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.

Roseville Cinemas are a quaint, traditional movie centre, which caters to the target market of 50+…read moredemographics. Situated on the Pacific Highway in Roseville, the cinema centre advertises a range of quality films. Never see a bad film at this cinema! Despite marketing to an older demographic, there is almost always a film for the young adult genre. Enjoy the ambiance of a bygone era, with 1930's decor. Choc tops, sorbet and popcorn populate the menu. Don't sit in the aisle seat; it's a little chilly with the air conditioning. Wheel chair access is available, with an electronic seat to transport disabled or elderly patrons up the flight of stairs. If you fancy a bite to eat, there are plenty of restaurants located nearby. Some businesses even have discounts if you show your movie ticket. Enjoy a movie in this fabulous ye old setting!

Visiting Roseville Cinemas, you're definitely going to be mixing with the blue rinse set. But…read moreyou're also going to be able to see some precious arthouse films. For anyone on the upper north shore, this makes the cinema worth its weight in antique filigree gold. Without having to travel further down the line to the Hayden Orpheum or (shock horror) across the bridge to Palace Verona, Roseville Cinemas consistently offers up all the arthouse hits. There are only two screens, but they make them work. And they handmake the choctops! It really doesn't get better than that.

The must be the longest escalator in all of recorded history. Standing under the Westfield entrance…read moreon the street you look up and it's so high you can't see the top, it just disappears into clouds. Plus it's lined with mirrors so you can check out yourself or others on the way up. Which sounds way creepier than I meant it to. They funnel you past the candy bar as you go up (no prices on display last time I went although this may have changed, which is annoying because I want to know how much I'm getting slugged for those sweet, sweet choc tops and gummi bears). The cinemas are big, they're clean every time I go, and you get to collapse into a cushy chair and forget about life over 2 hours of escapism. Yay movies!

High digital experience at Hoyts Chatswood. With constant rain outside I escaped for a cinema time…read more- twice! Tickets are at level 5 and cinemas on Level 6 - during my visit things processed fairly quickly with young, attentive staff. Any show in Cinema 1 is great. Ultra wide screen and the seats were fabulous. Cinema 3 was old and the seating was old but digitally it worked well

Of all of the cinemas I have attended in Australia, this one seems the most dated and tired. There…read moreis just nothing plush about it that warrants the pricing of both tickets and concession stand. The ladies room is always a bit unappealing with trash on the floor, oddly situated soap dispensers and a shortage of dryers. The staff seems rather apathetic. I would much rather see a movie elsewhere.

"The Cinema That Time Forgot", now showing at Hoyts Mandarin Centre…read more Oh sure, it's often empty and oddly soulless and gets given no love from the Hoyts people and it's just plain weird that there's another Hoyts in Westfield literally one minute walk away, but I like this old girl. When I get in one of my can't-deal-with-crowds strops, this is where I head to catch a flick in the peace and quiet of a cinema with only a handful of people in it. Never change, Hoyts Mandarin.

dreadf experience. disorganised. no signage. no one knew what was going on .. movie started late…read morebecause cinema was still being cleaned at scheduled start time... wont be coming back

We're La Premiere all the way now- great comfy seats and a glass of wine while you watch the movie-…read moreperfect! The food is pretty good now, wasn't great when they first opened but has changed dramatically so worth a go if you went a couple of years ago and didn't enjoy the food. If you're more cost-driven, the ticket price includes free soft drink and pop-corn, which works a out at similar value to a regular ticket. Try the in seat app/QR code scanner for ordering wine during the movie- works great!

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!