Very old bowling alley with limited staffing and unpredictable business hours. Kitchen is hit or miss at best if its going to be open or not, with no dedicated cook. Bar selection is very limited. Blowing prices are the average, but with none of the usually amenities or atmosphere. This bowling alley needs a makeover and probably new ownership.
I used to come here every Saturday between September and April in the Special Olympics league from 1999 to this year 2017 in the past 18 years. Starting on September 16, 2017, it will be taking place at the Sportsmans Bowl on Crane Street in Schenectady, starting with the 2017-18 Special Olympics bowling season. The pinsetters that set the pins up sometimes keep breaking down e.g, the pins won't come down just before you are ready to bowl or one or two pins that appear missing. This bowling alley desperately does need some major renovations, or even major repairs, e.g., such as some lights are dim or burned out that desperately need new bulbs, the equipment including the pinsetters and conveyor belts that move the balls sometimes stops working that cause the bowling balls to get stuck that should be repaired or replaced, which is the same age as the building itself back when it was Scotia lanes, and before that, Scotia Bowling Palace years ago, which was built in 1912 see vintage photo in Google Maps, which was taken around 1930 note the antique cars parked out in front of it, in 2018, this building that houses the bowling alley on Mohawk Avenue in Scotia is 106 years old, that could give you an idea to how old the equipment like the pinsetters that are sometimes keep breaking down is. Years ago, this building included a bowling alley upstairs, and a roller skating rink downstairs. Rolling Greens in Scotia should hire people who run who are in charge of the kitchen and lounge, e.g., the cook e.g., between the time when that bowling alley opens, and the time it closes, 7 days a week, so bowlers who are hungry can get something to eat and drink there, and that person who is in charge of that kitchen should also be responsible of ordering more food that are listed on those two menu boards that you see in that lounge that show the Pepsi logo on each of them, located above the entrance to the bar that they don't even have there, very similar to what they did at the old Rolling Greens way back when it was on Hamburg Street in Rotterdam. The food selection there is very limited. Before this bowling alley became Rolling Greens, it was called Scotia Lanes, and then just before that years ago, Scotia Bowling Palace see vintage photo, and in November 2018, it changed its name to Tartan Lanes no longer Rolling Greens Lanes-see a photo of it taken by Walter Clark
Was a dump when it was Scotia Lanes...Still a dump. Actually I should have said toilet, which is the best part of this house.
