Chanhassen Dinner Theatres is one of the last remaining dinner theatres in the United States and it…read morethe largest dinner theatre in the country. CDT has been open since 1968 and has been the launching pad for many actors who have become famous. It has several stages and the main stage is the one that has the dinner theatre. I have been to this theatre dozens of times over the years. The show that I saw recently was Guys and Dolls. CDT tends to present the classics, but does there own updating and choreography. This musical had a live orchestra. The shows at CDT are very high quality and to me are equivalent to the theatres in Minneapolis and St. Paul such as the Orpheum and the State Theatre. The quality of actors is excellent, as is the production value of the shows. Show-only tickets may be reserved no earlier than ten days prior to a Main Stage performance date, based upon availability, so let's talk about the dinner part of the dinner theatre. Honestly, this is not exactly their strong point. However, the value of the dinner is stated to be $22, which is not exactly a very large amount. The most famous choice is the Chicken Chanhassen, which I think is very good. You can order extra drinks, dessert, etc. and that is where their profit margin lies. All in all, this is an excellent theatre and represents our area well in terms of the arts and theatre.

We have been here many times for concerts and shows. The concert venue is nice and brings in great…read morebands; i.e. The Fabulous Armadillos. Shows vary but they tend to pick oldies like Grease too often. I remember seeing Shirley Valentine here decades ago when they took more risks. They do have a drag brunch monthly so that is something. Parking can be challenging for the concerts. On concert night there was a wedding, concert and Guys and Dolls. Maybe a comedy show too. Very packed. Show parking is good because you arrive earlier. The food is very standard. It has always needed an upgrade. Recommended, by now it is an institution.

My friends and I stopped by to watch The Odyssey (fantastic movie) during a 2:00 PM Sunday showing…read more A few visits ago, I would have given the Alamo Drafthouse an easy 5 out of 5 stars. Overall, it is still a great movie theater, and if you do not want to read the rest of my review, I absolutely recommend trying it at least once. Let's start with the mostly positive aspects. We ordered the new Jumbo Mozzarella Sticks. I really liked them. My wife thought they were average, but I think they are a big improvement over the old mozzarella sticks, and I would order them again. My biggest issue is that, for $13 plus tax, you only get five, and "jumbo" is not the right word. They are only slightly larger than an average mozzarella stick. At that price, at least include eight. I also love the atmosphere and ambience. Whether you are walking through the hallways or entering the theater, it just feels comfortable. I am not sure what they have done, but it just feels good! The projectors continue to impress me. They seem brighter, sharper, and more detailed than those at any other movie theater I have visited. Absolutely fantastic. The staff is also consistently excellent. Everyone has always been incredibly kind, and I have never really had an issue with customer service. I have also enjoyed their Loaded Fries with Queso and several milkshakes, although I miss some of the flavors they removed from the menu. Now for the negatives and why this is no longer a 5-star experience. First, the seats do not recline far enough. I am 6 feet tall, and I always wish they reclined a little farther. I feel like I am sitting closer to a 90-degree angle than I would prefer. Next, I understand that we went to "The Big Show" for a major movie release, but our entire group complained about the volume. It was far too loud, to the point that it hurt my ears during several scenes and I had to cover them. Even lowering it by 10% may have made the loud scenes more comfortable while leaving the quieter scenes perfectly audible. During this visit, I ordered one of their newer pizzas, the BBQ Chicken Pizza. I immediately regretted it. Friends and family have warned me that pizza is one of the weaker menu items. Unfortunately, they were right. The pizza was not good, and I would never order it again. My biggest complaint was how sweet it was. I do not know if they use too much BBQ sauce or an extremely sweet sauce, but it overpowered everything else. On top of that, the pizza was incredibly salty. It almost reminded me of eating popcorn. We did not get popcorn during this visit, so I know it was not coming from that. The cost? $20.40 with "extra ranch drizzle" added on. Yikes. I also have mixed feelings about the new mobile ordering system. I can see the pros and cons, and this was our first time using it, so maybe it will become easier with repeated use. That said, if I could wave a magic wand and go back to the old pen-and-paper system, I probably would. Everyone else in my group felt the same way. The biggest advantage is not having to wait for the check at the end of the movie. That part was genuinely nice. However, it feels strange to pull out my phone during a movie just to order food or request a refill. The Alamo built its reputation on minimizing distractions and discouraging phone use, yet customers now have to use their phones to order. That feels backwards. Also, connect to their unsecured Wi-Fi or you may have trouble using the ordering system. As someone who works in IT, entering my credit card information over an unsecured Wi-Fi network made me uncomfortable. The payment process needs work too. Manually entering my entire credit card number while sitting in the theater was frustrating. Apple Pay, Google Pay, or the ability to securely save a payment method to an Alamo account would make the experience much smoother. I considered giving this theater 3 stars, but that felt too harsh because I still genuinely enjoy coming here. I have had much better food in the past, and I still think this is one of the better movie theater experiences around. I will be back, but this is not going to be our go-to theater. They charge premium prices for the food, but you are not always getting a premium product. Fortunately, the ticket prices seem to be on par with other theaters. It feels like things have slipped over the past few years. The food is much more hit-or-miss than it used to be, and I am not convinced the mobile ordering system is an improvement. My advice: skip the pizza. The food here is either fantastic or disappointing. There does not seem to be much middle ground. Overall, I still recommend the Alamo Drafthouse, and I will absolutely be back. I just hope these recent changes improve because this used to be an easy 5-star theater for me.

Enough has changed since my initial review to warrant an update here. For one thing, they closed…read more.. but then they reopened. There was also a pandemic that they survived, although moviegoing culture is definitely not the same. In 2026, the two big, unique features of Alamo Drafthouse are technically still true: (1) restaurant-quality food and drink are served to your seat, and (2) they threaten to kick you out without a refund if you talk or use your phone during the movie. The latter claim is dubious, since I've often observed talking and texting that went unpunished, even after I reported it once. People here are more respectful on average, though. The food situation has changed a bit recently. For one thing, it seems like the menu rotates a lot. They often have themed items based on the big movie of the time. You can expect the kind of food you'd find at a modern American pub, but with elevated prices, this being a movie theater after all. However, they recently started directing all orders to be transacted in their app. It is an imperfect system that I've tolerated. It can be a lot more difficult to communicate nuances with your order, and there doesn't seem to be a way to simply request some water. They want you to not use your phones during the movie, even though they clearly want you to order stuff using your phone. Between all that and the prices, I've found myself discouraged from ordering food. I have a long, long history with seeing movies in cinema complexes, and I am convinced that Auditorium #5 (aka "The Big Show") at this location has the best presentation around. If I am excited to see a movie and it is going to have fancy visuals and sound, I make sure to book a ticket in that specific auditorium. So that should tell you something. They have a real culture of movie fandom going on, with their curated slate of classic movies and pre-show vintage movie content. They also regularly show beloved kids movies. The employees are invariably helpful and enthusiastic, even if it is increasingly easy to avoid interacting with anyone. So I'm content to keep coming here for movies whether or not I'll order the expensive, so-so food.

Such a fun event for friends and family. Super interactive and keeps you laughing the whole time…read more Definitely recommend. Food was also amazing!

I took this post down as a part of a deal that was struck so if anyone was wondering why it was…read moretaken down and re posted. The deal did not work out as I thought so this is a review from last November. ‐------------- It was a rough night we purchased tickets for the event in saint paul at the double tree and we decided into turning it into an evening. We booked a room at the double tree hotel where the event was and upon arrival we were told they were overbooked and had no rooms available. There will be another bad review coming soon for that catastrophe. But sat Nov 5th we had 2 tickets for one of thier events and after the hotel catastrophe we were like its all good we will enjoy the show then get another non hilton hotel. We wait in line with our tickets in hand that we purchased on eventbrite and we go to check in they could not find record of us. Talk about bad luck we showed them the tickets and after 10 minutes of interrogation like we were thieves trying to sneak into their show they told us they can setup a small table basically isolating us like the black sheep of the event. We were then told there was no food available because it was all pre ordered but we can watch the shoe and basically watch others eat from a far like if we were in the Christmas Caroll movie. After a while they were like we can get you guys a chicken meal. They must of called the chefs to see what scraps were available to throw something together for us. We requested a manager and well none were magically available. We asked for a refund and well because it's via eventbrite we need to request it from there. Well on eventbrite because it specifies there are no refunds now we have to fill out some sort of form and hope that the message was relayed from management to eventbrite to refund us. It was a very uneventful evening and this will cause lots of back and forth and phone calls to resolve this issue even though we were told it be simple. I doubt that this was even brought up to management and we were told anything just to get us to leave. Lesson learned ..stay away from shady hokey establishments that sell snake oil.

In 2024, I was introduced to a theatre company from some of my friends, and I auditioned for me…read morefirst show in the summer. I could not tell you how much fun it was to be apart of the show. I had such a fun time, and met a bunch of new people. I have now done two shows and in progress of my third and it has lived up to almost all of my expectations for a community theatre company. Obviously, with community theatre, there will be set backs and unfriendly people, but it isn't about that. It is about the pieces of art that you bring to life on stage and the one thing you all have in common, which is the love of theatre. I would highly recommend this company to ANYONE who would like to watch a show or be apart of one!

This is for a junior show and it's about being in a show. It's not about watching a show. The…read moreshows are good to watch. But I'm not going to be in any more shows there. I thought it was fun to be in a show at first, and I really liked the directors, but some of the kids who have been in a lot of these shows together are just real jerks! At first I thought it was just normal stuff that happens all the time. Like the leads pretty much ignored anyone who wasn't a lead, and they hang out together after rehearsal every night and never invited anyone else. I wasn't surprised at that stuff. But then some of them decided to have their own secret cast party at the same time as the cast party that everyone was invited to! They lied about why they didn't come to the party when they were really just going to their own special party. WTF. They could of had their special party any time. And I guess these same kids are the leads in pretty much every show, so I'm just not going to be in any more shows there. Maybe you think I'm a whiner and a big baby, and like, that's just life or whatever, but why should I spend my time with a bunch of people who think they're better than me? And you have to pay to be in the show, so now my parents are PAYING so people can treat me like that? No thanks. If you think I'm being a big baby, then YOU can pay $150 to spend six weeks with people who treat you like you're nothing. Also maybe you don't think it's not fair for me to review a place with few stars because the other kids are jerks, but I'm just here to warn you. It's clicky to be in one of these junior shows, so just know that going into it.

Our company used them for holiday dinner evening. The venue was great--Westin Galleria. The show…read moreitself was mid. Performers made the effort but the instructions weren't clear. Don't know if I would recommend them or go to another one.

I did not even end up using this company for my event and there are many reasons why.. and first…read moreoff.. very frustrating and RUDE to deal with. I'm sorry but when there are multiple communications about time frames and then you try to blame me (the customer) for the issue, there is a huge problem. I spoke to a manager (I think Caitlin) to cancel my event 2 MONTHS in advance when I realized that the time frame would just not work for us and she was extremely rude, essentially placing the blame on me. Sorry, but you are the manager and for you to try to place blame on a customer and not even try to take any level of accountability etc. then there is an issue. The way she ended the phone call was rude and unprofessional. She legitimately stated to me in a rude SARCASTIC WAY "good luck finding another company for your event". Sounding as if I wouldn't be able to... oh man, she was wrong because not only did I find another company for this event but that company has already been 100% better. Another perfect example of why I would NOT recommend this company for your Murder Mystery event. Also, not to mention that they over charge for a service when there are many other options that are better, more affordable, better at communication and willing to make sure it works for OUR event.

My wife and I saw the show in Vegas at New York New York. It was a super fun experience. Just so…read moreyou know, It costs $30 per person to get seated. It is worth it! We were surrounded by really fun families and couples that really were in to the show. What keeps it from being a 5 star experience is that the performers constantly shill for money. They won't play your requests unless they get tipped beforehand. There were a couple of songs they refused to play until they got $100 in tips. Drink prices were Las Vegas pricing ($20 for a small beer.)

Let me just say this: The show was HILARIOUS and AMAZING. Wish they would have played our FB…read morerequests BUT Dave H. from Yelp's review made this show 1000 times better!! Party on dudes!! Lmao!!

Went to an event here for the first time last week. Great popcorn and love the bar option. Charming…read moreold theater, great sound and really loved the venue. Look forward to seeing other shows here.

Cute theater, love the interior designed in an art deco style from the mirrors in the lobby/bar the…read morerailings on the staircases to the bathroom wallpaper, this place is a must. The drinks were pretty good and reasonably priced and the attendants were polite and patent with all the patrons. The leg room on the rows was great, better then economy plus airline seat.