Westside Bowling Lanes

Westside Bowling Lanes

Reviews Summary

The bowling alley receives mixed reviews, with many praising its family-friendly atmosphere, good food, and helpful staff (especially for parties). However, frequent complaints include malfunctioning lanes and arcade games, inconsistent service (some staff are rude or unprofessional), and high prices. Several negative reviews mention racial discrimination and poor treatment of customers. While some find it a fun, clean, and affordable option, others report frustrating experiences with wait times, broken equipment, and subpar food quality. Overall, it’s seen as a decent spot with potential but suffers from reliability and customer service issues.

About This Listing

Has Arcade Cabinets
Has Food
Good for kids
Wheelchair Accessible

Who Can Play?

Most arcades welcome all ages (some may have age restrictions for certain games)
Minors may need parent/guardian supervision (policies vary by location)
No gaming experience required - games range from beginner to expert level
Comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes recommended for safety
Valid ID may be required for certain attractions or age verification
Groups and parties welcome (advance booking may be required)

*Note: Age restrictions and policies may vary by arcade. Check with your local facility for specifics.*

First-Time Visitors

First-time visitors may need to sign a waiver or register for a game card. Staff are typically available to help explain games and provide tutorials. Some arcades offer newcomer specials or free play sessions to help you get started.

Common Restrictions:

Age-Based Some games may have height or age requirements for safety reasons
Capacity Popular games may have wait times during peak hours

*Note: Policies vary by arcade. Confirm with your local facility.*

What to Bring

Cash or card for tokens/credits (some arcades are cashless)
Valid ID for age verification or membership signup
Phone to capture high scores and memories (check photo policies)

*Note: Payment methods and requirements may differ by arcade.*

Preparing for Your Visit

Check arcade hours and peak times online before visiting
Eat beforehand or check if the arcade has food options
Bring friends for multiplayer games and competitions
Wear comfortable clothes you can move freely in
Avoid bringing valuable items that could be lost or damaged
Check for special events, tournaments, or discount days
Set a budget for games and stick to it
Stay hydrated, especially during long gaming sessions

*Note: Tips may vary by arcade type and location.*

How to Get Started

Most arcades accept walk-ins, but call ahead during busy periods or for large groups. Check for membership deals!

Other Helpful Info

Most visits last 1-3 hours depending on games and group size
Popular games may have longer wait times during weekends and evenings
Many arcades offer unlimited play packages or time-based pricing
Some locations host tournaments and special events regularly
Prize redemption available at many arcades - save your tickets!

*Note: Policies, pricing, and features differ by arcade. Contact your local facility for details.*

Features

Has Arcade Cabinets
Has Food
Good for kids
Wheelchair Accessible

Contact Information

Address

3715 Westbank Expy

Harvey, Louisiana 70058

Hours

Monday 11AM-12AM
Tuesday 11AM-12AM
Wednesday 11AM-12AM
Thursday 11AM-12AM
Friday 11AM-12AM
Saturday 11AM-12AM
Sunday 1-8PM

Customer Reviews

Well maintained lanes with a very friendly and helpful staff. They have found that delivered to your lane and a full bar which is really nice. I started bowling here as part of a bowling league and I have really been enjoying my experience thus far.

I gave my boyfriend a birthday party and we had an amazing time!! The food and atmosphere were great!! I highly recommend! Theresa and the other staff were very friendly and helpful!

It was my son and Fiance Gender Reveal to find out what they was having! It was right place with bowling, arcade games, food, and music! I like the way they did reveal with bowling pin if girl it pink or it boy blue! It was so much fun everyone had great time! I would have another party there!

The 2 young ladies that work at the bowling booth made my son cry I caught one telling my baby to ?shut up & be still? im so hurt, they were so rude & mean! They charged me & my husband gratuity on our food & drinks & we were only 2 ppl plus my toddler son? I can understand if we were a group bowling but it was only 3 ppl! Yeah, I'll never come here again!! Treat ur customers with respect if nothing else!! Food was overpriced & disgusting, honest truth

We came in an hour before closing time and they were also rude and grumpy. I have no idea why they're also grumpy if you wanna leave early might as well just change your hours.

I called a week in advance about bowling on Christmas Eve was told they'll be open till 6pm only to arrive at 4pm to be told they're closed. Waste of gas, travel & time.

Dirty as hell, arcade machines are where covid started, my sons hands were black from playing the machines. The building had a mildew smell to it and the staff while friendly surely aren't cleaning anything in building. We also saw a roach on one of the dining table.

A whites only establishment. You can feel the atmosphere walking through the door. An employee looked my family and I over and kept walking but greeted the white couple behind us. We were informed there were no open lanes when the place was nearly empty. Wouldn't recommend to anyone of color to go there.

Great staff , great time we went on a field trip with my son and everyone was supper nice and very helpful. I came late so a very sweet girl I think her name was destiny was very helpful!!!! Would recommend this place to everyone and we will be returning!

We had a great time! The arcade, food, and bowling was very affordable. We will for sure be back!!

Very nice, prices are reasonable, best bowling alley food I ever had, bar and grill quality.

The place is old half the stuff doesn't work and everything is over priced I'm surprised this is still ioen at all it sucks waste of time and money

We love bringing our family here. The staff are always nice and helpful, and we love to bowl.

Good experience, good atmosphere the facility was clean great place to take the whole family just go early if you wait too late it could take an hour before you get the lane.

Fun place to take your family and have a good time, some friendly challenges and laughs ??

Came here for a kid's birthday party. My 7 year old had a blast. The food was good enough for the venue (my picky kid said, "this pizza is pretty good"). I just wish the place was a lil bigger, with more lanes.

Awesome bowling ally? there's an arcade, bar, food, odd size house balls and cheap shoe rentals! Will definitely be back(:

Came here for a birthday party. DO NOT BOOK A BIRTHDAY PARTY HERE. There's literally zero service. They were 20 minutes late of getting anything set up to play for the party. The lanes are all warped. The balls don't go straight. The sensors are broken. The scoring system doesn't register the fallen pins accurately. It's pretty trashy inside.

Fun family bowling alley. The food is also good. Prices are reasonable. We will be back!

This place is a wonderful family night activity with arcade games, bowling area and much more all at reasonable prices. The staff is friendly and knows how to give help when needed.

So glad to have a bowling alley back on the West Bank for kids and adults. Also' a special treat when the TRICKs Band plays.

Horrible Buffalo wings and quesadillas. none of the arcade games worked properly . Kept having to go to the desk bc of the games not working, after the third time we gave up and left.

I came here with a group of student and Teresa and Claire did the absolute most to take care of us. They were great with the kids and took a genuine interest in their well being and experience of the field trip. They set everything up seamlessly and made sure food was taken care of carefully. I can't say enough about their attention to detail and care. Thank you for ensuring our kids had a wonderful experience. Highly recommend this venue for others. Thanks again.

It's a great place to be especially during the pandemic.

Great time bowling. Clean and family friendly establishment.

Great place for good food and fun. The kids loved the arcade room...everything works and is in great condition. We enjoyed it.

It nice spot to bowl but pin return is slow ?? causes me to waste time.

Always a great time, the staff is super helpful and friendly. Food is great, definitely a nice family friendly place.

My students had a field trip here and I didn't regret a single minute. Teresa made all 49 of our third graders feel loved and somehow the staff made the experience wonderful. Will be back at some point and will recommend to everyone!

We had my Mom's surprise 60th birthday party here, in the front party room. They truly exceeded all my expectations! From day 1, Theresa, the manager, was so great with all of my gazillion questions. On the day of the party, I expected I would get there and be there a few hours getting everything set up feom scratch. Nope! They had everything set up and Theresa stayed with me most of the time to show me everything, helped me unload my vehicle and all! She helped us decorate and at one point, she was h

Place is awesome , we had so much fun. It is great to you and they actually have a really good Asian menu. Drinks were priced well and overall we will deff go back

Great atmosphere, great food. Bowling shoes are really worn out and need to be replaced. A lot of Games in the arcade area do not work and money has to constantly be refunded to card. Employees refund at front desk without a hassle.

I'm a little frustrated because my daughter and a few friends decided they wanted to go bowling. They went to Westside Lanes on a Friday evening, and it was understandably crowded. She and her friends asked it they could be placed on a waiting list but were rudely told "NO" (that's not an option) by the attendant behind the counter. My daughter and her friends then decided to leave to grab a bite to eat at a nearby restaurant. Upon returning, the alley was still crowded. Again, they sought guidance from the

Very family friendly and clean. Had a blast. If you book a party, it has to be minimal 20 people, or call soon as they open.

This is the coolest spot that I have been bowling in a long time! The food and drinks are really good. The lanes were perfect.

Bar area was great for my friend's birthday

Good lanes for those who take it seriously. I've been twice, but I only noticed the floors and approach was a little sticky. Great food.

Overall it was a great experience the food menu could have been better they could add hot wings

We had a birthday party, and the attendees behind the desk were very unprofessional. The bowling lane kept malfunctioning. We had to keep going to the desk to have the attendants reset it. Well, after so many times of complaining, we were finally moved to different lanes. This could have been a much pleasant experience. The food was great ???? ?? ?? ?? ??.

Long story short - since they don't take reservations, ask if they have a wait list and ask to be on it. If you go in and add your name to the wait list you will be skipped by the people who called. Other than that, good was good.

The lady tried to charge us for 4 extra students because she miscounted. When she started counting over, they took the balls from the kids! They had nothing to do with business, so we will not return. She didn't even apologize.

1st time here..was for a benefit for PPSO. Officer in need of medical expense help. Was honored to just Help a tiny bit. Great turnout but much more needed. Other note of place - very fair pricing and helpful.

A friend had a kids birthday party here. It was very nice the kids had fun bowling. They served some good pizza and pasta. Nice day. I took home takeout general chicken it was very good too. Lots of food items.

Always a great time, the staff is super helpful and friendly. Food is on point and they have wait staff that takes your order and brings it to you. Nice family friendly place.

Was told they don't do reservations over the phone. Got there, put our name on the waiting list. My family and I waited close to 2hrs because we were told by the girl behind the counter that it will be 45mins-1hr. All the lanes were occupied. A group came in WAY after my family and I had been there. Looked about 12-15 people Within in 10mins, they had a lane. Confused. I asked the girl how much longer for our party, she said about 45mins-1hr because there is family ahead of us. I told her that was 2hrs ago.

It'll be nice if they can post on their site the League nights. Or maybe a sign on their door saying League night. The place looks decent I guess, why I gave it 2 stars. My family of 6 went Monday evening and was told it's League night, lanes available at 10pm. Then we went in today (Friday) a little after 5pm and AGAIN was told it's League night, lanes available at 10pm. We'll be going to Elmwood or Kenner from now on

We take the kids here regularly. It is an inexpensive outing with a medium to large families if you take advantage of the promotion running. A couple days a week you can go play with the kids and the kids are discounted.

Fun place to go bowling and spend time at. Lanes are kept clean and shiny. Electronic scoring is easy to read and unobtrusive. I haven't been bowling for a good minute and it was a bit pricey though that could have been the going rate for the metro area. Game includes shoe rental. We had fun!

FAMILY FRIENDLY FUN on the Westbank! A great option for entertainment whether as a family, a date, group of teens or a bowling league! The lanes are well-maintained and easy to use. The lane seating is very comfortable and conducive to group socializing. Though I haven't ordered any food yet, the menu looks great - more than just pizza & nachos! Really good food! The bathrooms are clean and there's an arcade area also! What's not to love?!!!!

Great job on renovations. I used to bowl here as a kid, now completely modem bowling in a retro feel.

My family a party of 10 waited 2 hours spent over $200 on food waiting just to be told we had to wait 45 more mins there were at least 5 large parties came in after us and they were all given a lane before us. The bar was nice they did their part but the staff operating running the bowling lane rental unprofessional, unfair , not a good look I'll never come back Fulton Ally would have never treated us like this

Priced a pretty high for a bowling alley that doesn't have real wooden lanes. The oil doesn't track, but it just pushes back to the end of the lane. I was there for a few hours and didn't see them oil the lanes once. Beers weren't priced as high as I thought they would be. Patrons and employees were super friendly so it made for a good experience over all.

Really nice bowling alley inside and out. The food and service was nice. There is a separate bar area within the alley that has shuffleboard. From what I could tell their "pro shop" seemed pretty well equipped for ordering/servicing/drilling balls. The lot is paved and maintained but The parking spaces are very narrow.

Saturday June 3,2017 , I meet up a group of friends to bowl celebrating a friend birthday. I'm from Arkansas and It was my first time bowling in New Orleans.This Has been by far the worst public place I've ever been to in my life. One security guard white male in particular (asked for his name but they didn't identify him nor was anyone identified. No name tag or nothing), was racist and had an attitude from jump. He cursed at us and made the policeman on duty put us out. We simply asked for our money back

I went to an event sponsored by my Mardi Gras krewe. It was a typical bowling alley, nothing spectacular or out of the norm. I ordered food and a drink, paid my money and sat down to await my order. The food was average at best. After about 30 minutes, I heard some complaints and went to check out the scene. Apparently they were OVER CHARGING us because we were with a group! This would normally be okay, but the lanes were already prepaid along with all fees, pizza and sodas. All food/drink orders were indiv

My kids and I had so much fun here, we didn't eat but the food smelled amazing (definitely getting food next time) and the game room was clean and fun, my only complaint was the balls were too heavy, there was only one ball that me and my kids could actually roll, but other than that, great experience overall, will definitely be back!

Went to the lounge part . Great band playing. Had a good time. Lots of free parking

So much fun! My party were in town for a reunion and were looking to bowl one day. We tried some place on Carrolton that had a line out the door but summer temps changed our destination and man, am I glad. As we were walking in, there was a family coming out with massive to-go containers. The food was a welcome add-on as there was a full-service Vietnamese restaurant AND a kitchen serving burgers and pizza. There was also a full bar. All that before you even get to the bowling counter and lanes. The lanes

I absolutely loved it! The atmosphere was so lovely and the food was great! The pizza is delicious. I would actually come just to eat pizza. It's a wonderful addition to the Westbank. I will be returning.

Just visited the pro shop which was closed

Got there by 10:30pm website shows it closes at 12am the workers were looking at me and my group like we were not suppose to be there even when though they closed an hour and a half early.

It was a nice clean setting. The food didn't take long. Nice family environment. The area were the tables are are bit cramped, but a fun time was had by all.

LOVE TO SERVE OLD FOOD THAT'S PRECOOKED AND DIPPED IN GREASE AFTER YOU ORDER & THERE'S 1 FOREFINGER SERVER THAT'S JUST TRULY DISGUSTED WHEN CUSTOMERS APPEAR. THIS HAPPENS TOO OFTEN!!! SOMETIMES WE WILL STOP BY JUST FOR FOOD BUT I'M GUESSING THAT I HAVE THE WRONG IDEA...

Great place to bring the family or hang out with friends. The food is not only priced reasonable but it also taste good too. The many bowling lanes and arcades make this place fun and the price you cant beat. The staff is down to earth they treat eveeyone like family and the music there is great you can pick what you want to listen to. This place is a must for everyone to check out.

My friends and I created a bowling team in one of their leagues. I told the manager, Mark, we wouldn't show up for two weeks and knew we had to pay for those missed two weeks. We've been communicating with him multiple times about our situation and he claimed he was fine with it. We show up for the third week and he told us he went ahead and replaced us on own our team because we didn't show up and that was a ?rule?. We've never been told this rule and wasn't even warned about it while we were communicating

Brought the kids in for bowling with our friends last night. Love how they wipe down and clean the entire area before they gave us our lanes. Staff are so friendly and glad it was a kid friendly environment even though it was a Saturday evening!! We'll definitely be back!

The place is okay. They had a hour left open but wouldn't let us buy another game for the lane we already had. They should let bowlers know when the last call for games will be. You lose sales/$$$ that way.

I haven't been to this place in decades since I moved out of state so when I walked in I was taken aback by how nice it looked. Great place to bowl, comfortable environment, friendly staff. I'll have to go back when the restaurant is open, Kims.

This place was fun. More fun than I expected. There were8 of us with 2 lanes. We would cheer each other on and high five when someone did well and kid back and forth. The food was ok for a bowling alley and the band was good. (Joey Thomas) Would recommend for a night out with friends.

Very clean, great atmosphere and loads of family entertainment. Bowling, arcade and food. Fast and friendly staff. Took care of all our needs. Have been here before and will continue to keep coming.

Probably my favorite bowling alley now... my boyfriend and I had the time of our life... the atmosphere was great! I also love that the bistro come to your lane and take food/drink orders...very classy and I pray it stays that way. Also when we finished bowling we enjoyed the live music/concert in the restuarant area! It was awesome. Can't wait to come back again.

My family and I were treated VERY poorly while in this establishment last week. Every year we travel from all over for our annual family reunion. While in this space, we were approached first with ridiculous dress code rules (rules that were not visible upon walking in the establishment nor described while making the reservation). We then had one of our family members asked to leave the establishment after they refused to pay for food THEY NEVER EVEN SAW. Finally while leaving a security guard (not the offi

Love Tee & the crew!

Me and my friend went here for some bowling practice for their league, and the lane kept breaking. As well there is one lane in particular that my friend warned me about which is lane 11 which is known for breaking a lot of the time but it was still really fun and we really enjoyed our time but it took forever just to get a pitcher of water that we kept having to run back in forth trading spots in line to not waste our time for bowling and although I didn't didn't get any food myself I heard that the food i

Had fun bowling with friends and their kids, and played the arcade after. Their bar has something to quench your thirst and some finger foods too. Parking slot was not a problem. Easy to find location along the highway.

I went to that place when I was young. They changed to the Vietnamese Restaurant. Then, they changed it back. Now I went there with my brother (Duong), my 2 nephews (Andrew & Lucas), my niece (Madelyn), and his friends. My mom (Nga Nguyen) or my brother (Hao) take me to do 2 games every Wednesday.

Came here for a party and the pizza was very good, even though we arrived late and the pizza was a little cold. But, I love cold pizza, too! The service was friendly and there were no issues with the lanes.

It's an average bowling alley. You can still have a good time. Although the customer service could use some work. Workers seem very unhappy working here.

Had the worst experience ever!!! Went for a friend birthday and when we brought the cake inside they told us we couldn't have it unless we paid 25$ to have it! Told us we had to use certain balls even if the other balls was to heavy to hold! Another friend tried to come and bowl and they told them all the lanes was full while the place was empty! They food was horrible and the staff had bad attitudes! We had a kid with us and fussed bc the guide slid across the line when rolled the ball!!! Please don't go s

Always fun, go early on the weekends they have A league The food is good friendly people have decent drinks.

They had to rest the pins a few times from being frozen/stuck but overall safe we're nice and we had fun

The bar is nice but the bowling lanes were full and they weren't taking any more people. So that sucked but maybe next time I'll get to bowl. But I did love the vibe there.

Loved it... The staff was wonderful and the place is beautiful, good clean fun for the whole family... I'm definitely going back...

Good fun in a family oriented environment. The food is awesome. Very budget friendly. I reccomend for family or friends night definitely.

It was awesome, I haven't been in years. My granddaughter had a blast.

Love coming here with family and friends. Great prices, a good time and good food/drinks. We will be back again and again.

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