My pre-movie experience was bad enough that I left without even seeking a refund for my ticket.
I'm not sure if the layout is meant to scare away all but the most dedicated hipsters who know all the tricks to get the theater, but it is the worst I have seen in the theater industry.
First, when you pull in the parking lot, you see large signage on the side of a building that says "Silverspot." That must be it! Let's head that way! Oh but no. That sign is over some other restaurants and shops. By the time you're close enough to determine that, it's highly likely you'll miss the other sign on the side of a building at the end of the "block."
But let's say you make it down to the other sign. Just walk in the doors that say . . . wait . . . there are a couple of creepy doors you can't really see through and there are no signs on the doors. But you liked the Blair Witch Project, so you say why not and press through those doors.
Now you're at the bottom of a stairwell. There is finally a sign! Actually it's just a poster for one movie. The rest of the stairwell is blank. And dirty. Like working through a haunted house, you keep pressing forward up a few flights of stairs and are welcomed by . . . a bar where no one greets you and there is still no signage. Nothing looks like a place where you would get your tickets or get normal movie refreshments, so you walk around the bar until you figure out the back left corner goes on to other things.
You finally see people who look like they work for a movie theater standing at a counter with register-type things. These seem like the people who would sort out your tickets, tell you where things are, etc. But they're on the phone, so you're still going to have to figure it out. There are kiosks across the way, but you were smart and already got your ticket online, so you have no need for those.
You finally make your way down the hall and are stopped by an employee who's at a nondescript desk/counter that you would not think is a place of business transactions. But the employee scans your ticket and sends you down the hall to your theater.
You're getting hungry, but this is a full-service theater, so you assume a nice server will come get your order when you make it to your seat. (Paging Admiral Ackbar.) You look up your seat number on your cryptic online ticket and head to your row. But once you get there, finding the seat numbers is next to impossible. You knew exactly where you reserved your ticket, so you figure your seat out from the layout.
You have now made it to the one positive part of the experience - the seats! They are large, comfy, leather, and very adjustable. The only thing missing is food and beverage. You're sure a server will be in the theater momentarily . . . I mean, it's 20ish minutes before the movie starts, so this is their prime time for taking orders, right? You are woefully wrong.
No one comes in, and it's now getting close to time for the movie to start. So you head back out at least in search of popcorn. The employee taking tickets is now too busy with other patrons, so you head back to the kiosk . . . which is empty. You retrace your steps further back to the bar. The only person available to talk to is actually another patron who has popcorn. It exists! He tells you the bartender can get it for you. Problematically, by the time the sole bartender helps the line of people ahead of you, starvation will likely set in.
You sit at the bar contemplating whether you should bail on your $14 ticket when yet another family trudges up the stairs to the bar area and starts asking where the movie theaters are. To be clear, the layout of this place effectively hides 10+ auditoriums from the common citizen. And the normal flow of nearly all traffic is around a narrow section of the bar. I can't imagine what a mess weekend nights are like in there.
And that's the final straw. I bailed. When every interaction I have with your building and your staff is frustrating, I have zero confidence I will actually get food or drinks during the movie or that I won't be bothered by the hypothetical staff during the movie. As others have mentioned, there are several other dine-in theater chains that do this much, much better. read more