Bowl Line Dunedin
4.4 (564)
34 Kaikorai Valley Road, Kaikorai, Dunedin
18 lanesHours listed from NZ$16 Open to the public
Open since 1987, Bowl Line occupies the Big Red Building at 34 Kaikorai Valley Road in Dunedin.
Oamaru to Invercargill
Otago and Southland: a 1987 Dunedin institution and two Queenstown options
The south has fewer alleys but more character per lane, from Dunedin's big red building to a hotel alley on the road to Coronet Peak.
Most lanesBowl Line · 18 lanes
Lowest public game rateStrike Bowl · NZ$15
Latest closingMegaZone Dunedin · midnight
Best Google ratingBowl Line · 4.4 from 564 reviews
Dunedin and Invercargill
Bowl Line has been on Kaikorai Valley Road since 1987 and is the city's full-size ten-pin centre. In the city's MegaZone arcade there are also two short mini lanes played with lighter balls and no special shoes.
Retrobowl in Invercargill has eight lanes with automatic bumpers and calls itself the southernmost ten-pin alley in New Zealand.
Queenstown, and a question mark in Oamaru
Strike Bowl's seven lanes are inside the Swiss-Belresort Coronet Peak on Arthurs Point Road, where hotel guests pay less. Kingpin, which opened in February 2022 as the brand's first venue outside Australia, fills a 3,000-square-metre, two-floor venue in the Upper Village development on Brecon Street.
Phoenix Complex in Oamaru is listed at the address of the former Galleon family centre, but we could not confirm in any 2025 or 2026 source that bowling still runs there.
Retrobowl Invercargill
4.2 (249)
105 Kelvin Street, Invercargill
8 lanesHours listed Open to the public
Eight lanes with automatic bumpers on Kelvin Street, in a centre that claims to be New Zealand's southernmost.
Strike Bowl Queenstown
3.9 (298)
Swiss-Belresort Coronet Peak, 161 Arthurs Point Road, Queenstown 9371
7 lanesHours listed from NZ$15 Open to the public
A seven-lane hotel alley on Arthurs Point Road, with cheaper games for resort guests.
170 Frederick Street, Dunedin
2 mini lanesHours listed Open to the public
Two short mini-bowling lanes at MegaZone Dunedin, paid for by swiping an arcade card.
35 Brecon Street, Queenstown
Hours listed Open to the public
Bowling, escape rooms and karaoke in a ski-lodge-styled venue on Brecon Street.
Phoenix Complex
3.9 (522)
500 Thames Highway, Oamaru North, Oamaru 9400
Unconfirmed, call first
The former Galleon complex in Oamaru North, once an eight-lane alley; bowling there today is unconfirmed.
Questions
Southern bowling questions
How much is bowling in Queenstown?
Strike Bowl listed NZ$15 for an adult game and NZ$10 for children and hotel guests. Kingpin sells activity packages rather than a single-game price.
Is the Oamaru alley open?
We could not confirm it. Call Phoenix Complex before making the trip.