Knijn Restaurant en Bowling

Service is not good, they never pay attention to the table and didn’t even ask about dessert. staff is not helpful — I’m allergic to shrimp and asked for separate plate and just got told no. There is smoke everywhere so you end up smelling plus your eyes hurt. Food was not great and really would not recommend!

Came for drinks and bowling. Fun place! Nice selection of beers for the few they carry, and cheap! The croquette plate was DELICIOUS — cheese, marinaded chicken, beef, bitterballen, peanuts, and blocks of cheese. And seating was nice, both while bowling and if you’re waiting for a lane to open.
Serve yourself rental shoes — make sure you spray them! :)
Also around 11pm (at least on Fridays) they dim the lights and start playing dance music in the bowling hall ;)

Bowling in Amsterdam had been on my to-​do list for… umm… four years now, and I’m proud to say I finally had my first bowling experience over the weekend. We tried to go on Christmas Day and they were totally full, so we booked for the following day. You check your coat (supposedly mandatory — but also one euro per item — but I saw lots of people inside with their coats), go to the desk to find our your lane assignment and pay (34 euros or so for an hour and a half), and then get your shoes before going inside. Unlike in the US where they have the shoes behind a counter, here they are self-​service in cubbies. Have I ever mentioned before that Amsterdam has low hygiene standards (cats in cafes and restaurants, serving breads and cakes with bare hands, etc.)? Well, those low standards hold here too — you wear the shoes, put them back, and then someone else grabs them. NO CLEANING! Gross.
Anyways, once inside we waited not so patiently for the people in our lane to move. The good thing is there are automatic timers on each lane and the scoring systems shuts down when your time is up. The bad thing is that doesn’t mean people clear out quickly. But after this delay we got some drinks and the bowling was on. Good balls, good lanes, good music, good atmosphere. At 7:30 they turned the lights on which I did not understand — it was much nicer with the lights out. Anyways, you can order a drink and they will bring it to your lane which I think is great. They were fairly attentive with cleaning up empty glasses, etc. Not so attentive with wiping counters. But for how busy they were I think they kept it together pretty well. Overall a fun time.

Bowling alleys in the U.S. (at least ones we’ve been to) seem to look run-​down and not very lively. This place was hoppin’! The music was fun, the bartenders were great and everything looked well-​maintained. We were with a group who pre-​arranged snacks while bowling, and even they were good! Bartenders came by our lanes about half-​way through our time and checked to see if there was anything we needed. What great service! Can’t wait to go back!

This is the venue for our monthly bowling event, with a group of friends we get a couple of lanes, and just have fun!
The lanes are pretty OK, and it seems like the maintenance is good too (we noticed some funky behavior on some lanes, which was fixed next time around). I’d say the balls the have are good for beginners, but don’t expect to do any fancy stuff… they only seem to want to go straight :) (really. gutter balls are your own fault!)
Since this is also a restaurant, you can actually get some decent food at the lanes too, ranging from «bitterballen» to a decent burger.
The disco bowling (from 10pm) looks very fun, they kill the lights, pump up the volume… I guess it kills your scores though :)
All in all, a good place to bowl!

Went bowling for a work outing. We stopped in at the restaurant first. A pre arranged meal was set up with soup, sandwich makings and some Dutch finger foods. It was all OK and they made sure there was plenty of it.
Then we hit the lanes. The automatic scoring makes bowling very easy and since you don’t have to do the math, you can enjoy the beers! Every once in awhile the automatic pin setters would knock down the pins between the first and second ball, but that just meant you got an automatic spare!
Nice place to grab a bite and bowl a few games for sure. Will have to return for some of their «Discobowlen»!

No 3G signal for Vodafone users, kill me. But despite that, very nice bowling alley, beer for 2.50, I had the highest score. So it’s cool!