The ‘crown jewel of bowling’ is set to open at Cabot Circus on Valentine’s day.
King Pins is home to a variety of games and activities, including Ten-Pin bowling, Tech Darts, Shuffleboard, Ice-Free Curling, Karaoke Rooms and an arcade.
The new venue will be the first of its kind in the South West and will open in the former DW Sports Store at Cabot Circus.
The opening follows the launches of King Pins’ first two sites in Manchester in summer 2023 and May 2024.
The new King Pins Bristol also a photobooth, a bar and eatery.
It will offer a variety of foods and drinks including pizzas, chicken tenders, frozen cocktails and soft drinks. There are veggie and gluten free options available, too.
BristolWorld talked with King Pins Bristol's manager, Anthony, to learn more about the venue.
King Pins is home to a variety of games and activities, including Ten-Pin bowling, Tech Darts, Shuffleboard, Ice-Free Curling, Karaoke Rooms and an arcade.
The new venue will be the first of its kind in the South West and will open in the former DW Sports Store at Cabot Circus.
The opening follows the launches of King Pins’ first two sites in Manchester in summer 2023 and May 2024.
The new King Pins Bristol also a photobooth, a bar and eatery.
It will offer a variety of foods and drinks including pizzas, chicken tenders, frozen cocktails and soft drinks. There are veggie and gluten free options available, too.
BristolWorld talked with King Pins Bristol's manager, Anthony, to learn more about the venue.
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00:00King's Pins Bowling is set to open on Valentine's Day. Let's find out what this new venue has to offer.
00:15So we are the Crown Jewel of Bowling, which has introduced itself to Bristol.
00:18We are tailored to everybody, couples, families, everybody that wants to come in.
00:23We have bowling, we have shuffleboard, we have an arcade, we have pool, we have darts.
00:28If you want to sing your heart out, we have a karaoke and a party room as well.
00:31Lots of different things in King's Pins. It is across four different sites at the moment.
00:35We're the first one in Bristol, so we're very excited to be here.
00:38It's my original hometown as well, Bristol. I'm very happy to be back and enjoying a bit of King's Pins.
00:44So with the food, we have freshly made pizzas. So these are hand-rolled by the staff themselves in-house.
00:48They get it all ready in our lovely new pizza oven.
00:51It's the first time I've done it with these fresh pizzas as well, so it's been a great learning curve.
00:54We've had some really great chefs come in and help us to be able to learn.
00:57We have veggie options, gluten-free options, we tailor to everybody.
01:01I think we have wings, we have chicken tenders for the kids and things like that as well.
01:05So there's lots of options of fries as well. Personal favourite for myself are the salt and pepper fries.
01:10A little bit of spice, a little bit of chilli, all very nice for me.
01:14But food for everyone, made for everyone every single day, from kids to adults and everybody.
01:18We like to make sure everyone gets included with what they like.
01:21Can you tell us a bit about the games you offer in the arcades?
01:24Yes, of course, we have a wonderful arcade in there. You've got claw grabbers, which is everyone's favourite.
01:28We all try it ten times and we think we're guaranteed to win a teddy every time.
01:31We have air hockey in there, we have a hyper pitch, which at the moment isn't looking at my personal favourite.
01:37So you have to pitch a ball as fast as you can and get multiples on there.
01:40You have driving games, we've got quad bike ones in there as well.
01:44Lots of big variety of different games that are tailored for every sort of person that wants to do it.
01:48You can win tickets to win prizes as well, so you can get lots of those.
01:51Just put on a nice little card for you, take it home, you can come in and use it as many times as you want.
01:56Can you tell us a bit about the karaoke room and what kind of songs you have on offer?
02:01Of course, so karaoke room, we have lots of different songs you can pick from.
02:04You've got your classics from Taylor Swift, we've got some old school songs mixed in there as well that you can select from.
02:09I know we also offer them in various different languages as well, so people can pick songs for their own one.
02:14As I like to say when I take customers in, we don't have every song in the world.
02:17We wish we could in order to tailor for everyone, but we have lots of different ones.
02:20You can have your classic rock, your 90s, your current and all those sort of things.
02:24So you can sing a song old school, you can sing a song new school or you can sing a song happily in the middle,
02:29whichever your genre is you'd like to go with.
02:31So King Bins, what makes it unique? I think the crown jewels of bowling is the main one.
02:35I've never been into one before that has a massive LED screen at the back that can light up and show you all about where we are.
02:42We can put little birthday messages on the screens and things for you as well.
02:45We like to tailor to everyone, but we like to make sure that it's a premium experience,
02:49so that everybody feels that they are looked after.
02:52We want to make sure that everybody has fun, everybody has enjoyed themselves.
02:55And that's the main thing for us.
02:57When I trained all the staff in here, the main point is that the staff have fun, the customers have fun.
03:01And with the company logo, we are professionals at play.
03:04So we like to be professional, but also make sure everyone has a good time and plays the game so they enjoy a lot in here.