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| - I'll start by saying we've been going to the Esplanade for years, even before it was a Dine-In theater but we've experienced the Cinema Suites side 24 times now (by looking at my AMC Stubs) since it became Dine-In. It was great when it first opened and I would even say up until this last year. We moved to Florence a year ago and even still we drive out to Phoenix just to come to the Esplanade for a night out of dinner & a movie. The movie quality is consistently good but I have got to say, if you are going there for the novelty of eating dinner while you watch a movie....just don't waste your money. Or order popcorn or some candy, something that they cannot screw up.
This last visit on 8/11/15 might very well be our "last" visit to this theater. The chairs were dirty and even had popcorn still sitting on the seat, not even brushed off. The menus were sticky and/or slimy depending which page you were on, just absolutely filthy. Our server did do a good job, so I have no complaints about him and the tip we left reflected his job but definitely not the food quality. We ordered an appetizer and dinners x 3. My friend ordered the tenderloin tips which he said were very much over cooked. I ordered chicken tenders which honestly, how do you screw up chicken tenders? Apparently if you want to find out, contact whoever works the fryer at AMC Esplanade. The "tenders" were rock hard, overcooked chunks of chicken jerky. I'm not expecting 5 star quality food, but when you spend $90 (including tip) for an appetizer, 3 dinners and 3 non-alcoholic drinks, you should get something a little higher quality than "I'm too drunk to taste this" greasy bar food.
The only positives and which is why I'm giving them two stars is for movie choices/quality, ability to pre-purchase seats (reserved seating) and our servers have been helpful.
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