REVS Burnaby is still here. The shoes have received mixed reviews.

An eighth birthday can stay with a building

One contributor remembered an eighth birthday with other parties at nearby tables, an arcade full of children and blacklights making the room glow. That is a substantial amount of happiness to fit inside a bowling alley, and explains why a discussion about REVS quickly became more than an assessment of the lanes.

A recent visitor described a full room on a weekday, then a less happy evening with damaged rental shoes and unreliable lane keyboards. Their replacement shoes were torn too. It is possible to love the place’s history and still want the footwear to complete a shift.

Source: September 25, 2026: Revs in Holdom

Still open, despite several years of goodbyes

Redevelopment has hovered over the property long enough for some people to think it had already closed. An older discussion from 2023 anticipated its eventual loss. The operator’s current announcement instead gives a lease into summer 2028. There is still time for an ordinary game, rather than a ceremonial final visit that turns out not to be final.

People offered explanations for the building’s condition involving ownership, investment and litigation. Those accounts were not independently established. The useful current distinction is simpler: uncertain long-term property plans, and bowling that remains available now.

Source: REVS Burnaby: lease announcement and offers

Source: May 2023: redevelopment discussion

Source: September 25, 2026: Revs in Holdom

The cheap night has conditions, but it is still a night out

The $2-per-game offer runs Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight, with $5 shoe rental. It is walk-in and excludes statutory holidays. Two dollars is an attractive headline; the shoes have not agreed to work for free. A reserved party is a different arrangement.

A separate friendship discussion used the offer as a reason to find company. Some recent contributors still enjoyed REVS as a cheap place to spend a night; nearby families valued having an activity close to home and transit. The room does not have to be glamorous to give people somewhere to go together.

Source: REVS Burnaby: lease announcement and offers

Source: April 2026: bowling companionship discussion

Source: September 25, 2026: Revs in Holdom

Keep the memories. Ask for usable equipment.

The food opinions were mixed too, with one contributor praising the fried chicken and another unimpressed by what a rib sign seemed to promise. Those are customer accounts, not a checked current menu. They fit a place people know well enough to have specific, sometimes incompatible loyalties.

Tell staff while a shoe or lane problem can still be addressed, and check the offer before setting out. The case for REVS is not that every detail is perfect. It is that a growing neighbourhood needs places where an ordinary evening with friends remains possible. It would be nice if both shoes came along.

Source: September 25, 2026: Revs in Holdom

Source: REVS Burnaby: lease announcement and offers