Lucky Strike

After writing my review I have returned to Lucky Strike and have noticed a slight change so wanted to update my rating.

What what? Bowling, cool drinks, nice menu and the best of all nice looking pp to bowl around you. Great service, easy parking garage close by and sometimes they have a happy hour. A little pricey for bowling but this is South Beach

Balding men and large women in oversized bowling outfits stuffing their faces with nachos, breathing heavily and intently bowling perfect spinners to be Masters of the Universe!  If that's your image of bowling alleys, you must be new to South Beach!

Lucky Strike is less a bowling alley than it is a lounge that has lanes where you can toss a bowling ball if the fancy strikes you (get it?).  Location is perfect, right off Lincoln Road and the decor is what someone in Miami may imagine a cool bowling alley should look like.  comfortable lounge chairs, low lighting, a stacked bar, hot wait staff and decent food to keep you occupied, while you mingle with friends and pretend to bowl.  TV screens and over-priced rates are, of course, par for the course, considering where this is located.  This location also has the nice advantage of not having too many kids running around, which tends to ruin a perfectly good buzz.

I give it 3 stars, because it is not exactly a bowling alley, not exactly a bar, and not exactly a lounge, but as the sum of all three, it does a decent enough job that should make this place a destination every now and again.