Monday, January 3, 2011

What a Wonderful Invention -- a Cinedine!

Review
This combination offers the greatest potential since the combination of peanut butter and chocolate.  Gone are the days of needing to go back for a refill on a beverage or popcorn; now there are waiters that will fill those up for you.  But first -- parking.  Because this cinema resides in a sky rise area, the building itself blends in with its surroundings.  There is a big marquee announcing its location and grabbing the attention of locale passersby.  The parking garage is right close to the theater and allows visitors to park for free for the first three hours.  Of course, though, depending upon the movie it may not be long enough and could require an hours worth of parking.


The third floor contains the theater with the concession stands.  The theater consists of lazy boys with an eating area in front.  The rows are larger than normal to allow the waiters/waitresses to walk back and forth behind each row.  The chairs are quite comfortable; the chairs in the VIP section even more so.


For my order I went with the Blue Burger consisting of blue cheese and mushrooms on a toasted bun.  The blue cheese really enhanced the burger.  Normally the blue cheese is hardly noticeable on the burger; however, here the blue cheese made itself known while not completely overwhelming the burger.  The end result was a very good blue cheese burger.


The food was good and the service even better.  I went there with 5 other people and pretty soon the waiter noticed we were drinking more than the average crowd and brought us out pitchers of soda to replenish our drinks when they hit bottom.  He ended up bringing out several pitchers.  Ultimately we had more than enough to drink and the service was some of the best I've ever had.  I'm already looking forward to my next trip out.


Cost and Big John Rating
$8.95 = Blue Burger without tax
Quality = 8
Service = 9
Ambiance = 8
Taste = 9
Price Rating = 7.2
Big John Rating = 8.3


Notable URLs
Midtown Cinedine Menu
Marcus Midtown Cinema on Urbanspoon