Criterion Cinema

How is this the only theater in the area with reserved seating? Well needless to say we love it. The theater is centrally located in downtown Saratoga making it perfect for dinner and a movie.
They offer a full menu of over priced movie snacks and meals with a few unique items. We splurged on Jack and Harry’s caramel popcorn and a couple of sliders. Sliders were marginal at best but popcorn was good.
Seats were comfortable and theater was clean. Worth the trip.

LOVE insomnia theater — they play cult classics Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30 pm (check website for movies) & accept requests online. Although they have yet to honor mine for Beetlejuice and Michael Keaton’s Batman lol. But if you’re a night owl it’s so much fun, this summer I saw THE GOONIES… never thought I’d see the Chunk Shuffle on the big screen but now I can cross that off my bucket list. See Aliens, Pretty in Pink, Bueller… Bueller…

It’s a nice theater but parking is rough. Good luck!
Also… they should probably have a sign indicating that the alcohol that they serve is not actually allowed inside the theater. Instead, you wait in a huge long line and they verbally communicate this to you when you order.

We just saw «Everest» at this theater and was SO IMPRESSED! The cleanliness, the seats, the concession, all wonderful! But what makes this theater outstanding from all the rest? Its manager, Ethan! We had some issues with seating and he went beyond the call of duty to make sure everything was resolved. His genuine concern and care for our comfort was unmatched by anyone we have ever encountered in a movie theater! He is a true asset to this theater and because of him, we cannot wait to return to see another movie! Bravo to Ethan and a standing ovation for the fine job he does! I hope this theater recognizes his devotion to its customers! :-) Great theater, great manager!!! We’ll be back for sure! :-)

As we were contemplating whether we should go to a movie we were on the fence about or go pack since it was our last night in town, we threw caution to the wind and bought the tickets. Back in the day, the time of day would’ve been called «twilight» and been the cheapest price of the day but $ 12 pp was enough to almost make us turn around. We didn’t. When we should’ve turned around was when the gaggle of school kids came in. We just knew out of all of the movies they could see there, it’d probably be the one we chose.
We were enjoying the plush seats, the fact that the sound wasn’t killing our ears and ready for our flick. Cue the door. Enter 16 kids with tomfoolery on their mind… who sat in the row right behind us. While the girls were sweet and apologized that the scary movie may make them scream, they were with douche bag guys who thought chucking popcorn would be a fun event. My hubby wanted to leave and I said screw it, we paid, we’ll move. The girls apologized and seemed genuinely irritated so I plopped about 10 rows ahead while the hubby went to get our seats changed. They were loud and laughing but weren’t bothering me at that point. Then a girl walked in and a bullying situation was about to ensue with her. Wanting to keep myself out of the clink, I got up and went to the front desk where the hubby was talking with the manager. I told him I wasn’t putting up with that crap and he asked for our money back.
The manager was TOTALLY cool about it and the asst manager was itching to kick them all out. They assured us it was unlikely they would make it through the whole movie as they’d already caused problems. They refunded our money and for our trouble, they gave us complimentary passes to go see the movie at another location. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to drive elsewhere to potentially run into the same situation and don’t have these theaters in our area. As we were walking back to our rental, we gave them to a family of four so they could take their kids or go on a date night. If we’d thought about it, we would’ve looked up the ending online and gone back in and shouted it to them and ran but you know, you always think of those things after the fact.
So even though we didn’t get to enjoy the theater for long, their customer service is top notch and we would go back if we’re in the area based on that alone.

Love myself a comfy chair for a movie! This place definitely has them.
Plan to purchase tickets before either online or on your app the best seats sell out first. Yes that’s right just like a flight seats are assigned.
Alcohol is for sale but only for consumption in the lobby. Bummer.
Buttttt they make up for it with $ 6 movie nights on Tuesday. AMAZING. I mean how else are you going to occupy the kids for two consecutive hours?

Great movie theater, very clean and friendly staff. Their selection of movies are awesome. I especially like that they show a «throwback» movie. I was able to see The Big Lewbowski in the theaters in 2015, unheard of! They have a great selection of food and snacks, and even better, they serve beer and wine, perfect date night! I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing a movie in their BTX theater, but I hear nothing but great things. The seats are really comfortable, can’t wait until you are allowed to bring the alcoholic drinks into the actual movie! Definitely join their rewards club, it offers amazing deals!

Nice to have a neighborhood theater. Friendly staff and comfy seats plus great movies.

My favorite movie theater in the middle of Saratoga Springs doesn’t get much better than Bow Tie Theater.

A stink grenade filled with rotten meat and cheese could have exploded during the movie and I’d still give 5 stars because of the seats. 1) they’re rocking chairs. 2) the back is spring loaded and conforms to your exact posture. 3) PLUSH
At $ 12 I initially thought that was the mark up just for its sheer location, but when I realized that by the end of the 2.5 hr movie I hadn’t adjusted myself once due to discomfort (I always get uncomfortable in movies and have to constantly readjust), I decided that I would have GLADLY paid $ 15.
The screen isn’t huge, but the seats are so exquisite there is almost nothing that would bring my review down even 1%

I like this theater to an extent, especially because it is new, and love the location.
BUT
I’ve seen about 4 movies here now, 2 in BTX, 2 in normal digital projection,
A few things that drive me nuts though:
1) They seem to show WAY TO MANY trailers. Most theaters show between 3 and 5 trailers, but nope, they always show 10 Trailers, you feel like your going to pull you eyes out by the 10^th one.
2) The BTX projector has 4 dark spots on the sides and tends to look terrible on black images (like black levels are not very well balanced, almost like watching a 3d movie without glasses on, WAY to much WHITISH GLARE)
3) If you see a movie that is NOT in BTX (first 2 movies I saw here) the sound is so quiet that you can barely hear the movie. If you ask them to turn it up they act like jerks about it.
Some Things I Like:
1) On Tuesday’s its only $ 6 to see a movie ALL DAY, its a good deal, and popcorn buckets for larges are also only $ 5 on Tuesdays.
2) The seats are comfortable (but can make allot of squeaking noise, as there all leather)
3) The location, and it never seems to busy.
I’ve been to over 40 Different movie theaters in several different states, There are SEVERAL theater that out preform this one in terms of QUALITY of the presentation of the movie itself, I’ve see smaller theater franchises outperform the digital presentation of a movie than this theater does.

This is a shout out to Sam the Manager who is probably the best Manager I have ever known. He has superior communication and customer service skills. He runs a wonderful cinema for the criterion organization. We lost over $ 700 in our seat. Fell out of my husbands pocket and when we called the theatre We told Sam exactly where we were sitting and was «right on it». He immediately found our money and held it for us. He refused to accept a reward and was professional, respectful and courteous the whole time. If it wasn’t for him the last day of our vacation would have been terrible Aside from Sam’s amazing service, his staff were also excellent. The seats in the theatre were very comfortable and the screen was perfect size. I would highly recommend this cinema. And of course thank you Sam. We will come back next time we are in town.

Having a cinema in town is great! I love the oldschool look on the outside! 3 stars tho because the selection of movies is limited and parking I. The parking garage is a real hassle on Fridays and Saturdays. Coveting with the downtown crowd and the bar screen

Nice new theaters. They have cushy seats that recline and stadium seating. The layout was a little different than Regal. The theater we were in was more narrow and the seating seemed to go up higher with the placed screen farther away. Apparently they show old movies on the weekend at 11am for $ 5 so that’s how we ended up going there. The picture quality was really nice. They also serve beer.

It’s new, so for now it’s pretty nice. The place has a cheap feel to it though. For example, really narrow theaters and shallow cup holders here. Seats are large and comfy and most of the theatre we were in has stadium seating which is certainly an upgrade. Definitely an upgrade over the Wilton Mall Regal cinemas from a little while back.
Popcorn was fresh and the place has do it yourself butter so I went a little crazy there.
Screen size is small and most of the sound seemed to come from the direction of the screen as opposed to the sides. One sweet feature… they serve several different bottled beers here for like $ 6.50 per including Stella Artois. That was a nice surprise.
12 bucks per person admission for adults…3D is 17. Ouch.