The best part about this theater is that you can purchase and reserve your seats online in advance and there's no reason to show up an hour early to get a good seat.
Also, if you buy your tickets online, there's a kiosk inside the door where you can swipe the credit card used to buy the tickets or enter your confirmation code and bypass waiting in line to pick up your tickets. The printer prints your tickets and you can go right in to get seated.
Some of the seats are counter seats with office chairs. I don't usually reserve those because I prefer the booth type seats with tables. They are really comfortable.
The food is pretty good and is getting better. The coconut tenders and street tacos are favorites in my family. I really like that I can eat and watch a movie at the same time.
I don't think SMG is that expensive given the convenience. Also, they offer Groupons all the time, and there are specials in their e-mails. The whole outing can be expensive, but if you were going out to eat anyway, it probably works out to be about the same cost.
This is my favorite place to see a movie in the Phoenix area!