Mission Tiki Drive-In Theatre

Love coming here with friends parked along against one another on a date or with family. You get to bring ur own food and snacks. You’ll get a person who drives around with their lights on here and there but not very often. And if ur Windows get foggy no one disturbs you. Haha. Its an awesome place year round.

Love love this place to see a movie
I even come with my pj’s sometimes or with my blanket when is needed all cozy in the car with munchies or food nd drinks
Nd in summers with a lot of my frnds nd with chairs to sit outside nd have a good time while enjoying a movie or in the cars
Love the price and a fun good old way to see two movies if ur there early yay!
«I prefer come here to tiki than other theaters «
(They should just have better nd hot cheese for the pretzel)

This place is pretty cool. Picture quality is great! It’s nice being able to watch a movie in the comfort of your car. If you watch a «sad» movie, you can sob and no one will hear you (lol) or you can make comments to whoever you are with without disrupting the other people there. $ 9 per adult and you can bring in snacks and stuff. It’s a lot of fun and a great experience. The restrooms are not that clean and the lines can get longgggg. Also, (someone else mentioned this) people will flash their headlights which can get annoying. But it’s not the end of the world. Overall, this place is great!

Very cool place! It’s the first time I’ve ever been to a drive in and it was a pretty awesome experience. Make sure to get there a bit earlier though because cars start lining up around 30 min before the place actually opens.
The ticket booth is right near where you drive in and it’s fairly easy to purchase a ticket. They let you know what radio station to turn to for your specific movie. After that it’s kind of like a free for all. You look for the number of your showing and follow the path.
Parking is fairly simple too. The roads are big and there’s plenty of space.
The snack bar is in the middle of all of the screens so it’s not too far of a walk. The bathrooms are over there too. It’s pretty clean in the rest area and it’s tiki themed.
Make sure to bring stuff to be comfortable sitting in the car!

First time here. Also, first time at a drive-​in theatre. I went on a Friday night to watch Sisters. Tickets were $ 9/​adult. You drive to the booth, pay for your tickets, tell them which screen you want to watch (you need to look up times and remember what screen you want to park in prior), and then they give you the radio channel to tune in for sound. There are different paths to different screens/​films. You go to the one you want to watch and park whereever you want. I went to a 9:30 pm showing. It wasn’t crowded at all. The screen is large enough and if you want to sit outside your car, they have a sound system so you don’t need to use your car. I enjoyed my time there.
PROS: –cheaper than movie theaters. You can even catch double features (2 movie for the price of 1 ticket = $ 4.50 /​movie)
–comfort of you car
–bring in all the food you want
CONS: –My boyfriend told me the bathrooms were not nice.
–You may not get a good view if there’s a huge van or truck in front of you. People will also sit on top of their cars, which may get in the way.
Overall, great experience. Though I can’t compare this drive in theater to others.

I’ve been coming to this place since I was 3 – 4 years old, not that I can remember coming here at 3 years old but that’s what I was told. Don’t know why I felt so inspired to write this review… let’s blame it on the force… the light that surrounds us and flows through us… sorry a little caught up.
This is the perfect little get away from people that sit way to close to you at a theater. When there are clearly seats everywhere else in the place. Here all you have to worry about are cars parking right next to you and even then… it really doesn’t matter because you can’t even see, hear or even smell them. Great prices for the entrance and you can just bring your own food… super simple and never crowded… well opening weekends… fend for yourself!

We usually love this place but this time something was way off. The website says they open the gates 1 hr before showtime. We waited 40 minutes outside for the gates to open, just 30 minutes before showtime. When we asked the guy at the ticket booth what happened, he was extremely rude and said «we don’t open an hour early, ever». Well, change your website! He then (again very rudely) said «which movie. «and took the money in what we perceived as a confrontational manner. When we got to our screen, there was trash everywhere. And I mean everywhere. We had to drive around boxes of trash and step over glass bottles to get to the snack bar. Very unprofessional. Seems this place has gone downhill. We may have to try another drive in after this. Very disappointed.

Came here for the first time to watch the last hunger games movie and I enjoyed it so much more then going to the movies. It wasn’t crowded, we brought our own food and snacks and it was just nice being in our comfortable car. Can’t wait to see more movies at the drive in

Came here to watch the Star Wars movie and surprisingly it wasn’t too packed! Didn’t bring our own food so we can try the food at the snackbar and it was SO GOOD! Tried the asada burrito and funnel cake and I do not regret it. They come pretty big and definitely fill you up! Everything is clean and friendly staff! Will be back to try their tacos!

Bring your truck, chairs and blankets. Took the fambam they have never been to a drive in. My kids loved it!
The snack bar is average but the key is bring your own food and drinks. What I love about the Tiki is that people bring their families.
It’s run pretty good it was our first time here and we made it in with ease. They do ride around and check on folks which I invite. Great place for a summer outing for the family.

This place is awesome! A great spot for date night! Bring a ton of blankets and pillows for your car/​truck and enjoy a movie! Ticket price when I went for 007 Spectre was $ 8 but since it was a newer movie we only got ONE viewing… which I was completely fine with. At the stand they’ll let you know which lot and radio station to turn on. Picture and sound quality was great! Much better than I had anticipated.
I didn’t get to try any of the food/​snacks but honestly, just bring your own little snacks and drinks to enjoy! Overall, a great first experience at a drive-​in and would recommend it to anyone looking to do something a little different!
*** PS — please be reminded that you MUST turn your car lights off… we had to go to one of the cars to let them know prior to the movie. but they still didnt have their parking lights turned off. Such an eyesore!

This place is great!
Boyfriend and I arrived around 45 minutes early. We drove in and paid 18 total (9 $ per adult). We snagged a great spot right in the middle. Set up our chairs and ate some food while we waited for the movie to start. It has been years since both he and I came to a drive in theater so we both didn’t know what to expect. We made the silly mistake of thinking that we were going to be able to hear the movie while sitting outside (such a fail) so we ended up sitting in the car. We still had a great time. The movie quality was terrific and the movie sounded great in my car. Overall we had a great time here and would defiantly be returning.
The only annoying thing was people would flash their headlights but other then that everything was great.
FYI the car next to us had their battery die so be careful about that.

I am absolutely a fan of Mission Tiki Drive-​In. It was my first time ever coming to a drive in and I wish I would have came a long time ago. For $ 9 per person you are able to see a double feature, which basically means you get to watch two movies for $ 4.50 each and I think thats a pretty fair price. Whether you are coming on a date, with family, friends or whomever I think you will experience a great time here.
You are welcomed to bring food from outside and lawn chairs to sit outside your car and enjoy your movie. On a cold night bring a blanket or dress accordingly. I did see a couple of stray cats and kittens but they did not bother me. They seem to be looking for a treat or snack. They get close to you car so I am assuming people must feed them.
The venue has four screens and movies begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. The movies are current movies and that is great. The staff does not bother you nor get in your way. They simply monitor and manage the screens and work at the food court area.
I believe this is one of those very few old school fun things to do that we are still fortunate to have around today. It was a great experience from start to finish and I am looking forward to coming here again.

I love coming here! They’ve raised the prices to $ 9 but still, $ 9 for a double feature is well worth it.
I prefer to go on a week day, it’s way less crowded. Went once on a weekend and I don’t think I would do it again simply because of the bathroom and concession lines. But they did have a concession stand outside with churros and awesome coconut water! I got food inside once, and after waiting at least 15 minutes for my hotdog, it was cold. Not sure how that’s even possible since I watched it sit on the grill for a good 15 minutes. But whatever. Last 2 times we went, we ate before hand (may I suggest Joey BBQ right down the road?) and brought our own snacks and drinks so we didn’t have to repeat that disaster.
One annoying thing is when people show up late their their headlights on and the beams dim the whole screen. But that’s not their fault, just rude movie goers. Please don’t be one of them!
We have become very smart when we go, and we roll black out fabric up in the side windows so we aren’t distracted by other screens or people. Makes it our very own cozy viewing box. I bring blankets and slippers and get super comfortable. I have a hard time sitting still for any amount of time, so movie theaters suck for me because I can’t get comfortable. So the drive in is my best bet. I can shift around as I please and put my feet up without annoying anyone around me.
Be sure to clean your windshield before hand. I wish these places had a place you could pull up and wash your windshield. But there’s a gas station on the way.
This is a fun date night that everyone should experience at least once. It’s a good 45 minutes away from where I live, but so worth the drive.

Things that are super annoying at a drive in…
1.) Blown out speakers from the neighboring car, who STILL insist on turning it up!
2.) The dumb mom who keeps yelling at her kid to, «Make peepee, or I’ll smack the shit outta you.»
3.) Smokers
On the up side, the fabulous things about a drive in are, the summer breeze flowing through your windows while you watch a movie and the bonus, you’re in the comfort of your own vehicle.
This spot is clean, inexpensive, and family friendly.

Great place where to can just kick back watch two movies for $ 9
Depending wat day it is you might have to be patient tryin to get out

This is only regarding the snack bar…
After my first experience, I will never give this a second chance. Bring your own food.
Workers are rude and I think very lazy. Also, they were low on the katchup and decided to pour water into it… SO GROSSSSSSS.
I got sick just looking.

Went here for the first time with a friend the other week and it was my first one experiencing a drive inn and it was pretty awesome. We saw two movies for less than a price of one movie at a regular movie theatre place. We went here at around 7ish even though we knew the movie started at 830 but after reading reviews with it being packed already, we wanted to come early so we can get a good parking spot. Came at around 7ish and saw that there was a long line already but it did go by fast, we waited at least 10 – 15 minutes tops and we went to one of the screens.
Since this was my first time, don’t make the same mistake as I did, once we got to our screen, I saw that the parking lots were at this an angle, I figured that they were made like that so you can park your car at that angle going up so you can see the screen better. It’s kind of hard to explain but if you do go you’ll understand what I mean, well anyway I drove through those countless rows of angles with my poor lowered car, good thing my car has air suspension so I lifted it up but I somehow still scraped going up and down the little mountains. Once we found a good parking spot, I noticed there were some cars that were driving at the side of the parking lot and then between the rows to get a spot they want, when I saw that it totally made me look like a dumb*ss, well it was my first time so next time I’ll know what to do.
Anyway I assumed they all started the movies at 830pm because of how it’s summer and the sun sets later than how it is in the winter time with them probably starting earlier. We ended up watching two movies and finished at 1:30am and I for home pretty late.
Btw, I was scared that my cars battery might die so I started my car inn between the movies for the alternator to recharge the battery but luckily by the second movie there was a family that brought this big boom box and placed it on top of their truck and was pretty loud to the point where I didn’t have to turn on my cars radio for it.
Anyway I’ll come back to this place. It’s pretty fun.

such a new/​different/​romantic experience. it wasn’t crowded at all, perhaps depending on the stages (movies) you choose. people around us were all pretty etiquette, no smoker, no crying babies, everyone was enjoying themselves.
yeah, there were indeed some downs — the tickets were 18 bucks for two, we handed a 20 dollar bill to the cashier/​the gentleman at the ticket booth, he handed us back the ticket with FM radio station detail on, with no intention of giving any change back, i will DEFINITELY make sure i have exact change next time; the restroom was over flooded and the toilet paper were all out by around ‘intermission’ time in between the movies, so be prepared ladies!

I am so super happy that I found this place! I had been to the drive-​in in City of Industry years ago, but wanted to check out somewhere new to me, and really did not want to go to the one in Paramount. I live in Long beach so going to Paramount would’ve been 20 times faster than making the drive to Montclair on a Friday night at 5pm, but the drive was so worth it!
First off, $ 9 per person for a double feature is a GREAT deal! We watched American Sniper and Taken 3. The movie selections are current and the feature pairings, I think, are excellent. The frequency was very clear! We opted to stay in the car since it was chilly outside. We went ready with a blanket and pillows to get comfy, and that we did! But I’d definitely come back during the spring and summer to watch flicks outside the car in lawn chairs.
The lot was not overly packed with cars and nobody was disruptive or loud. The snack bar was OK I guess. We took our own food, but we did go in to get popcorn and a drink. We paid $ 8 for a medium of each, which is not bad compared to theaters. The dining area and behind the counter didn’t seem too clean and I wouldn’t really opt for eating their food (pizza, hotdogs, tacos, burritos and all regular theater food). The restrooms were OK. Could definitely use more upkeep, but I’ve definitely seen worse.
I think the good definitely outweighs the bad here. I will for sure be coming back for more movie dates!