Don Carter’s All Star Lanes

We arrive around 11:30P.
We we’re greeted by Austin at the front desk for our lane and shoe rental.
Around 11:25 I approached Austin at the front desk to order another half hour of bowling for our party. Austin was never anything short of accommodating.
We had last call at 12 PM just like everyone else, and settled our drink tabs.
Around 12:25 I renewed our lane for another half hour to reach closing time of near 1AM.
Around 12:40, our lane was shut down. We were not being obnoxious, we were not being rowdy, we were proclaimed to have violated the drinks past «the line» multiple times.
Shortly before being cut off, Justin came to see oif we had any balls on our lane we weren’t using. Proactively we inquired if there was a preset boundary we were not to cross with our drinks.
Shortly thereafter we were cutoff with BRPD ready to back up any «confrontation» staff incurred trying to exit their position as quickly as possible before 1AM.
As someone who works as the clock designates I understand trying to leave as quickly as possible, but when a patron pays for time, and is unjustly cut short, it is unacceptable to point errant fingers without ability to back it up, costing patrons money.
The night manager, a woman, was completely unapologetic and claimed to have «warned» our party multiple, numerous times, without any proof of who warned us, or when.
It is one thing to be justly warned and cut off, and it is a completely separate thing to be cut off without warning using BRPD as a crutch to close early when you don’t want to stay late.
I do not intend to return.

Great place for the family! We did the family bowl package which was 2hrs of bowling, popcorn, pitcher of soda and free shoes all for $ 48. We also ordered the nachos which weren’t much to brag about (chips and nacho cheese, jalapeños upon request) but the chips were fresh not stale. The staff were nice and helpful. We will return and recommend them to anyone wanting to bowl, have a drink, enjoy the arcade or shoot some pool.

I’ve never been here. Furthermore, I don’t even live in Baton Rouge. I live in California.
So why, may I ask, am I on their email list?!
They have been emailing me since 2010, and I have unsubscribed many times for the past few years, but they put me back on their list. I even have email receipts dating back to 2011 asking them to remove me. WHY?!
This is weird and creepy.

This place is solid! It’s clean (especially them bathrooms, thankfully), 64 bowling lanes, an arcade, a bar that is separated from the family-​friendly atmosphere and one heck of an awesome party staff. I have managed to plant myself here during rainy days — one time for a leisure day of bowling with friends and another was to attend a birthday party (my daughter’s friend). It was amazing! Are you apprehensive about renting bowling shoes? Well, we’re in the same boat! I even bring a second pair of socks, so I can change right out of the ones I wore during bowling. The shoes here are in good condition and seem like very high quality. Birthday parties here are super fun and have a well-​managed party staff. My daughter arrived for a party; a party host took her shoe size and brought her bowling shoes, so we completely bypassed the counter altogether. We had a designated lane for our party, snacks and party punch were readily available. Oh, and the punch dispenser was quite unique; you’ll have to see it for yourself. Beware of the popcorn; it’s extremely addicting. The pizza on the other hand is not fabulous, but they are not a pizza place; it’s not «All Star Pizza». Plus, each child received an arcade card to play some games. I am sure there are different packages for parties, but totally worth checking out! So, the next time you are bored on a rainy day, looking for a place for some work team building and/​or need a party spot, come here!

I’ve been coming here for years, use to bowl league here and just come out with friends often. The specials after 9PM Mon-​Thurs are real good and cheap. Size of the place has always been good to, it can accommodate a lot of people although sometimes the wait can be long. Reason for 3 stars is merely because of cleanliness and atmosphere, desperate remodel needed. When you look at the vents on the ceiling they all are displeasing to look at, some of the ceiling tiles above the lanes are buckled, and above all just really outdated. Still doesn’t stop me from coming at all though.

Took my boys and my boyfriends nephew here to bowl and we had fun. This place is big and has a nice size arcade indoor. They have reasonable prices and specials different days of the week. We bowled for two hours had lunch and play some games under $ 80 bucks. The staff is very polite. The building is very very old and needs a remodel, but other than that we had a great time.

Great for the league bowler or just out for a night of fun! This trip was practice practice practice! Nice food and drink menu that is served up with a smile! Oh, they do birthday parties, also!

Fun for the whole family. I recently treated the family to a night of bowling and had a terrific time.

Went here to play mini golf with the family. It’s a new course, it was a beautiful night and not too crowded. The course was fun and well designed. They had music playing which was appropriate volume and selection I thought. The guy let us play more than one game which was cool. We will be back to play again.
Now after the golf we went inside the bowling alley for a pitcher of coke and a sandwich. The service was painfully slow. But the prices were ok. We went to play some video games and the air hockey table did not play well. Puck was sticking. The whole area seemed dirty. So we left. My 4 ur old wanted to bowl though so I’m sure we will be back another day.

Nice clean bowling alley. We were hear for High School State finals. Snack bar was good & had a nice staff. Game room also.

Let me start off by saying that this place has been here as long as I can remember! It used to be dingy. Smoke everywhere, people bringing play pens in and bowling with their babies til 4 am! It’s now a lot different. I just had my 8 y/​o sons birthday party there. You get a host, tokens, favor, food, hour bowling time etc. It was one of the cheapest parties I’ve ever thrown and it was great! They do galactic from I believe 1 – 4 on Sundays so families can avoid the weekend night crowd. I would totally check it out if you’re a young couple with kids looking for something fun to do, or any age for that matter!

Check out their website for daily specials. Thursday night is Ladies night — after 9pm, $ 1 draft beer & ladies bowl free, shoes not included. Its a steal! Very fun with an insane number of lanes. And they stay open late, til 1AM. Skip the bars; go bowling.

If you wanna go bowling in baton rouge wait until Tues. night, get a coupon off the website and come here with a group of friends. Tues night it is $ 10 all you can bowl including shoes. With the coupon it is $ 8 per person. GREAT DEAL. Each bowler needs a coupon.
The minus of the stars is that my shuggie’s phone got stolen while we were there. Protect your valuables. Ask for a locker.

Robert R is crazy. This place has 8 beers on tap and 10 flat screens in the bar. Over 30 Arcade Games. Everything looks new. The Snack Bar is not your regular Bowling Alley Menu as its incredible. Best place in Baton Rouge for Kids Parties. The Web Site has coupons and so much more.
check it out

If I never go back to don carter, it’ll be too soon. I don’t think anything could lure me into this place again. The whole place looks filthy filthy filthy. The lanes look old and smudged, the balls are grimy, the carpet is stained up like they bought it used from a strip club. They’ve got the standard bowling alley setup — shoe rental and paying for lanes when you walk in, food court and arcade a little further down, and a tiny bar. Being the booze hound that I am, the bar was my first destination. Never again. The bartender couldn’t remember what beers he had on tap (there were a whopping 3 types), and when I finally did get a cup of it from him he couldn’t remember the price, then wound up overcharging me. The beer was watered down, trust me on that one. I’ve drank enough beer to know when it’s more watery than it should be, and this swill was more water than anything. Leaving the bar and getting to the lanes, the place doesn’t get much better. The patrons are loud and obnoxious, and management does nothing to keep them in order. This also isn’t the kind of place you want to be leaving alone at night. The alley and the area immediately surrounding it are filled with really sketchy looking people that definitely have potential to be future murderers or rapists. I’m generally carrying so this isn’t such a big deal for me, but I think some of the less prepared citizens of baton rouge should show great caution when coming here.

When it’s past dinner time and a movie won’t cut it, the next night time activity for the under-​18 crowd, would be bowling. As I understand it, Don Carter’s is the place to be for any bowling in Baton Rouge. From the looks of it, the locals are right as this place is bustling with people left and right and is spacious enough to accommodate all of them.
There are many lanes here and the place is sprawling with young people and families. The facility is clean and the bathrooms are surprisingly nice. Bowling experts should consider bringing their own bowling balls, since the house balls aren’t all that great. Using the scoring marker system isn’t difficult and the staff is helpful.
It’s not all bowling here though, they do have a snack bar and plenty of tables for those who just want to watch and eat (and there were plenty of those people). This might be the only bowling alley I’ve ever heard of that caters Cajun food, like red beans & rice and jambalaya. I also noticed they have a pretty mean arcade as well, but this place wouldn’t be a complete bowling alley without one.
The prices might be high for Baton Rouge, but they’re not expensive compared to where I’ve bowled. $ 3.50 a game or $ 17 – 20 an hour seems reasonable enough for me. If for some reason this is too much, consider downloading the coupons from the website to make the experience even cheaper. There is also a $ 3.50 fee for shoe rental, but I’ve been fortunate to get that fee waived each time.
Be it a corporate event or a kid’s birthday party, it’s safe to say Don Carter’s is the go-​to spot for all things bowling. They close at 1AM each night and 2AM on the weekends.