25th Lane Lounge - McAllen

We were prepared and made a reservation ahead of time. We came in, it was easy to get our shoes and lane. We played 2 games of bowling. Only complaint is the bumpers are only for people of a certain height (my sister is 11 but was too tall for them). I appreciate how you can add a photo for each player. I noticed that when people finished their game an employee would come and clean all the chairs, table and screen. We didn't buy any food but the group next to us had a fat order nachos that looked appetizing. Overall, clean and good energy.

I'm considering coming here just for the food. The mushroom Swiss burger and the crispy garlic fries were delicious. My friends had the hot dogs and they liked it too. Service was quick, but there's still lots to do if you need to wait a bit for your lane. They have the option of your food being brought to you or having a buzzer and getting it yourself when you're ready. Staff were all nice and explained things well. Take advantage of making a reservation online if you don't want to wait to start bowling. No glitches at all, but if you needed to reset the pins it was a quick push of a button. Our friend needed a smaller ball, and it was easy to find. BATHROOMS WERE SO CLEAN, I was surprised. There was a good amount of people, expected for a Friday night but the vibes were great. Great music over all, just didn't care for the smoke machine imo lol . 10/10

If I could rate this place a zero, I would. Staff was incredibly rude and condescending. Ruined my birthday experience. AND I was charged incorrectly and was refused a refund.

Out of the 2 places to bowl in the valley this is the one to go to....place is fairly clean and looks like it's been renovated within the last couple years. Been going the last couple months and haven't really even had the lanes malfunction. Can get busy at times but I usually go early afternoon so no issues there.

Horrible place with rude staff. My family and I went to bowl here, and the lanes were malfunctioning. The pins weren 't resetting, we were given scores when we haven 't even bowled yet, and it was fouling us when we weren 't anywhere near the lanes yet (we were by the tables). We told the employees the issue, and they sent a guy named Oracio to keep an eye on us. Well, when it was my brother 's turn to bowl, Oracio came straight to my brother and snatched the ball out of his hands and told him he can 't bowl with a girls ball. We all stared at each other in shock that this grown man walked up to a little kid and did that to him. Then he started laughing and mocking him for using a girl 's ball . He made my little brother feel horrible and ruined his day. A couple weeks later, we decided to give this place another try. We didn 't want to give up on it just because of one bad employee. Well, we were so wrong. The staff was just as rude, and the worst part is we paid for our shoe rentals and games, and we were kicked out on our first game mid-game because they had a bowling league event about to start. This time, the employee that was just horrible was Joshua. When I asked for a phone number to contact someone for complaints, they said there is no number, and that it 's a family owned business. There is no one to report this to. We ended up filing a dispute on our cards because they didn 't want to give us a refund. Last week we went to IncrediBowl in Mission, and even though its not as nice as Flamingo Bowl, its 1000% better. The employees are so much nicer, better environment, when we had problems with pins getting stuck, the employees were so kind, and we weren 't belittled for the bowling balls we wanted to bowl with. Stay away from Flamingo Bowl.