Showcase Cinema

Love coming here to see movies, good size car park & places to eat (frankie&benny’s Nando’s & Macdonalds). Food is expensive in cinema & i always get too much pick n mix sweets (great selection).

On budget days, like when I can’t afford a haircut but really want to watch a film, I go here.
But everything about it is pretty cheap.
The staff are teenage and careless. The Cinema’s are dirty and sticky. The chairs are uncomfortable. The adverts prior to the trailers are annoying. The popcorn is not prepared properly and is overpriced.
You will typically find an asshole sitting near you that is loud and/​or drinking booze.

Showcase is a cinema based in Treforest Industrial Estate in Park Nantgarw.
Showcase does a great service to those in the surrounding area and shows all the latest film releases that hit the silver screen. Also, as it’s situated next to a bowling alley and just across the road from a Nando’s and Frankie and Benny’s restaurant, it provides the opportunity for a great day/​night out for all ages.
However, as cinemas go, this one is far from revolutionary. Each screen has modest seating compared with other cinemas in the surrounding area and the cleanliness of the cinema as a whole leaves a lot to be desired, with the flooring often being stickier than a marmite covered stick.
A good facility for those who live nearby, but with cinemas like Cardiff’s Odeon and Cineworld setting the bar very high, there are better options available.

The feel of this multiplex cinema is really different depending on what time you go. Saturday nights and it’s more or less hell with queues and noisy teenagers. Mid-​week mid-​day and it’s heaven. Practically the whole screen to yourself no adjacent popcorn eaters or gossiping children.
On the other hand should you be in possession of gossiping children of all genres then this is a really good place to take them. It’s moderately hard to mis-​place them. Although we did have on incident when two small girls went to the loo during Harry Potter the somethingth and having relieved themselves and played with the water fountains they went back into a different screen and wondered why the film was repeating itself. We, the grown ups, wondered why it had suddenly become so peaceful. The staff, however are fully trained in adult-​child reuniting.
The prices are well up with town but the parking is almost always do-​able. You can book online before you go which is pretty handy.

One thing this cinema has going for it is it feels like a retro cinema, this is mainly due to the fact that his hasn’t changed its décor in decades, but this is no bad thing. The seats are bigger and comfier than the cinema seats of those in the main part of Cardiff town, which is also a plus.
It’s no more expensive than any other cinema in Cardiff either. You’ll pay £7.20 for a normal ticket and it’s free parking if you drive. That is the issue, though, it is really only readily accessible for those with a car.
Queuing is almost inevitable, but that shouldn’t be a problem for a stereotypical Brit.
Last time I was up there the cinema was uncharacteristically dark, so much so we could not see more than an inch in front of us. The enjoyment of the film was somewhat marred by the embarrassment of having sat on a stranger’s lap before it started. Though, this was a one off, and I got a mediocre anecdote out of it, so you can be the judge of whether that’s positive or negative.

Being the utter cinephile that I am it was handy when I lived in Trefforest to come and visit this bad boy at least a couple of times a week. Like most cinemas these days, they are getting quite expensive, especially the food.
The screens and sound a pretty damn good and can say it’s up there with a couple of the City’s bigger chains.
Just want to mention the Ben and Jerry’s Core sundae. Two types of ice cream, stuffed with hot caramel and topped with white chocolate polar bears and cream. Yum.

Depending on where you live in Cardiff the Showcase cinema in Nantgarw can often be a good alternative to the cinemas in town and the Bay. You generally avoid the worst of the traffic, parking’s free and convenient, and it’s particularly great if you just want to see a film as aside from Frankie & Bennys, Nandos, and a bowling alley there really isn’t much there (both the Bay and town can get so manic).
Excluding Chapter the cinema itself isn’t really as modern as the other cinemas in Cardiff, but it’s perfectly adequate. There are twelve screens so there’s always lots of choice, and even better they’re all on one level.
On the negative side queues for both food and tickets can be pretty bad here, Orange Wednesdays in particular are absolutely horrendous. Also the food prices are the worst in Cardiff and the portion sizes are ridiculously small.

This is a large cinema conviently located out of town. There is a huge carpark. It can be very busy on wednesdays and weekends. They have all the new releases but pre book if its a ‘biggie’!
The food and drink is expensive as it is in all cinemas. There is Nandos, Frankie and Bennys and McDonalds all outside which is great as you can have a great night out and not have to travel very far.

Quite a large cinema situated in Nantgarw. Its size doesnt help to reduce the waiting for tickets however which is often very busy on wednesday nights and weekends. The usual things such as hotfood and popcorn are available inside but at ridiculous prices.
Restaurants nearby include Frankie & Bennys, McDonalds and Nandos.
Very clean inside however seats in the screens i find more uncomfortable than cinemas such as Odeon.

Showcase cinema is a great place for families to go to the cinema but might want to get there early if your going on the weekend or in the school holidays because it can get very busy. The restaurants surrounding are McDonalds, Nandos, and frankies and bennies. Very clean inside you can get popcorn, sweets, ben and jerrys ice cream, nachos, drinks and hot dogs but they sre quite expensive its about £2.00 for a cup of pepsi. Reccommend that you buy the stuff before you go in but good overall.

The showcase cinema is in a great location just off the A470. The food is awful however but it is surrounded by Nando’s, Frankie and Bennies and a McDonalds. Lots of parking spaces but it does get quite full. Discount nights are tues and weds. Plenty of screens12 i thinkall showing the new releases.

Lots of screens here so they always have the new releases. They run special offeres on prices but these change so check the website for up to date information. Plenty of parking spaces. I would how ever say they need to make more of an effort with the cleaning in this place. Food isnt up to much and is very expensive so go to Mcdonalds which is next door.