Mel’s Lone Star Lanes

Being an avid bowler here at Mel’s, the service is great, leagues and tournaments are organized, and staff is always willing to help. People don’t understand that it does get busy and the employees can’t get to them on demand as well as being understaffed for some period of time. Regardless even being short handed they deliver outstanding service and make up for the lack of personnel by being speedy and attentive.
Food is off the charts delicious and at a reasonable price. Catering is always on point and early living up to the reputation they stand for as well as you have a seasoned Chef running the kitchen. As a foodie I highly recommend comfort food at its finest, as well as entertainment to boot.
Mel’s is a family friendly environment with a side of bar feel on the other side of the building if you want to get your drink on. Bartenders know their stuff and are quick on their feet.
All in all I love the atmosphere the owners are out here everyday greeting customers and seeing what they can do to make the experience better. It’s a family owned business and keeping it local is where it’s always at. I support them for what they bring to the Georgetown community as well as a great place just to hang out and have ample amounts of fun.

NEVER have I ever experienced such down right rude, awful staff ANYWHERE. We called and asked if there was a wait for lanes and they said no, we got here 5 minutes later and had to wait for 45 minutes for a lane. We tried to get something from the «snackbar,» there were 4 people working and it took 10 minutes to get one other customer in front of us 2 sodas, and to get us 2 sodas and a box of candy because they were more interested in playing and talking to each other.
When our name was called for a lane we walked up to the desk and they just looked at us. We told them our name and they acted like assisting us was the most inconvenient action possible. He was rude when asking shoe sizes, gave us the wrong shoe size for one of our players and then just stood there looking at us. When we asked if there was anything else he rudely said you have to pay. We have never been here and had no idea how this particular bowling alley worked, as opposed to explaining it he was short and dismissive. The person I assumed was the manager was back there and was acting the same way towards customers, completely dismissive.
We will not EVER be returing to this place. Not a single one of us enjoyed our game simply because of the way the staff treated us. I am quiet shocked that they would allow people that treat customers this way to remain employed here.

After researching many places to ball that is kid friendly for the timeframe we went, we went to the bowling alley in Bass Pro and didn’t want to wait an hour so here we went. They have a small arcade, and I mean its S-​M-​A-​L-​L which allows you/​your kid to take up some time if you have to wait. You have to purchase a card to play the games. Almost like the concept of D&B. Most of the games were broken so that sucked. My son is 11 so the games he wanted to play were in no interest of his or they weren’t functioning.
We waited for about 30 minutes. I guess everyone in Austin wanted to bowl that night. LOL If you need the side rails on you have to inform them first. Btw, if you do a Unilocal check-​in, you will receive one free pair of bowling shoe rental. They do acknowledge it so that’s awesome. If I have no other options, I will return here. It’s not bad but I would prefer somewhere closer to home or a different chilled environment. It’s like going to the bowling alley in Doral versus the one at Sunset Mall (if you been there you get it).

This bowling alley brings family fun and competitiveness to the fullest. We have been here before and had an awesome time. Played video games after bowling.
This time around it was our oldest birthday. We played for two hours and I got tired halfway through the second round. I am feeling my age I guess whether I want to or not.
The food was really great and the service was super too. We had a great waitress who kept the beers coming. I recommend the Cowboy burger because it was delicious and unique for a burger. You can’t go wrong with it trust me. You get a lot of fries with the combo meal too.
Sine we had a birthday there they helped us out because we forgot the lighter to light the candles. No worries they had that there. Plates and real folks to use I might add.
Me being an IT guy the alleys were 21^st century with touch screens at the table your alley was on. You modify the graphics, request service for food, buy another round for beer, etc. It was really cool to see that kind of technology for a bowling alley.
I would recommend for large parties to see if you can use the bar side of the bowling alley. If not party of six or bigger get two lanes.
For my active duty military and veterans guess what? They honor us here. That’s right military discount on the shoes! I love it when a establishment honors those who serve and served this great nation!

Our waitress was the only thing that I liked about this alley. She was very sweet. But half of our burger orders were wrong. Our appetizer (cheese fries) didn’t even come out to us. When our burgers came out we just canceled it. Our other appetizer, wings came out about 10 minutes after the burgers. The girl selling the shoes and lanes sold our lane before we were even done paying our tab and then told me we had plenty of warning to buy another game. No one did anything to make any of this right. The management is obviously not that great. After working in the service industry for 10 years and not bowling in about as many I will most likely never go back to this establishment.

It is located in the middle of nowhere, so this place is good to roll heavy balls, eat food, play video games and even drink a beer if you’d like.

Went once and it was fine. Had a card with points and money for my kids and took them a second time. The cashier deleted everything off my card and reset it. Management was informed and said they couldn’t «prove» anything was on it and nothing was done. Lost several «tickets» and money. They lost years of customers because my family enjoys bowling.

The food here is okay. What I really recommend is the chicken wings. I usually hate wings with the bone but this place is the exception. The wing sauce tastes real good.
What I do NOT recommend is the mixed drinks. They taste HORRIBLE. I got a margarita that tasted so gross & the sex on the beach was even worse. They need to train the bartenders or something.
The staff is a a bit friendly for the most part. They only speak when spoken to, can’t even get a welcome hello. They did upgrade their their bowling lane systems so that’s why the star rating is so high. I love the new upgrade to the systems.

I feel obligated to update my review… just went in to give them another chance after close to a year. The last time we were in, the customer service was terrible to say the least. This time, we didnt even order, as when we asked if they could put the green bay game on one of their many tvs… the little piggy behind the bar simply said no… we dont change channels. Screw you mels.. thats it. You officially suck. Anywhere else… any other town with competition and youd have gone out of business by now.

Great first time experience. Lanes and seating are pretty nice. Food and music weren’t to shabby. Facilities are clean and the arcade had all working games. Great place for family will be back.

This is a family friendly establishment but with a bar at the back if an adult wants to escape the bustle of kids running around. Service is great and the lanes are clean and ready for action. Mel’s also has a game room. My only negative comment is that place is LOUD! There is no sound proofing so the music gets tangled up with the crowd.

First if you like noise, this is your place to have a hamburger and a beer. Good thing the beer and hamburger was good. Bar area is small and close to the alleys where men and woman in colorful shirts try to improve their bowling and beer drinking skills.
I got the cheese burger that has a ring of fried cheese surrounding the burger and bun. My lovely companion who dislikes anything that tastes good had a salad. She said it was very good. Draft is cheap at happy hour and hamburger was good. Waitress was very nice and answered our questions with out making any remarks about «old people». Shuffle board tables are in good shape and are $ 6 per hour.

Worst service possible! Was a part of a large party using the meeting room and only got half of my order in an hours time. Then when I went to check on it I was told they already delivered the rest of the order. I explained that I never received it and I was asked to produce the receipt. I can not believe the incompetence and lack of organization coming from the kitchen here. I finally received the other half of my order and was not even offered an apology for the problem occurring. The worst customer service possible they even charged me for a refill on my fountain drink after all that! I also wasn’t the only one having problems with my order either. Several tables had part of their orders delivered and were waiting on the rest of their orders to arrive. Have had some fun times at Mel’s … But this was not one of them!!!

What an AMAZING place!!! Great atmosphere and service that was even better!
Whether you are looking for a great family spot or a date night, Mel’s and CJ’s is where it’s at!

Our school’s end-​of-​year party was here yesterday. The place is very well run and this is anything but a typical bowling alley.
No decaying culture or ADHD here which pleasantly surprised me. There is even a karaōke bar/​eatery on one side where adults can take refuge.
Very clean and everything works just right. The arcade games appear carefully handpicked and so actually appeals to the kids.

First and last visit here, our party of 4 had one beer a piece and after that was cut off because we were drunk … The manager or «Sheriff» (Mr. Grimes) here is an idiot, when notified by his staff with no prior interactions with us, immediately starts to accuse our party of consuming liquor prior to our arrival. He then proceeds to tell us that we are all highly intoxicated, but… he’ll sale us each one more beer. I’m all in favor of not serving to intoxicated individuals, but the indecisive individuals that work here and their decisions that contradict everything they preach just lost them some business.
As far as the house bowling balls, I could find no heavy balls with large finger holes, but there was an abundance of light balls with Large holes.

Now I have been here few times on company events and once personally.
Large bowling alley, plenty of space. They don’t have balls with L size holes (no pun intended). Many people complained about it. All had to either use very heavy balls as the 9−10−11 lbs ones were all taken. Such a huge bowling alley should have M&L size holes for all types of balls. How costly could it be really?
Even the pool tables are really small and coin operated. Pool queues were broken at the head and scratched.
Decent music and lighting. Not as flattering as main event. Plenty of domestic beers on tap.
My biggest complaint is the food quality. Once we ordered catering and their burgers were no fun. They just left out mayonnaise that was not even the right spreadable density. Buns were not toasted. Pretty cheap overall. Veggie patty sucked.
Next time we just drinks and snacks. The quality was pretty average, mall cafeteria level. My colleague ordered a pizza and it had pit literally dripping from it. Cookies were ok. I’d rather go to 300 as they have all size balls, better music. Or Main event as it has much more fun things to do and better food.

Great place for family or hanging out with friends for adult night out good time all around. There’s an arcade for the children shuffleboard, pool and of course bowling great food with a great bar just a good time all around!

My husband and I decided to head out for a night of bowling… it has been a while and we had a sitter for our daughter. Our last experience at Mel’s was pretty rad, so we were so thrilled to be going back.
When we got there, we had to wait a few for a lane. No big deal, it was a Friday night and the wait was relatively short considering. We had a beer and got some chips and dip — the staff were very friendly.
When we got a lane, our waiter passed by and served the rowdy party next to us, glanced in our direction, then ran off. OK. maybe he was giving us a second. So we started to get our bowl on. The waiter came back, served the party again, then passed us… again. OK so maybe he is *really* busy. So we continued bowling. The waiter came back and I waived at him, surely he would stop this time. Nope, went to go talk to the party again, then passed us again telling me he would be back. At this point I got super annoyed. He was spending time shooting the sh*t with the party and getting them shots, but seemed to not be interested in the least to serve us.
When the waiter returned, we felt kind of rushed in ordering, not that we didn’t know what we wanted since we waited so long, but he was kind of fidgety and kept looking at the party table as if he’d rather be serving them. We asked for a Big Cheese burger (cut in half for us to split), fries, fried pickles, 2 margaritas, and 2 waters. We also asked for silverware. He scurried over to the party table and took his time taking their orders, joking and totally relaxed, unlike with us.
So…we waited. we bowled. The crowd next to us obviously had a little too much to drink and were not at that fun drunk, but that annoying drunk. I gave up on bowling etiquette since they seemed more concerned with taking shots than taking their turn at bowling. Their hands would hover over the balls, or they would stand about to take a shot, and then all we would hear was «dude drink first!», «Hey bro did you make the moves on…», I was getting dumber just being next to them. So rather than waiting until they were done to take my shots or let them get the ball first (we were using the same size balls), I would just grab the next ball, voiding their ability to use it until the next one came out. I digress…
So our waiter came back, served the party’s drinks first, they even offered to buy him a shot. I almost grabbed my margarita off his tray. He finally came over, had no waters and just gave us our margaritas. We asked him for water… again. He ran back to hang out with the party. Seriously.
Eventually, he brought the waters and my hamburger, it actually didn’t take that long for our food to come out after the ordeal in trying to order it, BUT it was not split in half and he did not provide silverware. My husband ran off to find silverware and was told our waiter would bring it. We waited a while and finally got the silverware, but by then, our food was cold. We asked him for another 2 margaritas. Between this time, he had made a few runs to the party table where he was hanging out.
Our food was swimming in grease and the pickles were way over fried. The cheese ring on the burger wasn’t that great, it looked OK, but was overcooked to where we couldn’t taste the cheese and the burger was pretty darn bland for a $ 9 cheeseburger.
The waiter came back and I asked him for more ketchup. The one tiny thing I got was not enough for the amount of sweet potato fries, which were the only decent part of the meal. He ran again to the party and hung out a while. Our time at our lane started to run out and I just started eating the sweet potato fries, sans ketchup. It took so long, we thought he was growing the tomato plants himself. All that time and he seemed to be able to make it to the party’s table a couple times. My husband and I stopped bowling completely and just drank our margaritas and knocked out the majority of the fries. We wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. Our date night was pretty much a fail and it was abundantly obvious that the waiter was more interested in the party offering him shots than he was serving a couple obviously on their date night.
Eventually, he brought the ketchup when we were done with the fries. He noticed and apologized, dumbly saying that he had been too busy and had too many tables — the party table was directly next to us, did he seriously think we didn’t notice him at the table next to us all night?
We finished our drinks, paid our tab, and left the bowling area as quickly as humanly possible. We spent some time in the arcade in order to win our daughter a prize, which was kind of fun, but all in all besides the bowling staff we dealt with in the beginning, this was one of our worst dates. The fun was stripped from our bowling experience when we paid $ 22 for an hour of bowling + food/​drinks only to be treated like crap. If I could give the bowling staff 4 stars I would, but our waiter was less than one star worthy…

I love to bowl and I’ve driven by Mel’s a bunch of times and thought «that looks like a neat little bowling alley. I have to try it sometime». Years passed :(. I finally tried it on a Sunday night when they have a «$ 5 bowl all you want/​can» special with neon/​black light bowling. What a fun place!
It’s a fairly decent sized bowling alley (looks even smaller than it is because they have 2 distinct sections) with a main alley and about 10 lanes in the separate bar area. The bar area lanes were quite cozy with comfy couches and easy access to the food/​bar area. The lanes seemed to be well-​kept (although some in the group were complaining about theirs) and I even bowled the elusive 5−7−10 split… not that that’s a good thing. $ 5 for 3 hours of fun is a great deal and I’m sure I’ll become a regular. If you don’t have your own bowling shoes, $ 4 seems a little steep for shoe rental. But what do I know… I have my own nerdy bowling shoes.