Park Lanes Family Entertainment Center

Very friendly staff and owner. My choice for entertainment and bowling alley. Many games to choose from. Nice restaurant and bar.

Great bowling alley in the Hillsboro area. Right off of TV highway. They have daily specials so check/​plan ahead for which day you want to go.
Tuesday: 2 Buck Tuesdays (8pm-​close) $ 2 games, shoes, and select drinks and food items.
Wednesday: Quarter Mania (7pm-​close) $ 8 cover; 25 cent games, shoes, select foods and drinks.
Thursday: ½ Price Thursdays (8pm-​close) half price games, shoes, drinks, appetizers
Sunday: All You Can Bowl (7pm-​close) $ 5 bowling, $ 3.50 shoes
The place is well kept with a lot of lanes. The shoes are in fair condition and there are lots of balls to choose from there. They have a mini-​arcade inside and a indoor play structure that you need to purchase a wristband to play/​enter. Couple of pool tables inside also.
If you’re looking for bowling in the area for fair prices, this is a good place to go.

It’s an okay place, I’ve been to way better, if you ask me they need to remodel. The bowling balls are sticky and greasy, almost everything you touch is greasy, and the bowling shoes smell.

I’m not a great bowler. or even a decent one HA, but we do love coming here once in a while to break out of our typical weekend. They have DDR! That was nostalgic haha.
I brought my 1 year old son to the jungle maze for the first time and it was AMAZING. WAY bigger than I thought it would be! He was entertained for so long.
Needless to say, my son’s birthday is in September and we have his birthday all planned out with the jungle maze package for the kids. I will update my review once that event is over. Hopefully it exceeds our expectations!

Our Groupon bowling experience was fantastic. We went in the afternoon so we would have a better chance of our two families (11 children total) all getting to play. Everyone bowled two rounds, we had yummy snacks (not to bad on prices) and then hit the arcade room. Everyone had a blast. The staff was nice however not very excited at our disabled son attending with his service dog, but once they saw how well trained he is they seemed to smile at him more and be a bit more relaxed. Overall it was a great trip

This review is for their new jungle gym/​play ground! The age restriction is 11 and under, parents can go up with kids for free and at $ 6 a kid it’s not too terrible of a price because it’s unlimited play. And at the moment they have a jungle gym happy hour where it’s half price Monday-​Thursday 2−5pm. The jungle gym is awesome! When we first entered (on the arcade side) all we saw was the steps to climb up, a few obstacles and then 2 slides to go down. I was thinking it was okay but not great but then my kid disappeared and as I started yelling for him he shouted back «I’m in the bridge!» Holy guacamole I didn’t even see the bridge… or the GIANT second half 4 story play area! After 2 ½ hours of straight play my 4 year old was sweaty and smiley and ready to pass out. We thought the staff was very polite (we ate dinner there and played in the arcade a little as well) we loved this new addition so much we’ll be having my son’s 5^th birthday here.
Now for the reason for the 4 & not 5 stars; the entrances to the pay structure are RIGHT next to the buildings main entrance and apart from a few basic chairs lined up against the wall there is NO WHERE comfortable for parents to sit and monitor their children and make sure they don’t either run out the front doors or get stolen in a flash. If you want parents to sit and stay awhile comfortably I’d consider moving around some arcade games to make room for some tables where parents can watch their kids and sit and talk. THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL.

The bowling lane prices are a little steep for me. Also note that they are by the hour, as our group discovered on frame 7 when our game ended. Their arcade has a few old-​school options, as well as a couple racing and shooting games, but most seem to be the tickets-​for-​prizes kind.
I am looking forward to going back in order to try out the batting cages, since they’re the only ones in the area. However, they’re outside. So it can’t be raining, and it has to have been dry long enough for the pavement to dry out completely as well.

We just had a birthday party for a 10 year old here at Park Lanes. From the initial phone call a couple of weeks back, to the follow through at the party it was all great! They made it easy for us to sit back and relax. (as much as you can with 10-​year old)
We’ll be back not only for parties, but for fun. We are enrolled in the
program, and we love just playing here at Park Lanes.

Really friendly & helpful staff. Just joined the league and it’s been a great experience. The bar has a great selection of drinks & good service. The pro shop has plenty to offer.

We just had my daughter’s 6^th birthday party here. What a fun time. The staff did an outstanding job setting up the big party table. All around great staff attitude too. They where very helpful with whatever we needed. This was the second time we’ve had a birthday party here and probably won’t be the last. I think the only complaint I have with the bowling alley is the small selection of bowling balls. The balls were pretty average in wear and tear, but trying to find one that fits is a chore. Still it’s a great fun place to go with the family or even just the friends. The last time I had drinks there they were pretty good too.

Fun place… came for the batting cages and loved it. There is a decent arcade and food was what was expected. I went during a weekday so it was really slow. I can see this place picking up at night.
Overall worth going if you just want to go out to have a bit of fun.

My husband and I visited Park Lanes for the first time. We were pretty impressed! They have a restaurant inside and the food is pretty good. I had a prime rib steak for dinner, it was delicious. We had a great time bowling here and we plan on going back.

It’s a nice local bowling alley that has a video game room and some batting cages as well. The kids like to come on occassion and the bumpers really help keep from just playing gutter ball.

Park Lanes is a a bit dated, but it is a fun place to roll some games, join a league, play some video games or swing in their batting cages.
Pros:
Professional Staff with Pro Shop
League-​style oil patterns on the lanes
Many Bowling League options
Good prices for open and league bowling
Decent prices on food and beer
Large video game/​pinball arcade
Batting cages
Cons:
Ancient lane monitors and software
Manual lane bumpers for kids (other places have automatic ones)
Smokers standing right outside the entrance
Park Lanes is far behind Big Al’s and Sunset Lanes for «fun» bowling and their food is not up to a level for group activities. However, for league bowling, Park Lanes is a good choice despite the old equipment.

I bring my kids here often, as they are a participant in the summer
promotion that offers 2 free games per day for each of your children. As an added bonus, and what won me over against some of the other participating alleys was the fact that you can get a shoe rental pass to go along with that for $ 15/​per person throughout the summer.
The staff here is super friendly, and the atmosphere is nice.
Some of the equipment is a little older (no automated bumpers that pop up per bowler) but it’s still my favorite alley in the area!