Older local theater reasonable condition although the bathroom never has pump soap just bars which…read moregrosses me out. There are an arcade and restaurant with bar downstairs which is nice. A sign outside the bar says you can take beer and wine into the theaters which is nice. My only real complaint is that they put popular movies in the grand seating theater and if you dont want to buy gold class seats you have to sit up top in the wings.

It ain't the worst cinema in the world... and it's great to have a cinema on the beaches. But boy…read moreit could do with a make over. The carpet is squelchy, it smells like a full laundry basket after two weeks of being untouched and the seats upstairs in the grand theater, you either fall through the bottom or brake your back on metal bars that seem to be sticking out of half of them. I'd love to support the local business but I often drive further to W'mall to have a nicer cinema experience.

The cinema that ruins every other cinema experience for ever more…read more Quite simply the finest, classiest, most demure, seductive, charming and good old-fashioned fun cinema experience in Sydney and quite possibly the universe. Every time you visit a soulless megaplex after your time at Hayden Orpheum it will be a singularly disappointing experience bereft of any aesthetics or cultural value because really, how can anything compare? The cinemas are stunning art deco, they sell old-school choc tops, there's a solid program of the latest blockbusters and art house / doco fare, and they have insanely fun cult classics like a monthly interactive showing of the word movie ever made, The Room. There are love seats in the main cinema, and a freaking organ that rises up out of the floor for matinee performances. I know right! What what all the way. Best.

Being an eastern suburbs dweller, I've only been to the Orpheum on a couple of occassions. Each…read moretime I've sworn to journey over there more often (it's not even that far FFS). The Orpheum has kept it's gorgeous original deco interiors and exteriors intact, and the last time I visited (John Cleese triple bill including the Life Of Brian on Easter Sunday- kudos Orpheum!), there was a vintage pianist playing the grand piano in the lobby. I would love to see a silent movie thing here and I would bet money that they do them, it's that kind of place. Check out retro cinema Sundays- awesome and affordable triple bills that people dress up for. Old school wholesome entertainment, I love it.

Check this crazy story of Hoyts screwing and scamming people! Sorry in advance if I'm bitter (be…read morewarned there will be some swearing)...so I finally decided to see Star Wars today and was a bit surprised that it cost $42.30 for 1 ticket, a large coke and large popcorn especially since they didn't have any prices on the menu as they had one of the stupid new digital ones that is always changing and only said "from $5.10" for drinks and "from $6.95" for popcorn. I didn't have time to argue as the movie was about to start so I just asked for the receipt. The girl didn't know how to print the receipt so she had to call a manager to tell her how to print one, wtf? Grabbed it and ran into the theater. Turns out I didn't have to run as they had 18 fucking minutes of commercials before the movie started. I don't mind watching previews of new movies but they only had 2 of those and the rest were ads...isn't the whole point of paying for a movie is so that you don't have to watch ads? This isn't free TV or free radio. So the movie starts and I'm already a bit bitter especially since my popcorn was already gone before it started. But I settled in and it turned out to be a pretty good movie...although I was kind of expecting halfway thru for them to stop the movie and have more ads, I mean why the fuck not? Movie finishes and I go to see if I can find the prices...didn't see them so I asked the same girl that rang me up how much a large pop and popcorn was, and she said the combo is $20.90. I started to turn and walk away when out of the corner of my eye I see a small screen that flashes a quick menu of all the prices so I wait for it to scroll thru all the screens (like 10 of them) before it cycled back and flashes for less than 2 seconds and it's gone again. Didn't even have enough time to see how much either of them were it went so fast. So I wait for the cycle again and bam, I see a large popcorn is $9.95. But have to wait again for it to cycle thru so I can find the drinks but miss it again cause it cycles so fast but get it the third time...$8.40 for a large soda, so I should have only been charged $18.35! I take a picture of the menu with my phone and ask for the manager. She comes down and I tell her I think I was overcharged for my pop and popcorn. She looks at my receipt and says, "nope that is correct, a large pop and popcorn "COMBO" is $20.90". I say clearly if you add up the two individual prices that it only comes to $18.35. You won't believe what she says next! "Well, ya if you bought them individually that's what they cost but you got a combo and that's the price of a combo. And because you already ate and drank the stuff there is nothing I can do." That is literally what she said and I so wish I would have recorded this conversation. So I'm like, "so you are saying it's cheaper to buy the individually than in a combo" and she says something like, "yes, cause that's the way we were told to ring them up" and then she goes on to say something about how it's $27 for a large star wars combo with the souvenir tin/cup but if customers don't want that, then they downgrade it to $20.90. I'm just flabbergasted at this point and don't know what to say so I just say, "none of this is making sense to me and I honestly do not understand what's going on..this is crazy...especially since you say you can't do anything about it but you can at least give me $3 back, right?"..."I guess I could do that" she says and goes and gets the money. The kicker to the story is because I had to stay after the movie to talk with her (and watch 18 minutes of ads), the mall only gives you 3 hours free and it put me 15 minutes over, so I was now supposed to be charged $5 to exit. I left the ticket inside the car so instead of paying at the machine before I left I would just pay with my credit card at the gate. But thank god, for some reason the gate was open (pretty sure cause a huge rainstorm had just came thru and they kept them open so people didn't have to get their cars soaking wet putting their windows down) so I didn't have to pay! Yay. So the point of the story is: #FuckYouHoyts , I will avoid you as much as possible in the future...just think of all the hundreds of innocent people you scam every day. No wonder the theater was almost empty and doesn't surprise me that movie theaters aren't doing well nowadays especially when we now pay so that we can watch ads before the movie! Can you at least put an asterisk on your website that states *there will be 18 minutes of commercials added on to the start of the movie and *it's more expensive to by a combo than individual items. Please share this with all your family and friends so they can be warned the next time they go to the movies and so they don't get screwed this xmas. End rant. #hoyts #hoytscinema #hoytslux #warringahmall #hoytswarringah #warringahmallwestfield #westfieldwarringahmall #westfield

I want to be gangster and call this place my hood haha. This is the cinema where you'll hit up this…read moreplace on a Friday night only to have an awkward encounter with a high school class mate that works there. Ahh the memories. The theatres are awesome, there's plenty of movie times, it's clean and the best part, it's situated in a massive shopping mall. Once again, no one cares if you bring in food from outside (I may or may not have snuck in Maccas before) and the food court and Coles is so conveniently located on the level below. A movie night out must always include a trip to Coles to load up on junk food! Tip: Park on the rooftop/Coles side for easier access. As per all Westfields, free parking after 6pm. Hooray for movie nights!

All the kitsch! See,…read morewould you rather a soulless megaplex with a thousand cinemas and no personality, or a little ol' neighbourhood cinema stuffed full of curios and tchotchkes and I mentioned its quite literally right on the beach, right? This Picture Theatre defies the years, hell, it spits in the face of progress itself, and the world is a better place because of it. If you ever find yourself on the central coast come here for a night. Bring the missus. Buy an ice cream. And for God's sake allow some browsing time before the movie starts.

Beautiful theatre with fabulous staff :) a unique theatre experience…read more Very special and so helpful with fundraising evenings.

I LOVE Collaroy Cinema, a venue that represents a time where going to the movies wasn't the same in…read moreevery suburb of every city of every county of the Western World. For me, it also represents an idyllic childhood on Sydney's Northern Beaches - school excursions, teenage outings and babysitting ventures have all taken place here. The beautiful blue building opposite Collaroy Beach is a bit faded and could do with a good lick of paint; but that's its charm. It's not another generified cinema complex, but an original thinker. The movies played here are also a bit original - more Australian films, indie flicks and independant pieces of cinema feature here than Hollywood, that's for sure. If you're harking for something different in the world of cinema, you can't look beyond Collaroy Cinema

The cinemas are modern and there is plenty of parking in the shopping centre…read more I chose to book my tickets on line and by the time I paid the booking fees and ticket prices (which I thought were a bit pricey) taking my family to the movies was almost $100 and we haven't purchased any snacks for the movie. Would have been nice to also prebook my seat. The cinema needed a vacuum and a clean as it seems they just played back to back movies. The thing that saved the rating was it was almost empty so finding seats wasn't difficult. All in all a reasonable experience. Lost a star due to cleanliness on the night and not being able to prebook my seat after paying a premium.

Reading at Rhodes is excellent. Very comfortable seats and good size screens with amazing sounds…read more The staff are generally friendly.

My favourite cinema in all of NSW!!!…read more PROS: - Staff are really kind and help you pick out the right movie (if you haven't decided already) and right seats. - Great prices for tickets, food and drink. - Drinks and popcorn have a good range of sizes. - Cinema screen is large and the picture quality is great. - The sound is great and perfectly clear. - Gold Class is truly gold class w/ has amazingly comfortable seats and incredible food. - Gold Class is really well priced. CONS: - N/A

Reasonably priced and the food is good. Would definitely recommend the gold class. Seats are…read morecomfortable too

Went to the earliest screening of bohemian rhapsody on a Friday morning. Theater was super clean,…read morestaff were extremely friendly and the movie WAS SO AMAZING!! Love the location of this theater--steps away from the iconic opera house and right by the train station and ferries. Tickets were pricier than I'm used to in the states, but the experience was worth every penny!!

You could easily walk straight past the Dendy Opera Quays. It's tucked back beyond the hustle and…read morebustle on the foreshore, but once you know its there, you may well have found your new favourite cinema. For starters its licensed. And what better way to spend a rainy afternoon or hide away from the hot summer sun than with a glass of wine and a wonderful two hours of cinema? Dendy has your arthouse films covered, but they're also good at showing the more mainstream releases as well as hosting an exciting range of film festivals. The cinemas are relatively small and the seats are snug, but the atmosphere is great. Oh and so are the choctops! Don't forget to try one (you can thank me later!).

The Staff are brilliant the food is great and the seats are exactly what you want. We go here…read moreeverytime we want to see a movie now. I love it