The Dunes
9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Saturday
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Sunday
9:00 AM - 11:00 PM

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3.5 of 5 bubbles129 reviews
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Peter boyle
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
A great venue, very clean, lots for the kids to do and the food is very good.
The kids had a great time and didn't want to leave!
Written 26 February 2024
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ScotsMag
ScotsMag160 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Family
Visiting the area and had an impromptu catch up with kids in tow during term time. Place was open, but deserted, which added to the appeal! Staff were friendly and accommodating and there's plenty of choice other than the arcades. Ended up bowling, which was decent value. Lanes and balls aren't in pristine condition, but they more than adequate for a bit of fun, and unless you're bowling regularly, will keep you entertained for a while.
Written 13 February 2024
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Lynne
10 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Family
Recently Celebrated our son's 14th Birthday at Dunes Bowling, can we say a Huge Thank you to the Lovely girl Paige, she went above and beyond all night, always helpful, nothing was a problem the way customer service should be, she's an absolute credit to The Dunes Bowling 🎳 We would not hesitate to return for the exceptional Customer Service which we had off Paige. Thank You again
Written 19 September 2023
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Kjbt yjhirstyo C
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
We have just had the pleasure of doing a works Event for ASDA . And we got Dunes Event to do the rides . So helpful with anything we needed . Was no possible at all lovely family run business. We will definitely be doing business again. Thank you from the ASDA TEAM.
Written 31 August 2023
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Wendy H
Wallsend, UK5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
Just watch what you're eating in their bar. I was at The Dunes 4/8/23 with my grandson. Loved The Dunes, so much to do there for him, but I will never ever eat in the bar again. I had scampi and chips which I thought tasted a bit funny , but as I hadn't had scampi for a long time, I thought it would be ok. until I got home, I was so ill, I was violently sick all night and I knew it was off the scampi as I hadn't had anything else to eat. I suggest they teach their staff to cook properly and use food that's not off. It was disgusting
Written 7 August 2023
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Alex T
1 contribution
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Family
Children enjoyed the facility's however time limit of an hour and a half did not see that when I was booking.At £9 a child I think this is a bit steep.Jumbo jims £7 not as big but better value especially for the littler ones.Usually spend two and half hours at jumbo jims
Selling alcohol it's a childrens play area should not be allowed.
Written 23 July 2023
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Christine D
12 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Friends
Nice cozy place for food and entertainment. The soft play area is good for the kids and my grandson enjoyed it a lot. I confess myself shocked to see they sold alcohol at the soft play though. I thought inappropriate...
Written 28 May 2023
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Tony C
2 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2023 • Family
Iv been going to the dunes for over 10 year as It was a good day out for me kids.. the grew up running wild on the soft play.. always found the staff nice people and never really had a problem! Today we went back for the first time in about a year and couldn’t help but notice the food we ordered today was made up of the cheapest French fries and a cheese garlic bread that didn’t seem to have any garlic on only tasteless cheese and herbs.. I don’t even think the base had been cook properly, if I’m honest it looked lovely but certainly didn’t taste lovely! and the kids burger wasn’t any better with no butter or sauce it was basically a cheaper than cheap burger with cold cheese slice that wasn’t melted in a surprisingly nice looking bun. I know it’s a hard time for businesses right now but surely the company can’t expect people to pay for that kind of muck the serving. It’s a hard time for the customers too it works both ways.
Written 10 April 2023
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Wayne
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Couples
I would totally advise not to go here, we booked a lane for 2 games on Xmas eve. On arrival we had to wait 30 minutes to be told we can only have 1 game due to over booking. We accepted 1 game after waiting 30mins even though we had booked 2 with the offer of being able to use the spare game another day. So booked for the 3/3/23 for 2 games again and to turn up and be told we could only have 1 game. Tried explaining to staff that we had booked for 2 games and this had already been done to us previously. So we again decided to play 1 game as it had already been payed for. In a nutshell it was not busy, there was empty drinks glasses and left over food lying around. Will not be coming back and will be either using the North Shields one or lane 7.
Written 3 March 2023
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Nadine J
Sunderland, UK185 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Family
Soft play is great but the greed from the company is unbelievable . Booked in for 1pm however due to road works was late . Arrived at 1.20 and although there was abailabilty for 1.30 slot the staff wouldn’t move the booking to 1.30 . If it was fully booked I could understand the refusal but when there is availability it’s just sheer greed and poor service . Plenty of other soft plays , lost a customer
Written 19 November 2022
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