Santikos Silverado IMAX
based on 10 reviews
24720 Tomball Parkway
Tomball, TX 77375
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Category: Arts & Entertainment
Tags:
movie theater, good
Accepts Credit Cards: yes
Parking: Private Lot
Wheelchair Accessible: yes
10 reviews for Santikos Silverado IMAX
The theatre is a great place to see a movie. The prices are too high at the concession stand. When I walk in the door I feel it is a little crowded as the ticket taker is right there with people buying tickets at the kiosk machines and others just standing around. It is too cluttered in front for such a massive theatre.
Overall they did a great job on the facility.
It's a very nice theatre, however I do not feel that they should allow people to bring their alcoholic drinks into the movie itself. It's okay for the restaurant. I am not sure if they have a drink limit, but our last time there we had to deal with two very drunk men. I felt especially sorry for the person in front of them because they kept putting their feet up on her seat. The man was loud and they were able to purchase four more beers throughout the show. Other than that it's a nice place. The Imax price is pretty steep.
We had reserved seats to the IMAX. We thought with reserved seating we would eat at the restaurant. Service was slower than expected (the food was good), and we got to the show just as it was starting. HOWEVER, there is no reserved seating within 15 minutes or so prior to start time. (Sure wish someone would have told us that!) People can sit where they want. Plus, at the IMAX, there were no pre-show advertisements so, if you are a little late, you miss some of the movie (which we did). The theater was PACKED and there were no ushers to help you find a seat (in the dark). The ushers were outside visiting. No one checked our tickets to make sure we were actually IMAX ticket holders (vs regular ticket holders). In addition, while I am sure the screen is technically an IMAX screen, it is not the typical 2-3 stories high IMAX screen you would see elsewhere at, for example, Moody Gardens or at the Natural Science museum. We have gone back for a "regular" movie, and it was fine. For the price, the IMAX is not worth it, unless you are anticipating the items mentioned above. (On crowded nights, the bathrooms are a mess.)
i try to call to se what is pllaying at the imax, no one answers the phon e what # do we call to see what is playing in the imax show?
Nice, clean, new movie theater located close to our home. Ticket and concession prices are in the norm. The IMAX prices are steep, so I wouldn't recommend IMAX unless it's a great visual movie. Drinks and ICEEs are do it yourself, which is great if you like refills; however, it's not so great that people are paying for sodas and helping themselves to the ICEE machine. We paid for ICEEs (which are $1 more than sodas) only to have the machines drained by soda drinkers. It would be nice if the drink stations were monitored. Also, we paid for an IMAX movie and found that there is no one monitoring who is entering the IMAX theatre. It would be easy to pay regular price for a movie and see it in IMAX without anyone knowing. We went to the theatre on a Friday morning, maybe it's different in the evening.
A friend told me to check it out...I was very inpressed with my visit. The resturant sever was very polite. The ice cream vendor was swamped with the line but was very polite taking our order. Parking was not a problem...Only thing I can say is would be a great to have someone monitor the drink station to keep maintained and keep children from taking advantage....(i would do the same)....Would go back and would return. A+
We're so glad to have such a wonderful theatre so close to home. Watching the movies (and we only see them here now...) on these screens is amazing. We love the fact that you have reserved seating in certain theatres. Make sure if you want to have these reserved seats that you go to the theatre to do so. You cannot have this option if you purchase your tickets online. That seemed to be the only drawback...though when we talked with the mgr about it, he immediately took note of it and gave us reserved seating anyway. Think they are trying to make sure these kinks are worked out in the future. DEFINATELY recommend this theatre! WOULDN'T WANT TO WATCH MOVIES ANYWHERE ELSE.
Plenty of parking, clean and welcoming and then you enter the grand room! Palatial, with specially made treats. Delightful place to visit-only improvement would be to accept American Express cards.
The theater is AWESOME. We are huge movie watchers and have been to hundreds of theaters all over the country. This theater is the nicest by far! The manager actually came up to me and asked my opinion about my movie experience. I told him I had no idea why the place wasn't swarming with people 24-7 because it is so nice. The sound was incredible and the movie (in DLP) was remarkable. The staff was very kind and helpful. They even have a restaurant and bar inside. I suggested to the manager that a couple of pool tables might be a good idea and he actually agreed and, believe it or not, started making phone calls right then. I was amazed at my experience... and I haven't even been in the IMAX Theater yet. We are going tonight. I would recommend this theater to anybody who wants a truly GREAT experience. Talk about bang-for-your-buck.
I intially wanted to find an IMAX theater close to me as I wanted to see 10.000 B.C on that BIGG screen. I looked this theater up on Google and went there just to find out that 10.000 B.C was not even playing in IMAX. The only movie that was playing in IMAX was the SpiderWick Chronicles so we saw 10.000 B.C on the regular screen anyways. When I say regular I mean Non IMAX screen as there is nothing regular about the other normal sized screens at all. The movie was in DLP and it did seem as if I was watching a HUGE LCD HDTV which is a VERY good experience for it not being IMAX size :)
The theater is brand new, Opened in Feb of 2008 and has a fresh new look and feeling to it. Soothing Purple lights help brighten the mood and the video previews in the hallway for the upcoming attractions add a NEW AGE touch to the over all theater experience.
The only negative are the drink stations where you serve your own drink from the fountain machine. It is around the corner from the concession stand and no one was monitoring it. So when my husband went to fill his drink there was a kid drinking slushy straight out of the machine. Yuck!