Harkins Theatres Fashion Square 7

I love going to the Movies. I easily see 25+ movies each year, 90% I see at a Harkins location in Arizona.
This new Harkins theatre inside Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, AZ is absolutely Magnificent.
This location shows movies that might be Indie, current documentaries, upcoming Oscar-​Buzz flicks, etc. This location hosts the films that may not be ‘mainstream’ prior to National wide-​release.
However, my wife & I attended an 11:45 a.m. movie last Friday and price of admission was $ 14.00 each?
The $ 14.00 adult ticket price really chapped my A$$. The film wasn’t an IMAX Film. The film wasn’t a ‘special engagement’. The film wasn’t 3D. There was nothing ‘unique’ about this film.
For Harkins not to offer a ‘matinée’ price, or, some type of ‘discount’ for slow-​time viewing was a complete surprise. I was shocked. As I mentioned, I see many movies, year after year, mostly at a Harkins location. I was very disappointed to realize how expensive seeing this movie would be.
I will continue to see movies. I will continue to support Harkins. However, I will no longer drive 35 – 40 minutes from my home in East Mesa to this Scottsdale Fashion Square location to see pre-​wide release films. Bummer :(

Do we need reserved seats? This is not Broadway, or the opera, or a symphony concert. Totally pretentious! And the theater is
hard to find. There should be more signs. Seats are large and look great, BUT they’re uncomfortable, too high for short people as are the arm rests. Made for 6footers. And do we really need Big Boy Eazy chairs? Perfect for couch potatoes.

The brand new theater, slightly deeper in the mall, is easily the best movie theater I’ve seen. Pricier than average for incredible accommodations and you can pick your seats in advance.
Wow! Remember in the movie Annie, when there’s entire song and dance dedicated to going to the movies? The new location of this theater is a modern day version of that.
The chairs recline almost as much as a first class international flight seat, at the touch of a button. The seat aisles are wide beyond imagining to account for it, giving the feel of a boulevard stroll. Wide armrests make you forget you’re not alone.
The screen is enormous and wraps so that even seats towards the sides feel centered. And the sound system will have you trembling when the music swells.
The entire place has a lavish, glamorous 50s feel. There’s a bar, a concession, a gelato/​dessert/​small plate café, and more. I look forward to getting dressed up and arriving early to have a drink on their gorgeous outdoor patio before a film. Somehow, it also seems permissible to come in ratty sweats to enjoy the comfort of their recliners on a random afternoon.
The comfort, luxury and glamour make this pricier movie theater experience better than the comfort of home, which is saying a lot, coming from this cheap homebody.

The new theater on Scottsdale road is open. It’s the best movie theater I’ve ever been to. I loved the power reclining seats – very comfortable. There was plenty of room to spread out, even in a full house.
We were on the side, but could see just fine. The sound was perfect, too.

The overall movie experience was actually not bad, pretty average. As for their ticket sales lady Sarah V. She seemed pushy and impatient. My girlfriend and I are students, and asked for the student pricing after handing her my card. I was looking for mine as was my girlfriend, when she handed back my card and had just charged us for the adult ticket, almost like she assumed we were lying just to get the cheaper ticket price. I couldn’t find mine but my girlfriend did find hers afterward. Not a big deal but could have saved an extra couple bucks and was just frustrating she did that without letting us even look for our IDs. All other associates we interacted with were quite friendly! We’d just say be prepared and have your ID out before you buy your ticket or else they might charge you extra and not give you time to look lol

I’m very disappointed a Harkins’ would have a screen without theater seating and a screen half the size of the rest and expect the public to pay the same amount for the viewing. I wasted a trip with my children as I was warned about the size before I purchased the ticket. At least put the warning online where I can plan not to go ahead of time.

Yesterday I took my family to go see Inside Out. The movie was great and my 5 year old loved it.
Now in to the theater:
It is a very elegant theater with an old time theater feel. The staff was pleasant and the popcorn was very fresh. The lines at the concessions were very long however, but they seemed to move along at a decent pace.
The theater is old and has a bit of a musty smell. Even with that issue, I would return.
The seats reclined very nice too.
Overall, it was since experience.

Yes, I do realize my ticket was only $ 7.25 so I’m not sure what I was expecting…
Give me back my $ 15+ movie tickets where I get assigned large leather comfy seats, caramel corn, gigantic screens and amazing audio.
If you are looking for small screens where the movie doesn’t even fill the entire screen, barely audible sound, and extremely old and dirty chairs you can watch a movie at my house. I’ll even make fresh popcorn.
This theater is located in the food court of Scottsdale Fashion Park. I had some difficulty finding it since my GPS said I had arrived and all I saw was a parking lot. Luckily I got to walk through Nordstrom on my journey.
Let’s all hope they do a major remodel in the near future until then unfortunately I will not be back.

This theatre is old and musty and outdated. The rooms are small and not very well sound proofed. I remember coming here when I was in high school and clearly not much has changed since.
On the plus side, I think they’re going to be re-​doing it soon.

This is a solid Harkins theater with comfy seats and good overall movie experience. Besides the very small lobby, this is s typical Harkins which is a good thing.

Great theatre very clean lots of snacks to choose from great staff here and friendly will be back

Tucked inside Scottsdale Fashion Square, customers can shop, eat, and enjoy a movie. I’ve always had a good experience at this theater. The staff are all friendly, theater is clean, and the latest flicks are playing. Nothing I can do about the price of food, so I won’t harp on that. Each time I’ve watched a movie here, the crowd had been relative average… not too crowded.

We wanted to go see a movie to get out of the heat, and this theater was a nice walking distance from the hotel we were staying at… The attendants and staff were very friendly. The movie theater is right next to the food court, so if you don’t want to spend too much money on snacks in the theater, you can just go grab a bite to eat before going to your movie! Or go afterward! =) The theater we were in was nice and cool, and very spacious and clean!
If you’re a Harkins fan & an avid moviegoer, don’t forget to buy your Harkins souvenir T-​shirt so you can get a free medium popcorn everytime you come in with it. Also if you purchase a souvenir cup, refills are only $ 1.50! These discounts go on all year long, just bring them in every time you come to a Harkins theater!

After a screening in theater seven where a significant portion — about a third — of the picture was cropped out on the sides of the frame, I grabbed a manager to ask if she was aware of the problem. She told me it’s an issue with the theater itself, they know they can’t show the full picture, and charge full pop anyway. I explained that it’s extremely frustrating to pay to a movie, buy concessions, and sit down to watch 2/​3rds of a movie. Her response? Basically: yeah, sorry about that.
Really, really lame.

First off, let me say that I’m not a native Arizonian. I don’t understand why addresses are not clear, entrances are often in the back and people always refer to your cross streets (when actual address could be 4 – 8 blocks away!) I went through hell trying to find this address and used my GPS! If you think it’s gonna be on Camelback Road: SURPRISE! You’ll drive, like I did, round and round circling garages. My GPS, mind you, directed me to the address and kept saying «you’re here, it’s on the left.» And I was looking on the left, at a parking garage. If you park in one of the garages, make sure that you note the garage’s color and the stores you pass upon entering the Mall.
After walking through the garage and into the inner buildings (Mall entrance??), I stared at the directory trying to figure out where Harkins Theatre was. Lo, and Behold, this began my over the valley and through the woods hike. If you’re handicapped or have health issues, don’t go here. It isn’t handicap friendly at all! Everyone I asked for directions didn’t have a clue. When I finally stumbled upon the theatre, I immediately became claustrophobic. The theatre was squeezed behind the food court, which left very little room for customers to line up and pay for tickets. If that wasn’t enough, and to add insult to injury, the 7pm movie that I had passes to preview (note i arrived at 5:30pm despite getting lost) had sold out earlier in the day at 1pm. I was so disgusted and upset that I had an asthma attack.
Retracing my steps to find the «green garage» was doubly difficult by my asthma attack. I finally stumbled upon a Help/​Security Desk and asked the clerk for help. Between gasps for air, I told her that I’d been walking around for 1.25 hours trying to find the correct exit to the green garage where my car was parked. She tried asking me if I remembered any stores that I’d passed? Well duh, I’m having difficulties breathing here and if I remembered the stores, why would I be walking around for 1.25 hours still looking for my car? She finally called an elderly security guard. Obviously the elderly man must pride himself on his physical prowess, as he walked far too fast for me to keep up with and still breathe! My maintenance inhaler isn’t an effective substitute for my rescue inhaler (which I didn’t have on me). Not only was he walking very fast, but he kept asking me questions. Why aren’t these people trained to both recognize and assist ppl in physical distress? Were the tables reversed, and I had to help such a customer I’d dial 9−1−1. The Security Guard led me out of the mall and into a parked golf cart which he drove (and I had to hold on tight to not fall out of the doorless cart when he turned corners) to the «green» garage. I did manage, between wheezes, to tell him what type of vehicle I had and yet he kept still asking me questions??? I was good only for a yes nod or shake no. I pointed to my car and damn near fell jumping out of the vehicle. Since I couldn’t talk, I used sign language to tell him «Thank you,» but he’d already taken off. Gee, do you think he understood my signing? I have a definite problem with this Mall, which sells High end merchandise, but apparently skimps on training their Customer Service Support.
Would you believe that I drove the wrong way going home, and discovered the huge Harkins Theatre, on a different street than Camelback? My trip would’ve been so much easier had I been given the exact address. It would’ve also helped if all pass holders who hadn’t checked in, been notified that the show was full.
Will I ever return? How’s that saying go: «Fool me once…»

Great theatre, great staff. Usually not overly crowded – which I love. They also offer a student discount which the kindly extend to poor teachers. Occasional obnoxious guest but they have a great manager, Chris, who is working to better that issue.

The Harkins Theatre is located in Scottsdale Fashion Square, on the Food Court level. Featuring 7 theatres, they play current movies at a range of times. Comfortable seating, not overly crowded and reasonably priced. It’s a great place to come after enjoying a day or shopping, or after grabbing dinner at one of the restaurants in Fashion Square.

I’m not demanding when I go to a theatre; all I ask is that the chairs are clean, the floors aren’t sticky, and that the screen is big, bright, and easy to see – whether you’re in the neck-​breaker seats up front, or the make-​out bunkers in back.
Anyway, Archie, I already know the tickets and snacks will be a ripoff; that’s just standard practice, whether you’re at the movies, ball game, or drinking flat intermission champagne at some sad, community theatre production of Hamlet.
Harkins Fashion Square 7 meets my diva requirements just as well as any other theatre. It’s attached to a mall, and you enter through the mall, too. So, conceivably, you could sneak the slightly-​cheaper food from the food court into the movies, if your purse, backback, or 1992-​ish raver pants are big enough.
Skinny jeans? Forget it. That freezing, 20 ounce bottle of Coke Zero is going to make me sterile. I mean YOU sterile.
You.
Me and my David Schwimmers are maverick, dangerous, and NEVER on a break.
Dangerous, I tell you!
Anyinsecure…
The clientele at this theatre is typically quiet, young adult, and suburban. You won’t get too much cellphone ringing, talking, crying babies in R-​rated movies, or late-​comers stepping on your new Jordans as they go for the middle seats.
Overall, a decent theatre, but I docked one star because the red-​vest-​wearing guy who sold a box of Mike and Ikes to me seemed really methed out, and he kept scratching at invisible scabs, swatting at imaginary dragons, and warning me not to let the White man hold me down.
He was White, too, and I know one employee doesn’t represent a company in totality, but it was creepy, and I’m a total bitch.
Harkins Fashion Square 7
Cleanliness = More than Fair
Movie Selection = Stellar
Snack Choices = Michelle Gellar
Employees = Mostly Groovy, some Ghoulie
People Who Yell at the Screen = Few
People Having Sex Between Scenes = Far Between
Chances of Sneaking In = Maybe, if you’re born with it
Theatre Hopping Opportunities = It’s Maybelline

Was in Fashion Square to see a movie and I have to say this set up for Harkins it’s kind of small, you have a smaller ticket booth that’s in the corner of the food court, then you take a few steps down and you’re in the theater. The lobby is small compared to the bigger Harkins I have been to, but this one reminded me of my favorite movie theater at a local mall I used to go to when I was a teen.
Sometimes small is nice!

Four adults for $ 28 for a Sunday matinée? What’s not to love? The women’s restroom needed better upkeep– there was a slight ammonia smell (a by-​product of urine breakdown) in the stall I stepped into, and there were overflowing trashcans and toilets, but perhaps it’s freak-​timing. For this first visit in a long time, I’ll give the staff the benefit of the doubt.
After a few hours of shopping after the movie, we needed a restroom break before heading home, but the restrooms by the food court were already locked, so I thought I’d ask the movie ticket counter if we could use the restroom there. It took the teen a few seconds and my suggestion to leave our bags with her (kind of like a form of collateral, so that she knew we weren’t trying to sneak in for a free movie), but she finally caved in and let us through. I swear, I thought she was going to turn us away. Of course, if she did, then she was only doing her job, but I do hope she knows we really appreciated her kind act! Thank you!
p. s. Why aren’t people willing to move in closer together so that vacant seats, but separated by those occupied, could now be available for incoming patrons who want to sit together? I know I and my companions would readily do so for others… I feel it’s just a considerate gesture for people to extend, but perhaps I’m just expecting too much? Hmm…