This location has room for improvement. I don't know whose idea it was to book an action movie with booming base so loud it shakes the walls in the neighboring theater that's showing a horror flick where silence plays a significant role in the cinematic effect, but choices were made. Not wise choices. Kind of robbed the audience of the theater experience when you're consistently being pulled out of the movie you paid to watch, because the movie you didn't pay to watch is an interrupting cow that keeps mooing at the worst times. The servers were great, but given that this is not a typical dining experience where the servers check in on you without you needing to push a button, and are virtually never there, the automatic gratuity was a bit rude. Let the customers decide if the timing of when they crouched down to deliver your food in the dark is worthy of 18% ...or not. I really enjoyed my meal, very tasty. But the drinks, wth guys. If you're selling alcoholic cocktails, put alcohol in it. I rarely drink, and ordered a drink that should have included 3 shots from different liquors that were listed on the menu. If they had put even one shot of alcohol in my drink, I should have been able to taste it in that massive glass. But it was more like I got a juice mix with a splash of one liquor. I felt nothing. Kind of like when I drink a big glass of ice water. Don't waste your money on their cocktails, even with their specials. It's so watered down, you can barely detect the flavor of the alcohol mixed in it. And that just feels like consumer exploitation at that point. read more

Studio Movie Grill - XL Caribbean Hurricane - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

Tuesday 6$ movies Movies are great. Kinda dark when you go find your theater and the bathroom. Great service. Soda is 6.50$ Popcorn is as much as an appetizer price and appetizer price is as much as the entire. They put a 18% on tipping! Just a warning!!! In case you double tip, it has an option and it's super tricky cause they give you the recipe mid end movie. read more

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Enough is enough. Looking for a new Theater. Unbelievably terrible, stale, inedible popcorn three visits in a row. How is that possible?? You are in the popcorn business as much as the theater business. Are you that tight that you can't afford to sell fresh popcorn? You are saving money by serving stale popcorn? I'd worry more about ticket sales and less about popcorn kernels. This is so basic -- popcorn and a movie. read more

Ya know, SMG it what it is: a kind of basic eat and drink while watching a movie on the big screen theater. Decent drink selection with mostly bar food. Not "nice" food but you know that going in. People ordering food around you during the movie and servers delivering food. If that doesn't annoy you, you're good to go. If it does, go to Cinemark. Super nice staff. Good popcorn. Convenient location. Not fancy, but succeeds at what it sets out to do. read more

The food is ok. I prefer to eat somewhere else before I go. The drinks are really good and the service is ok. I do like it's a smaller theatre. read more

This is a pretty decent movie theater. The food is ok better than some fast food restaurants. We come for the movie not the food also in addition they have a full bar if that is of an interest to you. Came to see the 1st half of the "Michael" movie. The other half will be released at a later date the movie was really good. Brought back a lot of memories. read more

This movie theater is a great place to catch a film. The seats are pretty large, super comfortable, and fully recline with leg rests--perfect for a relaxed movie experience. They have a good variety of food options. I tried the chicken tenders with tater tots and the loaded brisket nachos. The nachos were a bit on the salty side, but the tenders were great, especially with the Thai chili sauce. I love coming here on Tuesdays when tickets are cheaper--it's a great deal for a quality experience. read more

The walls are so thin, the movie next door was shaking the metal cladding during our entire movie. The food was awful. And, they tacked on a mandatory 18% service charge! We asked to talk to a manager, and she just said, "well if you scroll all the way down at the end of the menu, the small print mentions the charge. That is just our corporate policy." She offered a pass to come back and have a better experience next time. No, I will not be coming back for more of this! read more

Would give it a 2.5 if I could, just because the theater is awesome. The food is ok and the service, not sure about. Waited forever to get our drinks after we ordered, and we learned you have to push the red button I guess to place your order. The food was mediocre and took forever to arrive. Since nobody was coming to pickup our finished plates, I pushed the red button. The girl came and was displeased that I was asking her to take the finished plates. I didnt want to have to look at the plates the rest of the movie. (we left after most people had already left, there was quite a bit of food left on peoples plate, so it looked like others might not have enjoyed the food. The theater sound and leather seats, and the popcorn were great! Eat before you go, the food is quite expensive also, not worth it. $36 for 2 tickets and $46 for food. $8.50 for soda, and they automatically take %18 tip, watch out. read more

I am sorry but food sucks .. employees are super sweet and friendly , it is pretty cozy inside but I just can't eat that over salted food . I literally paid and didn't finish anything I ordered , wasted money . Chicken wings and fries were not good at all ... read more

These seats are not comfortable.. they are like living room recliners from the sale section. I thought the menu looked pretty decent for a movie theater, but I have to say only the popcorn and tater tots were appetizing. My chicken quesadilla was super greasy and my bfs brisket sliders just tasted weird. Service was friendly and movie was good, that is what my star is for. read more

I'm going just because the staff was great. Happy very, cool and on point. The food.... Isn't that great but the people make up for it. Come for the movies and service. Chairs are kinda old but not bad. Good job y'all read more

Studio Movie Grill - Food - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

Great place to watch a movie and great bites! This place is a staple in the movie community, great location.

I've been here several times and it's your typical dine in theater. They are always nice when we go which is important to me. I care lots about customer service. Couple things I wish would change would be the 18% mandatory gratuity that is included on the bill. Not sure why they do that, but I'm sure there is a reason. I'm a pretty decent tipper so it actually keeps me from tipping more since it's automatic. Also, and this is my biggest beef, I greatly miss free refills on popcorn. It already costs 10.00 for a large and it's fairly cheap to make. It seems like one free refill wouldn't hurt. For lunch I got the avocado protein bowl and it comes with a good amount of chicken. It's supposed to include veggies such as onions, cucumber, tomatoes, and peppers but those were sparse. Add more veggies and it would be a win! read more

Studio Movie Grill - Avocado protein bowl - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

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Haven't been to a studio movie grill in a while. Was excited to return to one. This location is actually pretty nice compared to some others I've been to. Pretty clean theater. I didn't order anything this time as I had plans to eat afterwards so I can't rate the food at this location but one of the servers accidentally put someone's pizza on my tray and it smelled and looked good lol. The only gripe I really had during the movie was we could hear the movie next door during a majority of our movie. Whatever movie it was had to be lots of explosions happening. The theatre was rattling a lot and that was kind of annoying but umm besides that not too bad of a movie experience. Next time I plan to order some appetizers and desserts that caught my eye on the menu. read more

Studio Movie Grill - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

I will not be coming back to Studio Movie Grill ever! You just lost a family and our friends because I was overcharged for the mediocre appetizers I had. 4 appetizers and 4 drinks and my bill was $175 plus the $60 for the 4 tickets. This is not inflation this is price gouging at its best! Yelp is my first stop to telling everyone and anyone not to use any SMG's locations. SHAME on SMG Management! read more

I used to come here often. They have made some changes good and bad. The seats are new. They are not electric but they are clean and comfortable. The menu is pretty good. The things that made me decide to stop going is that they automatically add an 18% tip and don't tell you. They also stopped giving military discounts. read more

I love studio movie grill it's always been good but this time it was lit the best I got coconut chicken tenders and it was dry and I got buffalo chicken chips that was just wayyyy to much buffalo it was to intense and I also got a buffalo chicken pizza which was good like always. No picture :( read more

I'm partial to IPIC but waited too late to purchase tickets for a Christmas show. The IPIC seating options were directly in front of the screen - no thanks! I searched for a dine-in theatre and found SMG. It was closer to home and had a good seat option available. I've tried other dine-in theaters in the Dallas area and left disappointed. SMG didn't disappoint! The theatre is clean and doesn't smell like popcorn either. The bar had a good selection of drinks and a friendly bartender. The dine-in experience offered a variety of food options that wasn't stale nachos and dry chicken fingers. I've found an option similar to IPIC and will definitely watch another movie at SMG. read more

I love coming here to watch movies and have some food too. You usually can get great seats even if you buy them last minute. The staff greeting us is not always the best, we had a few off encounters but l our wait staff is usually super kind. Bring a jacket because it's always super chilly! And note that you automatically are charged gratuity. Nonetheless this location is overall great and I'd recommend it! read more

Movie was great. Make sure to push the button to get service! Automatic 18% grat. Tuesdays are the movie "special" for under $7. No refills on popcorn for $9, I would ask for butter on the side- mine was kinda swimming in it. Funnel cake fries were fabulous! read more

In the four weeks since my last visit, the theater implemented an automatic 18% gratuity to the bill. While there is a line for additional gratuity, there needs to be one to negate it. The theater had blocked at least one row of seats, so it was definitely not at full capacity. When serving the initial orders, someone decided to let one person hand out the napkins. Unfortunately, when that employee ran out of napkins, he did not get additional napkins for the remaining customers. So I had to press the button to get staff to provide napkins. For some reason, they decided to serve water in the plastic cups used to serve cocktails. In the past, regular beverage cups were used. My straw must have gotten dropped in the water. The wrapper was wet and it was fun trying to remove it. At about 80 minutes into the movie, I wanted to order dessert. An employee warned me my tab would have been closed. I let him know that I asked it kept open as I would be ordering dessert. He told me that they closed tabs at this time. There was at least 90 minutes left of the movie. In the past, I usually order dessert when an hour of the movie is left. I knew the kitchen would not be closed since there were four additional screenings of the movie tonight. Fortunately, we discovered my tab had not been closed. When the dessert was being served, this employee would not remove the existing plates. While waiting for my dessert, I kept the plates stacked on my tray. I made sure the plates were taken when my dessert was served. read more

Went to Studio Movie Grill for the first time in a very long time. There are so many other movie/eatery options around that it is never really on my radar. However, they were the only theater with a movie time that worked for us, so there we went. The movie was great, the food was ok, the seats were decently comfortable, but the thing that turned me off was the gratuity added onto my bill. We were a party of two. A server took our order at the very beginning and delivered four items to us...our entrees and drinks. The entire set of interactions took less than 1 minute total. And you added on an 18% gratuity (over $8) without allowing me to decide what that tip should be. Ridiculous. I see that others have complained about the grat on here too, with a flimsy reply of "it helps make the process easier". How? I still have to open the bill, now add a strikethrough line to the additionally gratuity, and sign. Calculating my own tip would not make this a more difficult experience. I won't be back. read more

I'm gonna be very honest, and I'm not even trying to sound rude.. but the screen was horrible, sound was muffled, took forever to get someone to serve us, and then the cherry on top was that there was a cockroach in the bathroom. The popcorn was stale and didn't taste like anything but grease. Seats were uncomfortable. read more

I didn't have a great experience here. My movie started at 6pm I ordered as soon as sat down because I always get the same thing. Waiter took my order I'd say around 6:20. Ordered tenders fry's and a drink. Around 6:30 my food was brought out but it was wrong. He apologized and said he would correct it. Around 7:00 he came back confused I hadn't got my food back yet. I informed him no I hadn't and I also hadn't got my drink either that was put in earlier. I didn't end up getting my drink until 7:30 and my food around 7:50. I honestly don't think he put my order in after it needed to be corrected. I only go here to eat so I was a bit frustrated that the main reason I was out ended up being messed up. read more

Beer was not served cold and my food never came. Had to request the gratuity to be taken off. The waitress was sweet but I'm upset with the manager for not making it right in general. read more

First time ever experiencing cinema and food service at the same time. Our server was very nice and professional. The food runners were just trying to get us our food and leave. Not personable at all and gave us tap water. Def not filtered. Burger was decent and fries were soggy. Mediocre at best. Giving four stars because the place was decently clean and tables and chairs were presentable. Would come again. read more

Studio Movie Grill - Roasted Poblano-Bacon Burger - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

Four of us went to a private showing on January 24th . The movie was to start at 6:30. We were in our seats by 6 and ordered our food. Three orders came out within a reasonable amount of time. The fourth order did not come. As time went on , we pushed the call button at least 3 times and each time were told that the food was coming. After FORTY minutes, the three of us who had been served were done eating and I went to talk to the manager about the fourth order that STILL had not arrived. I told him the situation. His answer was that he "had an auditorium of people waiting for their food" and she would have to wait until her order got to the front of the line. I replied that I thought her order should have gone to the front of the line after we told the first ( of three) waiters that her food hadn't come. His answer was " that's not how we do it here". Then I suggested that the very least he could do was to comp her meal and his answer to that was " that's not going to happen". This manager has no idea of customer service or pr. He was rude and arrogant and NEVER even said that he was sorry for the service. The four of us will never go back there. read more

Came here with my boyfriend today and wasn't expecting much after reading the reviews. However - I was pleasantly surprised. Everything was absolutely FANTASTIC! We came in the afternoon and it was very quiet. The lobby and theatre were super clean and in great condition! Each staff member we encountered was so nice, helpful, and attentive. We were able to place our order soon after we were seated and the food came out pretty quickly. Everything was surprisingly delicious! We started off with Long Island Iced Teas and a half order of nachos. For entrees, I got the chicken strips and fries while my boyfriend got the meat eater pizza. I honestly was expecting everything to taste like some frozen food reheated at an expert level but I could not have been more wrong. Everything was piping hot, fresh, and PHENOMENAL!! We both really enjoyed everything!! Lastly - the chairs were SO cozy and they reclined. I was completely blown away by this experience and I can't wait to come back!! 10/10 would recommend!! read more

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Where do I start? We sat down at our seats, and each of the tray tables were loose and unstable. Mine specifically was so bad it would not hold anything. Was floppy and hanging down about 30°., but yet they sold the seat. It took us four times, requesting our drinks to be brought to us. The food that was supposed to be warm or hot was cool in temperature. It also took a long time to be served our food, and it did not come all out at once. It took about 15 minutes for every one in our group of five to get their meal. The worst part about it is that they charge an 18% gratuity automatically. What is frustrating is it gives them no motivation to work hard to earn a tip. The tip is guaranteed, so I feel there's like a flippant careless attitude. This will definitely be the last time we go to studio movie Grill read more

If I could do a lower rating I would. The seats were broken and dirty. I was completely grossed out when seated. read more

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Food is cold, when you get it. Drinks never come unless you ask a million times. Chairs are absolute trash and filthy!

Saw Top Gun Maverick on a Tuesday night at 7pm. LOVED that tickets were only $6. HATED that my seat did not recline; that's a requirement in my book to be considered a nice theatre now a days. Sound in neighboring theatre was so loud we could hear it within ours. Very distracting. Only ate the popcorn - it was average. read more

Plano location continues to disappoint as well !! Who is in charge- recent visit to Plano and they were out of 2 beer brands Ultras and then Coors Light (on a Thursday heading into holiday weekend) - bar and place was a ghost town looking ready to close - drinks were high and no refills on popcorn, all in old non reclineable seats - please work on both locations- personally I would sell to Alamo Drafthouse ... please! read more

I'm rating this based on what it is and compared to the other locations. The one in Lewisville is so bad that I drive to this one. This one is significantly better. I love coming here because it's a relatively cheap family night out. The food is exciting for the kids and we all get to watch a movie for pretty cheap! While the food isn't super high quality, it isn't bad. The chairs here are very comfy. I haven't been to any of the other similar dine-in movie theaters so I don't have anything to compare SMG to across companies but compared to the other SMG I prefer this one and I think it's pretty great to come here. read more

Studio Movie Grill - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

Horrible Food, Horrible Service! They are NOT ready for customers. Please do not go here and expect other than seeing a good movie on the big screen. I asked for water 5 times before I received only one glass. I simply do not even know where to start because I'm just so upset. My college daughter came home for the holidays and we decided to head out to see a good movie. After doing a lot of research, we decide to give Studio Movie Grill in The Colony. We have not been to the movie theater in almost 2 years and we were excited. We sat down, 20 minutes before the movie started and placed our order. Another group of 3 came in after us, sat down and placed their order. They were immediately served drinks as we were still waiting for ours. The waiter then brought my husband a pepsi and a bag of cold popcorn. I asked the waiter about my daughter and I water with lemon and he Said I will bring it. The waitress then brought refills to the 3 people next to us and I asked for our water AGAIN. She said it was coming. Another waiter then served the couple in front of us and I asked for our water again and he said it was coming as they are backed up. I asked two more times for WATER and finally we were served water, without lemon of course, but no need to ask for that as I was sure I wouldn't receive it. When we FINALLY received our food, of course everything was cold, hamburger sliders, chicken sliders, chicken strips and the fries....ALL COLD! I pressed the button and asked for a refill of water of which, you guessed it, we NEVER received! I got out of my seat, during the movie and then asked the waiter who was just standing in the aisle watching the movie for water and he said sure but NEVER returned. I am BEYOND upset about this theater! Eat before you go or just stay home like I plan to do next time. read more

I came here on a Tuesday to get the $5 tickets and it was definitely worth it for that. I also ordered the chocolate beignets which were very delicious. The only complaint I have is that compared to the theater I normally go to, this one had a smaller screen and also the floor wasn't steep enough to make it easy to see over the people in front of me. read more

Studio Movie Grill - Beignets - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

We had the 2 for $30 special, + dessert. Pretzel bites are small, but awesome. Chicken finger basket was good. Pizza tasted like Totino's. Beignets for dessert were great. My daughter ordered Sprite to drink, and was served Starry, which is NOT the same. She returned the Starry and had water instead. The drink was not removed from the bill. Also, no refills on the drinks. Items were billed separately, and an 18% automatic gratuity is added by the theater. This is only disclosed by a small sign located by the restrooms. I didn't go to the restrooms until after the movie. The manager did refund the drink charge from the bill. However, the overall experience did leave something to be desired. I will think 3X before going to this place again. read more

Have you ever seen the movie Wall - E? At the ending of the movie all the humans are living in motorized chairs and the robots go and fetch their every whim! This was my first time to the Studio Movie Grill and that scene kept flashing through my mind the whole time we were there. I was the immobilized human and our poor waiter was Eve - the robot! I LOVE going out to eat! I like the ambiance, lighting, conversation, and the experience. All of that is zapped out of life at an eatery that feeds you while you sit at a screen at watch a movie. Well life sent us a curve ball and we were in a predicament that we were short on time and needed to be fed and entertained at the same time. The hubby desperately wanted to see Reverent when it came out and we were starving and only had a couple hours before the kiddos needed to be picked up. After we walked in I was impressed at how nice the interior was and I couldn't stop snickering as the Wall E scene played through my head. We started with some chips and queso. I know it's shocking the queso addict ordering queso. It was ok, not horrible. I then I had the Grilled California chicken club. That was suburb with tender plump chicken. I subbed sweet potato fries that were really good! The hubby had the meat eater pizza and that was excellent. So over all the food was good, the service was extremely excellent. It was a fun experience! read more

Studio Movie Grill - Chips and queso - American Near Me - The Colony, Texas

Well.....NOT impressed and have only been here 15 minutes. First off, there is only one set of restrooms and they couldn't be farther from the theater I am in. On crutches that will be an issue. 2nd issue....NOT all seats recline. Guess I am spoiled with BrewFlix where every seat reclines. Besides just being more comfortable, I just had hip surgery and really need the reclining seat since sitting up is fairly painful. More update after the food arrives. I some how managed to get theough the entire movie with a lot of squirming and repositioning. Thankfully being in the handicap section only my wife was bothered with all the moving. Had some food, lemonade and popcorn. Food and lemonade was delicious. Popcorn seemed stale. No crunch to it. read more