We had an awesome experience at the Sci-fi diner. I had read some bad reviews, but wanted to see what this place was like and decided to go for it. I'm so glad we did. The movies are cheesy sci-fi flicks from the 50s and there were a couple of times I thought they would be questionable for the younger ones. It totally depends on your child though. There were a couple of times my 10 year old decided not to look up, but she's a lightweight when it comes to scary things.
As for the food, everything we had was good. I had the reuben and a milk shake. My in-laws were with us celebrating their 50th anniversary and received a complimentary dessert. I want to say it was an ice cream sundae, but don't remember.
The thing that made this meal spectacular was the service. Our waitress was extraordinary. My daughter was 10 and qualified for the adult menu, but the waitress noticed she was having a hard time with it and gave her the option of the kids' menu. Later, she asked my in-laws about their anniversary buttons and when she learned they were celebrating their 50th anniversary, she went and got the manager and arranged for their free dessert. When she brought the check, she gave it to my eight year old because he was in the front "driver's seat." He explained that he didn't have any money and told her to give the check to his dad. She then explained to him what it means to sit in the driver seat and insisted he pay for the meal. He was really confused and told her again to give the check to my husband. We were all laughing by this time.
She came back a few minutes later with latex gloves and a couple of wet rags telling him if he can't pay then he'll have to wash down all the cars in the restaurant.
My son was pretty peeved, but he got up, put the gloves on and started washing down our car. A few minutes later, she came to inspect his work and to tell him he had 39 more cars to go. We had paid by that time and getting ready to leave when I noticed my son looking back and forth taking off his gloves. I could tell he was looking for the waitress. As we were walking out my father-in-law told my son that the waitress was coming. The poor little guy bolted out of that restaurant. I've never seen him run so fast. We were all laughing so hard we were crying. I did get some great pictures of him with gloves on washing our car.
He never did get it that she was just playing with him. In fact I think they were feeding off each other. My son took her so seriously that she played it up even more, which made him even more serious, and so it goes. This was one of the best memories we had from this trip.
So go for it, maybe you'll get the waitress we had!!!
