Bowl over your date with your striking ball action

Hey Bristol! Let the good times roll, with our latest hand-selected list of the best bowling locations in the city for you and your friends to enjoy. So grab your mates, plan those dates, and head to these lanes for a strikingly good time out.  

Roxy Lanes

  • Eight lanes of bowling
  • Mix of other games
  • 18+ only venue
  • Open late every day. Until 2am Fri & Sat
  • Live sports shown here

With ‘Lanes’ in the title of this venue, you know you’re in for a great time on the bowling scene! Plus, with Roxy’s stellar reputation for inner-city fun, you’re in for a cracking visit!

Of course, we’re focusing on their awesome bowling and with eight full-sized ten pin lanes, you know there’s plenty of pin-splitting, ball-spinning fun to go around. If you’re also looking for a helping of neon-inspired style to illuminate all the fun, you’ll love their fantastic mood-lit venue that will make you feel like you’re slap bang in the middle of a futuristic amusement park.

Even if you’re no Big Lebowski, there’s plenty of other amazing activities to keep you busy, including shuffleboard, beer pong and even some more unusual stuff like ice-free curling and batting cages. After all that, you’re also gonna want to check out some of their delicious food and drink options.

Activity cost: £8 – £10 pp per game

Top Tip… Check out their pizza slice and fries deal for only £5

The Lanes

  • Five vintage ten pin bowling lanes
  • Karaoke and other activities
  • Roy’s famous pizzas
  • Iconic live music venue
  • 18+ after 8pm

A staple of the Bristol bowling scene, The Lanes is a great venue to visit for a night out to remember! Test your aim against your mates with some classic bowling fun, but that’s only the beginning! The venue is also a legendary music venue and boasts weekly gigs & live music nights.

If you want to combine your bowling with some questionably ‘pitch perfect’ karaoke or simply wanna dance the night away to some of the best sounds the Bristol music scene has to offer, The Lanes is the place to be.

Their drinks packages will keep you quenched with everything from Corona to cocktails till the early hours. Or if you’re looking for a delicious bite, look no further than Roy’s famous pizzas, cooked fresh on-site to order.

Activity cost: £45 per lane for up to 6 people

Top Tip… If you walk in Thursday & Friday before 5 you can bowl for just £6

Lane7

  • Bowling + six other activities
  • Open ‘till late every night
  • Money saving packages
  • Food from Burger Theory

Lane7 Bristol is an epic venue packed full of great times! One of the bowling hotspots in Bristol, their neon decor and electric atmosphere will get you in the mood for some seriously good times.

Get your bowl on with your mates on one of Lane7’s bespoke walnut bowling lanes – the game never looked so good! Or perhaps sample a few of their other in-venue activities like beer pong, pool, shuffleboard, darts, shooting pods and even a retro arcade! No matter what the occasion, you’re bound to have a cracking time out.

This venue is home to the amazing street food vendor Burger Theory, whose menu contains a whole host of burgers and sides. To keep you quenched, Lane7 have an epic selection of drinks. If you’re looking for a boozy beverage with a difference, we’d recommend one of their signature tankers.

Activity cost: £7.50 – £9.25 pp

Top Tip… Sunday to Wednesday have 2 games of bowling for £13 pp

Hollywood Bowl - Cribbs Causeway

  • 26 ten pin bowling lanes
  • VIP bowling lanes with luxury seating
  • Large arcade
  • Located at Cribbs Causeway, near Vue

The only thing better than one Hollywood Bowl venue is most definitely two! Reckon you’re a Bristolian bowling pro? Show off your skills and score a few strikes at Hollywood Bowl Cribbs Causeway! With a wide variety of food and drinks on offer and 26 state-of-the-art lanes to choose from, it’s the perfect spot to bowl away a lazy Sunday or get rid of some mid-week stress.

For food, they’ve also got an American style diner if you fancy tucking into a burger or two, and an amusements area packed with arcade games! A pool hustler? Make sure to have a go on their pool tables with your mates and show off your skills. With a fully stocked bar, you can also enjoy a whole host of boozy beverages from cocktails to crisp on tap beers.

Activity cost: from £7.15 pp

Top Tip… Get a great deal with thier Eat, Drink and Bowl offer for just £11.50 per person

Hollywood Bowl - Longwell Green

  • 24 ten pin bowling lanes
  • VIP bowling lanes with luxury seating
  • Large arcade
  • Located at Aspects Leisure Park

Whether with family, friends or just relaxing after work, Hollywood Bowl have got you covered. With 24 lanes for your bowling pleasure, there’s plenty of space to do so! If you fancy a little more luxury, they’ve also got a designated VIP area, so you can bowl in style as you bring home that win.

Bowling is energetic fun so you’ll be needing to get fuel in those tanks. Fortunately the venue comes complete with an American themed diner. There’s plenty of delicious food and drink on offer, including burgers and hotdogs and even amazing sharer menus with tasty treats like halloumi sticks, chicken bites and more!

Activity cost: from £6.65 pp

Top Tip… Be sure to check out their 2 games and a drink deal from just £12pp

Tenpin

  • 26 ten pin bowling lanes
  • Other activities including karaoke & escape rooms
  • Regular seasonal deals & offers
  • BT & Sky Sports showing

Bowl your blues away on one of their twenty-six stellar bowling lanes. Why not try cosmic bowling, a bowling experience complete with spectacular illuminations, lasers and music for an extra-terrestrial time?

Embody your fav all-action warrior hero with a game of laser tag. Or showcase your spectacular detective skills in Houdini’s escape room. Tenpin Bristol has two karaoke rooms which can hold 10/12 guests and give you access to over 6000 epic tracks.

Food and drink? They’ve got you covered. With beers on tap, spirits and cocktails, just an ask away, they’ve got everything you need to have a great night out! Browse their well-crafted menu of instant classics such as burgers, hotdogs, hand-crafted pizzas and ice cream, or perhaps one of their mega-sharing trays to feed all your friends?

Activity cost: from £7.55 pp

Top Tip… Every Tuesday you get 50% off bowling and selected drinks!