The Ark Bowl & BBQ

42366 NY-28, Arkville
(845) 586-2695

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Gavan Vogler

Great place to bowl. Great, friendly service. I’ll be back again.

Wes Aull

Bowling, good people, great bar, great BBQ...where else can you find it in the Catskills? 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Dee Cee

No food. 🗑️ service. Owner is a whiny old man that just complains.. They tell you to go buy food from outside and bring it in but then complains if you brought a soda with your meal from outside. 🗑️ 🚮

Walter Dominicis

Great spot to eat , play and listen to some great music!!! From the top down, the staff is friendly and welcoming!!

Solomon Oh

Take your score by paper as they used to do; slow down and pace yourself; the balls are aplenty. The food has a polish that only a chef with taste understands. Enjoy your time upstate at the hometown hero.

Vromans Garage SVE

Call before you go to make sure there's enough help. Showed up with only 3 lanes in operation and apparently that was all that they would open for the night. Worker was pretty sassy when I asked to rent a lane that was open, but who knows if it was from being overwhelmed or not. Non biased at all just make sure you call first because I wasted my time travelling 35 minutes one way to one of the last bowling alleys left in the area.

Nicole “Nikki” Sue Low Chee

We had a fun night here. We came for food, but the vibe is fun with a vintage bowling alley on one side and live music on the other. Great place for a chill but fun night.

L Vasquez

Old school bowling alley that takes you back to the mid to late 20th century.
Had to learn to keep my own bowling score with pen and paper, ball returns right out of the jetsons, and a bartender/waitress who ran the saloon like a champ.
Kept me and my brothers beers topped the whole time with cheap draft beer, and fried chicken sandwiches that were bigger than I paid for.

Great place and you should absolutely make a detour if you're in the west Catskills.

Mia Headspin

Glad we finally made it here after many years of visiting the area. Great vintage bowling alley, nice to disconnect and score with paper and pencil. Very honest and straightforward about wait times. Lots of board game options to keep busy while waiting. There was only one woman working this afternoon but it didn’t feel like it. She definitely knows how to multitask and keep things organized and efficient. Will definitely be returning.

Jake Mieczkowski

First off the owner (lady) is disturbingly rude. We came in on a holiday weekend and she rudely told us there’s only 3 lanes open and “there’s nothing I can do”. We were polite and said thank you and left. When we called the next day to try to reserve a lane the same lady picked up and said “we don’t do reservations” and hung up. We called around 4 and she said there’s lanes open and there’s a 30 minute wait. Then she told us there’s only 3 lanes open once again and she has no mechanic. I find it hard to believe on one of the busiest weekends of the year you can’t find one person to help keep your business above ground. This place will soon be run down into the ground like half the lanes in it. Stay away save your money.

Mark J. Radzikowski

The prices were very reasonable. There is both indoor and outdoor seating (weather permitting.)
The wings were great and good sized. The tables were made out of old bowling lanes. This place has a lot of character and history. Check it out

ruby avellanet

came here with a group of friends, me and another friend went to the bathroom together, had no problems, while we were inside my friend started her period, so we called another friend of ours who was bowling outside to bring a tampon. me and the friend in the bathroom hear a knock on the door, assuming it’s our friend we open it and say did you bring a tampon, in response a woman working at the establishment with long white-grey hair says to us, “we know you’re up to something, if you don’t stop now we will tell the state troopers to come,” we respond saying we just need our friend to bring a tampon, and she says you either stop now or you have to leave, so now, my friends still here, blood in her pants, and not allowed to use a tampon. very weird and uncomfortable experience.

Celeste Sloman

The best ❤️

troy burchard

Very friendly and old school environment. Had a great time on the lanes

Jeff Englander

Great bowling, great beer, great prices. Nice to keep score on paper for a change.

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