Entertainment in Pleiku: cinema, kids and karaoke

Weekend evening in Pleiku and no plan? You can sit in a cinema, take the kids to a play centre, or round up friends for karaoke. We recommend one place for each.

Watching a film: Touch Cinema

Touch Cinema is on Nguyễn Tất Thành street, with four screens, 550 seats in all and big curved screens. Each screen is between 300 and 700 inches wide, and the sound system is Dolby Digital. The provincial tourism directory also lists Starlight cinema, on the fifth floor of the Kim Center building at 53 Quang Trung.

Touch Cinema

For a comfortable screen for the whole group, Touch Cinema is the easy choice: airy, with soft seats, and fair prices for tickets and popcorn-and-drink combos. The counter sells more than popcorn and soft drinks. It can be busy, but staff stay attentive, and with kids you will find a big children’s play area.

Customer service line 8 am to 10 pm every day · 212 Nguyễn Tất Thành, Phù Đổng ward · phone 0269 3838 999 · Open in Maps

Two phrases for the ticket counter if you do not book online:

Ticket prices and online booking

The base price list for 2D, 3D and holiday screenings is posted only as an image on the cinema’s ticket-price page, so this page gives no base figure; open it before you go. The extra charges and special groups below are from the cinema’s price page as seen in October 2026.

To book online, open the website or the Touch Cinema app, pick the film, the showing and your seats, then confirm. Online tickets are charged at the adult price, so buy student or disability tickets at the counter. To get member prices online, the phone number on your account must match the one registered for the card. Showings change with each film, so check the current times on the cinema’s showtimes page.

Which film suits which age: the P, K, T13, T16, T18 labels

Every film shown in a Pleiku cinema must carry an age rating, in force since 20 May 2023. With children, read the label before you buy; it decides whether they can go in.

P: all ages. K: under 13 only with a parent or guardian. T13, T16, T18: viewers aged 13, 16 or 18 and over.

Before the film starts the cinema shows a warning in writing or in speech, and Touch Cinema may refuse to sell a ticket or let you in if you do not meet the film’s age. With teenagers in the group, bring ID with a date of birth for a T16 or T18 film so you are not turned away at the counter.

Kids’ play centre: Happy Kids

Happy Kids has soft play for tiny children and active play for older ones.

Happy Kids Gia Lai

The play area is large, with plenty of room to run around. The ground floor adds water games, prices are friendly, and the staff are friendly enough that one parent felt at ease leaving a child to play for a while.

Two things to plan for. It gets crowded and noisy at times, with too few seats for adults, so at weekends bring patience. Parking also fills up and cars spill onto the street; one parent parks below at Diên Hồng park and walks the kids up.

7:30 am to 9:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday 8 am to 8 pm · 08 Lê Quý Đôn, Diên Hồng ward · Open in Maps

Karaoke: Tigon for the evening

For a singing room with good sound, Karaoke Tigon is the pick: a guest praised the sound and the space.

Karaoke Tigon

Reviews praise friendly, helpful staff and a very good space, though only a few carry text, so take it as a handful of opinions. As at any karaoke place, ask for the room rate per hour and each item’s price before you order.

12 noon to midnight daily · 48 Tạ Quang Bửu, Pleiku ward · Open in Maps

Which one tonight

Our pick: if you would rather sit still than watch a film or sing, head up to Pleiku Balcony on Bùi Đình Túy street: cocktails, craft beer and a balcony over the street at sunset, open from the afternoon. Brad, the Australian owner, lives in Pleiku and speaks English.

If you are new to town and need somewhere to live, how to get around and where to shop, read moving to Pleiku and cost of living in Pleiku. To keep fit after work, see gyms and sports in Pleiku, and the whole section is in Living in Pleiku.