Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas

La Costa Cineoplis tonight was excellent. Our waiter (Tyler, I think), was attentive and the food came out quickly. ¹⁰⁄₁₀

WOW what a great experience, it’s a little pricey but you definitely get what you pay for with this one. I had never been to a movie theater like this so it was all a little new to me. I like that they have assigned seating and a bar inside to pass the time because it takes away the feeling that you have to go early to get a seat and then wait while the annoying commercials are playing.
Seats and service were probably the best part and people were pretty quick. I would suggest buying your seat and ticket early in the day online or on the app though so you have a good selection for your seat. But either way it was a great time and I look forward to going again.

Friday night ¹⁄₂₂ Star Wars 515pm show started 15 minutes late.
Pressed the service button. Server showed up 10 mins later and apologized for taking so long. Complete order then placed. Two drinks showed up in 10 mins. Popcorn 10 mins after that. Water showed up 5 minutes after that. Complete order fulfilled in 35 mins, not an exaggeration. Once we received all of the order, I politely asked what was taking so long, but was offered no explanation. An ‘oh well’ kind of attitude isn’t a great business model for a niche service like Cinepolis.
We have had a great experience in the past with Cinepolis but not that night. The service that night was poor. So the seats get the stars. This is Cinepolis, a luxury experience you pay a lot for, the customer shouldn’t have to be apologized to twice, once solicited and one not, during one movie. Irritated I spent that much for that kind of service; we will not be going back to that location.

This place is really close to home so it’s convenient for me which I love! Last night me and my guy caught the Revenant at 930pm. Since the movie has been out for a week or two and it was last showing the theater wasn’t packed, always a plus! We had good seats!
We ordered a drink at the bar before we caught the movie, the bartender Stephanie was really sweet and out going and made some really good drinks!
The theater was perfect climate control not too cold not too hot. Great screening as well. The place was clean and the service was good very tentative since they had like 20 staff members. Oh they also told us the kitchen was closing down and asked if we needed anything else. We said no and then I ran down to ask for popcorn and got it for free :)
The movie was excellent too by the way!

Nice theater with good service. Tough making it to a standard theater after experiencing the luxury that is Cinepolis.

Such an awesome place. It’s expensive so my boyfriend and I only go a few times a year. It’s worth every penny. The seats are huge, comfy and they are auto reclining. Wait service is soooo cool. In comparison it is about double the cost of a movie and food then a regular joint. Stick to 21+ if you’re on a date or with friends this way you can order alcohol in the theater. It’s on the other side of the tracks and very posh lol. Wee wee poo poo! Enjoy.

I have a love/​hate relationship with the Cinepolis Theater. It’s a great theater with comfy seating, good food, current movies but I my wallet totally gets abused when we go there. We have a saying in our circle of friends: Cinepolis is a great way to turn a $ 40 date night into a $ 150 date night.
Cinepolis has a whole lot going for it: assigned seating so you don’t have to get there 45 minutes before the show starts, pretty good food delivered by waiter service, and one other thing I’m forgetting… what is it? Oh yeah, booze! You can drink while you watch a movie! That’s the one thing I dislike about movie theaters the most. I like to have a glass of wine while I’m enjoying a movie. The one drawback about all this goodness is that it ain’t cheap. There’s been more than a few times that we’ve gotten the bill and been more than surprised.
So, here’s how you do it without your wallet taking abuse: First, you need a lady with a huge purse, Then, hit up VONS for a bottle of wine/​beer/​whatever you like. Deposit beverage of choice into huge purse. Stop by Tomoyama Sushi next door before the show. Bonus points for you if you hit happy hour everyday from 3:30 — 5:30. Once you’re full of sushi, head over to the bar and everyone in your party order 1 of whatever beverage you decided on at VONS and head into the theater. Once you’ve enjoyed your beverage purchased from the bar, refill as needed. Tell your wallet to relax.
Be sure to get a 21+ movie theater. It’s extra nice so that you don’t have to listen to children cry or complain during the movies.

Cinepolis is our fave movie theater, hands down. We usually visit the Del Mar location since it’s close to home, but the movie that we wanted to see was sold out there so we decided to check out their La Costa location. Thankfully we found it to be very similar to the Del Mar location (which we love)!
We didn’t have time to eat dinner beforehand, so movie theater dinner it was. We started with a couple of glasses of wine and ordered an «Ultimate» Quesadilla and Sliders for dinner. Obviously it wasn’t gourmet restaurant food (come on, we are in a movie theater!), but for a movie theater it was actually really good! I especially liked the quesadilla and the spicy jalapeño sauce that it was topped with.
The seats were the same as the Del Mar location in that they are lather and they recline. I love how you don’t feel like you’re sitting next to anyone, which is part of why I don’t enjoy non-​Cinepolis movies.
Is it pricey? I guess, more so than another theater. But if you don’t like the price don’t come here! You get what you pay for and as far as I’m concerned the people who complain that Cinepolis is overpriced should go elsewhere since there are lots of other local theaters. You get what you pay for and in this case I’m happy to pay!

Came here for the Star Wars movie and wasn’t let down. It was my second time here and we didn’t get much food per say; mozzarella sticks, popcorn and nachos and some beer. The beer is always good– thank you Stone. The mozzarella sticks and popcorn were great the nachos could’ve taken or left – thought they’d be a little more classy nachos considering its «luxury» movie watching. However, you really pay for the experience. The seating was great – individual reclining lazy boys. Service attentive and on point – you can call your own server at any point and the food and drinks come it fast. 3D was awesome for Star Wars and it was a great movie experience for my BF whom I bought the tickets for anyway! Be prepared to spent around $ 100 total give or take some. Happy movie watching!

Sunday night was my 1^st time experiencing this luxury theater, now I’m questioning myself why hadn’t done it sooner! I absolutely love the atmosphere! The service was great! Seats are so comfy you will catch yourself falling asleep! I love the fact that I can indulge in some wine while watching a movie.
I rarely go to the movies but when I do, its a treat for myself. Now that I’ve experienced this whole new setting, it will definitely be my special treat.

FIVE STARS — FIVE STARS — FIVE STARS is what the Cinepolis experience feels like, but for $ 19.50 a ticket, there shouldn’t be commercials. (Arclight)
SEATS: Like Ultra-​Star, the seats are big and comfy and recline, but unlike Ultra-​Star, these seats go so far back you’re basically planking. That said, they were so comfortable that at least TWO people were snoring during our movie. And there is space in between, so no arm rest fights. And they come with a little lamp. I love lamp.
BAR: Like Ultra-​Star, there is a bar, but unlike Ultra-​Star (Anaheim) you cannot sit at the bar. Here, it’s like a real bar. And the drinks were crafty (for the wife) and strong (for the me).
SERVICE: People seem to love getting seat service, but I find it distracting. I also think they should figure out a way to have people take care of their bill AFTER the show. Not when Max is in the middle of getting Mad or the Games are getting Hungry.
TIP: Do NOT waste your $ 19.50 experience on a KIDS MOVIE. The kids were standing on the chairs, talking throughout, crying, and some of the parents felt the need to transcribe the movie. Go to the 21+ screenings!

Best place to go to for a movie night date night. Seats are so cozy and so big that you’ll be tempted to sleep. But, you won’t sleep — even if that fancy chair beckons you into the land of dreams. Because you’ll remember how much you paid for that movie ticket, and you will do whatever it takes to get your money’s worth. You’ll recline your chair for part of the movie, then you’ll sit up. You’ll lie on your side and cozy up then you’ll lie on your other side. You’ll look at the menu, play with the side light, order food, and eat food. All because you paid for that ticket.
As for the food… does the chocolate lava cake taste better in the dark/​overpriced/​eaten in a fancy chair than it does in, say, a normal restaurant? Because I swear, that chocolate lava cake tasted amazing. Servers come in all quietly to charge your card and to take your order that you almost don’t care how much you pay. They whisper your order back to you – almost romantically I might add – and you nod nod nod your head at any other suggestions they offer. Popcorn? Why not! A drink? By golly, yes!
So you eat food in that fancy chair in that dark spacious room. All date nights should be like this. Forget conversation and dinner in soft lighting with a great view. Give me a big comfy chair in a dark Cinepolis theater and I will love you.
Oh the movie? The movie was good. But the chairs guys, the chairs! Why don’t they put these type of chairs in airplanes?
You’ll walk out of there like it was some sort of out of body experience. Until you get in the car, calculate how much you just spent, then decide Cinepolis movies are only for super special occasions.

This theatre is great! Very comfortable seats, love how I can put my feet up.
The food is always very good great options to choose from, although a little small on the portions. Food comes out in about 15 –20 minutes.
I love this place and won’t go anywhere else!
The only thing they can improve on is after we get our food and ask for a side of ranch, ketchup, etc they usually take quite a while another 15 minutes or so. So ask for your sauces when you order your food!
For the people complaining about the price just don’t come here then, it’s not called «luxury» for nothing!

I really enjoy this location. You get what you pay for and you are getting are wonderful experience here. The seat are huge reclining lay-​Z-​boys and are very comfy, easy to fall asleep while watching a movie! Every seat has a button to call a server to your seat as well as a tray to hold all the food you order. I recommend getting the caramel popcorn and not getting the zebra popcorn. The chocolate in the zebra popcorn doesn’t taste very good at all. Also the sizes of the popcorn are massive so all you need is a small and it’s perfect for two people. Some times the temp in the theatre gets pretty cold so feel free to bring a blanket so you stay comfy!

Expensive as helllllllll. Even if I’m not the one paying for things, I feel guilty just being there. It’s too damn expensive for tickets. The only benefit here are the amazing reclining seats. If it weren’t for the seats, this would be 1 star. You really don’t get what you pay for.
Glad I live in Denver where we have an Alamo Drafthouse. SO MUCH BETTER.

I’ll preface by saying I’m NOT a fan of Cinepolis. I live walking distance from the one in Del Mar and was excited when I heard about this new theater experience that was replacing the existing Ultra Star but now I long for the days of the simpler Ultra Star. That being said, my friends were going to the movies and we tried out the one in La Costa. I will say this about Cinepolis… they are consistent.
We came to see «Straight Outta Compton» and like many others on a brutally hot Saturday, were trying to escape the heat only to find the theater unusually warm. I heard other people complaining about it and someone finally told one of the servers about the excessive heat and asked for them to turn on the air. I mean it’s 90 plus degrees outside…
I ordered the chicken quesadilla and cookies & cream shake. I will say the shake was amazing if I was ever in the area, I would stop by just to pick one up! The quesadilla on the other hand was just okay. But what was so bothersome is when they delivered it without salsa. I had to ring for a server because the person who dropped it off left before I could even ask for salsa. They have containers of salsa so I have no idea why they serve a quesadilla without. What’s more, when Cinepolis first opened they used to serve the salsa with the quesadilla. Not sure why you have to ask for it. This is supposed to be a «luxury» theater.
Okay, but over all, food is fair, seats are of course very comfortable and it’s a nice place to view a movie. What really burns me up about Cinepolis is:
#1 — they absolutely ruin the theater experience by reserving the two very middle seats. Row E, seats 5 & 6. You can never book these seats, or at least not when the movie is in it’s first weeks of release. The owner/​manager of Cinepolis holds they for whomever they feel like giving these seats to. This is not something I’m guessing about, I’ve actually been told this by Carlos Wellman (owner) and a few of the managers at both the Del Mar and La Costa location. For someone like myself, a huge movie lover and theater buff, I like the absolute middle and when these seats go to waste, it’s absolutely absurd. I saw two movies this weekend and both theaters were completely sold out. Yet the seats in Row E, 5 & 6 remained empty throughout the movie. I would even pay to be a VIP member so that I could reserve those seats, but they don’t offer anything like this. And if you think I’m over the top about this, then why do THEY block out those seats. If this sounds crazy, pick any movie and pick the furthest out date for that movie and see if those seats aren’t reserved. ArcLight theaters does provide a members club with perks such as buying tickets before they are available to everyone else and it’s only $ 15 a year!
#2 — their website is so antiquated. They really should check out what ArcLight is doing. For example, when you selected the movie you want, you will see the seating chart. The only seats available might be a couple of seats in the very first row and you may not want that. But instead of hitting «back» on your browser, their site won’t allow that and you have to start at the very beginning again: picking the theater, the date, the movie, the movie time, number of seats and then you get the screen to select your seats. But there’s no way to know if you’ll like the seats available for the time and if you don’t, you can’t just hit «back»; you have to start from the very beginning each time. On the ArcLight website, when you get to the page with the movie times, you can drag your mouse over the time and a small window will pop-​up showing the theater and all available seats. Don’t see seats you want, just move the cursor over to the next time. Incredibly intuitive! I don’t have to back out and start over again.
#3 — the 21 and up theaters; often they will show a certain movie exclusively in the 21 & up theaters. So, if you want to bring your kids who might be over 18, but not over 21… tough luck. And before you think these are movies only meant for adults, when SELMA was in their theaters, it was only in the 21 and up theaters so I couldn’t bring my kids with me to see this historical movie. Again, ArcLight doesn’t have 21 and up theaters but they do serve alcohol. You can order your drink at the bar and bring it into any of their theaters. You can argue for the ability to order a drink from your seat and order more and I would argue that usually in those theaters, halfway through the movie people are having too much to drink and they get loud, start taking pictures, talking on their phones and more things that drunk people do.
Overall, far too expensive and more of a gimmick. I hope ArcLight expands and I won’t have to go Cinepolis. If Cinepolis were to change the seating policy and not block seats or offer a VIP membership and fix their website, I would be willing to revisit them and this review.

This place is pretty pricey! Reserving seats for 2 on a Saturday night = $ 46. And don’t even get me started on the food — it adds up quick. Although steep, it’s all about the experience. The concept is great though, why not get dinner (I mean, a REAL dinner) AND drinks at the same place you’re watching a movie?
While their menu does have a section for classic movie theatre snacks, they offer gourmet style food! There’s 5 sections: The first is classic movie theatre food, 2^nd are appetizers, 3^rd are entrees, 4^th are desserts, and 5^th is their coffee & tea bar selection.
You can choose to order food in the lounge or inside the actual theatre.
While waiting for our movie to start, we ordered food at the lounge, which is really nice and relaxing. We shared the lobster roll thinking the portions were going to be pretty big, but they were actually small. Don’t be fooled by photos! The truffle fries with the aoili sauce were tasty, but it’s not something to really rave over about. The fries could have used a little more flavor & seasoning.
When we got inside our theatre, we were still hungry so we decided to use their full service in-​theatre dining and ordered the ultimate burger and sweet potato fries. That in itself was just soooo cool! The servers are very prompt and courteous. The food is also served fairly quickly too.
I’m not sure if we’d order food here again since the grand total of it all came out more expensive than our actual seats. The food wasn’t the type to make you go, «OMG you MUST try this» but more like, «Yeah, I’m hungry — I could eat.»
The seats recline and have a little table for you that you can move around if you order food. Honestly, I have never been so comfortable in a theatre before. The amount of space is great and the lighting is perfect. This is definitely a notch up from the AMC in La Jolla.
This was me and my boyfriend’s first time at a luxury cinema and it was such a nice change from normal movie theatres! It’s an awesome place to try out at least once.

By no means am I am cheapie. But spending $ 50 for a movie for two is overrated here. The recliner love seat style seating is okay. I couldn’t get comfy on their seats and if i laid all the way down I couldn’t see the whole theater screen.
The experience was awesome though. Saw Terminator Genisys there. If you catch the later 21 and over show you can order alcohol: cocktails, beer, wine in addition to your movie food. Plus they have a full menu for lunch/​dinner.
Overall I had a lovely time. I just couldn’t give Cinepolis La Costa higher ratings because of the high prices and overall comfort (or lack of comfort) of the seats. The prices of the food was standard movie theater pricing. It is a bit annoying when the waiter/​waitress is serving the food during the movie and blocking the screen…

10 Things I like About Cinepolis Luxury Theaters
1. Order chef-​inspired dishes delivered directly to your seat
2. Electric leather recliners
3. Great projection and sound system
4. Some screenings are 21 and over
5. Book your seat online in advance and it will be yours
6. Small number of wide seats, so it often feels like a private screening– esp if there are empty seats
7. Staff is pleasant and efficient
8. Bathrooms aren’t bus-​station-​ey
9. Plentiful parking
10. Where else can you get lobster rolls or short-​rib tacos at the movies?

The first time I came to this movie theatre at this location was at the Unilocal Elite event last year to watch 300. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of coming back to watch «50 Shades of Grey» with a few of my girlfriends. Without the Unilocal Elites wandering around this place, I got to see it in its natural environment and it was just as busy, which is a great sign. The lounge area was ample and allowed people to wait for their friends like I was.
I like that the bar area is right in the lobby and for us to have a few cocktails if we wanted to while waiting. I also like that there’s a 21+ area which means we know for a fact we won’t be dealing with minors. We were all carded which was nice.
Once we got to sit down, it was nice that we had assigned seats because we were one of the last few to sit down. The reclining leather seats are mainly the reason we chose to come here but the food service helped. I ordered the pineapple martini and truffle fries and they were both delicious. A button to press for service? Yes please! Though the prices for food is a bit steep, it makes me confused as to when to tip because the person who took my order and the person who delivered my food are two different people, so if you’re paying in cash, it’s a bit difficult to figure that out. For credit card, they just give you your bill halfway through the movie for you to tip. You’re not sure who you’re tipping though, the guy who took your order or the guy who brought you your food? Do they split the tip? I don’t know.
Anyway, the movie wasn’t impressive but we had a great time and it was comfortable the entire time, which is a huge perk of being here. Just wish they weren’t so steep on the prices for food since the portions are a bit small.