Cheers:

More quiet, less overcrowded, and better location than the competition. Shoes to fit all sizes, state of the art bowling lanes and the whole range of balls to suit your rolling needs. Good service.

Jeers:

Fewer lanes than others, so if a crowd comes, you could be outta luck.

Cover:

None (lanes cost up to 500R per hour)

M:

Smolensky

Phone:

232-9431

Address:

Karmanidsky Per. 9 (next to Lobster Pot inside the courtyard area at the Smolensky Metro exit, behind Micky-D's)

Hours:

12.00 - 5.00

Cheers:

Although not new, Bow Bol certainly looks it. State of the art Brunswick equipment, fully computerized, bright interior with candy colors that remind one of "fun", and 8 fancy lanes. The Russians who bowl here are more serious - and talented - than elsewhere. Baltika in the bottle for 20R, 1/2 liter for 40R.

Jeers:

If you ever wondered who buys those cheesy Eurotrash lamps in those Sveta stores, this is who. Candy-pastel purple lampshades with ceiling stems that look like a dismembered paper clip or even that annoying Microsoft Word help character can be distracting. Clientele might be too "solidny" for the average eXhole of Dude Lebwoski-an descent. Wisely ditched the cosmic bowling.

Cover:

Cover: hourly rates for bowling: weekdays 12.00 - 17.00: 300R, 17.00 - 05.00: 600R; weekends: 12.00 - 14.00: 450R, 14.00 - 05.00: 600R. Hourly rates for pool: 150R; billiards: 200R.

M:

Belorusskaya

Phone:

257-0048

Address:

3-ya Ulitsa Yamskogo polya, dom 2 (just down the street from Golden Palace)

Hours:

12.00 - 5.00

Cheers:

An everything in one entertainment complex. You can bowl, play video games, go hoin' and play pool without leaving the comfort of one club.

Jeers:

On the outer reachs of the solar system.

Cover:

Cover: None (lanes cost up to 600R per hour)

M:

Voikovskaya

Phone:

747-5000

Address:

Leningradsky Shosse 16

Hours:

15.00 - 06.00 daily

Cheers:

Moscow's top bowling alley. Offers 16 bowling lanes, the most in Moscow; plays decent techno in the black-light Cosmik section; cheap-O drinks pleasing.

Jeers:

Locals are not only shitty bowlers who drop the ball like it's a boulder and drain it, they have a habit of repeatedly violating your lane; you might have to wait for a lane; the only way to make reservations is to pay $300 for a club membership

Cover:

None (lanes cost up to 600R per hour)

M:

Park Kultury

Phone:

246-3666

Address:

Ul. L'va Tolstogo 18

Hours:

12.00 - 5.00

Cheers:

Short lanes make high scores easy. Watch replays of yourself sinking gutter balls. New balls have yet to be chipped and scarred by bowlers immitating Pedro Martinez.

Jeers:

Haven't worked out the kinks in ball return system. Those arriving without Scooby snacks risk getting torn apart by packs of wild beasts roaming the area parking lots.

M:

Fili or Kutuzovskaya

Phone:

148-78-76, 148-76-32

Address:

Ulitsa 1812 Goda

Hours:

Fuck if we know