The lane we were given the seats and table were covered in food and sauce, when I brought this to the attention of a member of staff behind the bar she rolled her eyes and huffed. Eventually she cam... See more
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Quick check in, albeit we were slightly late due to an unexpected overrun of time on the Karting experience. Easy to set up players & lanes Food can be ordered directly from lane QR code. Prompt... See more
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We had a great time at Tenpin Castleford. We came for our son's birthday. The staff were very helpful. I booked us online which was simple and straight forward. We like the Castleford one as we can go... See more
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Really easy check in for bowling and a smooth process to start games, booking online is quite simple you just check which option you want to do and it explains what each one entails.
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Tenpin Castleford is easy reach from all over West Yorkshire — a proper local bowling spot with big group energy. With modern bowling lanes and lane lighting, there’s room for families, groups and walk-ins throughout the week. And it’s not just bowling. Hit the pool tables, take on the arcade and settle scores the old-fashioned way. Hungry? Our kitchen serves burgers, loaded fries and pizzas, with a fully licensed bar pouring cocktails and pints while Sky Sports and TNT play live. Family days out, birthday parties, student nights, work socials, cheap weekday bowling deals — fun for kids big and small. Bowling in Castleford, sorted.
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Xscape Yorkshire, Colorado Way, Glasshoughton, West Yorks, WF10 4TA, Castleford, United Kingdom
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Booked a Sunday afternoon for 6 adults…
Booked a Sunday afternoon for 6 adults and 1 child. Staff very friendly and helpful checking us in. We booked for food too; burgers / fries and food was nice & tasty.
Bowling area was very clean.
Overall very happy & would recommend.
June 10, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi there
Thank you for your wonderful 4-star review! We are so pleased to hear that you and your family had such a positive experience with us, enjoying the friendly staff, tasty food, and clean bowling area. We appreciate your recommendation and look forward to welcoming you back soon! Best wishes - Clare
Poor customer service
We arrived 5 minutes early for our pre-booked bowling. It was clear to see that they were short staffed, as the were only 2 staff members that we saw. It took 10 minutes for us to be booked in, due to the amount of people queuing in front of us at reception, and the bar area. There were other customers coming to the bar as the ticket counter machines were out of order (we found out later that this was because the ticket hubs inside were full and needed to be emptied, but the staff had prioritised responding to customers at the bar and reception).
We had a great time bowling, and enjoyed the drinks and snacks.
Myself and 2 children went to the arcade afterwards and won tickets. The 3 ticket counters weren’t working, all showing error codes and there were 2 families in front of us who had let staff know about the problem. It took 15 minutes for someone to cover over (who emptied the bin inside, and this solved the problem). Due to one of my children being bored due to the wait, they had been playing on one of the machines, and the tickets had come to the end of the roll, so again, this showed an error message. We went to the bar twice, asking for some assistance. We waited 20 minutes for someone to come over. The gentleman was apologetic for the wait, and when asked the reasons for staff shortages, he said hours had been cut. I asked to speak to the manager, as we were late for a table we had reserved for lunch. I was told they were in the office doing paperwork, and I said I wanted to express my dissatisfaction. A female to speak with me 5 minutes later. She presented with an uncaring attitude towards our experience, stating that she was only the supervisor, and that if I was unhappy, I should leave a review. She gave me a card with a qr code on it.
I will not be rushing back to go bowling again due to the poor experience I encountered. It is expensive to go bowling and the arcade and I would have expected a higher level of customer care than what I received, especially given that it was school holidays.
May 28, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hello Sam, First off thanks for sharing your feedback. We're glad to hear that you had a great time bowling and enjoyed the drinks/snacks. However, we're really sorry to hear of the disappointment caused at your recent visit. The last thing we want to do is let our customers down, and moving forward we're going to do everything in our power to hold ourselves to that standard. Again, we're sorry, but we hope you'll consider giving us another chance. Feel free to reach out to us at customer.feedback@tenpin.co.uk with the subject 'Review-Castleford' if you would like to discuss this matter further. Best wishes, Jade
It was my daughters birthday and she…
It was my daughters birthday and she throughly enjoyed it although it was very busy and they were very short staffed, the 2 ladies at reception were working their backs off and still had a smile and were very helpful and chatting, they deserve a medal for the work they were doing.
June 3, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hello Michelle, Thank you for taking your time to leave us some feedback from your recent visit to our Tenpin at Castleford. We are thrilled to hear that your daughter had a great time celebrating her birthday with us. We will pass your lovely feedback onto our staff! We do hope to see you again very soon, Best Wishes - Kimberley
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Matthew, thank you for leaving Tenpin Castleford a fab 5* rating! We're delighted you enjoyed the atmosphere. Thank you for your positive feedback; it means a lot to us. We can't wait to see you again soon! Best wishes - Rosie
Not enough staff
Had a great time, the staff that was there only 2 members were very helpful once we waited in a long queue for them to come out of back room.
May 27, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi BB, thank you for leaving Tenpin Castleford a lovely 4* rating and review! We're happy to hear you had a great time! We appreciate your feedback regarding the wait and staffing, and we'll certainly pass this to the correct teams for future improvements to be made. We hope to see you again soon! Best wishes - Rosie
Graeat atsmophere the kids loved it and…
Graeat atsmophere the kids loved it and the food was spot on
June 3, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Gareth
Thank you for your wonderful 5-star review! We are so pleased to hear that you and your children enjoyed the atmosphere and food. Best wishes - Clare
Good ,kind ,clean
May 27, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Honorata
We are pleased that you enjoyed the clean facilities and the kind staff members. Thank you for the fantastic 5* rating. Best wishes - Clare
A really fun evening( even though I…
A really fun evening( even though I came last lol) with my grandchildren
Straight forward to book
Thank you
May 20, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hello Fee,
Thank you for taking the time to rate Tenpin Castleford 5 stars. We're so glad you and your grandchildren had a fun evening! Thank you for your kind words and we hope to welcome you back again soon. All the best ~ Laura
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hello, Thank you for taking your time to leave us a review. We are extremely sorry to hear that you were unable to attend your session with us. We do hope that you managed to solve the issue with your phone. Best Wishes.
Amazing night
Amazing night. Staff was friendly and helpful. Two staff stood out the most was rebekka and Joshua happy to help and given served us with a smile. Well worth the money in the song room and drinks are good price
May 29, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Hannah,
Thank you for your fantastic 5* review at Tenpin Castleford! We are delighted you've had such a great time whilst on your recent visit to us and we hope to welcome you back again very soon! Best wishes- Steph
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Caroline,
Thank you for your lovely 5* review at Tenpin Castleford! It's great to see you've had such a great time whilst on your recent visit to us and we hope to welcome you back again very soon! Best wishes- Steph
Good bowling, good value!
Love coming to this bowling as it's good value for money and my son loves the arcades as well.
I'm giving this a 4 star as the day we visited (Mon 25th May) it wasn't very busy, we ordered drinks and food via the code at the lane however it took 20 minutes for our drinks to arrive and by the time our second game started we were still waiting for our food.
When I asked at the bar they said they didn't have an order for food but when double checking the system it was there, they had just forgot about it. Bit of a shame that when the food finally arrived we had nearly finished our second game and then had to continue eating at one of the tables at the bar. Next time I won't be using the code to order online.
May 27, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Laura, thank you very much for taking the time to leave a review of Tenpin Castleford! We are pleased to hear you enjoy visiting us and find us good value for money. However, we are very sorry to hear that on this visit there was a long wait for your drinks and food! Your feedback is very important to us so please be assured all will be sent to the team for future improvements and in the meantime we really hope you will still consider visiting us in the future! Best wishes - Mel
Quick & Easy
Quick and easy setup on arrival, only downside was ordered drinks to lane but didn’t turn up after 20 mins so had to go bar and collect ourselves.
May 27, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Mitch, thank you for leaving Tenpin Castleford a fabulous 5* rating! We appreciate your feedback. We're sorry to hear about the drink delay and will ensure that this feedback is shared with the correct teams for future improvements to be made. We hope to welcome you back again soon! Best wishes - Rosie
All good got us
May 27, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Eric
We're glad you enjoyed your visit. We appreciate your kind words and hope to see you soon. Best wishes - Clare
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Claire, thanks for leaving Tenpin Castleford a lovely 5* rating! We're so glad your family had a fun time! Thank you for the wonderful feedback. We hope to see you again soon! Best wishes - Rosie
Disappointed
One member of staff was left on her own at 5pm when we came to do check ins, take food out and do drinks. The drinks we ordered took 40mins to come because of this which wasnt her fault. The areas were quite untidy but with a lack of staff I'm not surprised.
We hadn't finished our game when our time ended so the screen just cuts off and play stops without a warning so no idea what the scores were which is disappointing when you take children to play
May 14, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hello Rebecca, Thank you for taking your time to leave us some feedback from your recent visit to us. We are sorry to hear that we seemed short staffed during your stay, which caused long waits. We will pass your comments onto our team. We do hope to see you again soon for a much smoother visit. Many Thanks - Kimberley
Lovely atmosphere
We have been here many times and every time we have received excellent service for all staff members.
The place is also kept clean even when at busy times.
Highly recommended
May 16, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Sarah, thank you so much for the amazing 5* review of Tenpin Castleford! We are thrilled you always have a great time when visiting us and find our venue very clean! We hope this means you will visit us again soon and we look forward to welcoming you back soon! Best wishes - Mel
Experience overall was good.
Experience overall was good.. rated 3 only because lanes were faulty and no staff to help!
May 20, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hello, thank you very much for taking the time to leave a review of Tenpin Castleford! We are so pleased your overall experience was good but we are very disappointed to hear you experienced some technical issues that were not resolved! Your feedback will most certainly be passed on to the team for future improvements! In the meantime, we do hope you will give us another chance and we look forward to seeing you again soon! Best wishes - Mel
Quick check in
Quick check in, albeit we were slightly late due to an unexpected overrun of time on the Karting experience.
Easy to set up players & lanes
Food can be ordered directly from lane QR code.
Prompt arrival of food but the Champion Burger was not the best, flavourless & the bun was bland.
Bowing great, plenty of bowling balls allocated.
May 13, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hi Andy, thanks for leaving a rating and review for Tenpin Castleford! We appreciate your comments and thank you for sharing your feedback. We're glad the bowling was great! We'll ensure that your comments regarding the food are passed on to the correct teams for future improvements to be made. Thanks for your time and we hope to see you again soon! Best wishes, Jade
Xscape Castleford bowling
The ease of booking and when arrived just gave my name and I was told which lane I was located after arriving 15 minutes before
May 10, 2026
Reply from Tenpin - Castleford
Hello Ann,
Thank you for taking the time to rate Tenpin Castleford 5 stars. We're happy to hear that booking was easy and your lane assignment was quick upon arrival. We appreciate you taking the time to share your positive experience! We look forward to welcoming you back again soon for another 5 star experience. All the best ~ Laura
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