The entrees range from burgers and sandwiches to pizzas and quesadillas. The menu offers starters, drinks and desserts. She gave us our menus and showed us how to call her when we were ready to order. Our server came within five minutes of being called and was kind and patient. The biggest difference was a large, wooden tray table that pulled over our seats with a red button to call the waiter.Įxcept for the distraction caused by the waiters walking through the aisles, blocking the view of the movie, the service at SMG was very accommodating. The seats were leather and slightly larger, though they did not recline. The inside of the theater was bigger and more luxurious than the typical movie theater. The only difference was a long window looking into the kitchen and a counter where servers were collecting food to bring into the various theaters. In the back of the main area was a full-service bar.īut once we moved past the stand where the movie tickets are checked and collected (towards the back of the lobby), SMG took on the appearance of a semi-normal movie theater. At the front, there was a counter to buy tickets, but the rest of the lobby was full of tables and booths where people were eating and drinking. When we first walked into SMG’s lobby, it looked a lot like a high-end restaurant.

We ordered our tickets online for $8.50 each and also chose our seats. While we were there, we watched “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.” Realizing that SMG offers what I’d always wanted as a child, fellow freshman Emma Boersma and I decided to see for ourselves whether SMG was as great as it sounded. Studio Movie Grill (SMG) is a movie theater in Rocklin (5140 Commons Dr.) that serves a variety of meals alongside the latest blockbusters movies.

I have always loved eating my dinner while watching a movie, although my parents would never approve. According to Frankel, the dishes were expensive for their good, but not great, quality. Freshmen Anna Frankel and Emma Boersma look at the menu while seated in the movie theater at Studio Movie Grill.

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