Pinstripes San Mateo — San Mateo, CA

San Mateo, CA · three bookable spaces · 12 bowling lanes · bowling, bocce and seated dining under one roof

Pinstripes San Mateo is an entertainment-and-dining venue at Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo, California that puts a private ballroom, a lounge and bar with bocce, and a 12-lane bowling alley in a single building, so a group can hold a seated dinner and a game-based activity without moving sites. The venue confirms that Ballroom A seats a group of 60-plus for a sit-down dinner, and it offers two routes for a party that size: the lounge and bar space paired with six bowling lanes, or a buyout of the entire 12-lane bowling alley for a fully private event. Food is handled in-house through the venue’s own packages for large parties, alongside an à-la-carte menu, and a quote is built to the specific spaces and food-and-beverage package a client selects rather than published as a single rate. Check availability or request a quote for Pinstripes San Mateo on VenueKonnex.

Space Features

Event spaces:

• Ballroom A (indoor ballroom, seats a 60-plus group for a sit-down dinner) — the venue’s private ballroom, which it identifies as the space that fits a large party for seated dining. The venue’s own set-up photography shows it configured both family-style and classroom style, so the room takes more than one floor plan.
• Lounge & bar space (indoor) — the venue’s social space, set up with bocce. Proposed as a pairing with six bowling lanes for a group of 60-plus.
• Bowling alley — 12 lanes (indoor) — bookable in part or in full. Six lanes are offered alongside the lounge and bar space, or the whole 12-lane alley can be bought out.

• Two stated configurations for a 60-plus group: lounge and bar space plus six bowling lanes, or a full buyout of all 12 lanes for a more private event.
• Games are booked as part of the event, not as a separate outing — lanes are allocated to the private booking alongside the room.

Food & Beverage

• The venue runs its own food packages for large parties, set out in its Private Events brochure and issued to prospective clients on inquiry. Contact for price.
• An à-la-carte menu is also available as an alternative to the party packages. Contact for price.
• Food-and-beverage packages are quoted together with the spaces, so the package chosen is one of the two things that sets the final number.

Pricing & Inclusions

• Quotes are built per booking rather than published as a single figure. The venue states it will prepare a quote covering the specific spaces taken and a specific food-and-beverage package, so cost is driven by which spaces are booked — ballroom, lounge and bar, six lanes or a full 12-lane buyout — and which food package is selected. Contact the venue for a quote against a date.
• Per-person food packages exist for large parties, and the venue’s event guides itemise them. The venue confirms these packages but did not state their rates in writing, so they are best confirmed on inquiry.
• Bowling is priced as part of the space configuration, in six-lane or full-alley form, rather than as a per-head add-on the venue quoted separately.

Convenience

• Located at 36 Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA 94403, on the San Francisco Peninsula between San Francisco and the South Bay.
• Bowling, bocce and dining are all on one site, so a dinner-plus-activity programme does not need a second venue or transport between them.
• The venue supplies photography of the ballroom, the lounge and bar space and the bowling alley, plus its private-events and à-la-carte guides, to clients on inquiry.

Good to Know

• Full privacy means the bowling buyout. The venue’s own framing is that taking all 12 lanes is what makes the event private; the six-lane-plus-lounge option is the shared-floor version.
• No rates were quoted in writing. The venue’s packages and menus are real and itemised in its event guides, but no figure was stated, so a budget cannot be checked against this listing alone.
• The venue did not state a food-and-beverage minimum or a room fee either way. Both are worth asking about directly, since they would sit on top of the package price if they apply.

Best For

A 60-plus group seated for dinner in Ballroom A, with six of the 12 bowling lanes or the whole alley attached to the same booking.

• Large-party seated dinners
• Bowling and bocce socials
• Private bowling-alley buyouts
• Group dining paired with games
• Private parties needing dinner and an activity on one site

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guests does Pinstripes San Mateo hold?
The venue confirms Ballroom A seats a group of 60-plus for a sit-down dinner. The bowling alley runs to 12 lanes, six of which are offered alongside the lounge and bar space for a group that size, or all 12 on a full buyout.

What does it cost to rent?
The venue does not publish a single rate. It prepares a quote covering the specific spaces taken and a specific food-and-beverage package, so the two things that drive the number are which spaces you book — ballroom, lounge and bar, six lanes or the full 12-lane alley — and which food package you choose. Contact the venue for a quote against a date.

Which spaces would a group of 60-plus use?
The venue named two routes: the lounge and bar space paired with six bowling lanes, or a buyout of the entire 12-lane bowling alley for a more private event. Ballroom A is the space it identifies for a sit-down dinner at that size.

Does the venue provide the food?
Yes. Pinstripes San Mateo runs its own food packages for large parties, set out in its private-events guide, and also offers an à-la-carte menu. Rates for both are quoted on inquiry.

Can we have the venue privately?
The bowling alley can be bought out in full — all 12 lanes — which the venue describes as the more private option compared with taking six lanes alongside the lounge and bar.

What’s included in the booking?
Bowling lanes are allocated to the private event as part of the space configuration rather than booked separately, and bocce is set up in the lounge and bar space. Food is added through one of the venue’s party packages or from the à-la-carte menu.

What layouts does the ballroom take?
The venue’s own set-up photography shows Ballroom A configured family-style and classroom style, so it is not limited to a single floor plan.

What events is it best for?
Large-party seated dinners, bowling and bocce socials, private buyouts, and any private party that wants dinner and an activity on the same site.

Where is it?
36 Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, California 94403, on the San Francisco Peninsula.

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Last updated September 2026 — facts verified against the venue’s own written reply of that date.

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