Rooftop Cinema Club Downtown Ft Worth — Restaurant in Fort Worth

What a horrible business. It's like every time they are asked to make a business decision they deliberately chose one that is hostile to consumers. They are shooting for tourists, and not return visitors- not really a club.

I was here in the fall and thought it was a neat gimmick, albeit pricy. It's gone up about 30% since, as they've added a bunch of hidden charges.

And when I say this place is pricy, what I mean is- this place is exorbitantly expensive. There's movie theater greed, and then there's Rooftop Cinema Club. You might look at their $19 tickets and get a little sticker shock. But it gets so much worse. Despite the fact that they handle all of their ticket processing in house, they charge you a "convenience fee." Not sure how this is convenient as they don't sell tickets on site. It's just a mandatory part of the experience. Two tickets will set you back minimum $60. If you'd like a drink, there's no fountain here- just 20 oz bottles of sodas that will cost you about $6 a piece.

When you get there, you have to either listen to the ticket taker give you a sphiel about how the place works, or interrupt her and tell her you've already been there. Good luck, because she doesn't want to be there, let alone let you get a word in. This is especially noteworthy because she takes about a minute per person to explain the place... Which adds up with ten or fifteen people in line. Good thing they only have one ticket taker, huh?

This doesn't even prepare you to see the movie, as you them need to wait at the box office. They're going to explain how the headphones work to every single patron. Remember how businesses used to use signs for this? Rooftop Cinema doesn't, in part because they want this opportunity to sell you $6 bottles of soda.

The popcorn was burnt and unsalted. Under buttered.

Showtimes are all over the place- they're trying to pack as many movies in as they can, with no regard to the local weather. Starting a movie right as the sun starts to set in Texas is dumb. Half of the available seats won't be able to see the screen well for the first half an hour of the showtime.

Make sure to watch the forecast. They pocket your money if it rains out. Unless you want to insure your purchase beforehand for $5/ticket, of course!

The screen is pretty small and the sound quality in the headphones is not ideal.

They now offer a "footrest" upcharge. I passed on this because their chairs aren't that comfortable, so I imagined their foot rests aren't going to be worth it either. What they don't tell you is that all of the footrest chairs are packed to the front of house. This isn't just greedy, it's stupid- no part of the online marketing makes it clear that purchasing a footrest gets you premium seating, and if the seating was advertised as premium I probably would have sprung a few extra bucks for it. If you don't purchase a footrest, you're sitting 70 feet away from the screen at minimum.

Is being outside nice? Yes. But at this point, I'd rather purchase an FM radio and go to a drive-in theater.

I promise you, whatever you saw on tiktok or Instagram is not the reality....

I would give this place 5 stars but there are some things that brought my rating to 4 stars. The venue was great. Love the concept. However, it cost $56.06 ($22.50ea seat + $6.76 booking fee + $4.30 tax) for my husband and I to see a movie that was released in 1980 and we could've watched on TV for free. I feel the price is a bit steep for a classic movie. Alamo Draft house only charges $10 for classic movies and you are not sitting out in the heat. Although the price we paid included a bag of popcorn that is free refills all night. Still not worth the $28.03 per person. The food pricing is outrageous. For a pretzel with cheese, brisket nachos, a bottle of Diet Dr pepper and 2 beers the price was near $60. I realize that the hotel is the one running the food and driving the cost for the venue but $6 for a diet DP is outrageous. The pretzel was so dry that I could not eat parts of it due to it being so hard. Thank goodness for the nacho cheese to help choke down the parts that could be salvaged. The brisket nachos were delicious. The rooftop needs to have fans or fans with a misting system. You can rent a personal fan that comes with a bottle of water for misting for additional $5 but you have to leave your ID. We opted not to rent. I realize it's August in Texas and this is our hottest month. But the air was stagnant which made it hard to breath and we were so hot that if we had not paid what we already paid we would've left. All in all we had a good time with our group of people, other than dripping with sweat. Would we do it again? Possibly, but in the cooler months and if the prices were...

I wanted to love this so much, but due to a ton of mishaps, it wasn't the best experience, and I expect more of the Worthington. I will say, right off the bat that the women at the box office were extremely friendly, and none of this was their fault.

I arrived where it says "special event parking" for valet and was told there wasn't going to be a film tonight. I asked why we didn't get an email because we were told we would get an email if the show was cancelled. The valet then sent someone to check for about 5-10 minutes while I sat in the car. Other people walked up and were told the same thing. They came back and said it was happening, but I can't use this valet so I would have to drive to another valet further away. The email said that there was a bar and snacks available for purchase, so my friends and I didn't eat beforehand. The snack area was shut down, however, they said we could get uber eats or walk to the opposite side of the hotel and grab food from Toro Toro. I was able to get one drink before the bar decided to shut down for the evening before the film started. Oddly enough, even though people are going to be there for a few hours, they do not allow you to start a tab. None of the games that were laid out worked either. I will say the ladies that were working there were super nice and felt bad that it was such a subpar experience. They even came out and dried our chairs because it rained earlier in the day. They literally even told us that this is not the normal experience. I would love to go to events here when they finally get...