AMF Shrader Lanes

We just went to play pool. Fine for that I guess. Bar chic was the bomb. She made some killer drinks! The place was a bit dirty. Wish they did a better job of picking up plates and used glasses from pool area. The food was nasty. I should have eaten before I left home. Chicken way over cooked. The people were super nice though.

This is a great bowling center. We got a little angry because we had a birthday party at 12, and they OPENED at 12, so we could not go inside to set up, but once we were inside, we had a great time. We ate cheese pizza and cake, and then put on our bowling shoes and played a couple of rounds. This is a good place to come to.

I started bowling on my mother’s church league last fall, and every week its been nothing but issues. The lanes keep screwing up. Balls don’t return, pins are missing from the re-​racks, and it takes forever for a tech to come by.
The food service is the worst. The first time I ordered a bacon cheeseburger and fries. What arrived, while I was bowling, was a grilled chicken sandwich. How does that mistake happen? Then I had to wait 15 minutes for a server to come around and address the issue. I ended up asking the server to switch the items on the check since the chicken was $ 3 cheaper. I was charged for the burger. The next time I ordered the BCT, which is a grilled cheese with tomato and bacon. What arrived was a grilled cheese.
Most recently, I ordered the chicken tender appetizer and a crispy chicken wrap. It took over 20 minutes for the chicken tenders to arrive. What came were two 2-​inch pieces of chicken. How does that even pass a server’s judgement? That was sent back after waiting 10 minutes for a server. Ten minutes later my wrap comes. And 25 minutes after the chicken tenders were sent back they came out.
This. Is. Unacceptable.

We wanted to have our son’s birthday party here, but needed to be able to bring some of our own food in because he has serious food allergies. The manager was unpleasant and ubhelpful. He said that even if we could bring in outside food, which we cannot, it would have to be from their approved vendor list. No, thanks.

You can’t beat a game of bowling for $ 2! Starting at 8pm on Tuesdays you can have the time of your life without putting a dent in your wallet. The atmosphere was great, once they dimmed the lights for cosmo bowl and played better music around 930 – 10 o’clock. Will definitely be back again.

Took out 3 year old for his first bowling experience. Very friendly, very clean, fun and spacious, special dinosaur tails kids can roll their balls down the lane on… Very much exceeded expectations.

Came here on monday night for food service appreciation night and they have definitely died down since they have been cracking down on underage drinking which is very respectable on their part because it used to be crazy packed. Not worth losing your ABC license over. They now check ID at the door. The service is friendly and the music selection is mixed. The food is decent for a bowling alley. Free bowling on monday nights for food service industry, but i only go to play pool which is A OK with me.

Good times. The company I work for has a league here and its always fun. The waiters and waitresses are nice and always talkative.

This bowling alley is hidden in the west end. I have lived here for years and never knew it was there. It looks old from the outside but inside is nice. Has all the bright litmup lanes and music blaring inside. There are servers who come around every now and then asking if you want anything yet. (Kinda annoying when you dont want anything)
This place wasnt packed on a saturday afternoon, I suspect its because everyone isnt aware its back there.
I will have to come back another day and see how it goes. Overall, its a nice little fun place for family.

This place is so-​so. Fairly expensive for boing but for someone who bowls every once in a while, it isn’t bad.
I mainly go for their billiard which is about $ 15.00 an hour. Just keep in mind that they do a lot of leagues at this one so it may be wise to give them a call and see what is available.
As far as the facility goes, it’s a pretty decent facility. Plenty of lanes and space though again, they do a lot of leagues. I tried coming here on a weekend afternoon with my nieces and nephews and they had no lanes open… which I wasn’t very fond of since it was the weekend and that’s when they SHOULD have lanes open.

Had my husband’s Big Lebowski-​themed birthday party here, and a great time was had by all. On this particular night, Shrader Lanes was running a deal $ 16 per person would get you 2 hours of unlimited bowling and shoe rental.
Overall, it is is a nice clean place with attentive desk and wait staff. On our next bowling outing, we would definitely come back here.

Where to start… Totally disorganized and crappily managed, even for a bowling alley. Even tho there was no one there they made us pay individually rather than by lanes and then cram up to 8 in a lane.
The staff almost had an aneurysm when we explained that we would only be bowling 4 to a lane, and given that there were prolly 30 open lanes at the time the time it took to convince them open another lane, it made the entire experience rude and awkward. Not a bad facility (fairly modern by bowling alley standards) and food wasn’t terrible but half the order never arrived and the person we asked to check on it disappeared.
Over priced and crappy people running the counter, too many other decent options in Richmond.

meh

Wow! My wife and I were super surprised at how nice this facility was inside! We went on a Sunday afternoon; it wasn’t crowded, the employees were really friendly/​helpful/​engaging, and the facility was modern and nice!
We will definitely return to this particular AMF for bowling!

Very fun place to spend a weekend afternoon, kid friendly. Also a great place to checkout for fundraising!

Came here for a New Year’s Eve «Soul Bowl» event where $ 25 got you shoe rental, lanes for 90 minutes (or all night if no one was waiting, which was the case for us), hats and noisemakers (that we didn’t get ’cause they ran out), a DJ, cards (spades), pool tables and a soul food buffet of fried chicken, seafood salad, macaroni and cheese, lima bean/​corn medley and a roll. Basically the only thing we had to pay for was our alcohol and any additional food we wanted from the concession stand. Since we bowled ’til 2 a.m., it was an especially good deal for us. The food was great. The DJ was great (R&B). The crowd was mature 30 – 40 something adults who were friendly and easy to get to know. We had a great time and would definitely come back on a regular night of Soul Bowl. While the drinks were cheap, they were definitely watered (or Vermouthed) down. I had 3 top shef (Grey Goose) martinis ($ 7.50/each), and wasn’t even buzzed when normally 3 would put me on my back. The Crown Royal and Cokes were full octane, though! My only other negative was the check-​in process. The event was supposed to start at 9:30 p.m., but they didn’t open the doors until about 10:10 p.m., so there was a cluster of people waiting at the door, which ended up bottlenecking once they did the I.D. check and ticket-​taking process. Because people were nice, patient and mature about it, it really wasn’t a problem, though. Once our tickets were taken, getting shoes and lane assignments was quick and easy.

Bowled here for a special Christmas Eve Eve (¹²⁄₂₃) event put on by the good folks at Kulture. $ 5 all you can bowl including shoes! Man, that’s a great deal, compounded by the fact that I picked up a pitcher of Miller Lite for $ 7.25. A PITCHER! Man, in my town, that’d be the price of a single beer. Their computers were hella difficult to operate, and the selection of ball sizes were pretty weak, but other than that these were great lanes with great service.