AMF Forest Lanes

Decent place to bowl but the bar service SUCKS! Waited almost 15 min until I finally spoke up and asked for service then waited another 5 mins till I was asked what I wanted by the server with an attitude. Won’t be coming back!

This place use to be great and sufficient, now there are always problems with the lanes. The workers are kind but they mess stuff up all the time.

I’m def a fan of this place. It’s a great old school bowling place that’s fun for our family. I’m giving it only 4 out of 5 stars because we always have an issue with the computer scoring system on the lane– either we can’t enter our names, or it miscounts the pins, or something. It’s not defective enough to ruin our time there, since we are not super serious bowlers, but it is kind of annoying. If it weren’t for that, I’d give this place 5 stars.

I wasn’t expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. The staff was scarce but friendly. It was also family-​friendly and not too crowded for a Saturday evening. I thought it was kinda pricey, but we had fun.

Under new management, with great improvements! Love the changes to the bar and other great upgrades. My new go to place forbowling, karaōke and fun! Lots of packages to choose from and I joined the club and saved even more money! Staff is great and they explained what was available for my visit! Can’t wait to try out the new pool tables.

Came here to celebrate my b-​day with 4 friends, we had been waiting since 6:15 pm since not all friends had arrived, our party was complete and we paid at 7:50 pm, we had fun but it was very expensive. I asked the lady what the price included she said bowling for 2 hrs and shoe rental. I said I wouldn’t need shoes for 2 of the people, the lady said it automatically was included in the price! We paid for beers, food and soda. When we were leaving we noticed a flyer outside that said 2 hrs of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and pitcher of pop after 5 pm, but before 8pm. We went back & spoke to the manager Toby, All she had to say was sorry!!! We asked her why the employees wouldn’t mention that, not even when I asked what was included in the price, all the girl told us was 2 hrs of bowling & shoe rental!!! That was bogus and wrong!!! Not very honest service.

I’m not the best bowler. In fact, I’m pretty happy when my score is above 50 so naturally I tried sweet talking my way into keeping some bumpers up the first time I was here, but I was met with a firm «negative» on that one. Glad we wasted 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get rid of them instead of using them to my score’s advantage. Here’s a hint for all you infrequent bowlers, use your foot to push them forward.
Now that that’s out of the way… this bowling alley isn’t bad at all. They’re on groupon for something like $ 17 for 2 hours of bowling and shoe rental. That is plenty of time for me considering (1) Buckledown is right down the street and (2) my arm gets sore and I get whiny. Additionally, they seem to run all sorts of deals throughout the week.
Last time we went it looked like they were updating the machines, so, that’s cool I guess. The employees are so-​so. Some are really nice while others clearly don’t want to be there. I don’t know any bowling alley where that isn’t the case, so this is fine with me.

«You got a strike? Is that why you were doing ‘the robot»?
So I’m not the most self-​deprecating bowler. Despite being rather mediocre these days, Mark Geezy will do some antiquated dance moves to let you know he’s better than you.
This location has been on Groupon quite a bit, but I would go here without one. They’re adequate in pretty much all phases, and I never have trouble getting a lane. Only teenagers and ex cons work at bowling alleys, but the employees have been quite personable.
Probably my go-​to bowling alley if I were to have one.

This place is awesome! I take my daughter here almost every Sunday. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The food is pretty good too! Very reasonably priced (and its cosmic bowling on sunday night, which my daughter loves) For 2 hours of bowling and shoe rental for 2, Its a little under 20 bucks. Hats off to the maintenance man who kept helping us out when my daughter (who is 4 and not very good at bowling yet) would accidentally knock down the bumper or throw the ball down the wrong lane. Guy was very patient and friendly. Complete opposite of another bowling alley not too far away that treated us like dirt and made my daughter cry. The place is actually very well kept and clean as well. Very family friendly! We found our new sunday hang-​out!

This bowling alley is great. Great for bowling on the weekdays but can get a bit packed on the weekends. The food is ok not really much to expect. The customer service reps are always good and are very well mannered. Bowling is a fun time here.

We came here for a bowling fund raiser for a friend’s kid’s school. Which means they do fund raisers and special events.
I am no kingpin. I have no knowledge of lane quality, unless something is really wrong, like there is a pothole in a lane or something. That said, the lanes were fine. The auto scorekeepers were accurate. And the whole disco theme option was super fun, but that was because we were goofy and did all the computer generated dances the screen lady did after we bowled.
The staff was helpful when we lost balls or broke the lanes.
Bartender clearly did not want to be there. Service was not good. Which is sad, because in my opinion, they could have made a lot of $$ that night.
Free parking lot, but not really well lit.

I’ll keep it simple, Management here is the worst, I went on a Tuesday night in the summer, they WEREN’T busy, this was the spot that I would go practice with the guys from my winter league. Always kind of noticed the guys that look like they are the ones in charge were kind of rude, but always just over looked it till this time. So that night there was 6 of us, manager tells us he can only give us one lane, because they might get busy, after going back and forth with him trying to get a second lane, he stated, he would give it o us, but to never come back, that moment everyone asked for their money back and left. I won’t be back to bowl here and if I do step into the building it’ll be to the pro shop, which i give 5 stars too.

$ 1 games on Monday’s (+shoe rentals)!
The staff and servers are friendly, the place is clean and comfortable, they have high-​tech scoring screens and they have $ 12 Blue moon pitchers!
Four of us played a about three games, drank two pitchers and payed about $ 50! Awesome!

Your regular run of the mill bowling alley. I did like their automatic scoring screen with different themes. (2) things I didn’t care for… #1) AMF has had this promotion going on for Free Bowling for Kids. Which is great. You can get coupons for 1 free game of bowling for up to 10 people, you just pay for the shoes. Well, when they rang me up for the shoes it was a little over $ 12 for myself and 2 kids for shoes. I thought that was pretty high and in my opinion they overcharge to compensate for the free bowling. #2) Since they do have this Free Bowling for Kids promotion going on, they probably will have a lot of kids at the bowling alley. Being so I thought it was kind of strange that they only had one of those bowling bowl guides for little kids to roll their ball off of. We had to wait until another family was done bowling to use it. But all in all, we will be back again.

«Eff it Dude, let’s go bowling.»
If you’re going to follow one movie stricture in your life, let it be this one.
My daisy troop and I descended on this alley to have our end of the year hootenanny, well, it was probably more of a shindig. The event came off without a hitch replete with pizza and patches and the bowling alley staff was attentive and responsive to our special needs. We had several bowlers who were on the smaller side and getting those heavy balls all the way down the lane can be difficult sometimes, but whenever we needed help it was there.
If you will it, dude, it is no dream.

AMF Forest Lanes is like walking into a trailer park, and I love it. It’s like the bowling alleys you remember going to as a kid… Women wearing «Eat shit and die» shirts, smoke-​filled… I’d go here just to people-​watch… Just don’t get caught in a fight.
Thursday night special brings them all out, too. $ 11 for 10 – 1. (9 – 12 in summer)… Shoes included. Awesome.
Lanes are pretty well-​kept. Scoring system is good. Staff are hilarious. I used to bowl here once a week when I was in college. I’m sure I’ll be back some day.

Quite honestly, the Thursday night special is the reason to go there. Unlimited Bowling + shoes for less than $ 11 from 10 – 1 AM? Awesome. Otherwise, the place is definitely showing its age. Not saying it needs to go super high-​tech, but it’s been at least 15 years since remodel and the plain beige EVERYTHING shows. No to mention quirkiness with the pin machines themselves — it won’t grab the 10^th pin, or your previous throw never even «officially» happened even though you have a 7 – 10 split. Plus their prices on pitchers of Light Domestics are reasonable, and if you’re here with a group Thursday nights, they usually have karaōke to help with your fragile drunken ego.
Most nights they have leagues, so good luck going at that time; you’ll want to try during the day or at least until like 6 at night. But for the atmosphere, nothing beats a bunch of pasty white people bowling next to some dude who Crip-​walks up to the foul line. Plus, there are a number of late-​nite diners and drive thrus open within a couple miles, thanks to Joliet Rd and 1^st ave being major truck routes, so if you’re hungry, you can always stop in those places.

O.K. so they don’t have smoking anymore. And the place has been cleaned up considerably since Joshua was there. This is my second year here for our office christmas party. They food has always been brought by our company, so that has nothing to do with it. But they do accomodate us with tables and everything we need for the buffet. The lanes are pretty nice and we only had one lane breakdown the whole night. I do agree with the bartender. One girl was not enough for all the people we had. and then she left for the night and Dyna-​sore took over. As I remember, it’s the same situation that we had last year. She must be the owners mother or something. That is the only complaint. But they do need to do something about it. That is where the money is. Feeding your customers drinks. It will keep them coming back. And I would have given them another star for better service.

Forest Lanes is basically your quintessential, stereotypical, right out of the movies midwestern bowling alley. Exactly what one should expect. Totally worth the drive, assuming your not stupid enough to drive past several other stereotypical bowling alleys to get to this one.
Cheap beers and fake nacho cheese are just a bonus as the real treat is the bowling, hence the term «bowling alley».
I gave this place 5 stars because it’s great at being a bowling alley.
In conclusion, if you want to bowl, indulge in bowling culture and you live near by, this place is great. Otherwise, go elsewhere because chances are they don’t want you here either.

First of all, where the hell IS Lyons?
The middle of nowhere, that’s where. For the love of god, the name of the neighboring town is Stickney. What good can happen in a place called Stickney??? Probably very little.
Well, the only reason I landed in Lyons was to hang out with my friend for her birthday. God, that’s love. Because this place was a bit on the frightening side. It was like cosmic bowling with the Big Lebowski and the Latin cast of High School Musical.
The beers were cheap and Betty, the bartender who very closely resembled Sophia on the Golden Girls, was very quick and efficient. Spry old lady, that Betty!
Skip the nasty nachos unless you’re already drunk.
Affordable prices, but not worth
A. the drive to Lyons
B. dealing with high school date night on a Friday, as I’m fairly certain there is nowhere else to go. In Lyons.