for 2 hours and show rentals.
Not perfect rating because: some lanes are way too waxed compared to other lanes.
Beer was priced like dtf which is kinda absurd because other bowling alleys have like 12 $ pitchers.
Regardless this place will always be my go to bowling alley because of location and memories :’)

Came back a week later and used the free comp games they gave. Seems to have no issues. Different bowling lane of course.

The sensors for the lanes were defective and im here on a college night and there was no music LOL what kind of amf is this!!!

Beyond pissed at whomever I spoke to on the phone. Called to see if they were busy on a Tuesday night. Told me «No it’s slow» I asked any lanes open? Told me «we have tons of lanes open» 20 minutes later show up and it’s beyond packed and the line to the register had about 20 or so people in it. Walked in and walked out immediately f you

On a Tuesday night all bowling alleys were busy, so we tried AMF and hoped they weren’t as busy. When we called the guy asking how busy they were, he said we are extremely slow and they have a lot of lanes open. We hopped in the car and headed right over to find that there were over 25 people waiting in line for a line and all lanes taken. Really? Are you f-​kidding. It was not just one group or party, it was extremely busy. It ruined the plans for the rest of the night since we drove all the way over to this place. We turned around and left. Pointless waste of a night.

Friday night: So I bought a deal off groupon and I read the rules and regulations before purchasing it. The only two things it said it did not apply was Saturdays after 6pm and combining it with any other AMF promotion. I get there with my group of four, get to the register to redeem it and the guy at the register said we can’t accept it. I asked why and he was telling me because it was cosmic bowling. Seriously?! I have a picture of the rules and regulations and NO where did it say this!!! I called a different AMF bowling alley and Rick from the one in Garden Grove, was like that weird they didn’t accept it. Thank god they told me to just go over there and they would take us. First and last time ill ever go there!!!

I don’t know what all these people are talking about. I pretty much grew up here, and I still consider it home.
Now that I’m grown up, I get to enjoy the liquid libations every once in a great blue moon. Travis is an awesome bartender! He’s very quick and very personable. We’ve been here since 6, and we’ve been carrying on a conversation with him for all this time!

Poor service we had a group of 16 people Saturday nite I showed them my coupon phone app and refused to give me a discount they said that I needed to print out the coupon doesn’t make sense I’ve used coupons in multiple place were they can scan coupon on your phone I know how it works they refused to take my coupon we spent 245.00 for a group of 16 people how dum is that very disappointed.

It usually takes a lot out of a place to disappoint me. But this place hella pissed me off. If you’re a league bowler, you’ll understand what I’m talking about. I mean come on, league bowlers suppose to not practice here anymore? They have ZERO oil on their open lanes. None at all. I barely hooked a house ball just to point it out to the employees and it didn’t even reach the pins half way down the lane. All they can say in a sarcastic ass way, «sorrrrryy». Fck this place. Again, for LEAGUE bowlers, don’t come here. Otherwise, if I was just here for fun w friends, it’d be a fun challenge I suppose.
League bowlers have been warned.

Been here a few times, balls color coded by weight which is good but damaged n very old. Lanes are dry n its never too busy even on a Friday night which I like. I hate crowded bowling allys that sound like ur at a club.
Not a fan of cosmic bowling bcuz Im a spot bowler. im too near sided to be a pin bowler. They should only do sections for cosmic bowling instead of the entire place.
Price its average I guess. Wish it was $ 4 per game lol. Dont noe bout the food yet. Here almost every Friday night

Hello!
I am searching for a David Wright, possibly 71 years old. He lived on Candy Lane in Garden Grove, Ca in the 60s. My mothers name is Crystal Davis. He used to bowl here at Carter Lanes. He is my grandfather, I have never met him. I am trying to help my mom locate him. We have been searching for years, with very little information. If anyone happens to know a David Wright, that used to bowl at Carter Lanes, please message me. Thank You!
Rachael Roy