Ridge Theatre

Goodbye Ridge Theatre!
My love of the neighborhood theatre goes back many decades. Long before parents thought that every time their children were out of their sight they would become victims of lurking predators, a couple of times a month my brother and I (age 8 and 6) would go by ourselves to the local theatre for a Saturday matinée. We would join countless other unescorted children with a couple of dollars in our pockets to watch whatever Disney fare they put in front us.
There are only 3 more movie showings left tomorrow before the doors are permanently shuttered at the Ridge. In the name of «progress», this social hub of my neighborhood is getting razed to put up condos.
I used to mock my parents endlessly when they would wax nostalgic about the good old days, but now I do it too. If you saw me leaving the theater on Saturday, you would have seen a lady with a lump in her throat and a sad look on her face.

Love the fact his venue is from a different era, but unfortunately their technology was also from the same era. If you’re paying a fist full of dollars to the movies I want the screen, sound and picture to be top notch, this wasn’t my experience.
I will give them an additional star (from 2 to 3) because of their popcorn and snack bar, giving patrons many options from the standard salty artifically buttered popcorn that you typically find at their competitors to ‘real’ options.
All in all I was disappointed in the venue, my understanding is that it is being redeveloped into condo’s.

Old fashion /​vintage theatre on the west side.
I’ve never watched a movie here, but came here for an event. The seats and floors were clean and there’s only room for 1 movie at a time. Parking can be a little hard to find since there aren’t too many out front.
I love the old school décor and furniture. It would be a shame if The Ridge Theatre were torn down in the future. It’s nice to see some history splashed throughout the city.

I really liked this theatre. The seats are SO comfortable! And love seats? Hello! What places have seats like that? AWESOME!
What I really liked was that I didn’t feel like I needed to shift around a lot during the movie due to uncomfortable seats. I actually sat mostly still, and I felt like I could just sink into the chair. Was awesome: D
I had a bag of small popcorn, with butter… the butter actually tasted like… butter! What a shock! Most places «butter» tasts like chemicals honestly, this actually tasted like they melted a stick of butter and put some of it on the popcorn.
The décor is very vintage, lots of really neat things to look at around this place. And it’s in such a tucked away part of town! How did I not discover this theatre before? Where have I been!
You can tell this place is nicely managed, it’s clean and has a different feel to it compared to places like silvercity.
Love love love. Will absolutely come back!

Cute, quaint and vintage! While I love the décor, it could definitely use some maintenance and sprucing here. I think every theater should have a crying room btw! Great idea. Seats are ok, but at 5“7 I found them to be crampy for leg room so not sure how taller folks survive it! The popcorn was amazing.

First time at the Ridge — thanks to a wedding gift that included two free passes. Friendly box office greeting, yummy popcorn and expansive theatre. The screen is not huge but the sound was good and the seats comfy (they look new). The only annoyance was that during a quiet scene of the film I could hear music from… perhaps the bowling alley? Hard to say. Other than that, a fun experience. Shall return!

This is a very cute theatre. Not exactly a big-​box movie EXPERIENCE… but a very charming, quaint, throw back to the classic neighbourhood cinema. Seats are comfortable, popcorn was unusually yummy & they only play one movie at a time. A great place to catch a rainy sunday matinée.

Only one other review? The Ridge deserves more!
Came here for the first time tonight to see a free movie (thanks for the contest, Unilocal!) and was pleasantly surprised. Lovely old art deco style theatre, with a huge screening room and great vintage posters. The seats were more comfortable than I was expecting, but I agree with Christine that they’re not staggered enough.
Best part about the Ridge is the movies — old school for the win!

May the mighty Ridge never die. Vancouver has a habit of sacrificing its heritage to the property values god, and the Ridge, sits on some pretty prime real estate. It’s one of the surviving old movie theatres that still gets to operate as a movie theatre. The lobby is small but stylish, and the theatre itself is vast, with an art deco flavour to it. The only thing to complain about it the seats — they’re vintage (numb bums) and they’re not staggered like more modern theatres, meaning that if a tall person sits in front of you, you’re going to craning your neck.