OBX Bowling

This is the only bowling alley in OBX, and therefore:
1. On the rainy Wed when we visited, it was quite busy
2. They can also charge moderately high fees– $ 4 for each player to rent shoes, plus $ 5.75 PER PERSON PER GAME. Considering you can easily play 3 games on a rainy day, for a family of four this is an expensive outing.
Overall, our visit was very fun, and as this is the only bowling alley, we will likely visit again at some point in the future… A few things for new visitors to note:
1. We waited a long time to get checked in and set up with a lane. The same cashier checking people in was also the cashier checking people out. This led to a traffic jam at the front counter…
2. Once we got to our lane, we had a great time. The alleys lanes are pretty new, and they have some great features for kids– bumper lanes that come up for the kids and go down for adults, and dinosaurs that help little kids bowl.
3. They also had a great soundtrack going– everything from Michael Jackson and R Kelly to more current stuff… very danceable.

A rainy day retreat with the kids but greeted by a sour female attendant who had too many rules. We weren’t allowed to use more than 2 lanes for a party of 8 children. When we tried to pay separately, she would t allow it stating we were all one family and would pay together and bowl together. She was rude.
We came back here to bowl as we have in years past but will certainly think twice about this in the future. Be prepared to follow her rules if you come with children. Obviously our money and business isn’t that important to her. Every business we have visited here in the OBX has valued our business. This is the first that has made us feel unwelcome.
Clean. Modern bowling. The gentleman seemed nice who was behind the counter. We were going to bowl longer, grab some beers and eat lunch here but chose to leave after 1 game.