Reel Pizza Cinerama

I’ve been coming to this theater for 15 years, it is one of so many things that keeps Bar Harbor cool in spite of the tourists. I don’t live in Bar Harbor, so I suppose I am considered one of those tourists, but I spent a couple of Summers working there and probably saw 3 – 4 movies a week here. I was finally able to bring my wife here last year and she now loves it as much as I do.

One of the highlights of our New Year’s getaway to Maine! The Five Easy Pieces pizza was a surefire hit– loved the breaded eggplant! Though they have beers on tap, the warm apple cider was just the right note to accompany The Good Dinosaur viewing. The $ 5 refillable family bowl of popcorn is fresh and a great value. The Reel Pizza Cinerama is a great place for families, but we enjoyed it as a couple, maybe more so than the kids! A great way to unwind after a long day sightseeing!

So, welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine — the summer playground to the smarter, more low-​key part of old money America. Sure, they got Asian bus tours going down Main street all the time, but if you are in town past 6p you are likely staying at a B&B (or AirBnB at someone else’s summer home), so huzzah, congratulations to you, more things to do. But suppose you don’t want to barhop or go on moonlight walks down the shore path? Then what?
Well, there’s Real Pizza Cinerama, anointed the «best movie theater in Bar Harbor» by tourists… which is funny because there’s only 2 theaters in town. Okay, the general walkthrough — mostly second run movies, although they do try and get first run stuff (they showed Inside Out upon the second week of theater release), $ 6/​ticket, cheap concession, comfy couches for your seats (that is, if you call first dibs on it). They got DIY trays to hold your pizza, and they got pizza fixins’, utensils, plates and pitchers of ice water with cups for you. Awesome, nice to know that the owner does not try to nickel and dime you. (That being said, he does put in intermissions every 30 minutes to sell more stuff… which is actually fine). My only beef is that they offer only 2 movies each week, 2 showings a day, so if you want choices… not gonna happen.
They got pizza on hand. Not spectacularly great pizza, but definitely serviceable (I am almost tempted to say that they are also the only pizzeria in town… but they are likely not). Think «one notch above Dominos/​equal to your local Vinnie’s»
So in summary, cheap tickets, decent pizza, cheap concessions, generous offerings, comfy seats, clean, situated next door to the only national park on the east coast. Yeah, I’ll go back in a heartbeat.

Primo pizza in a delightful movie theatre with a bar for your food and beer!!! Pizza is too die for with too many options to mention BESIDES vegan cheese too! Couches with TV trays are available or sit in the middle with a bar for your pizza. I liked the options of toppings, thin crust, everything tastes fresh, as well as a small but decent selection selection of beer. My daughter is a student nearby and we always go here when we visit (generally off season). We luv it. And no offense to lobster in Maine (it’s great), but a week or so of lobster is a little much and pricey. BTW, this place has reasonable prices too and while only a few movies, unique ones!

We went here on a rainy night and decided to grab our tickets a couple of hours early as we roamed the shops along Main and Cottage Street. Thank God we did because people take being a movie goer pretty seriously here! They allow you to mark the seats you want early by writing your name on a paper plate and placing it where you’d like to sit. Moving plates belonging to others is strictly forbidden which is cool and allows those that get there early to leave and come back later with guaranteed good seats (which is great if you’re a worrier like me who likes to be prepared).
If that’s not enough for you to dig this place, their pizza is phenomenal! It was seriously so good that I tried to keep eating it well after I was full. We ordered half Godzilla and half of something else with the name Sam in it lol and choose to do pesto over the whole thing because they don’t allow you to do half pesto and half marinara but it was great regardless.
Their popcorn was kind of meh, it was undersalted and not enough butter for my liking but it was still alright. The pizza stole the show and their prices are crazy cheap compared to how much things cost back home. We got a large drink, an eighteen inch custom pizza, a medium popcorn and some peanut M&ms for thirty bucks which would have cost about seventy five or more at home. Tickets were only six bucks each! So crazy to me but awesome. If I lived here, I would make this a weekly staple. I loved it and really recommend checking it out if you have a rainy day or night during your vacation, just make sure to go early and reserve your seats!

After reading the description of this place, I insisted that we go, regardless of what film was playing. Pizza, beer and movies are three of my favorite things in this world.
This theater is definitely unique, old school box office, art gallery in the lobby, and a fun concession price list. Here’s where the problem lies, and what docked them a star.
Put in a queue. A formal one. The individual acting as the bouncer/​line-​enforcer did so sparingly, including to my wife who was waiting for me to go to the restroom. As the two previous screenings let out everyone surged to the right and it was incredibly uncomfortable for 10 minutes.
We did enjoy the pizza in the theater, and the seats. There were some couches open but I couldn’t convince my wife to sit in one.

What a fun place: pizza, beer, popcorn in Tupperware, and a movie. This is like our seventh vacation in Bar Harbor and I don’t know we didn’t try out this quaint movie theater that serves awesome pizza. There are two sizes: 10″ and 14″ with wheat, white, and gluten free crust. The names of the zas are pretty cool and listed on their web page. I don’t remember which pizza we got but there were many different types of meat. It was deliciously. The Bar Harbor Real Ale was very tasty. Cash only for the $ 6 tix. They took credit cards for food and drinks. I wish we had sat in the sofa couches in the front because I just found out they have those breakfast in bed trays. Where we sat, there was a counter table to place our food. Nice place!

Fun place to watch movie with the whole family. Movie ticket is totally reasonable, $ 6 per person for current movies. Pizza is good and reasonably priced. Fun to sit in the first 3 rows where they have family size sofas instead of traditional theater chairs. The sofas are very comfortable too.

Bar Harbor’s hottest movie theater is Reel Pizza Cinema.
It has everything:
* pizzas with premium toppings and names like The Godfather and Casino Royale
* beer on tap & wine
* quinoa salad, popcorn, fresh baked goods
* 2 movies showing on 2 movie screens
* couches and TV dinner tables for theater seating
* a buzzer — shaped like a pizza — to let you know when your pizza is ready
* oven mits to carry your pizza
* a mid-​movie intermission to buy snacks or go to the bathroom
Make an excuse to go here as many times as you can during your stay. Check online for movie showings.

I wanted to just write a positive review about your establishment but was too overwhelmed with anger to find the right words. Instead I would like to place my energy asking that you please open one up in New York???
Just kidding! But seriously… Please open one up in New York, preferably in my town or in close proximity to it. You have my word I will be there every week and so will my family and friends.
I saw a flyer with a menu when I was in town shopping at a hardware store for various camping equipment… immediately got on the phone, and within seconds, cleared my schedule for a pizza and movie night.
We saw Mission Impossible and ordered a, and please allow me to be cruel and descriptive so I can make your mouth water, MOONSTRUCK pie, all white with ricotta, parmesan, monterey jack, mozzarella and small popcorn swimming in nutritional yeast. We arrived early to get our electronic buzzer and seats (GO EARLY), saw a good portion of the movie while we ate, and the boyfriend instantly passed out in a food coma so he didn’t even know there was an intermission (which was pretty sweet, but caught me off guard– i just thought the movie shut off before one of the people to my left, who wasn’t in a food coma, informed me). People were respectful as they fled for the bathrooms or quietly talked with their neighbors in their seats. Anyway I was in absolute heaven. So, is this the future of cinema? Am I behind the times and people know about these little gems?
I will say this one more time, please please please, open one of these up in New York!!!

This is more of an experience than just seeing a movie. I give the pizza four stars, a 7 or 8 out of 10. It’s thoroughly decent. Not the best I have ever had, but good quality and fresh. I don’t drink beer, but it’s kinda cool that you can get one there. The ticket prices are actually really good. More than reasonably priced, as is the candy and popcorn (1 refill.) I have had better popcorn but when you put the salt on it is pretty good. Get there early because seating is limited and you want to be able to sit with your family, not be the one group who has to divide up among the remaining single seats in order to fit in the place. I love the fact that there is an intermission.

Was looking forward to this movie theater, but you had to wait outside in the rain before you can be admitted to your movie. You literally cannot wait in the theater lobby. The strangest thing I have ever seen. Once we got outside we were told we were standing too close to the door and the guy literally walked outside and drew an imaginary line with his hand and said «please don’t go past the edge of the window,» as he brushed his arm across my body to make me move back. It was only my family and I in line and at that point we openly laughed at him asking if he was kidding and he said «no» and he physically pushed me behind this line. Someone would make a killing in Bar Harbor if they would open up a real movie theater. Customer service is extremely lacking. Would not recommend.

Get there early for the couches and tv trays. Free water inside the theater was a nice surprise. Intermission was great for kids. Tickets were only $ 6 and a bowl popcorn was $ 5 with one free refill. Plenty of popcorn at a bottom dollar rate. This business is a hidden American jewel.

I really can’t say enough good things about Reel Pizza. I love this place. Most of the year they have a great mix of indie and blockbuster films — they skew a little more blockbuster in the summer to meet tourist appetites, but really, I come mostly for the pizza, beer and popcorn. All are way better than what you’d expect at a movie theatre. You can build your own pizza slices and the popcorn is awesome — mostly because they offer you all the same fixins that you’d put on your pizza with the addition of nutritional yeast (don’t knock it til you try it). I recently made the mistake of ordering the endless bowl which is giant but not actually endless. Apparently you only get one refill. I always thought it was endless but now I realize that’s probably because I never finished the first bowl and got the warning, «you know this is your last refill». RP also seems to consistently hire only friendly, funny employees — I always like the vibe here. Yay Reel Pizza. I heart you.
Pro Tip: Every movie at Reel Pizza has an intermission about half way through the movie to encourage extra pizza and popcorn ordering (and probably to facilitate visits to the facilities). It’s also a great time to grab a sweet treat.

On a whim I came here to watch a hippy dippy nature film from the Sierra Club, because hey, I’m in Maine, time to break out my Birkenstocks! Upon entering the theater I was super disappointed I had just eaten because this place specializes in fancy pants pizza, and the menu looked amazing. I can’t say if the pizza is actually good, but the descriptions on the menu were tantalizing. The theater itself has couches and coffee tables in lieu of the usual stadium seats, which was an interesting setup and makes sense since you need a place to rest your awesome pizza while watching the movie. Great experience, would come back any time!

Love love love this place!!! The tickets are cheap ($ 6), they offer all kinds of food and drink, the theatre seating has counters, there’s couches up front, and free water in the back. What’s not to love?
Space is limited so make sure you get there early.

My BF and I instantly agreed that our date to Reel Pizza was the best date night we’ve had in forever! This is everything a movie experience should be. The pizza was GREAT — at a regular pizza joint I’d think this was good pizza but at a movie theater… the pizza was SPECTACULAR.
Then there were the desserts. We had the seven layer bars… YUM!
Even better than all that, Reel Pizza did everything to make sure the experience was perfect. They thought of everything; down to the buzzer that rings when your pizza is ready, and oven mitts laying handy to carry your pizza comfortably to your movie seat/​table!
I LOVE that they did Intermission! Why don’t all theaters bring back intermission?
Thank you Reel Pizza for an awesome movie night.

We went last weekend and saw an early showing of Godzilla at 5:30. We were able to snag a couch on the side and had a couple of trays. They gave us a buzzer to wait for the pizza — a simple Pepperoni pizza, which tasted great. The sodas were a good size. Remember to bring cash. I was caught off guard with the intermission; but I actually liked it since they helped with cleanup. The screen is small and sound is ok. We had a lot of fun.

This place is great but you definitely want to get there early to get a good couch to sit on. Ordering pizza is a must. Loved that there is an intermission halfway through the movie. Wish all movie theaters were this casual!

I LOVED this place. My friends and I had some time to kill so we stopped in for a movie and were pleasantly surprised to find tables in the theater so you can eat while you watch the movie. Better yet, there were comfy couches and chairs so we sat there and threw up a little tray to eat off. The movie ticket was only $ 6, which is super affordable, especially for someone like me who is used to $ 12 movie tickets in NYC.
I was so happy to see they carry vegan cheese and had interesting pizza toppings. I went with a build-​your-​own pizza w/​soy mozzarella, breaded eggplant, and roasted red peppers. It was very tasty and my non-​veg friends also loved the pizza. We also had the chips and salsa, which was dirt cheap ($ 2.50) but also bland and boring. I think it’s just Pace salsa and discount chips. My friend ordered popcorn so I had mine without butter, and hit up the fantastic condiment bar in the back and loaded mine with olive oil, nutritional yeast, salt, and hot pepper. Yum!