Have you been to The Village Road Show Gold Cinema? I finally got there this past weekend.  It was a lot of fun and definitely a different movie experience.  No sticky floors, great service, good food, clean bathrooms, and…quiet!  for those of you unfamiliar with this type of movie theater, here’s an earlier post I wrote about the cinema.

The theater space has been beautifully redone in charcoal grays, with touches of brown and orange.

A sleek fireplace adds a nice “warm” touch. Gorgeous art decorates the space.

There are built in couches, comfy club chairs and a huge bar area.

You are asked to arrive 30-45 minutes before the movie starts to settle in and enjoy the lounge. When you arrive, you pick up your tickets and are escorted to a seat.  The host offers to take your coat and get you a drink.     While relaxing in the lounge, you order the food which is brought to you during the show.

The menu offers smaller, bigger, and sweeter plates. Small plates cover a variety of things:  crab cakes, lobster rolls, blue chees potato chips.  Bigger plates include a pasta, a couple of pizzas,duck tacos, and burgers.  My husband and I shared the lobster rolls which were crispy, meaty, and came with some good sauces.  Ravioli was my main course and my husband had the duck tacos.  I liked my appetizer more than my main course.

During dinner and the show, we pressed the call light on the table and were able to order a bottle of wine.  By the way, it’s great how they serve you as you watch the film, but it is interesting eating in the dark. I particularly noticed this when a piece of my delicious chocolate truffle cake ended up in my lap.  My advice is to use your napkin to cover a lot of area.  Remember, it’s dark and no one can see you.

Did I mention the seats? I thought I’d died and gone to heaven, particularly after another recent movie theater experience in which I almost jumped out of the terrible seats.  These seats are fabulous.  Four seats are placed together.  Each seat is a fabulous recliner, very spacious and comfortable.  I think it was only missing one thing, one of those massage features. Oh, and they will bring you blankets.  I would have loved one, but thought I might just relax and fall asleep.

The theater itself held just 40 seats and was decorated in the same theme as the lobby.  It was quiet, comfortable and allowed me to become completely engrossed in the movie.  It was a pleasure!

Would I go again?  Yes, I haven’t relaxed and enjoyed a movie like this ever.  However, it’s a special experience.  Seats reserved on the phone or the internet cost an extra $3, adding to the basic price of $27.  Food and drink, of course, are extra.  If you want to experience this theater and not go all out,  just have drinks or an appetizer.  It will be a fun, special experience. Have a good time and see you at the movies!

Have you had a chance to check the cinema out?  What did you think?