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2.5 (357 reviews)
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Connie C.

Convenient location and they validate parking. We went on a Monday night and the popcorn was a little stale. Right when you walk in, you're hit with nostalgia because it still looks like a classic movie theater from childhood. However, the place smells old and the theater smelled even worse. The seats were also interesting... On a positive note, the bathrooms were clean.

Alvin A.

Haven't been here in over 5 years or maybe more. Went in this past Friday to watch Moana 2 as it was at the right time of the day before dinner. Ordered a large popcorn and a large soda. Soda fountain has way too many options but that's good because if you don't like what you got, you can easily refill something else. Let's just say even thoughI drenched my popcorn with lots of butter, there was way too much salt from the popcorn machine. AMC Downtown Phoenix may look abandoned, I wasn't disappointed with the customer service, cleanliness of the theater. The restrooms were clean, and the quality of movie was great. Looking back to all the times I've been to this theater, I've never been in a large crowd of people because during the day when downtown office workers are working and ASU students are in school during the week. But, with so many theater screens, there's so many movies to choose from. Parking is validated. They had some neat promo items for sale, AMC regular customers are eligible for points making it rewarding if you come here a lot.

Heaven R.

Conveniently located at Arizona Center. They even have a machine which validates your parking for the garage. Huge plus with that. We went into the theatre to watch Fantastic 4 and ALL the lights were on. You can see all the stains on the seats. Felt so uncomfortable and dirty. 10 minutes before the movie was about to start they still hadn't turned the lights off. We had to remind them and they literally said they had forgotten to. I honestly thought I would've like this location a bit more. I don't think we will be back to this one.

Christa M.

I just visited this theater on Friday night for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie. This location is far for me but when I bought the tickets two months ago this was the only location that still had some tickets available. We parked in the garage, paid $16, and the walk from the garage to the theater is about 5 minutes. We entered and there was a small line at the entrance waiting to be let in. The line moved quickly and the worker scanned our tickets and gave us each a TS poster. We quickly got in line for the concessions and this line also moved fast. We purchased one TS popcorn bucket and one large cup. Total: $30. I wanted the pink tin but that was sold out. The worker was friendly and fast. The drink station was a hot mess. People were cutting the non existent line and it was pretty messy with lids and straws thrown around. I had originally filled our cup up with soda but when I went to try it, it was flat and nasty. I dumped it out and got an icee instead - that was yummy. We walked towards our theater and waited to be let in as they were still cleaning it when we arrived. Waited about 15 minutes and finally they started letting everyone in. The theater room was huge and almost every seat was occupied. I was upset to see they still had old style seats and these did not recline. I guess I'm just now used to the upgraded theater seats. These got to be uncomfortable about 1.5 hours in. The movie was great and everyone treated it like a real live concert. People were dancing, screaming, cheering, and waving their hands. Half way through, the fire alarm went off and panic followed. The movie was cut off and the alarms started going off. People did not know hot to act and started running out the doors. I knew to remain calm and followed the line of people out the door. As we were heading out the theater room, the intercom came on and the worker claimed that it was a false alarm and someone pulled it. We were OK to return to our seats and the movie would continue. We sat back down and the movie resumed. We ended up leaving the theater close to 1am and it had started at 9:30pm... The bathrooms were super dirty but not sure if they are always like this or if they were just like this on this night since it was a busy night for them. The staff we interacted with were nice and seemed to be happy they were there. The theater looks very outdated and has old looking fixtures.. maybe needs an upgrade? Overall it was an interesting night! Oh and they kindly gave us all movie passes to use for another movie for the fire alarm inconvenience, so thank you!

Monique C.

We came here to see Inside Out 2 and we had a lovely time. The theatre was clean and the chairs were as comfortable as they can be. Next time I'll have to try the popcorn! I docked a star off because the parking garage right next to the theater doesn't have a direct entrance so you have to walk pretty far to find the right door. Make sure you bring your parking ticket so it can be validated. Although next time I'll definitely park on the street to avoid the walk from the garage. We bought our tickets online and had no problem with the QR code provide. The bathrooms were mostly clean but could have been stocked a little better. Everyone seemed happy to be there as we were too!

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April W.

I was here recently to see the movie Meagan. I enjoyed the movie, but I will say this is not the cleanest theater. There was a security guard when I walked in, he seemed nice. There was a long concession line but it moved quickly, so no complaints there. The actual theater was kind of grimy with sticky floors and trash on the ground. I can handle most of this but the bathrooms were unacceptable. More time needs to be spent managing the cleanliness of this theater.

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Kathryn L.

One & done type of visit. One of the least impressive AMC Theaters. On my visit, it was an overall untidy environment, especially the viewing theater & non-working recliners. The Concession Stand was backed up by not enough employees with a lot of concession goodies out of stock. Located in the AZ Center.

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“Great movie, clean theater, fresh popcorn, nice theater people, and nearly a private showing.”

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