Hoyts Wairau Park

Good place to watch a movie. I even got a handjob there once from a girl called Alisa.

In Link Drive, next to Freedom, with plenty of parking. If you pick your time right, there’s a chance you’ll almost have the theatre to yourself. Cheap day is Tuesday, but otherwise expect to pay $ 18 for an adult. Food and beverage choices are the stock standard movie theatre options — my pet peeve are the chocolate dipped icecreams which always seem to have soft squishy cones, which would be fine if they didn’t cost $ 5.70! Being slightly out of the way, you’d think they’d try harder to attract more business.

Little worn out, staff mostly not all that interested in servicing and when there’s a blockbuster out that everyone wants to see forget coming here. No public transportation so you have to take a car and there isn’t that many spaces

Once the gem of the North Shore, Wairau park is now dated and aging badly. Some of the theaters have crackly sound. Leg room is never good. The place is small and has a musty smell sometimes. It’s good if you’re on the shore, don’t want to travel far and don’t mind being slightly uncomfortable during the session.

I love going to see movies, but I actually generally pass on one when the only place to see it is Hoyts in Wairau Park.
I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s that I feel the place is haunted by memories of awkward first dates in intermediate. Maybe it’s that when I think of Hoyts, the first image to come into my head is of popcorn on the floor.
The place is dark even in the brightest of summer days. And I really don’t think movie complex’s need to be dark, except obviously in the actual cinema. It makes me feel like they are hiding grime and dirt they can’t be bothered cleaning, or maybe it just won’t come out.
I dunno, it’s been here ages and there are so many better options. So meh.

I always wonder why people insist on seeing new movies at the biggest theatre, all you ever get is long queues and a crappy seat. And you get to sit next to two noisy teenagers having a chit chat and a text fest.
I sometimes like to go and watch a movie in a small and intimate theatre, where there is no queues, and always a good seat. It seems that the Hoyts cinema in Wairau Park is just the place for me. I always get parking right out front. The cinema is close to the motorway and the popcorn is perfect. Plus, they’re always showing all the top movies, so why not?
What I don’t like is the cost of the extras, like popcorn and coke, but I realise that they too need to make a profit.

Hoyts used to be my local cinema. That was until the big, dominating Westfield Albany was built and along with it the Albany Sky City Cinemas.
Now I still come to Hoyts from time to time. I find sometimes there time slots for movies suit me a little better and most of the time it’s not as busy as other cinemas. But as mentioned in the other reviews here the place is a little run down and could do with a bit of livening up.
One thing that shocked me last time I came here was the price of the food. It seemed to be much more expensive than what I would usually get at Sky City! I’m sorry but $ 7 for a coke is just ridiculous is it not? I think the reason it all felt so expensive was because there was no combo deals. I always look for a nice popcorn and coke combo which cuts a few dollars off the total, but with nothing like that I was paying outright for all the snacks I wanted.

Wairau Park is not a bad little cinema, with apt seating and good service. I found the seats were a bit on the old side though, and tended to creak at random moments. The overall feel of the place is a bit run down, but the prices are less than other cinemas to compensate for that.
I liked the huge, open feel of the place, and they have some real coffee on offer which is a great addition to the experience. They have ample seating for you to enjoy hanging out with your friends pre-​movie, which is a cut above many cinemas. Good work, Wairau!

I watched a film here and had booked online, which is fabulous as when I arrived with my partner, we used the fast track online booking line and avoided lining up for ten to twenty minutes with about twenty others. Spacious and expansive seating outside of the cinemas whilst waiting is great if you arrive a little early too. Inside I was happy to have comfortable seats too. A large spacious cinema made the film experience all the better, and my second 3D experience was very memorable. I recommend joining there rewards card points programme, as the more films you watch the more freebies you accumulate.