45 West Chippewa Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
Erie County
Phone: (716) 852-7230
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by Josefa Obrzut on We live in the building above Lucky Strike, so it was inevitable for us to spend an evening there to see what it is all about. The ambiance is great in the lounge- big plush couches, great drinks, great service. Music/DJ was really great- played all my favs all night. Large painting of Hunter S. Thompson is always a good sign too :) What wasn't so great: the cost (we only bowled one game, and still way too expensive), the food (nothing to write home about- stale pita bread with my awful spinach dip, sliders just ok) super awkward set up (when it is your turn to bowl you must literally crawl over your friends due to the fact that the couch is placed way too close to the table) actual bowling (extremely small selection of balls to choose from and the lane was not flat which caused the ball to always curve at the end of the lane) the wait (we were told our wait would be 60 minutes, we waited at least 90 minutes) and having been a manager in a previous life, I was super not psyched to see them turning large groups of people away because of their ridiculously strict dress code. Who turns away that much money nowadays?! It wasn't even like the people didn't look nice, they had the "wrong type of boots" or something goofy. All in all I had a great time, and I will give it one more shot. I just won't order food and will try to bowl on another lane.
by phil h. on I hadn't been to the Bubble Lounge in years...in fact, the last time may have been for one of my favorite dot com parties ever: it was the late 90's and Forbes magazine threw a kick ass party there with free food, drinks and swag. Last night's Rateclub event also featured all three (the Mental Floss books are pretty damn cool) but also had a very sexy, drunky crowd. Good times. Quick tip- if the upstairs gets too warm, head down to the basement where it's a good 10 degrees cooler
