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Riverside Bowl, Andover
Riverside bowl is a bowling alley, arcade and glow in the dark golf centre.
They have 8 lanes of ten pin bowling, various arcade games and 10 crazy golf holes based around the world (London, New York, China etc).
They also have function rooms and a bar/diner.
Tips
Riverside bowl is on the high street in Andover, next to Wilko. You have to go up 3-4 flights of stairs but there is a lift if you struggle with stairs (wheelchair/pushchair etc).
Food
There is a 90’s style diner and bar serving freshly prepared burgers/hot dogs and chips.
Food was as you’d expect in this sort of venue; not haute cuisine but edible and presented in a fun way (in baskets).
They also have an extensive milkshake menu (chocolate, butterscotch, jelly baby and caramel to name a few). I’ve given up chocolate for Lent so I went for butterscotch and it was very nice
Facilities
Male/female and disabled toilets available. Clean and perfectly usable. I didn’t use them but hubby did and said they had hot and cold running water and were perfectly adequate.
Parking
There is no specific parking for Riverside. We parked in the Chantry Shopping centre as we had a meander through Andover before going to the venue as we were early.
Parking is charged Mon-Sat up to 4pm and is free on a Sunday. This is probably the next place to park for Riverside as it is a 3 minute walk from the car park.
Prices
We paid £15.50 for three of us (2 adults, one child) to play golf. We paid £25 to eat burger and chips each (child meal was £5.50 and included a drink). My milkshake was £3.20 and probably about same size as a cooler drink from Costa/Starbucks).
We also paid £17 for a game of bowling – we haven’t done this for a long time so not sure if this is average price or not.
Rating out of 5
I would give it 3.5 out of 5. It was nice enough but for what it is I thought the price was a little bit steep.
The bowling lane broke down while we were on it and we had to be moved. The golf I was a little disappointed in as the way the holes are set up, it’s pretty impossible to get a hole in one. You have to get the ball through a structure and it has quite a slope to get up.
I think the next hole we played was done in four or five shots and this was hubby who is a dab hand compared to me and LO.
We also had a family behind us in the golf who let their son start playing while we were still on the hole.
There is no staff actively monitoring this section (there are CCTV cameras).
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