AMC Yorktown 18

My new favorite movie theatre! People are very nice and it’s super clean. Seats are comfy. Definitely will be coming here more often!

I find it super convenient you can buy tickets for movies online beforehand — and pick your seats in advance. There is a «convenience charge» though which is just a couple extra dollars if you choose to book in advance. But sometimes it’s a great way to secure the best seats in the house!
Seats recline and are extremely comfortable! You can adjust them to your liking.
As for their «dine in» option. Skip it. Truly. I spent $ 12 on a pretty basic flatbread and $ 8 on a chocolate shake. On top of $ 48 for tickets. And $ 33 for my kids snacks, drinks, and popcorn. It all adds up folks! I would skip eating here and go to dinner at one of the really nice restaurants in the area! You’ll spend the same amount AND get way more bang for your buck!

Never again. Costs more than Marcus and not worth it unless maybe you’re coming for a meal.
The menu is all about their expanded menu. No deals/​packages for your standard movie popcorn/​drink fare.
The drinks come in one size — huge. And those drinks don’t fit in the drink holder on the stupid tray that you have to have right in front of you. My husband and I shared one and there was no good place to put it between us.
The seats are comfortable but no better than Marcus. These improvements aren’t the kind I look for in my movie theater experience.

As good a movie going experience as you are likely to find in a Chicago-​area chain movie theater. The Yorktown 18 distinguishes itself even amongst other AMC locations, for it’s especially comfortable seats (which you can pre-​reserve), decent bar, and sensible layout. Most of the auditoriums are designed with clear sight-​lines, and I have yet to sit in a bad seat here.
As with other movie theaters, the food and drink concessions are where they make their money. At Yorktown, the added expense of a bar tab for two can turn your movie date night into an expensive evening. (Note: I do not in any way advocate sneaking liquor into the movie theater and discretely putting it into your concession soda. That would be wrong. Obey the law, kids.)

Had a very bad experience with the service at the ticket purchasing area. The service was terrible especially from a younger employee named Ben. He explained himself as «cynical» when asked why he was being rude to us, his paying customers. This left us with a bad taste in our mouth. We returned our tickets and will not be returning anytime soon.

Great theatre, love the seats. The lights next to the seats are a bit annoying but otherwise, great. They recline alllllll the way down to the point that you are laying down. It’s very comfortable for a good price.
Service– Not good
Food-Awful-I’ve been here 10 plus times… It’s down right awful. Now we eat before or after. The food is a JOKE.
Issues-​if something is wrong with your food, they will remake it the same way that was a problem the first time lol. I know because it’s happened multiple times.
Beverage: They have angry orchard in 16 oz and 24 oz… that gave them an extra star lol jp jp.
They deserve a 3 because you come here to watch a movie and have dinner. They are better than studio movie grill so, I’ll continue to come and skip the food.

About $ 11.50 for a regular movie at this theater. If you book online, there’s a convenience fee. The seats are super comfy and they slide back to almost 180 degrees. This movie theater serves food and alcohol so that’s always a plus! But note, the food and alcohol is outrageously expensive. I got a small cup of beer for almost $ 8! The parking here can be difficult, especially during peak hours.
There is a service button between every two seats but it may take awhile for the servers to come to you. One time, I went to a 3D IMAX movie and my friend didn’t have a pair of 3D glasses at his seat. He had to go through a good ten minute of the movie without the glasses because the servers were taking a long time to respond to our service request.

Love the seats here! One of the most comfortable theaters. They have a good selection of food and they have a bar. I love the fact that you can have the staff bring you food and you never need to leave your seat, spoil yourself a bit.

Well, like dummies we keep coming back here. Reserved seating, cool. Bring you food to your seats, cool. Reclining chairs, cool. But we ordered food for four, and none of us got anything beyond lukewarm. My bacon burger was mediocre at best. AND THEY CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN A BAR. Once again, we were early, and once again there’s nobody in front of me at the bar, and once again it takes forever. To get one mixed drink and one draft beer, and pay for them, TEN MINUTES. They are utterly incapable of running bar here. If you go to AMC Yorktown and there’s even one person in front of you at the bar, don’t bother, you’ll miss all the previews, IF YOU’RE LUCKY. The lady who showed up right after us was ready to walk away.
They need to upgrade the food, and they need to either hire bartenders or not bother having a freaking bar.

Today, I came in for an early show at 1:45p. After pressing the server button, next to my seat, I was greeted by a «server,» (Aud. 8 Row F Seat 4). I asked her how much the Sauvignon Blanc was for the largest pour, (there were no menus available anywhere in the theater). She confidently said $ 9 and swiped my card on her hand-​held reader and gave me my card back.
When she returned with my drink, she said she had given me the wrong price and handed me a new receipt for $ 14.19. I have worked in the hospitality industry for years and this employee should have immediately came back to me and asked if I still wanted the drink at the higher price, or given me the drink for what she verbally told me what she swiped my card for.
IN NO WAY IS IT EVER ACCEPTABLE TO ALTER MY VISA CHARGE CARD WITHOUT MY PERMISSION OR SIGNATURE ON A RECEIPT.
After my movie had ended, I politely asked the bartender if he was the manager (he said he was not), so I told him the situation. He seemed to want nothing to do with me. For such a nice facility, it is a shame that I will not be coming back because of the poor ethical values of the employees. If you are going to have servers out on the floor, they need to know the menu and prices, or you will run into a lot more unsatisfied guests.

This theater is nice, but the food is just dreadful. 3 of us ordered different meals, and we’re usually not too picky, none of us liked our food.
I went back despite the gross food. We had a really obnoxious man sit next to us who constantly talked loudly and had a noisy phone going off first 30 minutes of our movie. We asked him to be quiet, which he did not comply and basically said he wasn’t doing anything wrong.
Went to the box office to complain. We were not offered any sort of apology or coupon. They had ‘security’ go talk to the jerk, and we moved to far away seats. They didn’t ask him to leave.
Was not impressed with how this situation was dealt. I don’t want to return, assuming that it’s acceptable for people to be loud and rude with no repercussion.

Came back Friday night to show my husband and brother this cool new theater, but unfortunately we were very disappointed. We went to the 8pm showing of The Witch. The theater looked like it had not been clean. Crumbs all over, garbage on the ground and butter all over the seat next to my brother. It also smelled VERY gross in there. Yuck!
We did order this time. My brother got a chocolate milkshake that was huge and came with half a brownie and we also ordered the donuts. The donuts were very tasty but these 2 items came to $ 17! That’s nuts. You have to pay as soon as you order so if you want to order more later, that’s a pain. I also found out you can only order drinks or dessert from the seats. Had no idea how to tip or who to tip because one person took the order and one brought it. After pressing the button to call a server, we waited at least 10 minutes before someone came.
This visit was such a letdown compared to my visit a few weeks ago.

Nice when you’re actually able to see a movie here. They are always sold out of seats and the ones they do have are horrible or separate so you couldn’t be seated with anyone. Other than that seats are nice and the bathrooms and theatres are clean… but I guess that won’t mean much if you can’t actually get in to see a show…

First thing I like about it is Reserved seating. Watched movie in Auditorium 9. The screen is big and comfortable seating. Good experience.

The cost for 1 child under 12; a 13 yr-​old and 2 adults for a 530p movie plus 1 lg popcorn and 2 lg pops was $ 66.
While at the concession stand, in front of the same candy display as seen in other theatres and the same buckets of popcorn one may purchase at those same theatres also, I asked if they had, «those frozen Icee-​type drinks.» The woman replied, «We are more of a high-​end theatre… no Icees or nachos and stuff.» DUMBass,…popcorn and Raisinettes, are «high-​end but an Icee Is not? Laughable.
Ridiculous to think $ 5 for a beer adds to that description.
Each pair of seats are marked with 2 BRIGHT glowing seat assignment designator lights in case you want a couple of over-​priced drinks delivered (didn’t have any takers while we were there) which are very distracting in one’s peripheral.
Nothing here would make us want to visit again!

Went back again this past Sunday for a early show. Once again the bathrooms were dirty and the chairs in the theater were greasy and had food on the trays and seats! why can’t they
clean this place?

The sound, screens, bathrooms, amenities, and
leather seats are epic here. My only complainant is the recliners share one arm rest. However, good times had and memories of the old are forever with me from childhood to now at Yorktown theatres.

Theater is in a great location. The theater has been upgraded to a nice luxury theater with comfortable seating and a wide variety of food on their menu. The food can be better but is decent. The remodeling has definitely improved the entire movie viewing experience.

I like this theater because its NOT ghetto, BUT lately I have been seen a lot of dirty ignorant low class workers who just look lazy. PLEASE stop hiring any bum you see in the street, this isn’t fordcity amc, so lets not turn it into one.
NOW, I went last week on a MONDAY and i saw a few workers just wondering around gossiping while the popcorn butter stand looked like this. GROSS! It was late night so that probably meant no manager around, woohoo PARTY TIME. NO! Get your lazy people to clean when it looks this dirty, yes they have to pick up after pigs who don’t know how to pour butter into a popcorn bucket.

In the words of City Correspondent Stefon: THIS PLACE HAS EVERYTHING.
Reclining chairs. Those crazy, custom soda dispensers. All your normal movie fare (popcorn + candy) as well as hot dinner items that you can order while you are in your seat!
So amazing!

I’m a big fan of reserved seat theaters, especially being married to someone who seems to get a rash if he has to sit in a movie seat for longer than a couple minutes before the previews start. After not being here since their premium was a 1 screen theater with exorbitant prices, we gave their revamp a shot. Overall we’ve been very happy with the theater.
The seats are comfortable, and have buttons to recline back (the one time I took my mom to a movie, she ended up so comfortable in her seat she fell asleep 4 times). You order your food at the counter and give the person your seat number and your food (not popcorn and candy but actual food menu items) is delivered to your seat.
They offer a wide menu, full bar (separately), and self serve drink soda machines.
I read a lot of complaints about price, but to me it seems like average movie ticket prices. I would compare it to Regal. There aren’t the deals that seem to float around with Studio Movie Grill or Naperville Palms though. If you go see a movie before noon, it’s really reasonable. Before they used to charge something like $ 20 for their «premium» theater seats, and we used to visit iPic sometimes, so these prices don’t give me sticker shock. They do have a fee to book online, but if you belong to their $ 12/​year membership (we got it for $ 9 on their website), it’s free to book online. The membership doesn’t seem as quick to reward as it did when we used to go to the AMC in Naperville several years back, but still in just a few months and the occasional visit, we’ve already earned/​saved more than we paid for it.
Food was decent, not the best ever. It was better than our last few visits to SMG. But sadly, I used to love their little restaurant when they just had the 1 premium screen, and the food now wasn’t quite that good.
The stuff that could be better:
— The bar — when I’ve ordered mixed drinks at SMG, those drinks are huge (and good!). Here, these are teeny tiny drinks and not like the price is teeny tiny to go with it. I ordered some specialty cocktail off their menu, it took forever, was expensive, and tasted awful. I haven’t even bothered again after the first time, it was such a waste of money. I tried to pass the drink off to my mom and sister who both made faces when they tried it.
— Ordering food — the wait in the concession/​food line can get kinda long sometimes. Imagine taking a busy movie concession stand with 2 or so people working, but then give customers a decent sized menu full of extra things to order.
Then you have to go stand in line again to get your drink — either filled at the soda machine, or ordering at the bar.
The trade off is — if you get distracted by staff running back and forth during a movie, this model seems to have far less of that vs SMG/​Palms/​iPic.

Thank you, AMC, for offering reasonably priced tickets for amazing seats.
We went to watch Ted 2 and as we walked in, I had no idea where to start. They had automated machines but the people working there offered to help us at the counter (thank you!) so buying tickets was quick and easy!
We went to the food counter and ordered — they had sushi (and it wasn’t bad!) — so we ordered some coffees, popcorn, sushi, and slushies (I know, ew. Haha) and went to our seats. Our food was brought up by a super friendly girl; bonus!
We grabbed some seats at the back of the theatre and I was happy with the big, reclining seats with generously-​sized swivelling trays.
The movie was great and the theatre was clean and well laid out!

Movie Theaters are made to watch movies, be comfortable, stuff face with food, + beer :) and popcorn.
Two stars for 1. Great service 2. Comfy Chairs
Lack of stars is because while I saw the movie (which was great) had food. I was very grossed out, by how filthy the theater was. It’s a theater, totally get there will be popcorn on the floor. But the floor was covered COVERED with popcorn, napkins, straws (random things) the bathrooms were also pretty bad. Toilet paper everywhere. The Theater was NOTICBLY DIRTY. That is why this is getting only 2 stars. beers are expensive, more than what you would pay in River North.
I’m not sure if I would be back for what I pay, I would appreciate a cleaner experience.

A few months back, we came here for Mr. Holmes, and dinner. Food and service were excellent. So tonight we brought the whole family, six of us, for Star Wars. Tonight was more than slightly off. Ordering food was okay, but the bartenders (like last time) were totally confused. We ordered four drinks, two of which were simply draft beers. It took roughly 12 minutes for them to make the drinks and charge me for them. I had to restate our order twice. Then when it was time to pay for them, I had to tell the guy what drinks he had just made for us. This was with almost nobody else at the bar.
They obviously didn’t clean between shows. There was popcorn everywhere. All our seats had popcorn wedged in them as well. I spent a minute helping my wife clean out her seat. When the food showed, a couple of items were missing. I had to go over with the waiter the missing items. I finally wrote on the back of the receipt exactly what was missing, even though all the line items were already on there.
The food was meh. Chicken tenders weren’t nearly as good as last time, and sauce was missing. Sushi rolls were soggy. Hot chocolate was colored water. And the two mixed drinks we’d gotten from the bar were expensive and poorly made. Based on our previous visit, I’ve been telling people this place is better than Hollywood Boulevard, but after tonight, I’ll have to rethink that.
The seats are nice. They recline. Lots of room. I’ll give it that.

I don’t know about these newfangled, fancy movie theaters. Sure, the amenities are lovely, but are they necessary? Honestly, I was okay with watching movies the old way. I was never a food or drink buyer at theaters so this new system is like, almost overkill to me but I seem to be in the minority with that preference.
The capacity in the theaters seems to be waaaaaaaay fewer than before, with these new recliner chairs taking up far more space than their older counterparts. I guess they make up their money in food and beverage sales now? I don’t think the tickets are any more expensive than they were.
What I need to have more self control over is the damn bar. If there wasn’t a stupid bar there selling wine, I would never even think of buying a glass (or two or three) to drink while I watch my movie. But now that it’s there, sometimes I find myself paying $ 9 for a freaking glass of it when I can buy the same bottle for $ 6.99. And that’s when I hate myself. Well played, AMC.
I haven’t been there too, too many times and I think I’ve only gotten food once or twice and it was okay. One time I believe was appetizers and the second was a veggie burger. Honestly, for what you’re spending, you’re better off spending the money at an actual restaurant either before or after the movie. If you’re a two birds one stone person, I guess it’d be more convenient to just eat there and accomplish both tasks without taking a second trip elsewhere.
What I do love, when it comes to movie theater advancement (which I realize has been around for quite some time at this point) is the stadium seating. As a short person, I applaud this incredible achievement. As far as I’m concerned, they peeked then and don’t really have any other life-​changing aspect for me. I’m sure I’ll be surprised in the near future and they’ll come up with something I’d never think of.
Oh, a note to the winos: You can only purchase one drink at a time from the bar BUT, you can pay for another and they’ll deliver it to you during the movie.
Bottom line, when I’m lacking in self control (buying wine), movie night ends up being three or four times as expensive as it would be otherwise. I’m better off waiting to watch stuff on Netflix or from Redbox sitting on my couch at home with my own bottle of wine.
Oh! One gripe that I do have, movie-​going now requires far more advance planning than it used to. For me, deciding to go see a movie was always something of a spontaneous decision. Now, if you just show up, odds are your show will either be sold out or you’ll get stuck in the very front staring straight up at the screen since people can reserve their seats way in advance now. I’d gotten tickets to see a movie on Christmas Day (I thought I was being slick and bought them on Monday — Christmas was Friday — and even then, only two seats remained) but I ended up having a major plumbing emergency (oh joy, calling a plumber over on Christmas Day…) and wasn’t able to make the movie. I submitted for a refund the night before, knowing there was no way in hell I’d be able to go (which I hope I get) but the processing fee or whatever is NOT refundable so I was still out a few bucks.

This theater is a good example of what a movie theater should be, in terms of quality and experience. Tickets are a bit pricey, but they are well worth it considering the amenities you receive.
This is a «dine and recline,» movie theater. They offer a full menu (including snacks, drinks, and full meals), a bar, large reclining chairs, and a wait staff that can deliver to you during the movie. The best feature of this theater, that many other theaters are starting to implement, is the reserved seating. It’s well worth the premium to be able to reserve seats ahead of time so I don’t have to worry about availability, seating, or long lines when going to a show.

This theater is AMAZEBALLS!!!
I don’t go to the show much, and I haven’t been to this particular theater in YEARS! So when I walked thru the door I was WOWED!!! They had about 6 kiosks where there is self service to purchase movie tickets, you select your show, select your seats, slide your card and pay! Fast and very easy. Woooooo Hooooo
Then you go thru and there’s a full restaurant with very nice reasonably priced food options. ANNNDDDD they have L I Q U O R ! ! ! !
I’m in love at this point!!! I don’t need to go any further. I’ve died and gone to movie heaven. So we go to our designated theater room 1 and we reach our preselected seats, and we sit in these huge recliners. They have kitchen call buttons on each pair of recliners for servers to assist you with food/​beverages. There are also trays on the recliners so you don’t have any food on your lap or in your way. As the movie starts I also start playing with the recliner and it lays back!!! OMG THIS IS WONDERFUL
I absolutely loved this theater and it renewed me and hubby’s interests in movies. I lost the thrill 4yrs ago while I was pregnant and very uncomfortable at a theater. I won’t have that issue any longer. I WILL BE BACK!!!

Movie and dinner sounded like a great idea. Went to see Joy tonight and ordered a sushi appetizer and shrimp dinner. The shrimp was delivered without the appetizer. When we asked for the appetizer it was not delivered until the meal was half gone, so it became a to-​go appetizer. As for the meal, the menu said the shrimp dinner included Brussels sprout slaw but that never arrived. Also the menu said cocktail sauce — nope, wasn’t there. Also there were fries with the shrimp that were not cold but they definitely were not hot — not really edible. The shrimp was very heavily battered which most might not like. Must confess, I like it heavily battered. Because the seats are so far away from catering staff it was incredibly inconvenient to note the problems so I just had to live with them. All in all, not a very good meal for $ 24.
Otherwise, the theater was great. Comfortable seats in a relatively small theater. Would go again but not order any food.

First time viewing a movie here. Upon entering, there is a large lobby with a bar to order a alcoholic drink and then a restaurant to order food, which they deliver to your seat once in the theater. You have to stop in both areas to order. I prefer how Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton does it where the server comes to your seat to take your bar and food order. It saves your having to stand in line as if you were at McDonalds ordering and then paying in two different locations. The food, however, was good. I had the Royal burger, which was fantastic. The seats were red, leather recliners, smaller in width than Regal theaters or Studio Movie Grill, but just as comfortable. The screen was huge and I don’t think there would be a bad seat in the house in the rows behind the handicap section. I probably won’t go here again because of their setup for food and drink when there is a theater in Wheaton that give me good food and seat-​side service with leather chairs. As a sidenote, we saw The Gift… excellent movie! UPDATE… went a second tine. Long wait at food counter to order. The food is good but very high in calories as they list that info. During the movie after we ate our entrees, we called our server over to get us popcorn. Nope — Nada. They don’t bring popcorn to your seat. Really? Why discriminate… and make your guests run to the lobby to get popcorn? Fail!

Very nice, clean, modern, and excellent location to enjoy a movie. The food is delicious here for movie theater standards.
The seating is very comfortable, and the reclining feature is legit.

In order to screw things up at a movie theater, you have to put forth A LOT of effort. Why? It’s not hard to do the simple things at a movie theater. Unfortunately, AMC Yorktown 18 put forth all of the effort that’s required to make one’s movie experience a horrific one.
We get to this place, and we order food. Now, we are an hour early, so we figured that we’d eat before we walked into the theater. I order my food, and I tell the cashier that we would like our food brought out to the table that we are seated at. This is where the «fun» begins. The cashier takes about 5 — 10 minutes to locate a «number» that we need so that the runner can bring the food out to the table. I guess it takes time to look below the register and grab a number. She says that it took her so long because they only had one number available. That’s hilarious because… wait for it… we were the ONLY people that were sitting at a table, so how in the hell could you only have one number?
Oh, it gets better. We decide to order drinks. It took the bartender 20 minutes to make both of our drinks. Here’s the problem… wait for it… we were the ONLY people who ordered drinks. On top of that, one drink was made so strong that it, literally, took two hours to finish it. Now, I am a guy who loves the overpour, but when I can’t finish it, we’ve got a problem.
This is the best part. All of you are going to love this. We get into the theater, and we decide that we would like some popcorn. So, I press the «button» which tells a server to come to where we are sitting. After 20 minutes of waiting, she comes and asks us what we’d like. We get popcorn, and I wanted Vitamin Water. The server’s response? «The only things that we can bring to you are popcorn and bottled water. We can’t bring any other soft drinks or food to you.» Um, what??? What’s the point of having service within the theater if you CAN’T bring everything that’s on the menu? Oh, I’m not done. Even though they can’t bring you anything other than popcorn and bottled water into the theater, if you order the food BEFORE you walk into the theater, then they’ll have a runner bring you ALL of your food to your seat.
When that happened, I just started laughing. I mean, how backwards is that? You can’t order food while you are sitting in the theater because they won’t bring it to you, but if you order the food before you get into the theater, they’ll bring it to you.
This place made me miss Studio Movie Grill, which I didn’t think was possible. Studio Movie Grill has its flaws, but they are MILES better than this garbage theater that I went to. Do not go to AMC Yorktown 18. Ever.

We came here to catch the movie The Walk 3D. Surprisingly, the movie theater was pretty small but I liked that the seats reclined and were sectioned off in seats of two. It made my movie watching experience very comfortable and enjoyable. We were in theater 18 and it had a bit of a funky smell.
This theater offers food delivery. If you are not ordering popcorn, then you have to wait for your food to be delivered. The food options are nice though and are more restaurant food than usual movie theater food. However, the wait time made the food not worth it. I ordered my food at 5:07pm and was quoted a 10 minute wait but my food wasn’t delivered to me until 5:25pm (showtime was 5:15pm) I was worried my food would not arrive and I’d have to leave the movie to check on it.
Also, our theater did not have 3D glasses for us, or anyone else watching with us. I made sure to inquire about the 3D glasses when we gave our tickets to the employee at the entrance. She said the glasses would be on our chairs in our theater but the problem was that they actually weren’t anywhere in the theater. I had to leave the theater to ask an employee to get us 3D glasses.
For some reason, their bathroom has the hand dryer attached to the water faucet fixture above the sink. Its like a 2 for 1 deal except it does not work. After washing my hands and getting the sink bowl wet, the hand dryer blows out air so aggressively that the water in the sink bowl splashes right back up in my face. Its not worth it to blow dry my hands only to get my face all wet. Who came up with this invention??? It sucks!!!
At $ 15 a ticket, the price is pretty high to catch a movie. I’m not sure it was worth the trek out from the city to view the movie here. Overall an OK experience.

First time here. Great Recliner Seats with footrest. You can position the powered foot rest in any position for your comfort. Great sound and the RealD 3D was good. Didn’t take me long for my vision to adjust. The 3D effect is still like looking at at a Viewmaster Viewer but it’s «Fun» I still prefer 2D over 3D.
Sat in theater 11. Row F was pretty much straight across from the screen.

Okay, I have now posted this review 3 times because nobody seems to be able to agree on the name of this place. Can I just say that I don’t CARE what they call it, because I adore it here and since moving to the area I’ve gone to more movies than I saw in the past several years?
There’s a bar. And you can order drinks at your seat.
There’s reclining automated lounge seats.
There’s little tables.
There’s friendly servers to bring you drinks and food if you want it.
It’s clean.
Gosh it’s just great. I love the seating. I feel like I’m laying in my living room, or bed, but the screen is bigger and better. And I can get my wife to come with me which almost always never happened before. It may help that we live about a mile from this place, so being too tired or not wanting to go out isn’t really an issue anymore.
And the screens are state of the art, just the right size and every seat is a great one. Plus you get to pick your seats when you buy your tickets, so no hunting around in the dark for any open ones.
This could be what saves my wife from a life of watching TV in bed with our dogs.
If I had to look for something to complain about, I’ve noticed a bit of price gauging that goes on. When we came here for a big summer popcorn movie they seriously up-​priced the tickets. But other than that, I’m in love.