245 South Adams Avenue
Camden, AR 71701
Ouachita County
Phone: (870) 836-3003
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by Reginald Arbucci on Bowling goes upscale at this midtown west location of Lucky Strike. The greeter girl can use her attitude at full blast on a Friday or Saturday night as far as I'm concerned, but at 2:45 Sunday afternoon, she should turn it down a notch. Relaaaaaaax, precious. Three of us went just to play pool ($15/hr - very reasonable) and had a great time. We had 'poolside' service, and even though it's easy to watch the bowlers, you're separated enough from them that there's not a lot of crazy traffic/bumping into people going on. $7 Heineken bottles? Really? It's Heineken. Whatever. All in all, though, good times - would definitely go back to shoot another few rounds of ye ol' billiards.
by Steve W. on What a stupid name for a lounge/club. I could deal with it being called 'Park' but 'The Park?' Its hard to throw this into a sentence without any confusion. Me: "Hey I'm going to The Park this weekend, you wanna come?" Hot Girl I'm Talking To: "Sure I'll come watch you play at the park and then maybe I'll go back to your place so we could take a shower" Me: "No, no I didn't mean....wait what did you say? uhh yeah I'm going to play at my park" True conversation. I swear. But anyways back to The Park, this is a restaurant/bar/lounge during the day and evening Monday-Sunday. Huge semi-outdoor space to chill and 2 bars downstairs. Drinks are regular club prices, $6-7 beers I believe, $10-$15 mixed. On Fridays and Saturdays at 12 midnight, the upstairs open up and it becomes a club of some sort. In the past, the whole upstairs feels like a club with the whole two sides of the floor blasting music (hip hop/top 40's) and people (mostly Chinese) rubbing up on one another. But now only one side of the upstair floor has music. The side reflecting an outdoor patio does not have any music except for the sound coming in from the other room. Without any music bumpin your ear, people just stand around on that side and slowly two step or bob their head; not much of a club atmosphere. The other side has music and a small dance floor and a lot of couches and you could usually find some room to move. So that killed it for me, taking away the biggest dance floor they have killed the vibe of this place. Girls also tend to stick with their pack. By girls, I just mean the Chinese girls. They go with a group of guys and they form a circle. Yes the dreaded impenetrable circle where if you're gutsy enough to attempt to talk to a girl in there, some guy with too much mousse on their head will "save" her. And the girls will then look at each other and giggle. Its free to get in, but guys make sure you're with a girl if you're going around 12 at night on Friday and Saturday. They want a 1-1 ratio which is something I can't understand. I understand the quota of keeping an even keel of girls and guys, but this place is huge. Its never packed to capacity having a huge space both downstairs and upstairs. And its not a true club. Isn't the whole point of a business such as The Park, to make money? That being said, don't try the 'call a girl already inside' to come out and get you. They'll see that the girl was already in and not let you pull that stunt. Try asking a girl on line if they're not with guys to walk in with you. Although I did that once and this girl straight up refused. Is it so hard to do someone a favor for a quick second and say "yes he's with me" and go on with your night? I still remember her face, I hope you're reading this, I hope for nothing but a barren uterus for you and your fobby boyfriend who cleans fishes for a living. Big shout out to the white doorman, DOORMAN, DOORMAN, DOORMAN, who hates hoodies. Really? Did someone in a hoody rob and beat you when you're a kid? Twice, he looked me up and down, did a whole cavity search to see if I had a hoody on or a hoody hidden in my rectum and said "I HATE HOODIES". Wow, powertrip much? Pros: Free admission, decent music, good loungy atmosphere Cons: Doorman, 1-1 girl guy ratio on Friday and Sat nights, music upstairs limited to one side only, snobby chinese girls and overprotective virgin guy friends
by Clark Bemer on My friend and I sat outside on a beautiful day when we visited Ecco. I raved about the grilled squid, and she loved the fried goat cheese with honey. We ate until we could barely walk. I tried the Long Live the Queen cocktail on the server's suggestion, but I really think anyone who doesn't like gin should steer clear of it no matter who is making the recommendation. My friend's cocktail was really tasty: she tried the Quella Ragazza and HAD to have more than one, of course. Luckily, we were within walking distance of some decent shopping, where we "eccoed" praise for the restaurant to anyone willing to listen.
