Century at Tanforan

I went to to the bathroom before the movie and it was a mess! I spoke to an employee and told him to get someone to clean the ladies room. Well 2 hours later, the bathroom was still a mess and couldn’t find anyone a guest services! I guess they don’t give a shit because there’s enough of it in the ladies room.

This theater is always dirty, seats are usually sticky, and kids are always running around because it’s connected to the mall. The parking garage elevator rarely works and the stair cases to get to the entrance are a mess! The stairs from odd floors (1 and 3) will only lead to odd floors, and the even floors to evens. I’ll only go here because it’s close to where I live and the Daly City theater doesn’t have the showtime I’m looking for.

Not a fan of this location…
It is inside of Tanforan mall so I can definitely see the convenience of it. I’ve been here twice. The first one was for a little date with my hubby and I. We saw a movie in the nicer theater since we saw a movie that had just come out so I didn’t think twice about it.
This time I took my daughter to see The Peanuts Movie. This movie has been out for awhile so I thought it would be a great time to take her since she’s young and I didn’t really know how she’d do in the movie.
We were in one of the smaller theaters which I didn’t mind and we were the only ones. I thought this was a score! Little did I know that meant really old, and uncomfortable seats. I don’t mind but the seats were so worn they held no shape and my daughter kept calling out or getting her legs stuck. So, she had to sit on my lap the whole time.
Also, the theater clearly hadn’t been cleaned from the showing before, so we had limited places to sit as most of the chairs had old drinks and popcorn everywhere. This was sad. Like, come on… do your jobs and clean the theater!
Overall, I won’t be going to this location again. We will stick to the Daly City one.

As far as movie theaters go, this one is old and drabby. I have been to many theaters in my life and it seems as if it’s time for a remodel here! The seats are covered in an old fabric, they recline to an almost comfortable position. The armrests don’t move. First world problems, hahahaha!
The popcorn was good! So there’s that.

My favorite theaters. Clean, lots of parking, and there’s a Quickly next door!
I can’t wait to see Felix Manalo: The Movie this Sunday in their huge XD theater!

This is the theater that I go to if Century in Daly City is sold out although this is my least favorite. I remember I came here when I was in middle school, and sat in a seat that someone threw up before the showing. I guess they cleaned it HOWEVER the SMELL. Ugh, I smelled like throw up and I was so traumatized since then that I try to not come here. If someone threw up on the seat, they should have closed down that room so no one has to sit on it.
I can’t even explain how scared I get to watch a movie in this theater. This place makes me feel like a germaphobe since then and it’s usually really dirty.

Ever since they opened this theater I don’t go anywhere else. It can get crowded because it’s in Tanforan mall, but it’s well maintained and the staff is friendly. Just like all theaters, the concessions are ridiculously overpriced. I tend to avoid new movies for the first week or two because the theater will get packed.

This theater usually has have a good selection of movies but some of the seats are pretty gross and haven’t been cleaned in years

Two tickets for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation: $ 23
Two tickets from Costco: $ 15
Savings: $ 8
I also brought my own candy and snuck in a bottled water.
I win Cinemark!
Five Stars!

We almost or always come to Tanforan to watch a good flick. It’s close, convenient and the customer service has been good. They have a lot of movie showtimes and pretty much works out for
our schedule. The only thing I don’t like very much is the cleanliness of the place. Since they have a lot of choices for movie times, they don’t have time to clean the seats and floors.
The restrooms are pretty clean. I’m just hoping they get to clean where they sell the food.
Love kettle and butter popcorn together… haha…yum
Service-​4
Cleanliness-​3
Convenient location-​5

Wow. This is upsetting to write. We are movie goers. We go every weekend!
My boyfriend and I headed here for the 9:30am Jurassic World movie on Sunday ⁶⁄₂₁. We get there 40 min or so before the movie and the place is PACKED. Thank god we bought our tickets on Fandango.
Had to wait 10 min at customer service for someone to come by. My boyfriend waited 20 minutes to get popcorn. Apparently they were short staffed. This caused a huge inconvenience since we got to the theatre with about 8 minutes to spare only to find every damn near seat is taken! We had to sit in the handicap seats separate from each other (either that or the first row!). That is not acceptable. We got there early so we would be able to get good seats but because of all the delays and the slowness of the ones who were working– we were highly inconvenienced. We mentioned something to management and he just shook his head, shrugged, apologized, and said we have to get their earlier– 40 min early is enough to get a bucket of popcorn and a seat. Sorry. It’s you and your slow workers that need the adjustment during busy hours!
I guess we will be sticking to the Daly City location because this really ruined the movie for us and our thoughts on this theatre as well as management

It’s just your basic theater. The nice thing is they have five guys just outside! Their popcorn is good, the soda machine might have been a little off that day because the soda seemed flat and tasteless. Everything as you would expect is super over priced but that is where they make their money so it’s understandable. It’s hard to go to the movies and NOT want some popcorn or a soda or candy. At lease you can smuggle in candy and other food but can’t pass up fresh popped corn. Sorry to say but yeah, I cheat all the time and bring in other food. Depending on the movie, I always recommend getting there at least 20 – 30 min before movie so u get the best seats, right in the middle of upper section. No one likes sitting in the side or up front cuz the acoustics just aren’t the same. But other than that. just an average theater.

I asked for a water cup at the snack bar. It was weensy, so I took it upon myself to use a small soda cup.
Not so fast lady. They CHARGE for those. Um, so, okay. You’re going to take it away from me and throw it away rather than just let me keep it? How does that make ANY sense? I have already used this cup. It’s used. Garbage. No good. I see now that this was wrong, but it was just a paper cup — twice the size of my tiny water cup. And now it is garbage. But you’ll give me extra water cups if I want? I am seriously at a loss. Where is Spock when you need him?

This lady gave me horrible attitude and yelled at me. I was just want to change the ticket to have a better seat and this lady was hitting the screen, giving me a shitty look. And then saying she cannot do that, and then I suggested that how about I will refund the ticket and repurchase. You are in the customer service section and you supposed to giving good customer service and try your best to help. If you cannot do that you should really reconsider your career again. I’m really disappointed that they will hire someone like that. That lady is making herself and the company looked really bad. Management should really do sth abt it.

Came here to see Furious 7, was packed. Cool atmosphere and seating are kept clean. Audience here are mixed which are not flooded with kids.
The snacks are kind of pricey. Hard to find parking when there’s hit movies or mostly during weekend.

You know, for a cineplex type of place, I found the Century at Tanforan a great place to see a movie. Big, really big screens and the place is set up just right.
a. Parking — You can easily park in the parking structure near the Sear’s side and take the elevator and skyway to direct to the theater, to avoid the mall itself. Very convenient, except around major holidays alike Christmas Shopping Time, which is when I went…
b. Screen — The screens are huge and I love the seating arrangement, where each row of chairs are so low that each seat has a great view instead of someones head, hat or hands!
c. Popcorn — Decent, I ordered a large and did not get the free refill. Liked the snack area overall however, the staffing had a lot to be desired.
I always enjoy coming to this place. Growing up in the city, I was normally focused on going to a theater that had ONE screen and showed only ONE movie, but the theaters were large and very cool places to be. I find the Century at Tanforan to be pretty cool place to see a movie.

Theatre in the mall! We went to see Big Hero 6 here. The seats were clean. I took a good look at it before I sat down. Loved that it was stadium seating so kids don’t have to stare at people’s heads instead of the movie.
Bathrooms are clean. Popcorn — expensive but not bad. The up escalator did not work so we had to hike up the stairs.

Do you want the overwhelming power to control the amount of butter you get on your movie theatre popcorn? Yes, you say? Then, this Century theatre peninsula location is for you.
When we are not Redboxin’ it, my significant and I generally switch between this Tanforan Shopping Center location and the Daly City location. However, Century at Tanforan is now our preferred location, due to the fact that they now provide theatre patrons with an accessible popcorn butter dispenser, a thrilling theatre amenity for my fatty of a significant other. So awesome. The unlimited jalapeño supply and the comfy seats are a majestic delight, as well.
This no-​frills theatre is reasonably clean (C’mon now, what do you expect?), staff is tolerable, and shopping center garage parking is abundant.
SAVE DINERO ON YOUR THEATRE TICKETS!
Purchase your tickets at Costco, which sell for $ 15.99 for a pair. We now have plenty of tickets in storage for our movie date nights. Oor, you could just watch your movies in the morning like a lame, for the $ 7.50 Early Bird special price. They offer a variety of discounts at the theatre, so be sure to inquire within.
We shall be back this weekend to see, A Walk Among the Tombstones, starring my seasoned man crush for life, Liam Neeson.

Going to the movies has gotten so expensive. If you don’t mind watch the fist showing it’s much cheaper or go to Costco and get 2 tickets for $ 15.99.
Tonight the girls wanted to watch Lucy. Prior to entering the theatre the employees cleaned the room. It’s still dirty and it stinks.
I’m sure they try their best to clean it.
The ladies room needs air-​freshner.
Tonight it’s not very busy.

Century at Tanforan is my go to place to watch movies. And I watch a lot of movies. On average, I watch 2~3 per week. Even though there are theaters a lot closer to where I live, San Mateo, I still drive all the way here.
The theater is one of the newest in the Peninsula. It is clean and there’s a huge parking structure right next to it with free parking. Park on the third floor to walk directly to the box office.
Of all the Cinemark Theaters, Tanforan’s XD is the best, being the biggest screen and loudest speakers. Seats are super comfortable but the arm rests don’t go up. Boooo! And although it has one of the biggest screens, it is still nothing compared to the Metreon IMAX. For the biggest action films, I tend to drive there.
As for food, AMC owns Cinemark hands down. The popcorn is often over salted and isn’t fresh, unless you come for early morning showings. They she not make so many batches I’m advance. Popcorn sitting=old popcorn. The buns on the hot dogs are often soggy too. Nacho cheese are luke warm and not hot. Pizza crust aren’t as good as AMC. They should be like AMC and offer chicken tenders and fries. Oh well, get some Five Guys and sneak them in. The only thing they have going are the $ 3 yearly refillable cups and popcorn tubs. But I find better weekly email coupon deals than these refillable options.
Funny thing is, the restroom on the left side is a lot dirtier than the right. It’s as they only clean the right side. This has been the case ever since they opened!
Customer service desk is great. Several times I watched the beginning of a movie and decided to walk out because it was so bad and end up getting a refund from the customer service desk without hassle. Could be because they know I’m a regular and they recognize me. Hey, I do come here 2~3 times a week!