Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl and Grill

This was my first visit. Participated in a USO Armed Forces bowling event. The bowling center is very cool to look at, aquarium themed, fun for the younger ones. The food is pretty good. I'm a league bowler. Didn't enjoy myself as far as the bowling goes. The lanes are very dry. The ball returns have ocean animals that cover them and they spill out into the approach, so I couldn't move left like I normally would. It's a fun center for birthday parties, the kiddos will have fun, but if your a serious bowler I recommend using your plastic ball and play straight down the 5 board.

Good family fun! We went on a Tuesday night using a Groupon that ended up being a good deal for the 4 of us. The staff greeted us at the entry and checked on us several times during our hour of play. My order of nachos was served hot pretty soon after we started bowling. The place seemed clean and the under sea vibe was fun. It was nice that the bumpers were programmed to go up for the kids and down for the adults.

We tried to go before on a busy Sunday night, and they were all booked up. No call in reservations, so you have to show up to find out how busy it is. For that reason, I recommend going on a weeknight.

The bowling alley restaurant was great, had the alligator appetizer and wild boar burger. Service was good too. Good kids bowling alley but not a great adult alley. It is small, had a 3 hour wait for our lane and we had 3 different equipment issues. Could use some maintenance.

Food was surprisingly good. Bowling was fun. The only reason for 3 stars is poor staffing. There were lanes unoccupied but they still put us on a waiting list when it's first come first serve. Then they never actually called me for our lane - after 1 hour! I went up to the desk and they gave me a lane the second time around. Still there were open lanes and they were putting people on a list. Doug was signing people in at the desk and was painfully slow, like 10 minutes per group - that's losing business. He also charged for an extra pair of shoes we didn't need even after I mentioned it. I wasn't willing to wait again for the money back so I just left. You also don't need the staff to sign in your names, that's a waste of time and what the lane computer is for. Fix the staffing and it would be 5 stars.

Not what I expected. We ate in the dining area adjacent to the bowling alley. We were the only ones there for a good portion of the time. The decor consisted mostly of fish models hanging from the ceiling, but I was expecting the fish tank decor that is in the bowling alley. There was just one wait staff handling both areas, so service was somewhat slow. I ordered the crab cake sandwich with onion rings. The crab cake was supposedly house made, but had lots of filler and not much evidence of crab. It was dry as there was no tartar sauce or other sauce on it. Tartar sauce was brought when I asked for it. The onion rings were very good. One person ordered the crab-stuffed mushrooms - 5 mushroom caps served on some cheesy sauce. She said they were good, but the one small piece of toast that came with it was so dry and hard, she couldn't eat it. She asked for more bread and it came as 2 lightly toasted and buttered slices - larger and eatable. Another person ordered the clam chowder a which she said was very good, but the lettuce in the nice-size house salad was in pieces too large to handle easily.