McHenry Outdoor Theatre

How can you not like this place? I can't see I grew up with going to an outdoor theater, but this is a really great time, plus you can bring your dog. The place is reasonably clean and the people are certainly nice.

It has never been too crowded when I have been there and I'm not sure if it gets super crowded?

But truly, we love having this place nearby

Pretty clean. Staff are nice. Great atmosphere and experience. Follow their Facebook for an updated movie because sometime they'll have last minute change or their website isn't updated. Will come again!

Is it expensive? Yes. But you're paying for the experience, and in these pandemic times, social distancing in groups can be hard.

Being outdoors and feeling semi-normal and back to pre-COVID was awesome. The team here is friendly, patient, and extremely strict on wearing masks when you're away from your vehicle, so we felt very safe all-around. We saw PeeWee's Big Adventure, and couldn't stay to watch BeetleJuice. If you stay for both features, the ticket prices provide more value.

The concessions are a little pricey, but you can bring your own food and drinks. The bathrooms are pretty descent.

Our only complaint was that we were eaten by mosquitos, and someone was smoking close by, which impacted us when the wind would shift.

We'll be back with citronella and some Taco Bell!

Love the experience and if this was the only drive in theatre around then I'd probably rate them higher. But they are expensive, for the same service. They charge $12 per person for adults. So 4 of us paid $48 when we had just paid the flat rate of $30 for our car at the drive in in Hoffman Estates.

The only thing this theatre has that Hoffman Estates doesn't is a concession stand with actual food, but it's overpriced. $7 for a bucket of popcorn, $4 for a bottle of water?? They have burgers, hot dogs, pizza, nachos, etc. whereas Hoffman Estates has a cart that comes around with candy and snacks only. But you can bring outside food into either, so why would we pay more to come here? We did see a double feature which added to the value, but I doubt that we'll be back.

Five stars for the McHenry Outdoor Theatre - it's so great to see a drive in theatre as so many in the area have unfortunately closed. The ticket prices are pretty reasonable and comparable to the actual movie theatre ($12 a person) but that includes 2 movies - they play a variety of a new one first and sometimes another new one or an old one - I saw A Quiet Place 2 and Friday the 13th (original) in the same night. Concessions can be a little pricey but that's where they make their money - still less than an actual movie theatre concession prices. It's a great experience - help keep this drive in alive for generations to come!

This incredible outdoor theatre transports you all the way back in time. They always show a double feature, with occasional throwbacks during Halloween or certain summer weekends. It fills your evenings with nostalgic entertainment, a beautiful sunset, and a chance to cozy up with family and friends. I'm extremely thankful it has lasted throughout the decades, and I hope the future generations come to love it as much as I have!

It was our first and last time we visit.
The food was worse than cafeteria food and it was overly priced. Costumer service is lacking in the food court no real organization. Restrooms were very poorly taken care of. The movie stopped for a few minutes due to technical difficulties and they totally fast forward and missed very important parts of the movie.

Let's start with the good--beautiful screen and tons of spots for cars--paired with a very friendly staff and cute gimmicks for new movies. The film watching experience here is very enjoyable. But we recently moved and this visit made us realize how spoiled we were at our previous local drive in when it came to pricing. I don't mind paying $14 per person for a double feature or even paying the $5 extra for a gold spot--what I couldn't believe was the concession pricing. Only one size of popcorn and it's $10 and soda is $8 with no refills. Nachos and pretzels are $7...I am glad they allow you to bring in your own snacks. This is more expensive than our local movie theater. And sadly, the popcorn was chewy and stale tasting. It had been a long time (probably 6 years) since we had been to the McHenry and I remembered the concession area having a lot more memorabilia and charm the last time, along with more affordable prices. Overall, this is a nice drive in theater but sadly the price points will not make this a weekly haunt for us.

The owner is still having employees and customers wear mask. I was told I needed a mask on and I told them the CDC said if you've been vaccinated you don't need one on. They began to tell me that they are a private business and have the requirements of everyone wearing a mask. Wow... even outside... I guess there are some business owners that don't believe in science or Doctors at the CDC. Will not come back and give them my money.

We had virtually no way to listen to the audio of the movie. We had gotten there plenty early and unfortunately, our radio we brought from home broke an hour before the movie. They were out of rentable radios even an hour before the movie started and every radio next to the cars was broken around us. They said that there was nothing we could do except run our car, which would have definitely killed the battery if run for the next 5 hours of movies. The movie itself played throughout the lot is so quiet that we had no way of listening. We left the movie early. Customer service was lacking and I just wish that there was a pre-warning that every radio was rented already and all of the radios in the lot would be broken before I paid $40.