Reviews of Marcus Sycamore Cinema (Movie Theater)

1602 Sycamore St, Iowa City, IA 52240 Located in: Iowa City Marketplace

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REVIEWS OF Marcus Sycamore Cinema IN Iowa

Anthony Upchurch

Excellent, quiet and clean

Emilia Deem

The smaller theater feel was nice. Not so overwhelming.

Vasiliy Ulin

Great cinema! Nice staff. Same overpriced beverages and popcorn

Dolores Ratcliff

Great local theater. Good selection of movies. Wish they had loyalty cups for soda.

Pam Yoder

Clean theater clean bathrooms fun deals

Izz

Clean and comfortable.

Thomas D

Really nice, really cool

Julie Mulherin

It was very nice I'll go again

C S

I have been going to this movie theater for years and love going here. It is nice that it has 12 theaters, which provides a nice variety of movies. The concessions are very overpriced as are the tickets ($8.50 per ticket). But if you go on $5 Tuesdays then the tickets are more reasonable. Also, if you go during the day on Saturdays be prepared to be in line for 20-30 minutes to buy your ticket, unless they open up the ticket booth. The facility is generally clean and well cared for, although the floor in the theaters can be a little sticky. The chairs are super comfortable and the staff friendly. I like to buy my tickets through the Marcus mobile application, but you still have to stand in line to actually receive your ticket. I would like to see Marcus theaters have a kiosk scanner that will scan mobile application tickets and allow the patron to skip the purchase lines. That would give this theater 5 stars.

Patricia Moyer

Senior Citizen discount rocks

Tuesday

friendly smiles and nice staff but the place is always filthy. And I find that to be a turn off when you feel like a shower because you just watched a movie. I mean really....?

Alex Heisdorffer

They dont turn the damn air conditioner on and it's hot as hell

Jeromey Ford

The movie was awesome!!! Helpful staff and they serve beer now!!!!

Melaine Gray

Great staff clean comfortable seats

Christopher McMahon

This is my go-to theater. Comfortable, clean, and well-designed. I recommend.

Courtney Hansen

If I could give it no stars, you know I would! When you walk into an establishment, your greeter is what sets the mood for the experience. In our case, we got an extremely job hating, "I don't want to be here, but, have to be here" girl with not even a fake smile on her face or friendly sounding. Maybe I have high standards as I've been in the customer service business for a good many years. The pricing of the food was outrageous considering the state it was in. We ordered a number 8 which was a pizza an large pop; a dr. pepper, which was flat, and "pepperoni pizza" which was delivered only cheese and hard as a rock, as well as a medium popcorn; soggy cardboard, and 3 candies. The selection of movies was decent for the size of the theater, but, it's easy to get lost if you're not sure where you're going. Considering the size, you'd think they'd have enough staff to handle prompt thorough cleaning in between sets. Walking into the movie room itself, made me want to turn around. It was not cleaned, or improperly cleaned; puddle laying right dab in view. Seats were comfortable. Movie was too loud. Overall, horrible impression for first time.

Joshua Tilley

Great staff and nice manager. Not most up to date, but clean.

Nekeya Acheampong

I only wish they would fix the pot holes in that parking lot overall i enjoyed my

Julie Elliot

Pleasant environment. Clean. Comfortable seats.

Christa Nelson

Almost had the entire theater to ourselves. Ticket prices are good. Great movie selection.

Bonnie Mattaliano

Didn't go here. Pizza Ranch was closed.

Round Guy's Gun Reviews

Over priced concessions. Dirty floors and counters at opening at 0730 in the morning. Staff super slow and not personable.

Ben Shemanski

I love buying a ticket to watch a movie being heated by a nuclear power plant.

Monica S Koch

Warning: they leave the wall lights on the whole time so any dark scenes become so washed out you can’t make out what’s on the screen. That totally destroyed the viewing experience. This seems to be the latest trend. It’s simply not worth paying to see movies in theaters anymore.

Rhonda Mahannah

Great theater. Love $5 Tuesday.

Jack Czerwinski

Coralville is so much cleaner and better kept. The movie I went to see, the projector was going out because there was a yellow streak going down the middle.

Ken Purdy

Seats are very comfortable. Popcorn too high priced. $8 a bucket.

SELC Pastor

Comfortable seats, great sound. I especially like that they show some movies that don't get into the Coralville theater, which is closer to us.

Debra Henderson

Love all the $5 movie specials!!!

aaron jepson

Service a bit slow. How to train dragon was a great movie. Overall a good experience.

Alex Matheason

Typically love this place, but came into the 7:35pm movie tonight and it was still filled with trash from the previous crowd..

Tyler Ellis

LOVE THE GREG MARCUS OPERATIC INTRODUCTION RETWEET IF YOU CRI EVERYTIME

Tim Miles

Good theatre experience except for the stupid teenagers...I must be getting old

Edward Keen

Great theater with plenty of screens, so it is likely that they might be playing movies that are several weeks old which aren't playing in most other theaters. The seating is organized very well and there is tons of leg room. In my experience, there have been a lot of malfunctions in their theater (movie breakdowns, delays because movie won't play, etc.) but it was handled decently by the staff, who gave us free tickets and more than made up for any inconveniences. The big complaint I had was the lighting. For the last movie I saw (Endgame), they kept the lights about 50% on during the movie, which made nighttime-set scenes kind of hard to make out at points. Also, their sound quality has been a bit off several of the times we've been there (too quiet). Otherwise, it's really good and accommodates your moviegoing experience well.

Allison Crawford

Broken urinal.

Jessica Calvert

Great theater. Never had a bad experience yet and my husband and I go here a lot.

Jane Victorine

At the time I got free popcorn and purchase a show ticket for 5.00. bargain.

Seneca Mitchum

Vr game on the inside very fun

Tyler Kelly

Very friendly staff and comfortable setting

Devon Hall

Comfortable seating and I really like the ads before all the movies as well from the owners of the theater.

April Cline-Jones

Small. Great deals and special events. Morning kids films. Love this litle theater.

Gabe Havel

Large popcorn is best deal since you get a refill. They have days that offer discounts, like early bird specials and senior discounts. Staff is nice and helpful. Theater was decently clean but was very busy when we went so might not have had the staff to keep up. Theaters are a little smaller than some, but I think it makes a better sound and visual experience.

John Erwin

Saw Dumbo , I never knew an elephant can fly . I didnt see if he had a license.

Gregory Norfleet

Cozy feel for big theater

Michelle Jones

Pricey but over all nice clean theatres

Sabrina Spikes

I really really want them to update this theater. It feels like one of the only Marcus theaters that hasn't been upgraded. The theaters are all the same size approximately, no special big screen. Overall the experience is always fine. Its always busy when we go so i dont know why the updates are dragging!! We have seen 2 movies here in the last month, both good experiences in all.

Aaron Van Noy

Stadium seating. 3D, realD and regular theaters. Sometimes you can hear a movie nextdoor and that park sucks. But the audio and quality of video is great.

Chrissy Gioimo

Great place

Tom Nelson

Went to Star Wars on 12/19 the 7:15 showing AND FROZE! My feet are still cold after driving home 20 minutes with heater on. Don't be so cheap, crank up that thermostat!

Chad Knipfer

Ok. Nice seats. Cold.

Bryan H

Overall rating: 4.5 Before Marcus bought the theaters here in town, I hardly ever went to the movies. They were always overpriced. Now we have early bird movies for $6 and all day Tuesday is $5 to see a show so we visit quite frequently now! The screens are pretty big, the stadium seating is nice with plenty of leg room, and the video quality is pretty good. Audio is good, but is still behind in technology so I took off a half star for that and of course the concessions are expensive. But, that's how theaters make money. But the popcorn is always fresh and delicious! Last thing I really like about Marcus theaters is the Magical Movie Rewards program. If you don't have one, you need one! Especially if you buy tickets online or through the Marcus App. They waive the online booking fees and or service charges so it's like they are paying you to have the rewards card. They give you points for every dollar you spend and you get a $5 reward at 100 points. So why wouldn't you get one?

david grissom

Not a bad place but not great either

Asia Banks

Friendly people and confortable seating..i go once a week.

Quintin Bryant

Great theater!

Michael Holtman

Visit this theatre regularly. Clean theatres and restrooms. Concessions pricey but what theatre isnt? Staff is friendly, attentive, and helpful. Tues and thursdays get busy. Come early even if you've bought tickets in advance. You still have to wait in line for paper ones.

Deana Buell

Theater seating has gotten better, could still use a better streamlined combination stand.

April Schmidt

You need the Dream Loungers!

Paul Swihart

Friendly employees. Popcorn was good today.

Jo Bell

Join the club and get free popcorn too!

Dawn Miner

Nice theater, a little small

Crystal Fisher

There are a few theaters in this area but Marcus Sycamore is the best. They have the most screens and the best seating. The concession lines are never long because there are enough employees working. Nice selection of movies, including all the new releases and special features as well.

Daniel L

Good typical movie theater with comfortable tiered seating and a good selection on movie times. Helpful and pleasant staff and tasty popcorn.

shawn knepp

This is the best choice of the local theaters. Always clean. Bathroom stalls are small. Very small. But that is not a big deal. Comfortable chairs. Good sounding system. And my favorite is the $5 Tuesday movie.

Anna Graeff

I like these theaters. They have nice seats and a good selection of movies.

David Green

No Reclinig Seats but good Theater.

Leonardo Marchini

Our local movie theater, an always welcoming place.

Quentin Adams

Good movie selection and show times. Great seats. Clean theater. Food usual movie theater prices.

jj Nation

A great place to go watch a movie, 12 different ones to pick from.

Cynthia Fischer

Always have a good time here. They have a friendly and courteous staff.

Sara Knox

Big, comfortable seats. My favorite movie theater in town.

Turner Klein

Yo turn down the volcano that is ur heater in this theater dood

Tyler Hogan

This place is awesome. I've never had problems. The place is clean, the employees are always super great, and they always have the best special showings when it comes to anime.

Henry Eicher

I love going to this theater. There is usually a large selection of movies. I always get pop and popcorn with the ranch seasoning. Other food is available. Recommend.

Dan Cook

Seating was spacious and comfortable. (We were in Aud #3). Overall theatre was clean. Always enjoy going on $5 Tuesday.

Wade Summers

Good discounts on Tuesdays for everyone and on Thursdays for students. Staff is friendly and a good overall experience.

Brett Bailey

Clean floors thats nice

Robin Harrison

Pop n pop corn is out rageous

Erika MB

Best seats in town, and half price movie tickets every Tuesday.

Brower Hoffelt

Great place

corey starbuck

The staff is very friendly. Megan is amazing!!!

Sam McCrory

Great place to go see a movie. Go a Tuesday or Thursday if you're a student for $5 movies. Wouldn't waste my time on pricy concessions, but would sign up for a free rewards card, which gets you decent perks. Hassle free movie going experience.

Brian H

Great movie theater. I highly recommend it.

DJ Claussen

Nice venue. Seating is comfortable, sound and video quality are excellent.

Stacy Moore

Been twice in one month,and always super clean! Concessions were quick and seats are clean and comfy they even lean back a little bit. I will return

Rodrigo Medina

Very nice, I went in at 10pm to watch IT Chapter 2. The process was great, the snacks are insanely overpriced, but I didnt care. And the seats are super comfy. Great experience overall, will go again. Definitely recommend. But guys, don't take your date to the movies, take your friends instead...you'll have a better time, I promise, plus, unless you're already dating, movie dates are lame.

Howard Vernon

Well run. Efficient. Polite staff. I was overcharged (without my knowledge)for a bucket of popcorn and the young lady caught me after the movie and refunded my money.

Johan Zioka

Went here to watch the movie "Coco" and I enjoyed it and the food was overpriced.

Michael DeBruin

Showtimes and the movies playing is not accurate

Stephanie Callan

Just saw Wonder Woman! love Marcus Sycamore Theater because of the stadium seating, its cleanliness, and great movie choices.

J. Morrison

Smaller theater but nice place to go see a movie.

Donovan Rasmussen

Has a really slow staff!

moryja j

Good

Jon Shipp

Good prices

nikki mucha

Not much there!

Paula Kasper

They advertise the $25 popcorn bucket that you can bring back for the rest of 2018, at a refill price of $4. Contacted the parent company, was told they were going to look into it. Went to a movie 3 weeks later.....NOPE, no buckets. Told they get 15 only each shipment. Contacted parent company again, this time, NO REPLY! Bad business practices.

Teresa Aceves

Very nice theater. Not sure how old the theater is but I felt like the hallways had a funny odor and the carpets needed to be cleaned. I myshe the theater where we watched the movie it was colder then they keep the theaters in CA. The chairs were comfy, but then again I'm used to recliner chairs in all our theaters. These chairs rock, kinda sorta, especially when you sit down. Don't sit down to fast or you'll go for an 'E' ticket ride and possibly scare the person behind you, l like I did. Staff was great! Movie was great! Wer had a very nice time!!

HidHid LaRox

Love $5 Tuesday. Free popcorn. Not keen on the new reserved seating process.

Ifesinachi Okonkwo

Nice place. Popcorn has no sugar, just butter and salt and cheese.

Carrie Recker

Perfect size. Comfy seats. Stadium seating, and several theatres.

Cory Haight

Not modern at all, long wait lines, the sound is too quiet, they leave the side lights on, there are giant green spots on the left sides of the screen! There is some type of problem every time I go.

Andy C

We've been viewing movies here for years and the staff has never been very kind. Mostly teenagers/young adults that would rather be buried in their phones than be doing what they are paid to do. We're finally rating/posting because our latest visit was extremely hot, everyone was sweating and commenting on the temperature and when we said something about it too a staff member the young man simply stated that the air was on all the way (even though it obviously wasn't on at all) and he didn't even apologize or say that he would let management know. At our previous visit, there was something up in the ceiling squeaking and rattling during the entire movie. But mainly, I was out of town for business a week prior and saw the same movie at a different theater. I thought the movie was great and my wife wanted to see it so I had no problem seeing it again...All these years viewing movies at this theater and I never realized how horrible the picture quality and sound quality was until now, due to my viewing of the same movie a week prior at the other theater. They leave the wall lights on now, which is terrible for low-light scenes, and the lack of color/vividness is astonishing. After seeing/hearing how much better movies are at another theater, I doubt we'll be returning to this one. On the positive side, they have money-saving deals like $5 Tuesdays, early bird specials, and a rewards program. And the popcorn is good and fresh 90% of the time.

Trish Moyer

Great staff, comfortable and clean seating and I loved the popcorn

Kevin Reilly

Seats are a little rough but they tend to have fewer customers so there are less people laughing at the wrong part of the movie

Leafy Lex

The movie theater has uncomfortable chairs that can really hurt your back, which is unpleasant. I saw a movie in theater 8. Every time someone opened the door, it would slowly close with an audible, long creak. The walls must be pretty thin because the audience was able to here movies going on next to us - orchestral music would pour in from the left while bellowing and shouting would come in from the right. This was massively distracting, especially during quite moments within the movie. This theater seems to be really popular with the college crowd, so if you don't mind that, expect a younger audience but if you would rather with a movie with a not so large audience, go elsewhere.

D S

The staff be lookin crazy here too. Mean muggin the guests.

helen richardson

Felt very discriminated against was there Saturday mid day.. the attendant That was taking tickets should of been trained on how to treat people of color. He told others there theatre location but when it came to us he took the people ticket behind us first. We go to wrong showing of movie which was our movie but two min from over we sit there until sombody comes in and clean see us then ask for our tickets then say we in wrong one.like really shouldn't the attendant have told us which room like he did everyone else.

Christopher Jackson

Favorite theater in Iowa City!

Colleen Heither

Good prices for seniors

Nene

Me and my boyfriend applied for a job there when new management came and they somehow didn't need people at the time,I've been getting vibes the manager the big guy is a bit prejudice because he seem uncomfortable talking to me and he's been hiring nothing but white people and he never called me or my bf but he's been hiring though,if you think about it you don't see people of color working there anymore like it use to be before he started working there.

Phillip Buchmayer

This is the best theater in Iowa City and Coralville. They have the best seats and the parking is good too.

Khaled Ali

Nice place to enjoy safe shopping & great public safety A plus

Crystal Landreth

Good movies, good popcorn. Friendly staff. Clean bathrooms.

Jen Steinberg

I am spoiled by dream lounger seating at the theater close to my home, but this theater was very nice. The popcorn was fresh. The employees were courteous, and the movie started on time.

Mike Buitenwerf

Dirty restrooms, tasteless popcorn that had been popped long before

Laura Birely

Really enjoy watching movies here. I would love it more if they had the Dream Loungers. Really friendly staff and the popcorn is really good too.

James Roth

Seating is comfortable, there is a good amount of options for concessions, overall a good movie viewing experience.

PHILLIP KILCREASE

Great place to catch Special Films such as Big Screen Episodes of Dr. Who!!!

Greer Dempster

Fun discount nights and easy parking

Crystal Alford

Great Thursday price and great student Thursday s

alec jackson

They have great deals on Tuesdays and Thursdays but it does change the fact that their projectors and screens at this location are terrible. The brightness is off and I could not see any screen that was dark. Felt like I only got to see half of the movie.

Jack Ballard

I dont know what is better, the movie or the

PGHS

Seats are rough theater is fine

Michael Dugger

Sweet, I just saw Joker and it was awesome

Lottie ramsey-morrison

It's a nice mall. I like the idea they have a JoAnn fabric. Clean, plenty of parking.

Derrick McDannald

Popcorn is fresh and theater is clean

wsad ahh

Snacks are overpriced but overall this movie theater is great!

Logan Haley

Foot starters, this is really the only reason to go to the Sycamore mall. There are a few other stores and resteraunts here, but this is the clear focus. The theatre has a deal for $5 Tuesdays so this is the day I recommend to go. They do not have the reclining chairs that most Marcus theatres have standard nowadays, but if they were to get those I would go to 5 stars immediantly. The sound and screen quality of this theatre is truly superb, at least for what we get here in the Midwest.

Shane Graber

One of my favorite theaters in the area!

Michelle Turner

Comfy seats

mark van handel

It was ok. Standard movie theatre. Although they do serve a variety of beers there.

Kelly Lodge

Cooler temp than expected.staff was funny and helpful. The movie was ok, but we love going to this theater.

Tom Carsner

Good matinee schedule. Comfortable seating. Fills gap for films not making it to Film Scene.

Diana R

Rated a 1, the first visit, as it was a disaster. Much higher this time. Tho still needs improvement.

Soda Lam

Best seat theatre

David Frohman

The door closest to the theater, on the side of the mall, always locks at night, so you suddenly can't get in. Other than that, it's a theater. The staff are extremely unobtrusive. They don't hide, and they never say or do anything rude, but they won't go out of their way to help you either. The screens seem a bit small, but the seats are extra comfortable to make up for that, more leg room than most theaters. There's two tiers of seats: A set on stairs, and a set closer to the screen. The closer to the screen set are basically neck-breakers, and are also tightly packed. Go for the stairs if you can. It is wheelchair accessible, even in the bathrooms, so that's good. Marcus himself is dorky in a cute, inoffensive way, and occasionally can be seen in the theater. (He also shows up right before the show on the screen to remind you to turn off your phone)

Alec

Overpriced as always but employees were friendly

Janette Yenchko

Website needs updated! Arrived "on time" for a show that wasn't even playing AND y'all weren't even open. I expect more.

john hills

Great place to see movies

Thomas Jackson

Has a real theater feel to it. I prefer it to the Coral Ridge Theater.

Mikhail Kulak

Nice local theatre

lena johnson

very nice and clean food is a little pricey though other wise very good!

Nancy Voss

Restroom dirty, toilet seat falling off (was same last time last time l was there). On leaving, noted it was messy behind concession stand, even w/no customers at the time, and there was a pile of popcorn that had been swept up along one wall. Ticket prices good, but popcorn & pop $ $ way too high. Needs repairs and upgrade.

Jonathan Prall

Saw Men in Black it was good. theater seemed clean bathrooms were clean as well. New seat selection option was cool!

Colin Brown

Movie was on time women working the register was vary nice and even went over and helped with my soda and candy witch was really good only complaint I had was the guy working the food area was more interested in talking to his friend. Girl was on point tho to help me witch I think says alot for the business and the staff.

George Michael

Been there many times. They are offering some specials like Tuesday $5. Food prices are stratospheric. I download the app and didn't work well.

Deveraux Spicknall

Good theater so so popcorn

W Max Radl

Screens are way too dark. Sound is never loud enough. Good customer service though, so at least theres that.

Prophet Livingood

I love $5.00 Tuesday Movies and Watching 3 to 5 movies In A Row & use that $20.00 Popcorn Bucket for FREE Refills !

Renee Messer

Do not like the new reserved seats. What ever happened to going to a movie and choosing where you sit when you get there. Also concession stand food way too expensive. And matinee prices use to stop at 6 pm. Thats why they call it a matinee.

dan brozene

Nice establishment.

vasiliy koptelov

Good and easy to talk to staff, very kind and helpful. Prices, well... The tickets are decent priced, they do Student Tuesday's and Thursdays (5$ tickets for students) which is nice. Snacks and beverage prices are typical overpriced cinema prices. Their soda is, again typical cinema soda, watered down but is alright. Popcorn is good though. Seats are nothing special, typical auditorium seating. Nice thing is they tilt back a little so that helps the comfort a little. Decent, not the best but definitely not the worst. inside the auditoriums is normal, some floors are really sticky others aren't too bad. Nothing special but definitely don't want to walk around barefoot haha.

Tia D.

Nice cinema and overall good experience

Tasrin Taiba

CAN YOU GUYS PLAY BURN THE STAGE UWU lol IM JUST SAYING EVEN THO I CANT GO RIp

Alex Leaskas

I love Marcus Theaters. This one is a bit outdated - seats are regular and no kiosks like other theaters. I really think there should be a separate line or kiosk for those who have bought their tickets online - you have to wait in line with everyone else.

Daniel Medrano

This theater always has the worst blotchy sound that comes directly from the center of the screen, and most of their theaters are small except for a few. This is one of the worst. DON'T GO HERE

Rhonda Taylor

My local cinema and I am there at least once a month. I especially love that they participate in TCM events!

Brett Sobaski

Very comfortable seats. Great sound systems in each theater. Very clean. Have been doing discount Tuesdays where movies are only $5 all day. Free refills on the biggest popcorn size. A great place on the east side of Iowa City to catch a movie

Bradley A

It's a good theater

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