Hometown Lanes
994 Hudson River Rd, Mechanicville
(518) 664-0952
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Absolutely terrible people running this place, Sarah and Steve are both incredibly rude people who feel entitled being a small town business with small town connections. Most of the reviews are from locals in the bowling leagues. They don't pick up garbage littered around property, old eyesore RV always parked in lot and old barrels and tires laying around, they will hang up on you if you try to call and complain about anything and Steve has will approach you aggressively shouting when confronted about issues.
Absolutely terrible people running this place, Sarah and Steve are both incredibly rude people who feel entitled being a small town business with small town connections. Most of the reviews are from locals in the bowling leagues. They don't pick up garbage littered around property, old eyesore RV always parked in lot and old barrels and tires laying around, they will hang up on you if you try to call and complain about anything and Steve has will approach you aggressively shouting when confronted about issues.
I brought in food and i haven’t been there in years I didn’t know they were stricter about the food rules the way Sara told me I couldn’t have my food in there was rude the first time she told me I had no place to put it the second time finally just put my food in the car ughhh
Fun to bowl at food is great but you can not trust the website for time. It has been twice that we came the time that the website said it would and they said in an hour they would open. And the one woman is very rude to us
Very nice bowling alley and friendly staff.
I been bowling for a few years now, and I’m not the best bowler but I have been wanting to upgrade my ball and improve my game. Sara was instrumental in my highest series this week at bowling. She took so much time watching how I bowl, reviewing different balls, measuring my hands, measuring the ball, drilling and allowing me about 45-60 mins to practice to make sure there’s no issues. Awesome experience, I can tell she cared that I got what I wanted and stands by her work. Top shelf service
Not handicap friendly and or customer friendly charging $$$$$$ by the hour.Shoes are too wide. Needs updating. Expensive .
By far the greatest bowling alley there is. Steve and Sarah run this place, and are doing so, fantastically. So many bowling alleys have become corporate owned placed that only care about money. Steve and Sarah keep their lanes in prestine condition, and make sure their bowlers are happy. If you need to get something drilled, Sarah is the person to go to. I've had a lot of different people drill up equipment for me, and it's been alright. The first ball Sarah drilled up for me, I almost shot my first 300. I had 2 bad frames, but still the closest I've ever gotten. She will watch how you throw, look at the oil on your ball, and figure out exactly what you need, based off of that and your measurements. In the photos attached, she let me bowl the first game by myself, then coached me on how to change my throw, and games 2 and 3 were miles better. Nearly a 100 pin improvement, just from Sarah's coaching! They are cash only, which I personally love.
Never heard of a bowling alley that tells you that you’re too old for bumpers. The women behind the counter had a RBF, was snotty to customers and had sarcastic comments which made me and my friends uncomfortable. Cheap place but customer service was extremely unpleasant.
Very nice!
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Owners are very nice and friendly. Very clean center and great atmosphere. Machines are in top condition and very rarely break down. Very enjoyable place.
Great Place close to home!
They had very good lanes but there pins felt a little bit heavy then other lanes but they have good food and drinks there
What an amazing place. Glad we went. I live in CP and we usually go to spare time bowling. However, they were booked and it was approximately an hour and a half wait for a lane. We googled the next closest bowling alley and hometown lanes came up. We called, they had availability. We went and it was a great experience. The young lady that checked us in also took our food and drink orders and cleaned tables and seemed to do everything. She was awesome and came back to check on us frequently to refill drinks etc etc. She was the only one working the floor it seemed. The place was pretty busy and she did a great job. Not sure what her name is . Very short boyish hair cut very slim and very personable. I will be visiting again and using this place as my first choice for bowling.
Okay so today is Friday, 8/27/21, I called hometown lanes yesterday the 26th, like the website directed to do, and the lady that I spoke to said to just come. I asked if I should reserve two lanes and she said no, it’ll be fine to just come. So I got all my kids ready, they got all excited and we get to the bowling alley and they had zero lanes due to a “meeting” and had to turn us away. The look on my kids faces when we had to leave was so sad. I told the guy that I spoke with a woman the day before and she said to just come and he said “I don’t know why she would say that. She knew we had this meet all night.” We didn’t want to travel out of our way just to bowl and spare time was also booked. If they have nights where they have bowling meets and knew they wouldn’t have any lanes open that should be posted on their website or mark their establishment as closed to public due to a prior engagement. Highly disappointed, we were looking forward to spending our evening here..
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