Ark Lodge Cinemas

The popcorn has real butter. They only showed two previews. They advertise only other local businesses. The staff are kind. The seats are not uncomfortable. They don’t rip you off. Not sure I plan to go to any other theatre, even though it’s a hike from where I live.
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We watched The Revenant in the Prestige room and loved the comfy sofa and mini table for drinks and popcorn. The theatre is clean and the folks are friendly. The only downside is the difficulty in finding parking spaces.

I love Ark Lodge Cinemas. Their theatres vary in size and style, but they’re not big enough to have a bad seat in the house. Really exceptional service, and a great line up of films. Bravo Ark Lodge!

Management has changed several times (I believe). Workers now seem to know what they are doing. I love having a local movie theater!

This is a the type of theater that is lacking is Seattle. Its clean, independent, and Its an original. Its also in a cool up and coming neighborhood with some nice eating and or coffee options!
Additionally the picture and sound is pretty amazing for such a small place.
Save yourself some headaches driving downtown and go to Ark Lodge!

I absolutely love this theater, the entire crew and the owner for creating this beautiful theater. It’s in a great location and offers easy pricing for tickets and food. I was definitely pleased by that. The seats are definitely borderline uncomfortable, but I’m sure it’s something they’re aware of. I was really happy to see the owner introduce himself to the audience and he thanked us for supporting small businesses. Overall, I loved it. I’ll definitely be back.

Little theatre with lots of charm. What’s not to love? Friendly staff, cool retro previews, and a way better sound system then you’d expect. It’s got the whole Rainier Valley vibe going on, and I love that I don’t have to drive downtown or Southcenter to catch a movie.

This is my favorite theater! It is cute, well priced, and the staff are great! The building is really cool and in a great area. The sound and image were both very nice. We watched Shaun the Sheep in the Prestige room (the room with the sofas), it was a lovely time.

Love this place. Always first run movies and quality refreshments. The staff is consistently friendly and helpful. So much better than the big chains downtown.

We come here a lot over the summer — it’s a nice neighborhood theater with new movies within walking distance? Who wouldn’t? Last night we saw the Avengers in the Prestige room — the one with comfy living room chairs and side tables, which felt like an extension of our living room. I really enjoy the vibe of this place, no matter which theater you’re watching in and will continue to visit to do my part to keep this gem in business and I hope you will too!
A bit of advice: Frozen. Junior. Mints. Get ‘em. Eat ‘em.

I really like the room with the couches and easy chairs. I dig the indy vibe and home made concessions. It feels like a second run theater with first run movies and didn’t look but I suspect there is nutritional yeast to add to popcorn,
The screens and speakers are all modern but not the seats in this historical building.
A favorite theater of mine, for sure.

What a lovely neighborhood movie theater! A more intimate feel and a nostalgic feeling place that is clearly done with passion for film and care for the neighborhood. In addition to the usual theaters, they recently opened up a room with plush couches and chairs that has a bit of a casual feel to it.

Friendly employees, majestic venue and independently owned!
If there’s a movie released worth watching and you’re nostalgic for the time before megamaxplexes with gigatronic zj sound, give this theater your patronage.

As if you are really just going into an extension of your home, Ark Lodge is sweet and comfortable.
In this small community once closed down iconic location opened again by a truly great person (who ever you are), thank you.
You walk in greater by kind folks and the smell of warm butter popcorn fills you up before you have a bite. Walking to the theater with treats in hand you see the old unique architecture you won’t find in the big box theaters. It’s really just cool!
But don’t worry– it may be old but like wine it’s gotten better with age — the sound system is awesome and so is the huge screen.
So plan a date night Seattle, take your date to this theater and sit back and enjoy a unique, fun theater experience like no other!
«Turn off your cell phones» ;)

There is one screen that has plush velvet couches and chairs instead of your standard theater seats. Talk about comfort! They have great prices, well picked out features, and a comfortable environment. I’ll happily stick to my neighborhood theater instead of the big chain.
Speaking of after working at a big movie theater chain for so long and not being able to really eat popcorn I’ll happily comment that they have delicious popcorn! It won’t turn your stomach over and is the perfect thing to nosh on during your flick so don’t worry about indulging!

I love this theater! It is local, quaint, and even advertises local businesses before the picture.
I always buy the groupon (because it is a total steal!) and watch movies at this spot! The theaters themselves are old and could probably use some remodeling, but there is something charming about the way they look now.
They have the usual concessions, but what is most exciting is the delicious cookies for sale! I really recommend the pink frosted cookie. Yum!
Before previews they show the old school «lets go to the lobby» concession ad. I love it! I want a dancing soda, please.
The picture and sound quality are pretty good. I enjoy the fact that the sound isn’t as loud as the chain theaters. I feel like my ears bleed at those places!
They have special showings once a month (rotating with seasonal films, old films, indie films, and new release for one day only). The movie selection is usually three films showing per month or two.
It is down the street from a few restaurants and would make an ideal date night walk from a restaurant. It is a few doors down from Starbucks too so you can get an after movie coffee if you are moved to.
Check this theater out and support local businesses!

Ark Lodge is like the little perfect theater right smack in the «downtown» area of a picture perfect small town. Sooooo cute!!! And soooo edgy cool too!!! Either way it’s absolutely fab!
I have not met the owners but what I read about them and the feel you get from them is so special and caring. Makes me so happy to give business to a wonderful family! The owner did come out for a second right before the showing of our movie to thank us for coming and in hopes that we enjoy the show, he was humorous and sweet! We were seeing «The Interview», on Xmas day, and they were the only theatre to show it in Seattle, and only three others in Washinton state.
The seats were comfy, the picture was great, the place was clean, and the food was cheap! :D all that is a big YES!
It’s kinda lame that I am such a basic bitch sometimes that I stick to the big time AMC or Regal Cinemas to see my flicks. Lame-​O I know. Well that had changed!!! Thanks to Ark Lodge, I will now be taking on other small, off the beaten path and locally owned theaters! And I pledge I will no longer sneak in milk duds, vitamin water and chex mix in my oversized bag!!! Why??? Because I will support my city and pay for my snacks because I want to see them succeed! (Who cares about the big wigs and their 9.00 small popcorn?!)
What I’m looking forward to is catching some more flicks at Ark… Rocky Horror Picture show perhaps? Splendor in the grass? An officer and a gentleman? Ooh I am so excited to see more here, and even the blockbuster newbie movies I’ll will check out here.
They may not have over the top perfected crazy speaker and sound system like the head honchos, but what they DO have… is everything else. You can feel the love!!!

First this was the only cinema showing The Interview in the city.
Local owned, independent cinema. Support local always!
The theatre which the film was shown held 100 people. Very cozy & intimate setting.
I quite enjoy the capacity of the theatre.
Matinée prices are great especially on a Sunday afternoon.
The concessions were quite superb with real butter popcorn! With reasonable prices.
Quite enjoyed this venue and will go back!

I’m so glad this theater is in Columbia City.
What a cute, no frills theater. It really feels like a neighborhood place. It was so great to have the Seattle Asian American Film Festival there this past year. I watched «Dear White People» recently. The staff was nice, the snacks were yummy, and I enjoyed the laid back environment. They were handing out free popcorn to the trick-​o-​treaters that night, which was so nice.

Here’s the deal, this is not a ‘fancy’ theater, no plush seats more comfy than your couch, no state of the art 3-​D screens nor will your body shake with the rumble of bass from a high-​end sound system.
It’s better than that, it’s a real, honest-​to-​goodness hometown movie theater. No corporate BS, every dollar you spend here goes to support the diverse and friendly staff and gracious owners.
What do you get for your admission? Access to high quality movies that are almost always a mix of art-​house, blockbuster and a family friendly option.
Snacks are real food and real good, sure you can get the standards here — frozen Junior Mints FTW!- but you’re also apt to find some (incredibly reasonably priced) choices from Street Treats as well as…
Wait for it…
MEXICAN BOTTLED SODAS WITH REAL SUGAR IN THEM!
Parking isn’t impossible (weekends are busy but the PCC will have parking soon) and there’s a deal with ½ off an appetizer at Rookies or a handful of other inexpensive great restaurants within 2 blocks.
Sure, the megaplex is fine for some, but us movie lovers know we’d rather be here.