Bay Theater — Local services in Morro Bay

The Good: Pretty much everything! The tickets are reasonable and the concessions are too. The have Junior Mints!! Popcorn is awesome. The theater itself is spacious, the seats are comfy. Seeing a movie here is just awesome… usually. The Bad: Today we saw Oppenheimer at a 3:15 showing. It was opening weekend and there were probably 200 people in the theater. It was the second showing of the day and it was HOT! Like 85° hot. Like sweating in your seat hot. Do you know how hard it is to enjoy a cerebral film like Oppenheimer when you’re sweating? We’ve been to numerous films here with comparable crowds and have never experienced this. I’m SURE they used to blow in cool Morro Bay air, but the only fans running today were some weak sauce ceiling fans running on low. Not sure what was going on, but it was 62° outside. Had they been rotating the inside/outside air it would have been perfect. We had to leave before the movie finished. Just couldn’t take the heat.

The theater is up for sale. Maybe the new owners will fix the air...

Great little one screen theater. It's clean and newer looking inside the theater itself with beautiful wood work and chairs with rocking like movement. Armrests between chairs can be put down for drinks or as an arm rest, but can also be lifted up for more leg or snuggle room. The lobby snack counter is minimal with popcorn, soda and some candy available. Definitely the basics. The bathrooms were decent and basically clean. My only team complaint was that staff did not quiet a couple of men who talked the entire movie. Staff came through several times, once they even stopped just 2 or 3 rows while they were talking but never addressed them, so they continued to talk. Over 2hrs trying to tune out the side conversation was lame. Felt bad for those who kept moving away from them to create some distance.

Great theater, just be aware and hopefully you won't have what we experienced on our...

We have lots of movie theatres to choose from in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero, Arroyo Grande, but The Bay is always our first choice. This is an "old time" experience and we love it. It has a rafter type ceiling with painting above the rafters, paintings on the side of the walls; comfortable seating which slants down toward the screen so viewing is very good no matter where you sit. The theatre is always clean, almost spotless. I'm happy too report they have NEW BATHROOMS, replacing the old "skinny body" bathrooms they had before. :-)

The ticket price is less than any place in the county. The popcorn is freshly popped and has REAL butter and all snack prices are reasonable.

This is a family owned theatre and I, personally, want to thank them for great service and a wonderful experience throughout the 23 years I have lived in SLO county. It doesn't get any better than The...