Grand River Drive-In — Local services in Leeds

I haven't been to a drive-in for around 25-30 years, came during my birthday weekend, tried seeing the Barbie/Meg 2 double feature and have been hearing Blue Beetle & Equalizer 3 over the Barbie movie the entire time, I haven't been able to hear any of the Barbie movie, all three movies have been overlapping since the start. Blue Beetle has been the loudest and that is the screen I have been the furthest from. I was tuned to the station I was directed to tune to; 93.1 the whole time, it has just made it a very unpleasant experience.

Editing to admit, this was my fault, I messed up with my station in my car. I of course read the station number off the slip I received at the box office and knew it said 93.1, and thought I had my station set to 93.1, but during the last 10-15 minutes of Barbie, I started just scanning stations, and got to a station where I could hear Margot's voice without any other interruptions and the dial said 93.1, that's when I noticed the station I had it on previously and saved when I first set my FM station was on 91.3, so am so sorry, for the misunderstanding. I have updated my review. I was able to watch the entire Meg 2 movie and it was excellent and an awesome experience! I'm excited to visit again soon! Going to the drive-in used to be a frequent part of growing up in Indiana, and going to the drive-in for the first time in so long really brought back those nostalgic feelings! The young lady working the Snack Shack was the sweetest, she had offered me a raincheck which after I realized the mistake I had made, I took it back to her cause I felt bad for me being the idiot. I still find it curious, that even after I realized I had transposed the channel numbers that I wasn't just hearing the movie assigned to that station, but was hearing all 3 movies. I have a brand new 2023 RAV4 that I just purchased on August 11, and I don't listen to the radio, I only use my Audible or Pandora on it, so it took me a second to even change the radio without having a normal radio...

I think this place is great especially for the price. I think some of the reviews are too harsh, but some issues.

Pros: Screen and movie and sound were great, area with restaurant/bar/games, live music and even could go into a shopping area if wanted to. Concession stand on site, price is unbeatable for two new release movies. Had good vibe. Guy working front entrance was super nice and friendly.

Cons/suggestions: Only one stall bathroom for 1 men, 1 women, line has like 10+ people in at all times, which is just silly. Took 20 min to go to the bathroom. The sound is good with radio but had to run car battery for hours, and app on phone for movie sound would be ideal. Concession stand was limited and only one staff working so line was super long most of the time. And movies on screens have same intermission times meaning everyone at all screens using bathroom and getting snacks at same time, so with one stall bathrooms and one poor guy working concession lines were ridiculous. Might be better to start screens at different times allowing for less congestion if you’re only going to have one staff and one stall bathroom. There are much larger 6 stall bathrooms but we’re locked before movies started , kinda made no sense.

Overall...

This place is top notch! The drive in movie experience here is second to none. My family and I love coming here. It’s spacious, the food is good, there is more to do than just watch the movies. You get 2 for the price of one with the movies. There’s mini golf and other things that the kids can do here. The lot stays nice and smooth and there are garbage cans everywhere. If you have never tried the drive in you would love it! Highly recommended!!!

Updated review 7/25/25 We live 3 hours from here and we came up to watch Fantastic Four and Jurassic World. My in-laws have been wanting to come up here with us cause we enjoy it so much. So the movie was supposed to start at 8:30 with the Fantastic Four playing first. Movie didn’t start in time because they didn’t know where the key was to the projector room. Then they played Jurassic World first. After the movie was done they haven’t started playing the Fantastic Four. Normally this placed is packed but barely a crowd. We played $50 for 2 cars to come in for 2 movies and only got one. This place has went all the way down since we...