[billiefan2000]

Omaha.com - The Omaha World-Herald: Money - Dinner, drink and a movie

Midtown Cinema, which has 625 total seats, about 350 of which are devoted to restaurant seating, will be managed by Ken Kealey. He formerly was with Marcus Theatres' Mequon, Wis., property.

Street parking is limited, but an adjacent parking garage has 1,300 spaces. Movie patrons can park free for three hours; each hour after that is $1.

Bob Menefee, a vice president of Marcus Theatres, and Andrietsch provided a tour of the building earlier this week

Street level: A lobby contains cash and remote ticket machines, posters of coming attractions and flat-screen monitors showing movie trailers and other information. Menefee said moviegoers can reserve tickets from two to four weeks in advance, depending on studio rules. Escalators, stairs and an elevator take customers to upper floors.

Second floor: Etched glass walls form the entrance to the Glo lounge, whose curved bar pulses with colored neon lights. The lounge, which will employ 10 to 12 bartenders-servers, has upholstered seating in warm earth tones and a view onto Farnam Street below and Turner Park to the east. Customers can order from a menu that Andrietsch describes as “tapas, only larger,” with portions conducive to sharing. There also is a meeting room.

Third floor: The cinema level has ticket counters, a traditional concession stand and a lobby with a grand piano. Restaurant seating in the auditoriums features large chairs that can roll up to the counters on which food and drinks are placed.

Patrons can summon servers by pushing buttons on the counters, which activate call lights on a wall-mounted monitor in the kitchen. Optimal response time is within two minutes, Andrietsch said. Under-counter lighting in the theaters provides illumination for diners but doesn't interfere with images on the screens, Menefee said.



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[Go Ne]

I really want to go to this place, it looks awesome

[billiefan2000]

Originally Posted by Go Ne

I really want to go to this place, it looks awesome

me too go ne

[billiefan2000]

anyone been to the mid-town movie theatre yet?

[FNF]

First Impressions: I went on Saturday with the wife to see "Lovely, Still" which was filmed right here in town. Very good movie. The theater itself was quite posh with all the door people wearing white gloves, and the actual attendants inside wearing the typical all black dress. The seating is absolutely awesome. I don't know if it's just the area I reserved or what, but we had plush office like chairs to move freely about with. That was great, since I hurt my back doing yard work earlier in the day.

Food: It took awhile to get a 'waitress' (or whatever pleasantry you'd like to call them) to our area to take our order. Somewhere is the neighborhood of 25 minutes. There couldn't have been more than 50-60 people in the auditorium, so I don't know why it took so long. I got the Reuben and the wife got a Dijon chicken wrap. I also ordered the Manhattan cocktail, which despite being on the menu wasn't on the little handheld device that our order was being processed with. Oh well. The wait was relatively short, close to about 10 minutes. That was nice. The cocktail came out about 10 minutes later. I'm a food nerd so I judge things more than necessary. The reuben was good, but not as good as is served at the Huber Haus (Crescent Moon, whatever) right up the street. The cocktail was pricey, at about $7.25, but I figured as much.

Final Thoughts: Will return...just not until they get a respectable movie lineup

[billiefan2000]

Marcus Theatres - Marcus Theatres

has the list of movies playing and coming up at midtown cinema

[dsrich98]

We went on Friday night and thought it was really cool. We'll probably never go anywhere else again.

One tip I have is...

If going on the weekend but your tickets online in advance. The Cinedine and VIP seats tend to sell out. There is General Admission available but those have no wait service, so whats the point? For us it was okay though. We wanted to go to a 7:15 show arrived 30 mins early and it was sold out except for GA seats. So we bought tickets to the 9:45 show and sat in the GLO Lounge for 2.5 hours and enjoyed the drinks and atmosphere. It was a really cool bar.

I found the service to be very freindly and attentive. Seemed like response time in the theatre was good as well.

I had a really great time and will be back for sure!!!

[Aenej4]

We went a couple weeks ago and we liked it a lot. i didnt feel like i was in omaha. it took a while to get our drinks (water/soda) because they were short on glasses??? we got our food first....but i think since this place is new, the wait staff hasnt figured things out just yet. the chairs were nice office chairs and there was room to spread your legs. nice table to lean on if you wished. the price of the dessert versus the size of it was outrageous but the food was good at a good price. i would like to go back every once in a while when they get a better selection of movies.