ArcLight Cinemas Santa Monica

It is a very nice theater. Also you are free to wander in and use the bar or food concessions without a ticket. Only negative I can think of is that you really should not sit in the first row or two or else you are too close to the screen. It used to be this way in the past but most "reserved" theaters have the first row being fairly usable.

After arranging ample financing at a moderate interest rate to pay the ticket price, the movie-going experience was exceptional. Eat before you enter due to the fact that food service is limited (but tasty). In addition, it was nice having someone welcome us to the theatre even if the seats do not recline. A good place to invest that year-end bonus.

Awsome theater! Super clean, friendly staff and excellent art on the walls.

It's awesome to be able to reserve seats when I buy the ticket. Then I can just stroll in when the movie starts without stressing. The food at the bar is nice. Note that you can take beverages from the bar into your movie but you can't take food from the bar. The bartender said it's probably because the food can have a strong smell. Makes sense

This place never disappoints. You can spend a whole day here! Love that you can buy tickets on a touch screen instead of staying in line! It’s inside a shopping center in the heart of Santa Monica, right off the 3rd St Promenade. It is spacious, beautiful, clean, modern, and staffed with friendly faces. Just saw Bohemian Rhapsody, it was amazing. If you haven’t seen it, you absolutely must! I hardly ever see a really good movie these days! Right outside the doors are restaurants and coffee spots, so you have plenty options if you don’t like movie theatre food!

One of my favorite theatres. Clean bathrooms, great bar, not too big of auditoriums, which I really like.....but not too small either. Very comfy seats. Never too busy. Great service. Great all around.

Seats were very comfortable. The whole theater was spotless clean.

We purchased two tickets online for the 7:15PM 8-17 show of 'Once Upon a Time...' for the Arclight Santa Monica. When we went to our assigned seats we found there was another couple occupying our seats. They showed us their cell phone screen with G17 and G18 seats assigned just as our printed confirmation showed. We moved over to two other seats only to have the actual owners of those seats arrive and displace us. At this point the credits were ending and we had no seats. We hurried out to the security ticket taker and explained our situation and said 'this happens all the time.' He called the manager who was able to find two seats way in front of our original assigned ones but had no explanation as to how this double booking had happened. By the time we got back to the theater the movie was well under way. At no time did he apologize or offer us compensation. The screen and sound were of good quality. But for these very premium prices plus a surcharge I expect to get the seats we purchased. We will not be returning to the Arclight Santa Monica.