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    Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Mueller

    3.6 (308 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Outdoor seating
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    Good for groups

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    Delores L.

    This was my first time watching a movie at Alamo Drafthouse Mueller. While this was one of the smaller theatres I have frequented, it felt cozy and intimate. You can order food and drinks via a QR code at your seat, which is a nice perk. I chose our seats and in retrospect, I should have selected seats in a higher row. The auditorium did not have a steep incline as I anticipated, however, the seats were fine. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the communal bathrooms, which is the design at the Alamo Drafthouse. The good news is that you have a urinal or restroom option with associated signage. Like all movie theatres, the food and drinks are overpriced. In addition, you have pay a 18% service charge along with a tip. I ordered bottomless popcorn and unsweet tea and paid over $20. Interestingly, the popcorn came in a metal bowl...perhaps a sustainability measure. The popcorn was fresh and buttery. Now for the best part...we went to see the Devil Wear Prada 2. Amazing movie with many salient themes... as a side note, I know every single line of the original Devil Wears Prada. Definitely will be watching this movie again...

    Angie H.

    We had an amazing time at Alamo Drafthouse!! We saw the new Michael Jackson movie it was fantastic. Our server was friendly and quick when we needed drink refills. The margarita was very tasty. The little cartoon warning us to turn our phones off was hilarious. We had a great time!

    Airon A.

    I've always enjoyed coming to Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, but my most recent visit left me pretty disappointed. I have had some really amazing experiences here coming to movie screenings over the years. You can order the tickets on the Alamo app but they charge a service fee that was nearly $7 for 3 tickets. So I waited until I got to the theater to purchase the tickets for our group. We went on Tuesday for $7 movie tickets. When someone in our party inadvertently bought an extra ticket, the staff quickly refunded my purchase and transferred the seat. The customer service here is great! The theaters are all upstairs and they have reclining seats. The seats do not recline back as far as I would like, but they are comfortable. We got to pick out our seats when purchasing the tickets. The new phone-based ordering system really takes away from the experience. One of the things that made Alamo special was the easy, low-disruption way of ordering during the movie. Now, having to use your phone feels distracting and honestly a bit inconvenient especially in a dark theater where you're trying to stay immersed in the film. On top of that, the added 18% service charge feels excessive, especially since the level of service has shifted more onto the customer with the new system. It doesn't quite add up. To make matters worse, the food prices have noticeably gone up. I don't mind paying for quality, but with the higher prices, added fees, and a less seamless experience, it just doesn't feel like the same value anymore. I spent nearly $40 for a Parmesan herb popcorn and a watermelon mezcal margarita. That is dinner pricing for movie concessions. I really hope they reconsider some of these changes, because this used to be one of my go-to theaters in Austin. Now I feel like I am being nicked and dimed for every little thing. If you don't close out your bill within 20 minutes, they auto close your tab and add 5% tip on top of the 18% service charge. This is really getting ridiculous and pricing people out.

    Angela B.

    Love the concept as for me saves time to do dinner with the movie. Alamo Drafthouse is great. The the tater provided validated parking at the garage for 3.5 hours which is nice. This gives plenty of time before and after the movie. I've been several times typically buying my ticket day of in the Alamo app. Super easy to walk up the stairs to the theaters once you arrive and head straight to your seat. Tickets are checked once sat and be ready to provide a card for payment. Ordering is easy and for the most part comes out quick. I'm in love with their popcorn! The clarified butter really makes a difference. Pepperoni pizza is a fav as well all though sometimes the crust can't be hit or miss in the middle. Chicken sandwich also good and the soft baked pretzel. Sweet tea all the way! Tickets are dropped during the last 15-20 min. Sign and then you're on you way.

    Sunny C.

    As a theater itself, this place is fine. The food here is kind of sub par. The mozzarella sticks were just okay and the fish tacos were not that great. It had too much pickled onions and lotta lime. The breaded fish was kind of thin and not great breading. I won't order the tacos again. They also seemed to have forgotten our food 58 mins into the movie and we had to press the button to chase the order. The slushies though, were really good. Whiskey and banana chocolate go together really well. Best thing to do is eat before or after the movie. Cause there are a lot of better food places a walk away......unless the company event is paying for everything.

    Ariadna S.

    I like going to Alamo for their strict no phones, no distractions, and no small kids policies. The fact that you can order actual food and drinks is great too, I like their boozy shakes. While watching F1 movie today, we had Whiskey Banana Split Shake and Cold Brew Turbo Shake. Taking one star off because we didn't get our food order for a little over an hour since ordering. Had to remind a service staff member about our food. Mozzarella sticks were just okay, arrived warm, not hot. Fish tacos were pretty good but a little overload on onions.

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    Wendy K.

    Very helpful. I am watching Marty supreme age all.the chairs are very comfortable. I love this theater.

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    An always great theatre with amazing atmosphere and staff. That being said, I want to highlight, particularly, how genius the new QR ordering system is. Although my phone has trouble picking up the dimly lit code, it's simple enough to ask a nearby patron to shine their phone light for me. Easy peasy! The exposition doesn't matter to most of us anyway. There is, however, a new problem unique to the Mueller location! The cell service is abysmal in Mueller, and Alamo Drafthouse's elegant solution is to graciously funnel guests onto their unencrypted public wifi network. To me, this shows a indominable commitment to helping the tech-savvy less fortunate. It's now easier than ever for some of the more determined patrons to access the financial information of anyone ordering this way (so everyone!). As someone who loves to donate but hates receiving praise for it, I really appreciate a system that may allow people more deserving than me to benefit from my bank card details anonymously. Another thing, I LOVE the new layer of audience participation Alamo has introduced by inviting patrons to police one another with their cell phones during the movie. It's nice when everyone gets to be both the problem and the solution. Finally, nothing completes the premium experience like getting a text from Alamo in the third act reminding me to close my tab. I've always felt the emotional climax of a film could use a small, administrative, interruption. 10 billion stars if I could. Ps. I got a great idea I'm willing to share... We should fully replace the pre-show anti-talking & texting warning with a live customer satisfaction survey everyone has to complete on their phones before the movie even starts. Feedback is invaluable.

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    So me and my family went to this place to see the Mario Galaxy movie For two adults and two kids we ended up spending around $180 which would have been fine had it been worth it tickets were $78 and some change food/drinks were $102 we don't mind paying higher prices it's the fact that the portions and quality certainly wasn't worth $102.19 an 18% service fee is automatically added no mater what which also fine had the service been worth it first of all no physical menu was available we all ended up ordering off my phone which proved to be difficult in a place where we're supposed to be quite not to mention my husbands phone camera is busted so he had no way to access the menu on his own because your required to scan a QR code to do so my phone camera is also messed up the light sensor is going out so I had to turn on my husbands flash light just so my camera would stop flashing purple long enough to be able to scan the code which took a while to get it to cooperate needles to say making everything digital did not make our experience easier for most people that would work, but for people in special situations like ours it was a hassle Down to the service when you order digitally, you have the ability to pick your group of tables and as you're ordering, whatever you order is assigned to a seat even when we assigned items to a seat like mine and my husband's both got the fries my children got candy popcorn and drinks. They still kept putting food on the wrong tables and because it's a movie theater it's dark so it's hard to see so on mine and my husband's french fries got swapped around. The guy couldn't tell me which one was supposed to be mine and which ones was supposed to be his mine had added avocado. My husband doesn't like avocado. Same with the drinks both drinks got delivered to my table I asked, which was which and the guy was like. Oh I'm not sure you're gonna have to try them. He got Dr Pepper. I got sweet tea. They looked pretty identical under the dark lighting. So service didn't do their job correctly yet they automatically get an 18% ($14.40 for our bill) going towards them. Tables were sticky and felt unclean our napkins quite literally were getting stuck to the table, One of the ladies who ended up delivering the sweet tea I ordered was a little rude when I let her know that the tea that I got was not sweet. She asked me if I wanted a sugar caddy. I said no I would just like the sweet tea and she got an attitude with me gave me and annoyed look and said "so you want me to take it back?" and I said yes I'd like an exchange for a sweet tea. She brought me back tea that tasted exactly like the first one completely unsweet so I either they do not make sweet tea or they do not put a bunch of sweetener in their sweet tea (I'm telling you there is no way there was any sugar added to that tea) and expect you to sweeten yourself with sugar packets which I personally don't like I prefer my sugar to be completely melted and infused into the tea hence why I order it sweet and not unsweet on to the food (way over priced for our portions we received in my opinion candy my kids got was $7 each for the small box you could get at a convenience store for $3each my husband's 7oz margarita was $13.50 for one single drink The only thing that ended up being worth the price that we paid was the bottomless popcorn and while clearly it's bottomless so you get one single bowl for six bucks or you can get 20 bowls for six bucks. Depends on how much you eat. There was no button on the system to refill our waters so we were never able to even ask for refills for that. And the main things that my husband got and I got instead of ordering an entrée we both ordered an appetizer which was the loaded fries his ended up being 14 and some change. Mine was 1750 cause I had avocado added even for the base price of $14. I would've expected a much larger portion. (for comparison it was probably the size of a half order of Texas cheese fries you'd get at Chili's and twice the price) side of ranch, not included cost extra the seats are worn out and they're supposed to recline, but they barely move needles to say we're not happy with the experience compared to the price for that much money you expect things to be done correctly and larger portions and better conditions Will be looking at a different theater next time we look into going to see a movie movie was cool but that was just about it. Tickets were not worth $78. Food was not worth 102 and given the choice of the tip percentage I certainly don't think 18% should be given for that level of service.

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    Great place to relax in a leather recliner and watch a movie. Come check this place out

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    Very rude staff. This place used to be my go-to. After 2020 a lot of businesses were affected. Perhaps things will improve there

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    Is there enough room around the seats to get up and go to the bathroom without disturbing others in the row?

    Yes there's plenty! The servers have to walk up and down the aisle in front of the seats to deliver food/ take orders for perspective

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