Restaurant Review: Cinema Grill, Indianapolis, Indiana

I love dinner and a movie, so one of my favorite places to go for a great date night with Leo (or a family fun night with the kids) is Cinema Grill, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cinema Grill has been around for a long time - not necessarily as a restaurant/movie theater, but "back in the day," it was Greenbriar Cinema, which was a fantastic place to see movies that were just slightly past being "new" at a huge discount. Today, the revived cinema features a full-scale restaurant that you can enjoy while watching a brand-new flick.

When you enter Cinema Grill, it's not the most impressive place. I suspect that the current owners haven't the necessary capital to remodel the place or even to quite maintain it. But if you can set aside the fact that the decor is a bit worn and nothing is quite new, what's most important is that the food is yummy and the prices are reasonable.

We recently visited Cinema Grill to see "Despicable Me," which was one of the most delightful films I've seen in quite some time, and definitely a movie I highly recommend if you're looking for a sweet movie with plenty of giggles.

One thing that I like about Cinema Grill is that their menu features plenty of options for weirdo eaters like me (you may recall I'm an ovo-lacto-pescetarian). I've enjoyed the almond-crusted tilapia quite a bit, and Leo has sampled their burgers and found them more than adequate. And their kids menu features reasonable portions at a reasonable price. A note of caution: if your young one is looking for pizza, the small-sized appetizer pizza may be enough for a little one, but is an inadequate portion for a teenager, as we discovered when Jay ordered this item and was still a bit peckish. The one food item I have a problem with is their popcorn, which itself is fine, but with the butter, takes on a slight chemical flavor.

Cinema Grill is a fantastic option for dinner and entertainment in Indianapolis, and well worth a try, especially if you have kids. They won't care about the less-than-new decor, and they'll have a great time doing something different.