I am a mother of 4 kids and my youngest is 10 months old. My husband and I have our own company and we are dedicated parents so we don't do date nights very often. This morning my husband surprised me and said he was taking the day off to take me to see Gladiator. I was excited and we headed out. When we got to THIS theater NICK said we couldn't allow the baby to go in with us. WHAT?! I had planned it out so it would be her nap time during the movie. I can't tell you how many times I have seen kids and babies in rated R movies. We are talking about a 10 month old who won't even know what the plot of the movie is! A baby SHOULD be allowed to go to any movie with her PARENTS. The 1 star review is for the manager Nick. He was incredibly rude and should take a course on being professional and learn about customer service. read more

Theater is clean and seats were very comfortable. Not sure I could recommend the online ticket experience. Just get tickets at counter. I like to watch first runs at a theater. read more

Just like any other Marcus, GREAT! They often had the big cutouts for movies here, and they give out posters and freebies also. I got a mini Deadpool for the Deadpool movie! Great popcorn, Marcus' is the best for popcorn and that fizzy pop! read more

Overran by kids and teens. There's plenty of other theaters - take your pick and go there. This one is full of loud kids running throughout theatre while movie is playing. Staff doesn't care. The concessions are average just like any other theatre. Not in the best location of Elgin and did not feel very safe. Lock your vehicles and do not bring any valuables if you decide to see a movie here. Get in and get out , and see a matinee if possible. read more

We we're there recently. Wow what a mess . Napkins, popcorn. And garbage all over the place . Disgusting . For the price you pay to see a movie and snacks you would think the theater would be clean . Nope . New management needed or just people that care . read more

The theater lobby is awkward. Have to walk around tables and chairs to buy tickets at a counter in the corner of the room. Don't get me started with the snack counter. First of all almost every theater lobby has the butter stations and salt against a wall in the lobby so you can butter your popcorn the way you want it buttered and salt to your taste. The clowns at the snack counter barely butter your popcorn and shake a salt shaker maybe once over the top. The popcorn had no flavor and my husband had to take it back to the counter and make them add more butter. Of course only the top layer had anything on it. Popcorn is an integral part of going to the movies and Marcus Elgin Fox fails miserably. We will never go to a movie there again. read more

Teenagers have an attention span of 15 seconds and are always talking during the movies with their phones on bright. Movie theater doesn't enforce age at all. There is a cop sometimes at night. read more

14.00 for small popcorn and small coke. Movie sound didn't match video. Projection problems: Ad for the cinema just kept repeating for 15 minutes. Other ads repeated. Then it all started over again for a half hour until someone tried to get a 'manager' that was not present but would be there 'in awhile.' This place is joke. Too bad really, the cinema itself it really really nice. read more

I have to say, I love any movie theater that has the padded recliner seats. Don't know why movie theaters didn't do this years ago. Marcus theaters are always clean and well maintained and this location is no different. Theater is nice and warm (it is currently winter). The staff is really friendly and informative. There are a lot of options for food and drinks. They even have beer and wine avaailable. The theaters always have a clear and powerful sound system. The digital projection is very clear. read more

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The look on my boyfriends face when he found out the couples seat had an arm rest that lifted up so there was no barrier between us HAHA. I come here with friends a lot and the experience is always amazing. Friendly, supportive staff, clean environment, and wonderful food! Definitely a theater I go all out for. read more

Pizza! Zaffiro's!!Theatre is fine. I'm loving this pizza. Not cheap hardly any cheese but who cares! The pepperoni pizza is a treat! D E L I C I O S!! I'm a pizza lover born Chicago and this is not Chicago pizza. More like you'd get in Rome. You mileage may vary, Many will be not so enthralled as I. But I would go here just to have a pizza snack even if I was not seeing a film. Yummy read more

This is my family's go-to theater. Very comfortable seats and you can grab some beer or wine to enjoy the show. They also have some hot food there...pretzel bites, pizza, etc. While ticket prices are fair, it is your normal high expense theater when it comes to candy, popcorn and drinks. Soft drinks will run you $6 or more. Still, it's kelp very clean and the reclining chairs are very comfortable. read more

I had a great afternoon watching maleficent at this theater in the dream loungers. They have every food and drink option available. We got popcorn, nachos, icee's, and pretzel bites. They were all fresh and we enjoyed everything. I'm not saying the food is affordable lmao I'm just saying it's good it's not over the top expensive but it's typical movie theater prices which is not cheap. 10$ for nachos 10$ pretzel bites, 4$ for candy, the icees were 4$ a piece I think. At least the food your buying is fresh and tastes legit versus stale popcorn and stale nacho chips which I've definitely had before. read more

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Our favorite movie theatre in the suburbs. Online reservations work well most of the time and it's nice to have a specific seat chosen. Lounger seating is comfortable and spacious. We think the prices are reasonable and competitive, especially on Tuesdays for $5. Great food choices available through the cafe, as well as ordinary "movie" options such as popcorn. Cleanliness keeps this from being 5 stars - both in the theaters and in the restrooms. Lots of people coming and going, so lots of trash. Restrooms often run out of supplies even during "off hours," but they're not alone in having this issue. read more

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I like the reserved leather armchairs. And this is the closest cinema to my house. But cleanliness is a big issue. Particularly, every time I come here I am repulsed by the fountain drink lid dispensers. They look like they haven't been cleaned in years. The one nearest the frosty machine is particularly caked with ancient crud. read more

I love coming to Marcus in Elgin, tons of great restaurants in the surrounding area, great prices for tickets, especially on $5 Tuesdays which also include their Ultra Screen. The theatre is usually clean and well kept, the recliners are also the best of any theatre I've been too. Definitely recommend signing up for their rewards program to get discounts on concession items, free popcorn on Tuesdays, and my favorite part... no convenience fees on Fandango when you buy tickets! read more

I really enjoy this theater and I've only had one bad experience on a $5 Tuesday with people taking younger kids or teenagers showing up( 10-14 years old) to see Godzilla and the kids either talking the entire time or on their phones taking selfies mid film. Outside of that I've had a good experience and the reclining chairs are great (that's why their prices went up a dollar or so...duh). Typical theater prices, but overall good quality and the Ultra Screen is great. I'm here any time a great movie comes out. read more

This theater has been remodeled and they do improve much with the new look. As we all love their recliner chairs, it's just as comfy as sitting in my living room but with ultra big screen and much better speakers! Love it! Down side though, they could do better in cleaning especially around the big recliner chairs. I know it's not easy since people might come in with horrible manners and throw their food and garbage all over, but seeing those old popcorn stuck in the gap when you recline the chair, it does affect how comfortable you feel in general. I'd definitely go back, but since the cleanness has been an issue for me, plus now it's not impossible to find another theater with recliner chairs, this place is not highly unique to offer outstanding movie experience anymore. read more

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Would not go anywhere else Clean and inviting Staff is wonderful Easy to get tickets and pick seats read more

While the sound and picture were mostly great, security and or management lacking. The side doors off the "ultra" section had people inside letting others outside sneak in. Throughout the 7:30 Bond show, people were throwing ice and drinks from the upper rows down on everyone including hitting a kid in the head then rushing out the upper side exit before returning to repeat as well as shouting 'intimate sounds'. Additionally people walking back and forth in front of the projector for several minutes was rather annoying. read more

Very fun, friendly and great experiences. Theaters are clean, dream loungers are comfortable and spacious. The food and drinks are actually great too, and although still movie theater prices, not as bad as some theatre pricing. $5 Tuesday is the best, make sure to download the app so you can choose and reserve your seats ahead of time. read more

One of our favorite theaters in the suburbs. The staff is very friendly and helpful, the food is good (with the exception of the popcorn which has a bit of a stale taste even after being freshly popped), beer/ wine is available and seating consists of the comfy 2 seat recliners that allow you to raise the armrest. Suggest joining the Marcus rewards program, which quickly accumulates $$ credits toward in-theater purchases (e.g. food) and using the online movie ticket purchase which uses Fandango allowing you to skip the line and get the tickets at one of the kiosks at the entrance with the credit card or confirmation number from the online order. read more

I won't even give this a star....after spending money for alcohol (2 beers) and popcorn and candy...my husband went back for another beer without me. He was told they can only sell him 1 without a 2nd ID. Then he went back for the other beer and was told he could only get the smaller beer unless he bought food. Wtf is that? There's 2 of us and we bought food! Now you want us to buy more food and for both of us to muss a part of the movie to come out and each get our own. There is no signage saying that anywhere near the bar area. Not to mention, the "lounge seating" they have is all town to shreds inside the theater, their workers wore their masks around their chins and were basically standing in front of the entrances to the theaters chit chatting it up blocking you from getting to your show. This place is an ultimate shit show. read more

$5 tuesdays + $4 large popcorn (for members, it's free!) with free refills = awesome Solid Theater. If you want descent seats for a popular movie, you should RESERVE them online. If you want the best seats on a Tuesday, plan to reserve them a week before. I highly suggest you become a member. They have a station with cards already there and all you have to do is spend a couple minutes signing up and you get your card on the spot. You get a large popcorn for only $4 vs. the normal $8 price. So it's def worth your time. The seats are extra comfy. Our movie was playing in their "ultra screen" theater. The auditorium is gigantic! It can seat 300 people so you can just imagine how big the screen was. My experience was great, the only thing I wish was that we reserved our seats earlier in advance. We got them the day off the movie and ended up sitting on the side. read more

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So my mother hasn't been to the movies since the 80's. Yes, you read that correctly...she thinks it was 1987 the last time she was at the movies. My favorite aunt was in town visiting over the thanksgiving holiday this past November and we spent a Saturday afternoon together. We decided to go to the movies for an afternoon of fun and fun, it was! We jumped online and found Last Vegas was playing here at a time that worked well for us after shopping, so this was our theater of choice! Location also worked well for us being that we were in the Carpentersville area. The theater itself is quite old. Its quite a bit dated but it definitely has charm. The snacks were stupid overpriced. Maybe this is why we don't go to the movies anymore?? Not only is it a million dollars to get in to a movie but if you want a snack it'll cost you even more than your ticket and you can't go to a movie and skip the popcorn, so they get me every time! They were kind enough to accommodate my aunt's request to butter the popcorn in layers so that earned them an extra star from me. They also have these "cafeteria" style trays you can carry your snacks on to the theater and it even fits in the cup holder and serves as a small table. Its not perfectly level so it was not perfect but it did the job. My one complaint about the snacks was that the pretzel bites we got were waaaaay chewy. Learned my lesson trying something new. Our feature presentation was shown in the SMALLEST theater I have ever seen. You could probably seat 30 people in there at most! I was pleased because it seemed we were less likely to have a huge crowd of people to trip over so that was a plus! The movie was awesome. One of the kids working there was kind enough to take a photo of us next to the movie poster. The bathrooms were pretty clean for a movie theater. I was overall pleased for what it was and I was excited to be at the movies with my mom for the first time in my life! I hope she enjoyed it. read more

This theater is the closest one to our house, so it's the one we visit most often. We've never had any problems (aside from once, the theater we were in was really hot!), other than annoying patrons (really, is it that hard to NOT kick/hit/whack the seat in front of you?). We enjoy their summer kid flicks for the special price (I've only been lucky enough to go a couple times, other than that I've missed out due to work obligations, but my kids get to go with Grandma & Grandpa). The staff has always been nice - from the ticket counter, to the concessions. read more

My absolute favorite movie theater to go to. The $5 Tuesday's are amazing because of the ticket prices and discounted food (free popcorn to members). The seats are awesome and very comfortable, good screen sizes and great sound. My go to theater (over 20 check ins). read more

Marcus Elgin Cinema - Cinema Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

Who charges $9 ($10 total with convenience fee) for a matinee movie?! That price seems ridiculously unnecessary to me. Also their popcorn is terrible - completely stale and flavorless. The seats, however, are spacious. Even with the leg recliner out, people can mostly fit past you without any issue. That was a very nice feature. read more

Loving the changes to Marcus Theatre. My 4.5 yo has permanent ants in his pants, it's really intense. Going to the movies with him is typically a nightmare. He's loud, asks 100 ?s in a 90 minute movie and squirms the whole time. These new seats have provided him such a distraction, we may no longer be the most annoying people in the theatre! He loves to lay back, and sit back up and then lay back again :-) On top of the cool new seats 1) the Kids Summer Series is a great bargain, even at $3/ticket up from $1. 5) $5 Tuesdays are awesome, just go earlier, it's PACKED after 5. 3) I don't love Pepsi, but their fountains are on par with McDs...lots of carbonation which helps the Pepsi taste. 4) I want to try the new restaurant...some day. 5) make sure you get the Magical Rewards card. It's free and I get some great promos. The big negative is the cost of tickets without a promo. $10.50 on a Fri/Sat night! We saw Minions at 9:20am on a Saturday and it was $15.75 for two tickets. Really? Over $7 matinee prices, it's still Elgin, I say that and I live here. It's just a very high ticket price. We will keep it to promotional times in the future. read more

all my best friend and i wanted to do for our birthday was go see scream in the dream loungers bc we live on farms and don't have any theaters. we got our small popcorn and one small drink bc thats all we could afford with our farm money(it was a bad harvest season). we showed them our ticket and they asked for our drivers license, it said we were turning 18 in FIVE HOURS. the child younger then us LASHED OUT AND DENIED ALL ENTRY bc we were still 17. they only let us get our drink, we had to get fruit punch bc they had all off-brand drinks. on the way home all we could do was cry as we ate our dry small popcorn and fruit punch. DO NOT GO HERE. (5 miles into our 30 mile walk home) read more

Movie nite with my son, this could be a very nice theater but staff ignores the popcorn and candy wrappers all over the floor. Either the MANAGEMENT needs to be REPLACED or the STAFF. read more

We attended the Angel.com presentation of Life after Death Friday 10/27 at 111 Randall Road, Elgin IL. It was a great presentation, however the theater SOUND was too loud. We complained to the manager after we left presentation. He was unreceptive and rude. He said no one else complained, We use a standard sound setting of 5. I said the reason no one else complained was because they would get the same treatment we received. I said if we are telling you the setting is too loud, you should check it and change it accordingly. This is not acceptable and we will write to the head of the company and in all the reviews. We have attended many times and never had it this loud. What kind of professionalism is this to say, "you are the only ones that complained." I would have said, "I'm sorry you had a bad experience. We like our customers to enjoy the movie." I will try to see if there is something we can do." read more

I have to say that I come here quite often, and that I always enjoyed Marcus even before they did the seating changes and renovations. There is something special about the way this place is run, which makes it feel homey and family oriented. I do appreciate the small restaurant you can order food and even get a beer from. The food from Zaffiro's is always piping hot amd tastes amazing. I like that there are a lot of options (sometimes I wish they sold a smoothie) My personal favorite is the loaded beef nachos. The staff at this restaurant and especially the cashier are always extremely pleasant and you can tell they like their jobs (and more specifically working together). Some of the other ticket checkers and staff can be antisocial or rude. I would never use dirty to describe Marcus, but some days it can be pretty messy in the theaters and the bathrooms. I don't see them waiting to come in and clean all the garbage or popcorn after a movie is over. I do love their seats, they are comfortable and recline so far. There is no other better location for a theater in Elgin. And $5 nights on tuesday, and thursday for students. So bring your blanket, grab a beer and kick back. read more

We were in auditorium 6 and it smelled so bad... The seats were disgusting. I don't think I'll be returning. They really need to replace some of the seats. read more

Nice big cushy seats that recline! Great sound system. Add in their friendly staff and clean concessions area and restrooms and this a great place to catch a flick. They sometimes show classic movies and older animated films as well which is nice. We've never actually had any food here so I can't speak to the quality of the food from the concessions but it always looks pretty clean & tidy in that area. read more

My wife and I where in the theater tonight. When the person in front of us spent the first 40 minutes of the movie texting and taking pics of the screen. I finally tapped on his chair and asked him to stop or I would get the manager. He continued to text then walked out of the theater. Moments later the assistant manager comes in and starts scolding me for saying something to the young man. She said I was in the wrong for saying something! She agreed what he was doing was against their policy but yet continued to scold me! I proceed to leave and speak with the main manager he didn't agree with what his assistant did. I asked for an apology she refused and walked away. I've never been treated with such disrespect by management no less. read more

We've gone here a few times. While I like the theater itself, it's annoying that the sign for Zaffiro's express says that it opens at 11am - yet there's absolutely no one there yet at 11:30am, and the employees currently working have no idea about when it will open. Some said noon, others had no idea. There is no time listed on the website. If the sign is wrong, change it. If it's not wrong, get employees on the same page about opening times. Still, it's a nice theater for the price. read more

My husband and I used to come here all the time for movies until they raised up their prices. We found theaters cheaper than this one so we don't come here anymore. However, the reclining seats are awesome! Popcorn, candies and food are okay and overpriced. Service is there if you ask for it. Overall, great theater but there's other's that are cheaper and competitive than here. read more

What a joke. This used to be our favorite theater, and the experience today was an absolute travesty. I understand COVID restrictions, but we've been to several theaters since they re-opened and not one of them has forced us to buy concessions through their app before picking them up at the counter. Giving you the option to pre-order is one thing, but giving you no other choice is ridiculous. We were late to our movie because I had to download the app, place an order, then get in line. Completely unnecessary restriction. Then, with ten minutes left in the movie, they turned the lights on, totally killing the ambience. An unforgivable sin for a silver screen experience. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm done with the Marcus Cinema in Elgin, and Marcus in general. Might return when things go back to normal, but as of right now this was a terrible experience. read more

Came here recently to see Star Wars and the Hateful Eight. Absolutely love the super comfy reclining seats. Friendly staff too. Looking forward to returning x) read more

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