A small (but mighty!) art/independent cinema in Dayton. Despite being in the downtown area, it has…read morea reserved parking lot right across the street making for easy (and safe) getting back to your car even at night after a movie lets out. You only have to cross a single crosswalk, and then you'll be back in your car next to a pretty busy street. The Neon only has two movie theaters inside. You buy tickets from the same spot where you buy concessions. Concessions are surprisingly cheaper than your big box theaters, but they're still "movie theater prices". I felt better purchasing them here to support a small business, though. They have your usual snacks, boxed candies, fountain sodas, and some simple mixed drinks/beers/seltzers as well. Nice part of a small cinema: If you need to pee or fill up a drink or snack half way through a movie, it's (literally) steps outside of your movie's theater to do either. It gets you quickly back into the movie. During particularly quiet parts of my movie, I could hear some of the large, explosive parts of the other theater's movie. The other theater's movie was never loud enough or too disturbing to the movie I was watching, and I could never hear the other theater's dialogue. Some things look older, but everything was clean. No sticky floors. Tables were cleaned off, no garbage everywhere. Seats were comfy for me. They have a light recline, but they don't hold it there. It didn't seem like arm rests went up, but I didn't try very hard. Particularly wide-hipped individuals may find the standard seats to be too tight, but I didn't look for any wide seating or ADA seating options. I did see there were a few rows with extra-long leg room. Had a great experience, and I'm going to put the Neon on my radar for future movie watching now too.

Loved the experience! Easy to get to. Parking lot across the street and free. Helpful staff…read more Reasonably priced wide variety of drinks and snacks. Quaint theatre with interesting shows.

‼DO NOT TAKE YOUNG CHILDREN HERE. MANAGER WONT LIKE IT‼‼…read more The manager on shift was ridiculous. I took my little cousin to see the Five Nights at Freddy's 2 movie and we got kicked out for being "disruptive". Manager claimed she heard my young cousin say "Hi Chica!" During the opening credits when the character flashed on screen and according to her, the character, Chica, "wasn't on screen." Wasted $30 to see 10 minutes of the movie. When I asked for a refund we were denied. We weren't given any warnings to settle down or anything. We got kicked out because of a single incident. A young child excited to see the FNAF movie blurted hi chica. We were seated directly next to the control box where the manager was so in her words it sounded loud. Are we so for real right now . Not to mention there were 4 other people in the theatre none of which complained or even turned around. One person chuckled. We were asked to leave 10 minutes after this incident occurred. Very disappointed in the way this situation was handled.

The place is dirty and smells horrible, like garbage and stinky wet dog BO…read more Maybe clean the carpets and chairs first then use some air freshener just to get started.

So 20 bucks for a large popcorn and two drinks with no refills in sticker shock. The soda costs…read moreabout $.25 a gallon to make. Popcorn's about the same. So sticker shock there. That doesn't count the $23 at the door. A movie with concessions used to be 20 bucks for a decent date. Now it seems that it's working its way to $45. In two years they've cut the total value per dollar paid in half. It would be nice if over the last two years I was able to get a doubling of the money I get paid for each unit of value I deliver. Several workers, one of them that I was very impressed with head pretty good hustle. He had his head in the game, and was moving to make his stuff and everybody else's stuff work. Antonio. Came to see Maverick. Not very busy at all.

Everything. They move slow as snail. The line made me miss half my movie i will be coming back.read more

I do recommend this place however I spent $14 on two drinks and some popcorn. The popcorn had so…read moremuch salt on it that I couldn't eat it.

Updating my review to give it one more star. The bathrooms were cleaner this last visit and the…read morestaff kicked several SUVs out from being up front right as the movie was getting started --thank you! Please keep it up! Unfortunately, they let someone idle their car through both movies which was both noisy and smelly.

The theatre was well laid out for viewing the movie with seats that become recliners though one of…read moreour four did not work. The theatre was clean and noticed them via sing right after the movie you. The bathrooms are laid out a further distance for the women's room however there were plenty of stalls.

Great service and clean comfortable place! Love the theatre and the seats were great !!!read more

This theater is in shambles, especially when compared to the Cinemark Dayton South theater. The…read more"luxury" seating is all torn up, with patchy, greasy leather. Our seats in the back row had a missing middle arm rest; it was just gone. Perhaps someone stole it. We moved to the next seat over, and the recliners didn't work! Luckily the back row was empty, and our third seat move was acceptable, until I realized just how small the screen was and how far away we were. The theater we were in was super narrow and long. Your phone's screen would be bigger if you held it two feet in front of your face! Dirty floors. No cell phone policy, so grown adults can browse Instagram at full brightness the entire movie, and no staff gives a hoot! You can see the rows in front of you, unlike Dayton South, because Huber doesn't have walls in between the rows, just thin bars. The concession lines were absurdly long and they were severely understaffed by lazy people. They only had two registers open, but 8 people behind the counters, 6 of which were doing nothing. We will not be going back to this theater. It's not worth it. Crazy that the same Cinemark owns the Greene and Dayton South, they are LEAGUES nicer.

i lost my phone the other night and asked for help from a employee with short blonde hair we were…read morethe only people left in the building and she refused to help didn't look for it and told us to come back in the morning

The first three movies I ever saw were in this theater: The Little Mermaid, Prancer, and Teenage…read moreMutant Ninja Turtles. I haven't lived in Ohio for nearly 20 years, and was happily surprised to see this cinema still standing and playing movies. The lobby has been cared for and maintained. The actual theater, however, is lacking in a couple of areas. I'm willing to look past the rickety seats and the mess of boxes stacked on the floor near the screen. I'm even willing to forgive the lack of bass a decent subwoofer would provide in this space. But what I will not forgive in a theater experience is a dim screen. I'm aware enough to know bulbs for theater projectors are extremely expensive, and many small theaters will avoid updating their bulbs for as long as possible, but it's time, friends. It's time. The images on screen looked like the brightness was turned down 50%, and that's not an exaggeration. Went to see Fantastic Four and I was having a real hard time seeing anything in darker moments. The Avatar: Fire and Ash trailer played in the beginning and it looked so dull and colorless. The tickets and snacks are affordably priced, and I'd love to continue supporting this place that has such a nostalgic hold on my heart, but I refuse to have a subpar experience with something as fundamental as the image on screen at a movie theater. Hopefully y'all get that fixed soon. I'll be a regular if you do. But make sure you announce it to the world or I'll never know.

Awesome theater. The prices are very reasonable, tickets and concessions. The theater reminds me…read moreof being a child and going to the movies. That nostalgia feeling never gets old. Glad we have such a fun piece of working history available to us! Thank you!

Finally getting out to watch a movie! Seeing the new movie 80 for Brady! I have not seen a movie in…read moretheaters since the start of Covid. I can say it's nice when buying tickets you can see where all other tickets are purchased and pick a chair away from others if you want. I like that feature. The theater was nice and clean! I will definitely be back in the future. Plus comfy recliner chairs.

This theater always does very well as a relates to service and featuring the best films!!! We just…read morewent and saw Maverick this last week and the whole family had an absolute blast!

Ordering tickets online was quick and easy. The theater was…read moreclean and the seats were comfy. The heated option was a great addition! I'm only 5'2" and even reclined all the way I could see the entire screen, which isn't the case at some other theaters. The only downside to our visit was the concession stand. There were 5 registers open but they were still very slow. All-in-all, it is a good theater and we will return.

Our experience was good. Bought our tickets online and so we avoided the lines to buy. We didn't…read moreknow what side we were on so we had to switch over as we headed the wrong way first. Their snack line was super long...so pre-order or get there early enough to wait in line. Reclining seats with heated seat options were nice. We saw the latest mission impossible. We all decided we would go back to this theater again. Seemed clean and well staffed and prices seemed good for a Sunday night showing.