08/20/08

Good Food and Great Experience!

by Leelee84

Great place to watch movies and have dinner! The Porky's pizza is the best and so are the hot wings. If you're going opening night, get there at least an hour early, the lines can be long and you want to get great seats.

• Pros: food, movie previews, atmosphere, Music Mondays and Weird Wednesday
• Cons: the space between your seats and the table are a little far apart, long lines, front row seats are horrible

12/13/07

Best movie experience anywhere!

by truegold

I love all the Alamos but this is my favorite. I like how it's roomy and has a bar at the front. The trailers are a great and entertaining freebie. The service is great and parking is always available. I am giving it four stars because the food could be better.

01/24/07

Why aren't ALL movie theaters like this one?

by urdeedeedee

Nothing better than settling in for a good movie and good food and drinks! I love how they will actually remove noisy people from the theater! Like the trailer before the movie says "We'll toss ya out!". Just priceless! The food is great, and the beer and wine selection is good but could use expanding. Buying tickets online is always easy and it's even easier to get the tickets at "will call". Their email newsletter is good too. I'll never go to Tinsel town again! Why mess with snacks like popcorn when you can get something WAY better for almost the same money?!?!

• Pros: Large selection of good food, cold beer, and movies. Easy online ticket buying and pickup.
• Cons: Service is rather slow most nights. Time to add some waitstaff or something.

12/26/06

Is there anything better??

by ccabiya

Good food, beer and a movie... can't go wrong there. The only two reasons I give this place a 7 instead of a 10 is because I like the Lakecreek location better in terms of food and service. Neither is bad here, it's just a lot better at Lakecreek. Still, I would rather go here than any of the other regular theatres in town.

• Pros: Food, Beer, Wine, Comfort
• Cons: Parking, Wait time, Shows often sold out

Be a couch potato in the ultimate North Austin living room.

by Contributor

In Short
Owners Karrie and Tim League redefine the movie-watching experience. This north Austin branch of their chain is a haven for those who can appreciate quality independent productions and have fun with cult classics. Interactivity, theme nights, filmmaker and star appearances are all normal behavior. Atypical theater fare fills the menu--pizzas with campy movie-related names like "Poultrygeist" Chicken Pesto to complement bottles of Fat Tire or Anchor Porter.

07/31/06

Horrible service! DO NOT GO TO THIS DRAFTHOUSE

by gekiswerve

I emplore you, please do not use this Drafthouse. The other Alamo Drafthouses in town are just fine (especially the Village, that's a great one), but this one has some of the worst service and servicepeople in the entire city. I've been going to the Drafthouses for over 10 years now, and have never experienced the low-level of service that the Lake Creek location provided. Our waiter was very loud during a quiet movie (kept calling 'last call' MUCH louder than he needed to around the entire theater), and he charged 17% gratuity for us KNOWING THE PEOPLE next to us - said we were a party of 6! When we questioned the waiter about it, he proceeded to get frustrated with us (for no apparent reason...we were not being rude at that point) and blurted out, "Well, fine... if you don't want to tip..." turned his back on us and walked away. The management wasn't much better, considering that they're 'only there to enforce the policy, not to change it'. They refused to take the gratuity off the bill, and then laughed at us as we stormed out the door. Please make use of the other, non-commericalized Drafthouses in Austin. This one deserves to have its staff wiped clean and a new roster hired. Until that happens, I'm NEVER going back.

• Pros: Part of the Drafthouse chain. Typically good food and service
• Cons: This particular Drafthouse has the worst service of all!

01/31/06

Best Place for a Afternoon

by kathy quarles

I love this place. It's a movie theater and restrant. You don't have to go to two places for a afternoon out. The staff is great. Fun place. Kathy Q

• Pros: you are surved food, prices are not bad
• Cons: crowded , parking hard to find

04/29/03

"Atmosphere" & "Comfort"

by europ1um

I guess these two things depend on your perspective, but if you like beer and you like Austin-esque venues, this is the theatre for you. While the seating is not the Metropolitan, the superb conscessions and total-movie-experience far outweigh the slight blemish.

• Pros: beer, online tickets, real buttered popcorn
• Cons: seating

02/11/03

Food and Drink...oh my!

by kimojb

No better way to watch a movie- Dinner and a Movie!

I love Alamo downtown and I really think the picture and sound.....and parking at the Alamo North is much better!

12/27/02

10/10

by piel

This theater is great, I cannot think of going to another one.