Roxy Ball Room Manchester Deansgate

Duckpin on Deansgate

Of Roxy's two Manchester venues, the one on Deansgate offers duckpin rather than ten-pin, a shorter-lane game played with lighter balls; the Arndale branch has the ten-pin. The venue fills a first and a second floor, both served by a customer lift, although the duckpin lanes themselves can only be reached by steps. Roxy does not say how many lanes there are.

Bowling shares the space with ten American pool tables, two beer pong tables, two ice-free curling lanes, two shuffleboard tables, ping pong, crazy pool, shooting pods, karaoke booths and tech darts, including a board with an accessible oche. The venue page prices duckpin at £12 a game in one table, and at £8 a person off-peak or £10 at peak in another. Eight hire areas, from 18-person karaoke rooms to a 60-person tournament area with ping pong and pool, suit birthday groups and work socials.