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Rowans Tenpin Bowl Finsbury Park: Bowling in London
Long-running Finsbury Park entertainment venue with 6 private karaoke booths, 24 bowling lanes, pool, bars and an arcade. Booth karaoke is bookable by the hour with a 50% deposit, and prices step up in the evenings.
The karaoke setup
There are 6 private booths, so you and your group get your own room rather than singing to strangers. Each booth holds roughly 12 to 15 people, and the venue can spread larger parties of up to 50 across the rooms. The song system is Sunfly with over 8,000 tracks, so the back catalogue is deep enough to keep a long night going. Booths are booked by the hour, which makes it easy to slot karaoke around a bowling game or drinks rather than committing to a whole evening in one spot.
Good to know
Pricing is per booth per hour, not per person. Daytime weekday booths start around £28, daytime weekends around £38, and evenings climb to £50 on Sunday to Thursday and £80 on Friday and Saturday, where you are capped at two hours. You pay a 50% deposit to book and settle the balance plus admission on arrival. Book online any time, or call the office on 020 8800 1950 between 9:30am and 5pm on weekdays. Four bars on site keep drinks close, and there is bowling, pool and an arcade if singing is not the only plan.
Getting there
The venue sits on Stroud Green Road, a couple of minutes from Finsbury Park station, which is on the Piccadilly and Victoria lines plus National Rail and the Overground. That makes it an easy meeting point from most of north and central London. It keeps late hours too, open until 12:30am most nights and 2:30am on Friday and Saturday, so a booth booking can run well past last orders elsewhere.
Common questions
- What is Rowans Tenpin Bowl?
- It is a long-running entertainment venue on Stroud Green Road in Finsbury Park with 6 private karaoke booths alongside 24 bowling lanes, pool tables, four bars and an arcade.
- Is karaoke at Rowans free?
- No. Booths are charged per hour, starting around £28 for daytime weekday slots and rising to £80 for Friday and Saturday evenings.
- How much is a karaoke booth?
- Per booth per hour: roughly £28 daytime weekdays, £38 daytime weekends, £50 on Sunday to Thursday evenings and £80 on Friday and Saturday evenings, with a two-hour cap on weekend nights.
- Do you need to book or can you walk in?
- Karaoke booths need booking in advance with a 50% deposit. You can book online any time or call 020 8800 1950 on weekdays between 9:30am and 5pm.
- How many karaoke booths are there?
- There are 6 private booths, each holding about 12 to 15 people, with room for groups up to 50 across all of them.
- What is the nearest station?
- Finsbury Park station is a short walk away, on the Piccadilly and Victoria lines plus National Rail and the Overground.
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