The Groovy Goat is a sports bar and restaurant at the OWA Park in Foley, Alabama. They have a giant menu, great margaritas, solid nachos and good service.
In the back of the restaurant or to the left of the park box office, is the Arcade. Attached to the restaurant, it is OWA’s take on the Arcade gameroom.
Big Games
The Groovy Goat / OWA arcade is a pretty traditional redemption arcade. Big games, big cost, little prizes.
This claw machine is about the size of a Prius.
I do like the giant LED matrix versions of Space Invaders and Head to Head Pacman. Be aware, it is on a hard setting with very few lives awarded.
Giant Halo is cool.
Giant Tomb Raider was fun except for the fact that one of the guns was out of order.
I gave my kids two $50 game cards. They lasted about 15-20 minutes before the $100 was spent.
They each got enough digital tickets for one very small stuffed animal, about the size you’d find in a Walmart claw machine.
Takeaway / Impressions
OWA’s redemption arcade is big, filled with big games and generally pretty stingy ticket allocations. The games are usually set to higher-than-average difficulty.
The kids dig it but it isn’t my cup tea.
