B&B Theatres Emporia Flinthills 8 Cinema — Local services in Emporia

I've been to the B&B theatres in Junction City and loved it. I went to the one in Emporia Sunday afternoon with my husband for a date we only get a couple times a year. It was the worst experience I've had at a theater. The seats were nice and comfy, but that was the extent of it. First, we got there and there was a huge line of people waiting to get tickets and concessions. The employees didn't seem to know what they were doing. With the 2 lines we waited 30 minutes to get our tickets and concessions. Then, when I ordered a large drink and popcorn, they said they were out of large cups, but they would give us a medium for 25 cents less and we could get a refill. That was frustrating because I felt it should've been more than 25 cents off and who wants to leave in the middle of a movie for a refill? Then, when we finally got in the theater, it was so hot and muggy in there it made it hard to breathe. We wondered if they had the heat on instead of air conditioning. We were absolutely miserable and considered leaving without seeing the movie we paid to see. Needless to say, we will not drive the extra distance to go to this theater and will go...

Not much choice in this town, so this location is the only place to visit if your looking to watch a new release. They do offer all the newest releases but the overall quality of the video and sound is average. Sometimes the projection on the screen is cropped or not properly aligned. The sound system is far from filling.

New release movies tend to get the main theater first so your viewing experience will be better but if you come to watch a movie that has been in theaters for over a week it will get moved to one of the smaller theaters. Seating is your typical average small fabric theater seats with not much room to lean back. Sometimes the heating and cooling is not enough respectively.

Staff are friendly though and the concession stand has a variety of snacks but at usual high marked up pricing. With no other choice in town it's nice that this is at least available but don't expect to be overwhelmed by your...

The update a while back made the theatre a lot better and last time we were there they had three people waiting on customers.

Prior to the update I gave 1 star and used to go to Topeka to watch anything that I was really amped about.

The only thing that hasn't improved are the bathrooms.

Also, for some reason they like to keep the doors open so we hear other people (mostly squealing kids) being loud in the hall. The doors are there to keep the sound in and other sound out. Please keep them closed.

The two most recent movies I've been at they haven't dimmed the lights, which I thought was weird. There weren't many of us in the theatre either time and none of us wanted to miss part of the movie so we watched it like that.

I'm going to continue coming here now. It's a major upgrade...