Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Charlottesville

Great food, terrific service, and movies.

Dinner and a movie. Consistently good quality of food, and with the prices of popcorn & drink at other movie theaters in town, it's a no-brainer to just enjoy your cinema experience here.

Alamo was the ONLY theater left where one could visit without the worry of another moviegoer ruining your experience and not suffering consequences. Apparently, not anymore! Alamo is allowing PHONE USE NOW? In fact, they are requiring it!? No wonder theaters are dying! THANK YOU “Michael Kustermann”! Well done! This is why we can't have nice things.

Used to love this place. Now? I hate it. Their new mobile ordering system is BY FAR the most idiotic company change I have seen in a long time. Alamo used to pride itself on being free of distractions. Now it’s impossible to focus because people constantly have their phones out to order stuff. Who thought of this and considered it a legitimately good idea? It is BEYOND stupid. Instead of being able to see the movie that I paid a lot to see, I have to deal with everyone’s bright phone screens in the way. Just by far the most ridiculous change ever. I hate this.

A positive experience every time

Great experience! Very helpful staff. Clean, well maintained theater. We saw Anaconda (2025). Great server and very attentive to someone whose 1st visit.

I wanted to go to a movie recently, after a difficult day, and decided to go to Alamo, where I could also get dinner. Everything about it exceeded my expectations! Friendly greetings from staff who helped me choose the best seat for me. Had a snack in the Tap Room before my theater opened. ELLA was my outstanding server in the theater. She was such a pleasure to work with. Sensing that I was having a rough day, she made great menu suggestions, checked on me, and left me such a sweet note afterwards. I can’t thank her enough for her acts of kindness that made such a positive difference in my day. Thank you!

My favorite local theater. I can't always find the first run movie I'm looking for here, but for comfortable seating and good food, nothing beats it.

Went to see Avatar 3D? that kind of rhymes, anyway, it's always clean there. The service is great. The popcorn is buttery

Corporate only cares about the bottom line, so this review is for you, Sony.

Comfortable seating food is good great theater

The theater itself was nice, with comfortable seats. Service was very good, with the staff responding quickly and discreetly throughout the show. My only complaint was that a specialty drink I ordered was terrible! I couldn't get past the first taste. However, I was able to get a bottled drink with no problem. The pizza tasted good and the show was great! I just don't recommend the smoky watermelon drink.

Doesn’t enforce the talking rule at all. After multiple notices to the staff, they still let kids run around and cry for an entire movie.

the milkshakes are soooo good

We really enjoyed the movie here.