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Ionia Theatre
205 W Main St, Ionia, MI 48846, United States
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J
Review №1

A wonderful place for the family! Great customer service and great prices! Not to mention, just the historic architectural design of the building itself is jaw-dropping. Id highly recommend going at least once just for the experience

Bo
Review №2

Excellent value. Main theater has Dolby 7.1 sound. Ticket prices only adult $7 opening night. With wife for Infinity Wars less than $25 for Saturday Night 9pm show WITH popcorn & soda. Clean. Comfortable. Great art decor design.Nice job City of Ionia.

Ph
Review №3

A landmark worth preserving!! The cultural center of the community.

Jo
Review №4

What a great night ! Billy Strings

Ji
Review №5

Curbside concession sales only, no movies or inside service. Good popcorn.

My
Review №6

The Ionia Theatre is the show piece of this small towns Main Street. The marquee is fantastically eye catching and historic. All of the concessions and ticket takers are volunteers who are happy to serve the community and help keep this historic (1931) theatre alive with affordable prices and first run movies.

Be
Review №7

Beautiful wedding venue.

Di
Review №8

Love the Ionia Theatre. Small home town, the original theatre is still mostly original. And beautiful. And a smaller newer one is comfortable too! The only complaint I have is the prices for the movie tickets for Adults are $6.50 and the Popcorn and drinks have gone up. So for 2 adult tickets, 2 med soft drinks and 2 med Popcorn it cost $27. To me thats not the small town prices we used to have!

Be
Review №9

Saw my grandsons last Christmas program here. It is such a wonderful old theater that adds to the experience. They also have up to date movies to go see!

Sh
Review №10

Clean. Friendly staff. Up to date family friendly movies and reasonable prices.

Mi
Review №11

Very very loud. Love the atmosphere. A very old theater that is beautiful. Popcorn had a very odd after taste.

De
Review №12

I have always been a fan of this beautiful theater. 2 screens and they keep up on the new movies. Great historical! A must visit.

Jo
Review №13

Historical building was cool to look around and the staff was very friendly. I will definitely see more movies here.

Lo
Review №14

So nice of them to allow the elementary school (Emerson) to have their Christmas concert there. No admittance fee, and the even sold popcorn and pop

Ku
Review №15

OK, this review is totally unfair as my only trip the theater was to see Billy String and his dad which was epic. The Ionia theater is very nice and comfortable.

Ch
Review №16

Saw Billy Strings. It was a perfect experience.

SM
Review №17

The place is amazing! I actually watched the Sonic The Hedgehog Live Action Movie here!

Fr
Review №18

Great prices and less crowded than going to GR.

ho
Review №19

Best theater. Watched a community musical there. We had a great time. The ceiling is the coolest. My nieces had never been there before and they were very impressed.

Li
Review №20

Loved loved loved this theatre. Been in this area for about a year and completely underrated this place. We first went to this place during the harvest festival (which was super fun by the way) and went to the theater to buy popcorn because it smelled so good. We bought some popcorn and found out that we could buy the movie advertisements (posters) for $1.00!!! How cool is that!!! Because of that we decided to see a movie there.We went to see the Grinch and the theatre room was huge and so cool we just loved it. For 2 adults 2 kids medium popcorn large pop and 2 kids combos we only paid $30 which for us is a super steal!Although they only show two movies at a time the theatre is definently worth going to. We will definitely be back to this place.

Da
Review №21

This is one of the old theaters that originally was built for Vaudeville shows. They have kept it pretty much original inside and out. A neat old building it takes you back in time. I would give them 5 stars except for the fact that they dont have all the services of the newer theaters, such as butter for the popcorn, newer seating, Etc. They had one person behind the counter, Teresa , selling tickets and serving up Confections. She did a great job and kept her smile going all the while. All in all its a pretty good experience to go there in the movie was pretty good too.

Jo
Review №22

The smaller theater has comfy seats but the big one doesnt. Auction off those unbearably uncomfortable seats for something more ergonomic and comfortable...

Ki
Review №23

I love the movie Theater but it’s a little bit too pricey

Da
Review №24

Great theater; very friendly people.

Ro
Review №25

Beautiful only downside is there are only 2 movie options

Lo
Review №26

I love the little theater, the chairs are comfy.

Co
Review №27

A Absolute Great Local Theater!

Ta
Review №28

Movies dont work half the time and they are so un organized. But the people are friendly and care about the community. The performances they put are excellent.

Ro
Review №29

Always nice to take in a movie at the historic Ionia theater!

Mi
Review №30

Neat building but the ac was out and the tech didnt seem to work too well.

St
Review №31

I love this small town theatre I can afford to take my 3 kids get them food and not leave broke its the best family night place to go

Ja
Review №32

Small town, vintage theater! Love it!

En
Review №33

This is a great little place. It always gives me the early childhood memories of theatre. Place is always clean and everything reasonably priced.

Au
Review №34

It has good sound

Ke
Review №35

This was great. I enjoy small town theaters. My wife told me there was a funny smell. It didnt bother me.

Se
Review №36

Great place with ample seating. One suggestion would be to remove some seating to give more legroom.

bi
Review №37

Nice clean place. The small theater is alsome. Bigger seats and good sound, not crowded

Jo
Review №38

Small but nice theaters.

La
Review №39

Beautiful community theater. Clean and inviting. Counter is ran by community volunteer groups. Great job to everyone involved.

Ja
Review №40

Awesome staff. Made the experience very rewarding

St
Review №41

Had a good time at the theater

Br
Review №42

I literally just went to the worst movie theatre in the world. There was green lines all over the screen and when multiple people complained they did nothing about it. In order to fix the problem, half way through the movie they turned off the whole movie to try and fix it. After like 20 minutes they finally turned the movie back on but they completely restarted it adds and all The movie that was supposed to start at 7:00 didn’t start until 7:45. Maybe this “coincidence” had something to do with the fact that this building was built in the 1800s. Just saying. Not to happy with Ionia Theatre right now.

Ke
Review №43

This is a beautiful nostalgic theater. Its how movies are supposed to be watched. Velvet seats. Sloping floor. Brings back great memories from a kid and those theaters. Go see a movie how Hollywood meant you to. State of the art digital projectors. No wait staff bringing dinner to other movie goers. Lol.

mi
Review №44

Staff is super friendly and the theater is very comfortable. Its kept very clean. Two theater screens and the prices are low here but still there is great screen and sound quality.

Mr
Review №45

Great historical theater! Clean, scenic and well equipped. Great price

Da
Review №46

Classic old theater. Screen is relatively small, sound system is weak compared to modern theaters, but the atmosphere is terrific.

Ca
Review №47

Great fun, with my Grandchildren, watching Lion King.

Ch
Review №48

First time seeing the movie STAR WARS THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Sh
Review №49

Nice people and its roomy

Bo
Review №50

Great experience, super sound! Classic architecture.

Ly
Review №51

Affordable entertainment for the whole family. Love the history of our theatre. You must experience a show in the old theatre. Nothing like it these days.

Ha
Review №52

This has an old school feel and all the upgrades!!! My first choice for movies!!!

Da
Review №53

Nice updated theatre. Very reasonable prices.

Ro
Review №54

Great Movie Theater and I love there Popcorn!

Ke
Review №55

Older place. Great staff but only 6 bucks for 4pm show of avengers End Game

Ci
Review №56

Clean an oldfashioned...

Ke
Review №57

Great service and great prices

An
Review №58

Love going here great time every time

Ma
Review №59

Cute theater space, I question the sound dampening highly textured walls though.

Ka
Review №60

Inexpensive and a beautiful facility. Friendly staff.

Jo
Review №61

Awesome. Management has done a superb job of renovating a classic movie theater from the past. Reasonable price for such a classy place. I saw one review that was very negative. Ive been to this theater many times and always had a great experience. Matter of fact, I am going today, again.

El
Review №62

A wonderful artdeco theater! The smaller theater within the building has better acoustics but both are good.

Da
Review №63

Best movie theater in the state of Michigan! State of the art equipment and first run movies. Magnificent and unique decor, with awesome, friendly staff.Kudos to the city of Ionia for maintaining this historic gem!

Er
Review №64

Good theater! Good family atmosphere!

Av
Review №65

I love the ornate details of this beautiful old theatre. The staff are alsovery friendly, and I was so happy they had green tea, since I have food allergies and couldnt have the other options.

Ga
Review №66

Quiet place, cozy.

Ca
Review №67

I love Ionia theatre. It is small and only plays 2 movies at a time but the volunteers are amazing and it is fun.The theatre is beautiful too

Da
Review №68

Our favorite theatre to go to when we are at our summer place! Way cheaper than the theatres in the Detroit area and everybody is super nice. Dont expect to show up too early to the first showing though as there wont always be someone there yet to open up. We made a special trip last holiday season to see Star Wars and plan to repeat that trip in the next couple weeks.

Ja
Review №69

Great concert

Sa
Review №70

Am appreciative of all the volunteer work put into the theater. Always a smiling face to greet you. A fantastic historic landmark!

Je
Review №71

Love the small town theater!

Di
Review №72

Loved it, old school was awesome

bu
Review №73

The seats are unbearably uncomfortable ! It was really hard to enjoy the movie they were so bad .

lo
Review №74

Beautiful theatre. Sound is great as is seating

Ku
Review №75

Sure wish more people would have been there

Jo
Review №76

Hometown theater with a HomeTown feel

Ha
Review №77

Loved the theater the movie was amazing could actually see the screen!

Da
Review №78

Great old theater. Friendly staff, reasonable prices.

Ma
Review №79

Friendly staff, good prices, plenty of seating, clean. Enjoyed my first visit to thus Theatre.

El
Review №80

Great popcorn and drinks and the seats need cup holders

Ad
Review №81

Really nice theater its got a lot of history to it. They even say theres a ghost up in the top Theatre all these ghost people have come to really neat place.

Be
Review №82

Awesome historical site. Great movies, too! Try the popcorn-- its the best movie theatre popcorn.

Am
Review №83

Very beautiful and old fashioned.

Je
Review №84

Ive always loved the Ionia Theatre. Good prices for the tickets and concessions without the crowds.

Th
Review №85

Great old movie theater

La
Review №86

Its so dam exsenive

Ba
Review №87

Hottest night of the year AC broke

Sh
Review №88

Best popcorn in any theater ever. Great ambience.

Lu
Review №89

I loved it, the main auditorium is pretty big, with very nice sound and excellent picture quality, the only think I didn’t like where the chairs.A little bit pricey but it’s not that bad.

ci
Review №90

A great hometown theater that shows New release movies with great visual and sound quality. The Big theater I have watched movies in for over 50 yrs. The smaller theater is newer with the modern seats.Prices are more reasonable than most Big city shows!

Me
Review №91

This is such a great old theater, wonderful architecture and great staff. A must visit theater!

ba
Review №92

Love the popcorn. And the seats in the little theatre are cozy. Kidna chilly tho.

Ge
Review №93

Nice little Theatre comfortable seats and easy access

Ch
Review №94

Very friendly staff, clean theaters, and very reasonable prices. I highly recommend.

Li
Review №95

Awesome theatre. Offering birthday parties etc. Great place to watch a movie.

Aa
Review №96

Great theater for this extremely small town. Seats though are not very comfortable.

De
Review №97

I have been there many times and i am always impressed with the history of the theatre and the kindness of the staff

白君
Review №98

Great small town old movie theatre. I love coming here.

Je
Review №99

Its been years since I have been to this theatre, it is in great shape and very clean. We were lucky enough to go to a screening of They Neighbor.

Gl
Review №100

Quaint 1920s theater, volunteer run. Seats in the smaller theater are more comfortable.

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  • Address:205 W Main St, Ionia, MI 48846, United States
  • Site:http://www.ci.ionia.mi.us/index.aspx?nid=344
  • Phone:+1 616-527-3860
Categories
  • Performing arts theater
  • Movie theater
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible seating:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible toilet:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
Payments
  • NFC mobile payments:Yes
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