Movie Tavern Providence Town Center

This was my first time at a Movie Tavern and it will likely be my last. The theater was clean, staff was friendly, the seats were incredibly comfortable, and the sound and screen were excellent. I just wasn’t into the food thing and after this experience I am opposed to eating anything other than a snack while watching a movie. First I couldn’t stand the smell…, when I’m at the movies I want to smell candy, popcorn, and soda. You may be thinking can one smell soda??? The answer is no, I’m going for imagery here so please spare me a direct message calling me out… I not only loathed the gross food smells I hated the food chewing sounds. Come on people we are watching a movie the only thing I want to hear is the sound of popcorn being devoured or the Mike and Ike box shacking as you dump a handful into your mouth. Since I am a red blooded American I did order popcorn and it was a total fail. It wasn’t fresh and it was super cold and it didn’t melt in my mouth. I called the waitress out on it and her response: Oooh I’m sorry I will fix that right away sir! Three minutes later she brought me back the exact same popcorn with no improvement. As I came to the realization there was no change I imagined her standing in the back eating out of my bag telling her co-​workers the dick in seat 16 wants fresh. This elicits an uproarious laugh from everyone listening. Well Movie Tavern there are a lot of things I’m willing to tolerate; Kanye West using up valuable oxygen, my brother in law hitting me up for money, being towed — well you get the picture. I will not tolerate stale popcorn at a movie, it’s outrageous! In closing Movie Tavern if you truly want to help make America great again don’t vote for Donald Trump just make fresh popcorn!

Applebees cuisine meets a 90’s Carmike theater. I’ll stick with the Colonial and Regal Oaks. Watching folks scarf down nachos and Miller Light while waiters walk in front of my view is not my dream movie experience.

Disappointing service tonight.
Drinks came late and only after the server asked us if our drinks had been served (hmm. empty table = no drinks…) eventually watered down beverages were served. Then one dinner came and the other didn’t. Had to summon the server and ask when he expected to bring out the second hamburger. Eventually the second burger was served.
Food is usually very salty and the servers often fumble in the dark and interrupt the movie, but tonight was particularly bad!
(Update, Thank you for your response. I do hope that the quality of service and the quality food will be addressed. The concept is terrific and I’m willing to pay a premium, but the service and quality must support the prices.)

Always clean and service is great… plus the seats are comfortable.
Thank you.

Food poisoning is a possibility and the service is atrocious. Better off sneaking food into regal.

LOVE this theater. The seats are comfortable, the servers are fantastic. The drinks are delicious and the movies are, hey they are what they are. Funny, scary…

Great large seats with orders taken from your seats.
Drinks not too expensive either.
Will come back but amc near us is better.

I’ve been here twice and don’t really care to see a movie any other way!
The prices are awesome. I’ll gladly pay the $ 1.50 charge to have cheaper tickets. I just looked… Star Wars cost just under $ 12 for Saturday night. Looked at KOP…$ 17.50 for the same time. Not sure about anyone else, but I’d rather have the comfy seats and food options than pay $ 15 – 20.
Went to watch Star Wars on Tuesday with my wife and our niece and nephew (8 & 5). $ 9 + $ 1.50. Not too bad.
We got in and ordered our meals. I got a Cuban sandwich, a pint of Troeges, my wife got buffalo chicken wraps, nephew got a cheesy pizza with fries and niece for chicken tenders. They wanted popcorn, so we got that and sodas all around. Came to $ 60. Not bad at all. The food wasn’t earth shattering, but what else do you expect?
My only complaint? Finding seats if you want to go any time other than 10pm.
We’ll be back… no question.

Great movie theater! Seats are super comfortable. Aisles are nice and wide. Service was good. Food was okay. as expected. If you have high expectations, my suggestion is to eat elsewhere. This is your typical bar food.
For the overall theater experience, it was rather enjoyable. Star Wars was pretty damn good!

Who serves lunch only at 9:45. If I hadn’t paid for tickets, I’d have left. I came here starving and cannot stomach a cheeseburger in the morning.

I’d give it 5 stars for the overall experience and convenience, but 3 stars (and that’s being generous) based on the quality of the food. I went Saturday with my son’s to watch Star Wars, and had the worst buffalo wings I’ve ever had — and that’s after sending them back once. They were cold, mushy, under cooked and way over doused in sauce. My son’s meals were «eh.» I’ve eaten there many times… the food quality is definitely going down.

I am giving 2 stars because it is nice to order food during a movie — especially beer. My issues?
1. You will basically be forced to pay $ 1.50 extra per ticket. The seating is so competitive you’ve got very little (no) chance of rolling in on a weekend and buying a ticket 30 – 45 minutes before showtime. Today I bought a ticket online 8 hours before the showtime, and there were only 3 tickets left. None of them together, so I had to convince people to slide down once I got there. I live 20 minutes away, so I’ve either got to do an extra 40 minutes of driving earlier that day, or eat the multiple $ 1.50 charges.
2. The menu is fine, if you like mediocre burgers and pizza. If you are looking for a salad, for example you have 2 options, and one of them is a steak salad for $ 14. I asked if they could leave off the steak, put extra toppings on and maybe knock a few dollars off since they had no salads without meat. No go. The waitress actually said they wouldn’t modify the salad because it was too «new!» That’s just ridic. A vegetarian looking for a meat free option and they said: «No, we will not take off the meat.» They offer no meat free salad entrée… so I paid $ 14 to take the meat off myself. There wasn’t much to the salad after removing the meat. In hindsight, I should not have bent to their game and should have just gotten an order of fries. That salad wasn’t even close to being worth $ 14
3. We ordered food 25 mins before the movie. It finally came, an hour later, 35 mins into the movie. It took an hour to get a salad and a salad stuffed pita. At that point, the scenes were so dark and the lighting so dark, I couldn’t see to even eat my salad — I kept getting air on my fork when I was trying to eat. I had no choice but to use the flashlight on my phone (turned low) to eat the salad, annoying my fellow seat mates and missing parts of the movie. I had hoped ordering a salad almost 30 mins before the movie would fly, but I would now suggest you order as soon as the theatre door opens and the waitress asks you what you want to drink. Be first!
Overall, it is a good concept, but the food prices have gone up, the ticket prices have gone up, and the quality and service is not very good. I have never had a server or restaurant tell me I can’t modify something, especially when the component is something I can’t eat — that was definitely a first. Don’t order here if you have allergies or special food needs. I also think they need to adjust the lighting so you can at least see a «little» of what is on your plate. My hubby was also using his flashlight, because he couldn’t see the ketchup to dip his fries.
The movie was good. The seats were comfortable. The dinner? Not so much.

Fun concept. I really like the theater set up and assigned seats (new from last time I was there). The menu is severely lacking in healthy options, so if you’re on a diet eat somewhere else first. The food is not bad but I wouldn’t say good either.
Beers choices are great and priced fairly but I got a virgin daiquiri (when I was pregnant) for $ 7! And when it finally got to me it was ¾ melted.
We always end up spending $ 75-​$ 85 when going to movie tavern, which makes it more of a special occasion type place instead of my go-​to movie theater.

The quality of the food is substandard and comes out like it has been sitting around too long. The ticket prices should be subsidized based on the fact that you will be buying a meal while you are there.
One standout willing to fix the many kitchen and bar errors that regularly occur there is Alana Cappelli… promote that server into management!

Great seats. Roomy and comfortable. Nice to have a Coke in glass with free refills at a movie. Butter popcorn is good. Service is almost always good.
But, the food is never, ever even at a 3 star level. And I’ve tried several things including the most basic things like sliders, boneless wings and pizza. It never once has tasted like it hadn’t been sitting around for 10 minutes or had much taste to begin with.
I really want to like this place more, but have been unable to resist ordering food and therefore spending $ 15 more … and wishing I had eaten first at Elevation Burger or even Zoey’s. So, if you see me coming in next time and looking hungry — please slap me just hard enough to make me think twice about my meal choice. After all, the seats are reserved … they’ll still be there just before the movie starts. And then maybe I can Unilocal again with another star or two.

I like it here. It’s super comfortable, there are assigned seats, super friendly staff, and pretty darn good chicken wings. The chairs are comfortable beyond belief.
I have not ordered alcoholic drinks but folks around me do and look pleased. The Bloody Mary looks tempting. I’ve been here with my kids and they love it! It is a bit pricy but they sent me a free ticket for my birthday.
Try the wings and popcorn is above average.

Assigned seating now.
Menu has changed but I miss old favorites like the mixed Island grill.
However, I tried the shrimp and grits and was impressed with how well the shrimp were cooked and the kick from the Tasso ham.

I came here to see trainwreck with my friends we were all really excited to be at a fine and watch movies place. When we first entered, we went in with tithe ticket person with our pre purched tix and her attitude and body language screamed ‘I don’t wanna be here/​hate my job’ which was a bummer.
When we entered the theater it was an average movie threaten size but with bigger seats and attached tables. I ordered the nachos as an app with my friend and they were good. The cheese sauce was good but there weren’t enough toppings. For an entrée I order, pasta and meatballs, and there was an over powering amount of cheese on the meat balls so I didn’t eat them. I just ate the pasta. I would recommend not acting for the cilantro. It had an unpleasant taste and you can’t really avoid it in a movie theater.

I absolutely love movie tavern! You can’t go wrong with good food, good drinks while watching a movie AND at reasonable prices. My only issue is that the nachos were kinda of dry and the Caesar salad was not worth the 9 dollars. Yes they do need to work on the food quality but at the end I will always come back for the experience.

My wife and I took my son to the Movie Tavern this past weekend to see Home. It was my first time at this movie theater. In fact, it was my first experience at an «eat-​in» movie theater. I thought it would be weird having someone take your order while you’re trying to watch a movie, but it actually wasn’t bad.
First, the Providence Town Center itself is really nice. I can see it getting congested on busy weekends because there’s so much in the area. The theater has assigned seating, so I strongly recommend ordering your tickets online beforehand.
The theater itself is not bad. There’s plenty of leg room, since the servers need to be able to walk up and down the isles to take orders. Our server tried to get all of our orders in during the previews, to avoid any interruptions during the main attraction. It worked out well. There are buttons located on the table of each seat. Honestly, I’m not sure if it really works because I did not have the need to use it. We ordered buffalo wings with fries and a few smoothies. The wings were pretty good. The smoothies were just okay. They were more like slushies in my opinion. It seemed as if they used way too much ice.
My biggest gripe would have to be with the sound quality. I’m the kind of person who’s very picky about sound quality when I go to the movies, which is why I only go to certain theaters. The Tavern’s speakers need to be checked. We sat in the back of the theater and it appeared all of the sound was being projected primarily from the front of the theater. It was like watching a movie on a huge television in your living room with a bunch of strangers. Hopefully, this was an isolated issue in that particular room/​theater.
Aside from the sound, it was a pretty cool experience. Collegeville is a bit of a hike from where I currently reside, but the Movie Tavern is definitely a place I would recommend for dinner and a movie. You no longer have to take your date out to dinner and worry about having enough time to make a show. Plus, you can avoid the awkward moments one experiences during those dinner dates, especially if it’s the first date. Oh yeah, not only am I a Unilocaler, I also give dating advice. First minute is free.