Skyway Park Bowl

Situated in a very rough part of town, Skyway Park Bowl isn’t the fanciest or best kept bowling alley this side of the Cascade Mountains.
The employees’ music choices reflect their typical clientele. I would NOT recommend children be present and bowling after 7PM. I’ve seen children present when songs have played that contain words such as «b****», «p****», racial slurs, and the F-​bomb.
The lanes are in poor repair and often malfunction, especially lanes 16,17, and the far right three lanes. The monitors have touch screens but the GUI and «operating system» they run has got to be from around the 1990s at least. The balls are all in good condition at least, as is the food, the pool tables, and the seating-​and-​eating areas.
I’ve never been inside the casino’s half of this establishment; however, I can tell you that hardly anyone ever seems to enter or leave, nor are there usually many cars parked on that side of the building. «Lucky Dragonz» casino seems to be striking out more than the average bowler.
All in all, I rate this a 2* establishment mainly because of the general upkeep as well as the off-​putting musical selections with children present. Thank your for your time to hear my honest opinions.

Been coming here since I was a kid and I must say it sure has fallen. Staff are friendly, but miserable constantly. Seems as if the owner has failed to care about upkeep, staff and customers…
Bowling is cheap compared to most bowling alleys nearby, but you definitely pay for the atmosphere.

My favorite spot for bowling just alot of memories here. I’ve put in alot of hours here the staff is really nice. If you want to learn how to bowl come here. It’s not the nicest place but it’s home court. The area is a little sketch so don’t expect anything fancy around here. Also maybe the occasional shooting.

Came here to enjoy my brother in laws birthday and was surprised to find out that the advertising of there restaurant is at closing however when we went in there (full of people) they were all of a sudden closed at 8:00pm. Now if that doesn’t make sense the next part will raise an eyebrow. The waitress came out to inform us that the cook picks and chooses who he wants to cook for, and not only that he also drinks on the job! So he rather make you food from the snack bar then to actually make you something from their restaurant. Overall my experience here would make to where I never go back no stars for bad service !

Decent place to go bowling, I’ve been coming here for years. Only downside about it, is that it’s in kinda a sketchy area. Personally I’ve never ran into any issues there. Drinks are decently priced, and they have bowling specials all the time. The balls are kinda old and used, but if you dont like it, bring your own.

It might not be the fanciest, the cleanest, or the most exciting but it certainly makes up for cheap, pure bowling fun. Lanes here are pretty cheap, I paid $ 5.49 for 3 games including shoes. How can you beat that? There’s a bar and service to the lanes, food is decent and filling, and drinks aren’t too expensive either. We had a great time here on a weekday after league play and the lanes were pretty empty.
Overall, you can’t beat the price and drinks. This place is a fun time and a nice find in South Seattle!

Was not sure what to expect when came here on a Saturday night to bowl. The bowling alley is attached to a casino. Pulling up there is a huge parking lot. And not sure if it makes me feel safe but there was a lot of security presence (Security guards, bouncer and cops).
The price is great! Super affordable. Unlike some of the other hipper bowling alleys.
The service was great. Looked like one lady was running the front. Checked us in, and then also served us our beer. She was great at knowing when to stop by!
I will say there is nothing fancy about this place. But if looking just for some basic bowling this is your place!

Its always a great time every time I spend the night here at Skyway Park Bowl with my friends. They always come here every other week to play. This place is a lot cheaper than Acme bowl. But I only rated 3 stars because its not the perfect place to bowl. If you have a date and trying to hit this place, hmm you might wanna go to a different spot. Most of the time when I order food, they took so long to serve it. The waiter keeps asking me personal question and tryna hit on me. I bet he does that to every customer. But its still a good place to spend your time. Definitely coming back.

I had a great night out without having to drive far. The atmosphere was fitting for the age of the building.
The man behind the counter was very nice and informed us about their free bowling from 5 – 7:30 Monday-​Thursday, which I thought was really cool. We came in at 7:25pm and there were still lanes available. Free bowling was just ending, but we had planned to spend some money anyway. By 8pm my friend and I were the only two people bowling.
He did the math to see if it was more logical/​economical for us to buy an hour or purchase two games. It felt like he was making an attempt to upsell us, but he was right. We got to enjoy ourselves for the whole hour and play 2.5 games verse the 40 minutes it took us to complete two games.
I have lived in the area for 2 years and I am super glad I finally checked it out.

my bowling score would be a really good golf score. mebbe another pitcher of beer would help. good thing the waitress was kind enough to bring us one, and then another, and then another. my score didn’t get any better but i cared less. so there’s that… it’s pretty hood at night but they play trap music and that’s my sh*t!
it’s a bowling alley so you know what’s up, man — for a fun, relatively cheap (late) evening for the whole family you could do worse. grab your (bowling) balls and support your neighborhood bowling alley, they’re a dying breed.

First thought that comes to a lot of people’s mind when they hear skyway is the ghetto of Seattle. skyway bowling has been going through a lot of transformations lately. I’ve been coming to this location as a kid back in the 90s when they use to have indoor putput golf. I’ll start with the bowling lanes themselves. They are older lanes but they are still decent. The staff does a good job of keeping the lanes clean and waxed especially for league bowling. You may encounter a blackout on a lane but the staff is fairly quick to call it in. My biggest complaint about the lanes would be the computers themselves. They are kind of riggity and the screens may flash time to time. Let’s move on to the bar and restaurant… This place has been going under new ownerships which they keep trying to bring back the always failing casino. The bar in the back is a relaxed casual bar with semi decent prices. The snack bar by the bar is okay with mostly fried foods and subpar pizza. The new Asian restaurant located by the poker room and what is now going to be a club is way over priced. 10 – 15 dollars for some crappy over salted Chinese food… I’d rather eat one of the pizzas. Across from the club you’ll find the karaōke bar which is usually full of Viet people singing away drunkenly. The staff throughout the building is extremely friendly and is one of the main factors why I keep coming back. Be sure to call in and ask about what specials they are having that day/​night. I come here almost weekly with friends to bowl, never had any problems.

i dont know about you guys but when we go for our daily bowling with friends, the staff are always happy to see us: D
Cheap bowling ! and ive grown up coming to skyway since teens, still a lot of fun when youre with good company.
looks like theres a new casino that joined on the left and a small karaōke on the right as youre coming in.
drinks theres buckets you could get, pitchers of water n soda or beer, and for their asian food side i would suggest requesting not salty before you order ! The fast food side like fries and pizza decent :)

There’s not much to say except how cheap bowling is. Every day they have different deals (like Ladie’s Night, Men’s night, etc)… I went recently this past friday which was $ 15 for an hour, including 4 shoes… sometimes, they just give you free shoes too. But we had that, and they have a bar… which (the bar has better music) friday they have deals! 50% off shots! I was pumped cuz it was only $ 2.50 for my shot of Henny. Anyways, aside from the bar, they have a casino on one end, a very «mini» arcade, and some boater Asian karaōke wanna be club hahahaha. That’s usually Friday’s I think.
But I love this place because it’s great service, cheap, and I love the diversity here. People say it’s ghetto, it is. But home is where the heart is, and it’s here for me ;)

Every time i suggest to go bowl here because i so much rather bowl here than expensive Acme Bowl, the immediate respond would be «I don’t want to get shot». Just because it’s in the hood doesn’t mean you are going to die, at least not today. Haha. How i think of it is since it’s such a high crime neighborhood, there’s always cops rolling around so no need to fear for your life. Families come here, way more than gangsters do and it’s so cute to see the little kids bowl and have parties here! The atmosphere isn’t upscale, but it’s good enough for me to come and have a good time.

Before I start the review let me just brag a little…185! My highest score thus far! I am no pro bowler but once every 3 months or so, I can play fabulously and shock people when they’ve seen how I lazily toss the ball down the lane and get a 185.
Ok…I went here on a Thursday night and I had a good experience here. I believe they have Quartermania here too but the cover charge is a tad bit more than other bowling places I’ve been too. The lanes seem well-​oiled and I know that only because my bowling ball came back slicker than when I threw it down the lane. There is a also a disco ball above the lanes so you can get your groove on while you wait for your turn. As for bowling food, not the healthiest stuff but if you bowl long enough, you’ll burn the calories you took in. Maybe.
Anyway, 185!

This place is ghetto as all hell, but hey, I’ve been coming here for more than a decade now for fun and boy has it changed. I haven’t been here in about a year because my friends didn’t grow up in the ghetto and are scared to come here. I grew up here and it’s really not that bad. Yes there have been shootings in this area on or close to the vicinity, but where have there not been shootings? It’s not like people get robbed, raped, and shot like wildfire here. It’s cool, guys, more bowling for me.
Anyway, this place has the cheapest bowling I’ve ever played. They have daily specials throughout the week to make it even cheaper than it already is. They used to have this cosmic bowl thing on Wednesdays where they blast music, beam colored lights and play music videos while you bowl. It was kind of awesome and like $ 9 to bowl all you want from 9pm to 2am or something like that. The only problem is that they never have 11 or 12 pound balls and those are the only two I use.

skyway definitely doesn’t hold the best reputation in the greater seattle area for the «safest place to bowl» but ya know what? this is my neighborhood that i grew up in and i love this place.
recent renovations makes it a bit more family friendly and what makes this place the best of the bowling alleys is the bang for your buck! acme bowl charges around $ 30 an hour plus $ 4.50 for shoes. Lucky Strike charges up to $ 70 an hour plus $ 5.50 for shoes. all the while — skyway charges $ 15 an hour including 4 pairs of shoes! that’s what bowling should be! cheap fun! given that the score boards aren’t in the best shape nor are all the balls… but i’ve never gone there and had a bad time.
you can also get $ 6 or $ 7 shots of grey goose or crown royal — $ 9 pitchers of beer and the fried foods are always on point.
not a fan of bowling? hit the casino! plenty of tables for pai gow, black jack, poker, and if you don’t like that — there is also 4 coin operated pool tables.
its all good in the hood!

Come here on a Wednesday in the afternoon when it’s not crowded and super scary looking.
Proceed to dance like idiots whenever you get a strike or a spare.
Pay $ 2 for shoes and $ 4 for an AMAZINGLY priced game.
Hit up the CASINO afterward. :D

After HH with my friend, we went ghetto bowling. Haha. at least that’s what she calls it. This place looks closed on the outside. The sign is lit up, but the scaffolding leads you to believe they just forgot to turn off the sign lol. I still had mucho fun.
For 13 bucks we got two games in with shoe rentals for two people. I don’t know the break down of prices but that’s cheap in my book! The person helping us was nice and friendly which is nice when you’re randomly bowling at midnight on a Sunday.
The lanes are well lit, and they have plenty of my pink 8lb balls so I think this place is pretty cool. It was surprisingly busy for a late Sunday night. It wasn’t packed but there were quite a few lanes filled up. Lots of kids/​families. I guess it’s spring break!
Since I’m not from around here, I’m not sure there are better options but I would definitely be back! It’s just bowling… how fancy do you need to be?

This place is GHETTO! And I love it.
Too many bowling alleys think they can charge an arm and a leg for bowling these days because they have a blacklight and dodgy music playing at 7pm. Not this place. CHEAP.
Wifey & I bowled for 2 hours, with shoes and a pitcher of beer– and it was about $ 30 total. Same thing at other places would cost you $ 50+.
Yeah– they might have a sign on the door stating that no bloodied clothes may be worn into the bowling alley (and casino) — but that just adds character. In fact– they would prefer no shirt than a bloodied shirt.
The Casino…
The casino get no stars. What a dump.
Went there after bowling and lost $ 200 in about 5 minutes playing blackjack. Perhaps that’s how the bowling alley makes their money?
Asian thug dude sitting next to me at the table was pissed that I sat down at his table for some reason (maybe Whitey is bad luck?) — all 5“0′ of him was mad about something. He refused to play while I was at the table and kept glaring at me… I didn’t feel threatened at all but wifey was getting a bad vibe from the dude. We boogied out of there after I lost my $ 200– I don’t think I’ll go to the casino again. Crap luck and a lot of locals there with bad attitudes.
Bowling Alley– five stars
Casino– no stars.
We’ll settle at 3 because I can’t give them 2.5 stars.