CGV Cinemas

this theater is clean, has the most popular movies and usually is not crowded unless there’s a big release that weekend. they also have sour cream popcorn and caramel! they also screen many new korean movies which is nice since this is the only venue for korean movies in ktown

During my last weekend in L. A my sister really wanted to watch the Korean movie Himalaya. She had seen it in Korea the weekend before but without subtitles. We came here and this is one of the nicest movie theaters I have ever been too. And if they have new releases on Korean movies (with English subtitles) it says a lot about this place! After buying the tickets I got a popcorn and soda combo to share and paid around $ 17. Not too bad. If you want to try more than just your regular popcorn with butter you can do half and half. They separate your bucket into two so you can add another popcorn flavor. We tried the sour cream and onion flavor and it was delicious. I ended up holding the popcorn bucket the whole time :)

Watch some Korean dramas here some times. Nice theaters. Well kept and clean. The plaza it’s located has other shops and eateries. I know school food is in this plaza. One of my faves! They also have an adjoined parking structure with many levels but of parking but it takes sometime to get in and out of. Park on the street if you can find a space or über if you don’t mind paying.

How I’ve managed to leave CGV unscathed from review. .? I like and frequent it too much? Really, I go to have their largest bucket of caramel popcorn and sour cream and onion popcorn coupled with a large soda.
It’s a much more personal theater, with only 4 or 5 actual cinema theaters. This theater is particularly convenient for Korean movie fanatics because they play all the new Korean movies with English subtitles, while also play new major American films. And, they usually have advanced openings on films, too. they weren’t as packed as they always seem to be these days, but it’s still a very good experience. I don’t know when, but along the line, they stopped having the employees do a welcome intro at the beginning of each movie– which I always thought was quite adorable and amusing to see such introverted-​looking people force themselves to be loud and proud welcoming.
Overall, I love CGV, I hope they keep opening more locations!

I love this place! The movies here all have Korean subtitles, so I usually bring my family here when I know I won’t be able to have the patience to explain a full movie by whispering in broken Korean.
One of my favorite aspects about this place is that you can pick and choose where you want to sit. Why can’t all theaters be like this? I know you can do this in some theaters in LA, but OC is slow to follow… Anyways, my second favorite part is the GLORIOUS POPCORN. One large popcorn is $ 8.75, about the same price as regular movie theaters, but YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE FLAVORS! ~CUSTOMIZATION~ My favorite combo is caramel and sour cream and onion, which are conveniently separated by a neat little divider. Plus, if you’re still feeling hungry after the movie, there’s a lot of options for food in the plaza.
Parking has never been an issue for me, but I can imagine it getting very crowded around lunchtime and dinnertime. Also, make sure to have your parking ticket stamped by the cinema so you don’t have to pay!

The spot for Korean movies… I’m not sure if there is another Korean movie theater in the greater Los Angeles area. It has reserved seating, comfortable seats, a great selection of café and concession menu, super clean and friendly customer service.
Parking is nightmare… Spots are tight to say the least.
Nearest Metro Station: Purple Line at Wilshire/​Western Station

I stumbled upon this movie theater by happenstance, while looking for a place near DTLA to check out a movie. I typically hit up the Egyptian or Regal Cinemas, but I still can’t get over paying such high prices for parking in LA Live, so when I saw that this theater was pretty close in K-​Town, I figured it was worth a shot.
It’s in a nondescript shopping center off of Wilshire, and shares a parking garage with H-​Mart and the other shops in the building. The shopping center has a lot of great shops and restaurants, including a Daiso, Curry House, It’s BobaTime, H-​Mart, etc. If you’re a Koreaphile or Japanophile, you’ll be in love.
As for the theater, it was really nice. There are 3 theater rooms, so the benefit is that it’s not an enormous cinema. There’s a cute little café where you can buy coffee/​tea drinks as well as a snack bar with some unique offerings — from Korean snacks to popcorn and sodas. The caramel and sourcream/​onion popcorn flavors are very popular, and I really liked them myself. I also got the squid snacks from the Korean side, which were pretty awesome.
For tickets, if you sign up online for membership, you get $ 1 off each ticket. The cinema also validates for 4 hours of FREE parking, so that’s much better than the Regal in LA Live, where even with validation, you still have to pay. You can also order tickets online, and at the theater they have assigned seating.
The theater was very clean, and the seats were comfortable. They show Korean movies with English subtitles and American movies with Korean subtitles. It was fun to watch the Korean commericals before the movie as well!
The downsides of the cinema:
1. tickets are really expensive: $ 14 for an adult ticket, $ 13 with the discount… for not even 4K sound. Ridiculous. Even if I Ubered it to LA Live to see a movie at the Regal, it’d be cheaper for tickets, with bigger stadium-​seating and 4K sound quality… so I’m not sure why the tickets are so pricey.
2. Snacks are really expensive: a cold bucket of popcorn and a watered down soda was over $ 14 as well; no free refills either, from what we were told! Yes, the popcorn flavors are tasty, but not $ 14 tasty! Coffee was like $ 5 or $ 6…so expensive, especially considering there’s a boba shop and a Daiso literally downstairs that sell cheap snacks.
3. parking can be a hassle — even though free, the parking lot is chaotic at best. People can’t drive nor park correctly here, so come early to find a spot.
Overall here’s my score:
Pros:
1. Assigned seating
2. Clean theater
3. interesting show offerings (Korean films and popular American cinema)
4. interesting snacks
5. FREE parking
Cons:
1. tickets are very expensive
2. food is inexorbitantly expensive
3. parking, although free, is hard to find
Total: 3.5÷5 — meaning A-​OK but not out-​of-​the-​park amazing. I’d like to come back to see more movies here, but I probably won’t get the snacks again.

I thought it was bad enough that I had to watch Korean Dramas at home with the wifey, but now since she discovered Korean movies with subtitles… Well who am I kidding, I love watching it too. ½ SOUR CREAM & ONION, ½ KETTLE popcorn, washed down by a soda is a must. Love it here, always clean and fun to come with the mrs, and friends.

Been to this movie theater several times. The parking lot is nice. It has 7 floors of parking, but don’t come late during the weekend because it can be very packed in the parking garage. The movie theater is very nice. If you do signup for a free membership card, you will receive $ 1 off for every movie ticket. Best thing about this movie theater is assigned seating. Online purchase is also great too.
The movie theater has a great concession stand. The best thing is there caramel popcorn. The theater also have a café, so you can purchase coffee, bing-​soo, tea, etc.
There are only 3 movie theater rooms and there is a decent amount of seating inside each room. They have english subtitles for Korean movies and vice versa for english movies. This theater has many great Korean movies.

Nice !!
Free movie ticket !!! WoW !
Save $ 11.00 !! Thank you ~
Also one tip, you can miss first 10 mins
Because, they have commerser

I LOVE this theater. They play select American films here but for the most part it’s known to play Korean films. The theater is very clean, and it’s assigned seating. Don’t forget to buy tickets ahead of time because tickets tend to sell out if you wait until the last minute. And definitely DO get their sour cream and onion popcorn… I know, it sounds heavy but the seasoning is fairly light so it’s not salty at all :)

So, CGV is a theatre that is originally based out in Korea. With that being said, it’s obviously a Korean based movie theatre so don’t expect it to be «Americanized». If you go to watch a movie, expect Korean subtitles, and expect majority of the movie trailers to be Korean films.
We decided to check out the new Terminator movie in 3D and was actually pleasantly surprised. In just one experience, I’ve come to truly enjoy this place and wish there could be one out in Atlanta. There are many movies I wish I could take my grandparents to so that they can experience the theatre aspect but is difficult since they cannot understand majority of the the movie.
My mom and her bf were able to experience the entire movie with complete comprehension due to the subtitles at the bottle, and it did not interfere with the 3D effects nor the movie in itself, and I wasn’t asked to translate what is going on in the movie, which is a plus, since a major pet peeve is distractions from movies lol.
So, come check this place out if you’re ever in need of Korean subtitles or want to check out a Korean film.
They also offer free 4 hour validation on your parking.

I like CGV, I really do, but we sat in Theatre 1 to watch Furious 7 and the entire room reeked of GARBAGE. I’d never been in Theatre 1 before so I don’t know if it’s an ongoing problem or a Sunday morning problem but it was pretty awful. Theatre 2 has always been fine. Maybe 1 is next to the dumpster or something?
I like that they show Korean movies and have Korean subtitles for English-​language ones. I like their little café and the random Asian snacks they sell along with American ones. I like that CGV is near my house and I can walk there. I DON’T like sitting through 137 minutes of movie + however many minutes of previews smelling, breathing in GARBAGE. Five stars overall for CGV, docking 2 stars for the stanky experience.

I love watching movies at CGV. Conveniently located in Koreatown, tickets are less expensive ($ 14), 4-​hours of free parking with validation from the theater, comfortable seating, clean venue, and the only theater that shows Korean movies and the major Hollywood blockbusters. And while my friends complained about the Korean subtitles that were showing at the bottom of Furious 7, I didn’t mind. (She was crying so much anyways, I don’t the subtitles were really hindering her viewing as much as her tears… lol)

Great place to bring my non English speaking Korean family and friends to show them both American and Korean movies since they have subtitles.
The seats have comfortable cushions, I especially like the premium seats in the way back that are big sofas with extra room. These help a lot in appeasing my whole movie experience since I don’t have to deal with loud or rude people.
The sound and visuals are also not bad, way better than a lot of the American theaters (e.g. AMC and Regal) that are outdated in select areas.
Their caramel popcorn is so amazingly addicting. I never get anything else. MUST TRY!

4 hr free parking, reserved seating, and 6 dollar showings on Tuesday. What can be better?! We went to purchase our ticket in the early morning for a 8:30pm showing and there weren’t that much choice on seating. We ended up with tickets in the 4^th row.
All the movies have subtitles so it’s a plus for me. My mom can actually follow the story line without having to ask me during the movie.

I’m a regular here…:)
Parking:
Free with validation but parking can be bad during the weekend especially at night. There is valet.
Service & Quality:
I personally like it here because this is the only place to watch Korean movies… LOL
They seriously need to make another Korean movie theater in Ktown. Their Onion popcorn and caramel popcorn=LOVE
Movie theater is pretty clean and you can also buy the tickets online. Staffs can speak English :)
Be aware!
The last movie I watched (Love forecast) did not have English subtitles… I wonder if they let the customers know beforehand? Because I wasn’t notified when I was purchasing the tickets.
My boyfriend could sort of understand Korean but if I had brought my non-​Korean friends, it would’ve been terrible!

We came here last Saturday to watch a Korean movie with English subtitles. For the large Korean-​speaking community they show current Western films with Korean subtitles as well. Like the movie theaters in Korea, you can select your seats as you would for a concert. They also offer «premium seats» (which we ended up getting) which are basically sofa-​like love seats for two that have cushy armrests that you can put between or lift up. The premium seats also had small tables large enough to place your giant bucket of popcorn (not sure if the riff-​raff [I kid, I kid!] seated in standard seating had those as well).
The snacks here are interesting. Lots of movie snacks that are probably common in Korea — seaweed snacks, roasted squid, and other non-​customary American theater snacks. But due to other Unilocal reviews, we decided on the bucket of half and half popcorn with half caramel, and half sour cream and onion. Holy smokes this is delicious popcorn. It’s a ginormous bucket with a paper divider placed inside to separate the two flavors. Both are really tasty. The caramel is really light. I want to say that it tasted like a stronger kettle corn flavor. Very light and super crispy. The sour cream and onion was delicious as well. Great SCAO flavor on every kernel. Both flavors were fresh and the popcorn was still warm. The popcorn bucket and drink combo was $ 12. But I would def get this again.
The theater itself was very nice. Very modern with nice décor, and comfy seats. One minor criticism was in the women’s restroom, someone had left some cleaning and maintenance items lying around the restroom — just looked sloppy.
Parking lot gets super crowded. We were there at 10:45am on a rainy Sat morning and there was already a line to get into the parking structure. The theater validates parking in the structure for 4 hrs so be sure to get your parking ticket validated by the theater before you return to your car.
Overall, a great experience. Love that we can go and see newly released Korean movies in such a nice setting, with the added bonus of super-​fantastic popcorn. We will be back!

Reasons why I like CGV:
–ONION POPCORN
–ONION POPCORN
–ONION POPCORN
–Clean theater
–Designated seats
–Comfortable seats (even front row isn’t too bad)
–Decent price
–Membership
–Clean restrooms
–Convenient location to eat before or/​and after
–Oh, and their caramel popcorn
Parking can be painful at times, but love that they validate!

I feel like i got ripped off. My friend asked me to watch ‘Admiral’ and told me how popular this movies is, so better go at like 9:30 or something from Irvine!!!
So I reserved the tix online, then I wanted to talked to a rep about the difference between reserved seats and premiums because the premiums cost extra $ 5.
I was told the premium seats are big couple chairs at the very back, top row. I asked him if the chairs are like recliners. He said, «yes, it is kinda like that.» I also asked him if tix are gonna be sold out for 11:30 am in the next day, he said, it will be pretty packed. So decided to reserve tix online for sure but didn’t buy premium seats.
When we got to the theater, it wasn’t full at all, some old korean folks were buying tickets. Since it was a pre-​BD gift for my friend, I upgraded my tix to the premiums.
The d$&& premium seats are not recliners at all! I can’t even lean back. It is a wider, straight up regular chair with a bigger food tray… the worst part if these d$$& korean folks, for some reason, came all da way up to cross to another section! Gosh!!!
No security or what so ever, after the movie started, some people moved up to premium seats. WTF!
Also inside the theater, the fan or the AC sounds so loud like an old vintage fan keeps turning on and off and some wings on the vent are flipping the whole time. So annoying.
Also I got the soy latte from the coffee shop at the theater, it was disgusting. She told me it was not sweet when I asked, but it was d)$& sweet vanilla soy.
Bad theater experience, movie was ok, no more of CGV for me…