Address:
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
1120 South Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78704

The Alamo Drafthouse Lamar is located on South Lamar at Treadwell Street. Click on the map below to enter Google Maps and get printed directions to the Alamo from anywhere in the country.



The Alamo Drafthouse Lamar has ample parking day and night.

Press photos for the current calendar as well as general and historic press photos can be found on our Flickr press collection.

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The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is Austin's only independently owned and operated movie theater. We serve a full menu of dinner and drinks to your seat while you watch the movie. The theater is laid out like a traditional movie theater, except every other row of seats has been replaced with a long narrow table for your food and drinks. Those who have never been to the Alamo may worry about disruptions during the movie, but we have devised an ordering system that minimizes interaction during the film, allowing you to order, eat and enjoy the movie with minimal distraction. We recommend arriving early; we typically seat the theaters 30 - 40 minutes before show time and there is always pre-movie entertainment on the screen while you wait for the movie. We have waiters that serve you at your seat; orders before the movie begins are taken in the traditional way. Once the movie starts if you need anything at all, there is paper and pencils at the table, write down what you need on the paper, stand the paper up on the card holder attached to the table. This acts as a flag, your waiter will only come by if he sees the card, otherwise he will stay out of your way so you can enjoy the film.

John Bullington

Executive Chef: Alamo South Lamar

Chef John Bullington, once well known for his world fusion cuisine at the helm of Mars Restaurant, has spent the last two years boldly altering the American foodscape with the marriage of film and food for the Alamo Drafthouse. The result has been a string of successful feasts melding the food on film with the food on the plate. John’s menus have been inspired by the cuisine of the films' locations such as a six course Russian menu inspired by DR. ZHIVAGO, Six courses of Bedouin delights for LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, six courses of Caribbean food for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and even five courses of interior Mexican cuisine for NACHO LIBRE. The menus are also derived from the food included in the film, which is the basis for two different seven course menus inspired by the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy presented during the course of viewing all three films in one sitting. As a main feature of the Hill Country Food and Wine Festival, John created the menu for the Film Noir-Pinot Noir event which paired a menu with MacMurray Ranch Pinot Noirs for the film Double Indemnity starring Fred MacMurray. The Alamo has also started an Iron Chef series of their own, where the secret ingredient the menu is built upon is the film itself.

Not only does John present the feast series but regularly prepares specials inspired by newly released movies. Lately guests were treated to an all organic menu for FAST FOOD NATION, a smoked food menu for THANK YOU FOR SMOKING and authentic Polish food for the Polish Film Festival.

John was recognized by Citysearch in 2000 as Chef of the Year and has been featured in Texas Monthly, Austin Monthly, The Austin Chronicle, Daily Texan and Austin American Statesman. In addition to the Food and Wine Festival John continues to promote the good will of the Alamo by performing charity work for Communities in Schools, the Austin Food Bank, The Green Corn Project and The Periwinkle Foundation.

Click here to download a PDF version of the Alamo South Lamar Menu

General Admission to the Alamo Drafthouse Lamar is $9.50 for all shows after 6pm and $12.50 for all 3D shows after 6pm. Special programming ticket prices vary, so check the individual show listing for details. We offer a discounted ticket price on site at the box office of $7.00 for regular shows and $10.50 for 3-D shows for children (6-11), seniors (60+), college students, military personnel, and Austin Film Society members with current ID. All shows before 6pm, except on Holidays, are matinee price of $7.00, 3D tickets are $10.50.

All patrons must be 18 years or older or be accompanied by a parent.

The Alamo Drafthouse Theater box office opens 45 minutes before all scheduled show times. Patrons are welcome to enjoy drinks and appetizers before the film. A rotating program of vintage cartoons and shorts play before the film. Advance tickets are now available online for all shows.

The Alamo Drafthouse understands that it is hard for new parents to get out for an evening on the town. That is why we proudly offer Baby Day, for regular shows that start before 2:05pm, on Tuesday afternoons (special festival screenings are excluded). Infants are welcome to these shows, and of course, are allowed in for free. For our baby day shows, we keep the lights up a bit, and the sound down a bit, so your little one never has to know they even went to the movies! Take some time for yourself, pack up the kids, and head out to the Alamo Drafthouse for some much needed entertainment!Please note: Baby Day is Tuesday ONLY at Alamo Lamar and Lake Creek, and Tuesday and Friday at Alamo Village

If you have any questions or comments please contact us by e-mail:
comments.lamar@originalalamo.com
phone: 512.476.1320.
postal-mail: 1120 South Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704