Paradise Bowl Entertainment Center

We have been regulars at Paradise Bowl for the last 5 years and like others reviews the quality has gone down significantly. The summer kids bowl is always nice but this year with the new restaurant hours it makes the experience not as fun for the kids. The restaurant is now only open after 5pm and the last two times we have gone the restaurant staff didn’t open the restaurant for service until about 5:15 which doesn’t sound like a big deal but when you have 4 hungry kids asking why the restaurant is not opened when it is after 5 it become a BIG deal. The bowling experience was good and the staff was friendly. Unfortunately due to this lack of consideration to the customer overall experience (restaurant hours) we will be looking for another location to frequent.

Alas, this summer of 2016 we went to the bowling alley (Paradise Lanes) that we’ve gone to only to find out that the accommodations have changed during summer hours. There will be no restaurant (food and drinks until 5pm). For us this was one of the main reasons we did kidsbowlfree. To have a safe environment to play as a family and to have lunch or maybe a snack too. Now families are still greeted, but there are vending machines (that are a hit or miss) and the lack of morning help at the desk was appalling. The person at the front desk went on a smoke break right out side the front sliding doors. To make it worse (knowing the alley) our lane became stuck and I had to walk all the way outside to ask the person to help us. He had to put his cigarette down (still not 25 ft from the building), but he did help us. I miss how the alley was before. How more than one person was willing to help. Now there’s no fries or pizza unless we come at 5pm. 5pm is our family time at home. I wish this alley the best. Choosing to not open the restaurant for breakfast and lunch was not a smart move. Thanks for the years Paradise. Thanks…

The food is typical of your Bowling Alley, but the prices are good, service is good, and Masterman VENDING provides the games for the Arcade so it always has some of the latest and greatest games in the area. We also like it because it has descent parking, it’s close to the main hwy. and it’s just good cheap fun.

I’ve been here a couple of times and the most recent would have to be last Thursday for a double date.
The two guys behind the counter were nice and didn’t mind that we were waiting on the other couple joining us. I wanted to pay for everyone ahead of time and asked that the time not start until we were at least all here. It wasn’t busy since it was a week day so it was said it wouldn’t be a problem.
Our friends join us and I had paid for an hour but I guess our time had started before they had arrived. We were able to almost complete 2 games (4 people). Unfortunately my poor boyfriend was on his tenth frame when the timer ran out: c lol. It was sad for him since he was doing really well and didn’t get to finish.
Bathrooms could be a bit cleaner and the arcade is ok. I did see they have added some new arcade games as well.
Overall, it’s a decent spot to go bowling. Since it’s the closest one to home I definitely don’t mind coming here.

Most unpleasant staff. The woman with short hair, acne scars and tattooed neck was so rude when we were trying to get a lane that I will never be back again. Your location is already ghetto, no reason to make sure your staffs attitude matches.

Bowling on Sunday sucks, because they limited time on the lanes for service. 3 games in a row ripped me off in the arcade. Fix this stuff please. It makes me not want to go back.

Fun place for bowling, arcade and shooting pool but food is terrible! Eat before you go!

I cannot recommend his place enough. Was invited to meet friends here for a night out and was initially not excited. Bowling in Parkland? I’d been here when I was younger and thought I knew the score.
Nope!
This place is awesome. Fantastic, friendly service at every turn. Clean fun facility. Did I mention the service? This place is so much cooler than I remembered.
Also– if you’re having a party ask about the awesome private VIP room adjacent to the bowling lanes.

For 3 years I have paid for the free kids bowl so all of us can go bowling at paradise bowl! this year has suddenly changed drastically. They no longer send coupons for weekends, changed the date 2 times. Once in May and again in June so that the coupons are not valid. I paid for the rest of my family to go all summer. The people are rude, the bathrooms are disgusting. And they don’t have family bowl on weekends when everyone else does! Sad to see this business decline as it has. Oh and they make you wait a while if something is wrong with the lines too. Just bad service over all.
They need to learn new customer service skills. I will be trying to change my free kids bowl to a more friendly place for my family… Bad service. Last year was much better.

Staff was rude from the start when we asked what time moonlight bowling check in was, the «night club» had zero service and dirty glasses and garbage littered the tables. We then paid for bowling and the lady at the front desk was still rude to us, we get to our lane for moonlight bowling which was an absolute joke. Moonlight bowling consisted of a few broken laser lights, terrible music, and Walmart black lights. Do yourself a favor and drive the extra 15 minutes to Bass Pro Shops to bowl. Definitely not a place I would take a family, it is beyond ghetto.

March 22, 2015… This place is way over priced! $ 48. and some change for 2 adults and 3 kids to bowl 2 games! Also wanted payment before we even bowled.
We ordered fries and a couple sodas. Overpriced as well. Waitress didn’t bring napkins out with the fries! Really? Counter person happened to be walking by and we asked for napkins. He said sure thing… Then never came back. The kids and wife had fun. I however felt taken advantage of by the horrible service and way expensive cost of this dilapidated slowly sinking ship of a bowling alley.
Last weekend we were in Lacey and although Aztec lanes is much smaller. We had a much better experience. Friendly staff made us feel welcome. Annnnd it was only about $ 23.00 for the same 2 games and 5 people!

I have been here three different times in two weeks. The bartenders are great but the only reason to go here. The guy at the front counter is always playing when I come in, never notices us and is extremely rude every time. I have done nothing to warrant such rude customer service. I know in my establishment the customers are never treated with disrespect. My friends and family wont be going here anymore.

They wouldn’t let me have fun. No fun allowed! I’m well above 21 (in my fifties) and they wouldn’t let m purchase alcohol because I didn’t have my id. Im flattered and all, but uh. Fuck you.

The people who work here aren’t helpful
It’s a great place to have fun though service is ok great place to hang out and have a good time.

I love the place always take my 3 kids here and it was free all summer for them to bowl. They have a full bar and a full restraunt, you can book out the banquet room if you want to. Also if you have time you can play in the arcade. It seems they are slowly updating everything but could use a little more renovation. On some weekends they have a band. The best thing of all is there is always parking.

Not giving 5 stars because the beginning of our experience was terrible. The staff were rude and unfriendly, the lady making the food was the worse. My husband ordered fries but decided he wanted nachos right after ordering (before he even paid that’s how fast he changed his mind) but lady said to late and wouldn’t change the order so got stuck eating the fries (they come with a lot and were decent but we didn’t want them) she seemed like someone that would spit in your food so we didn’t make a huge fuss with her and just ate the fries. The lane kept breaking down, which is usually understandable but when accompanied by the rest of the experience was just another reason we were mad.
I am giving it three stars in stead on one because after all of that we did switch lanes and had no other issues. Management came up and apologized and gave us a credit for food and a few free games. The first staff member that we felt was rude did apologize to us as well. It was very nice and the second half went much better. The food lady I still would not recommend though.

Lanes always available for leagues. Moon Light bowling always seems to be popular. Arcade, bar, pool and restaurant all a great feature to a successful bowling alley. This one has a pro shop and kind and attentive staff. Well oiled lanes and has leagues for every level of bowler. Birthday parties and company events. Live music on the weekends and the food isn’t terrible… it is typical bowling alley food. Bathrooms are always a cluttered mess and at times they are out of just about every paper product you can think of… It’s our bowling alley of choice… because it’s just down the road from our home!

You get what you pay for here. Calm, family friendly atmosphere. Only worth the money if you’re using a Groupon or some other type of coupon.
Whatever you do, don’t go for the nasty, burnt fries. The lady who took our order for the fries double charged us & instead of refunding the money, put up a huge fight to give us two orders of fries instead. Then she couldn’t do simple math to work out our change. Then when our fries came out they were seriously disgusting.

Woot! Woot! for this bowling alley and to top it off it’s just down the street!!!
My in-​laws were in town and my husband loves to put the see how he compares to his Mama in bowling, it’s quite funny. It’s something they have done since he was little and she continues here bowling skills as a retiree by participating in a league back in her hometown. So off to the bowling alley we go.
I mentioned this place to hubby and he thought he had seen it as well and what a surprise it was as we walked in. First impression, clean! and that is a hard compliment to get from this OCD woman! I was thoroughly impressed how bright, once again that word, clean it was! The lanes were great, and the pricing and service was great as well.
The kitchen served up some goodies as well, we will definitely be back!

For a bowling alley, in this area, it was not bad. Seemed kept up for it’s age and the food was descent. I really liked the cheese fries. I think the price is a bit high, but other than that I would recommend it. They have decent service, our server was very busy as we were a group of about 15 hungry and thirsty guys and gals.
I would recommend it!