Odeon

A great cinema in the suburbs just be sure you’re in SCREEN 1. Screen 2 is as big as your telly at home :(
Lots of seating options and a screen almost as big as the IMAX. Yes the building is an Art Deco structure which adds something to the nostalgia of the silverscreen.
They screen live opera and ballet too, so you’ve got more options than merely new releases.
I think it’s a bit overpriced tho — kids tickets are £8.10

Screen 1 is a bad joke. The screen is so far away, it looks like a thumbnail. Nowhere to put a cup. Less leg room than economy class. And the final insult: rows and rows of empty ‘Premier’ seats that aren’t worth the money.
Do yourself a favour; go somewhere else until Muswell Hill Odense joins the 21^st century.

Our experience at Odeon Muswell Hill was extremely disappointing today. It was the first time my partner and I went to this particular cinema to watch The world’s end at screen 1, and it was a complete waste of £20 for the two of us.
I was shocked to discover how far our standard seats were from the screen. It was a massive cinema room, but all the seats were located at the balcony, which was very very far away! The screen at the same time was smaller than usual and the sound system was poor. There were loads of empty seats that were called Premier but even those gave little advantage as they were still way too far from the screen.
Watching the film from that distance was no better than watching it on your laptop at home for free. It is just too far from immersive experience to the point when you can’t hear the sound properly.
When I asked the member of staff to relocate a bit closer he said that for the standard price ticket it was impossible. He replied: It is like in an airplane, you have to pay for more expensive seats.
I would like to remind that in the case of airplanes you don’t have to pay extra for the service the airlines should provide which is to fly. So in the case of cinema I should still be getting a good viewing experience for the price I pay.
It seems like Odeon thinks it is perfectly acceptable to design the cinema in a way that pushes people to pay premium prices for seats. It is a really disgusting way of doing business, and tells me a lot about the brand.
I have been to dozens of brilliant cinemas in London for a much better price (Picturehouse and Vue) and I never thought I had to pay premium price for experience that was still unsatisfactory.

I love the glamour of going to the movies in this cinema. The wonderful art deco feel that the building has coupled with great movies makes a night at the cinema a real treat. Like a trip to the theatre rather than the flicks.
I personally love the love seats option that is available in screen one. You can snuggle up to your partner or have them put a protective arm around you for the scary bits without a restrictive arm rest being in the way. They are exceptionally wide and spacious and even though they are only meant for 2 people you could easily fit 3 on them comfortably.
Its a shame so much of the old theatre space is wasted. Only the balcony is used in screen one, leaving the stalls and circle of the old theatre used only for storage. It seems silly that they would waste so much space that could be used to increase the capacity of the showings.
One massive glaring problem for me about this place is that the surround sound was broken when I went to view Prometheus last week. Moments were ruined by the speakers on the left hand of the cinema cracking and screeching when the soundtrack was loud or using a lot of bass… like say explosions or starship engines starting up? It really lessoned my enjoyment of the movie I was watching and I wouldn’t go back until I knew it was fixed. Tickets cost a small fortune here, I at least expect the sound to work.

This is our local cinema and we prefer it to the Vue in Finchley or the other Odeon in Finsbury Park. Screen 1 is the main screen but when booking remember that the best seats are in the front. Nearly all the couples seats are good, if you go for the Premier seats DO NOT choose the first row behind the couples seats as there is limited leg room, and don’t go for the first row of premier seats in the main block as the bars restrict the view.
They used to open the bar on the first floor but I haven’t seen it open in the last 6 months.
Standard over-​priced soft drinks and popcorn.

An Odeon, is an Odeon, is an Odeon. No bells and whistles, it’s your average (albeit slightly small) cinema.
I recently visited to watch the new Harry Potter in 3D (my first 3D experience and I actually shrieked when butterflies flew out the screen towards my face). We paid a little extra to have a small sofa which was quite comfy, but as with most cinema experiences, especially when you’ve come to watch a PG film, had to put up with the billions of excited kids giggling, talking, throwing things, rusting about, needing the loo every five seconds, kicking the back of the chair… you get the jist.
The toilets reminded me of a school disco in a local community hall — cold, bright, smelt of paint. That’s not a complaint, simply an observation.
This cinema is fine! It didn’t bowl me over, it also didn’t disappoint, it’s what I expected from a small Odeon cinema. I enjoyed the film but had a voice grumbling in my head about the pesky kids. Seeing as I am slowly turning into an old fart I think next time I’d pay the extra to go to an Everyman cinema, or somewhere that bans kids or puts them in sound proof booths so us grown ups can watch films in peace… and all this said by the girl who screamed and covered her face at a 3D butterfly.

There are so many good points about this cinema, and tragically so many areas that let it down. In the end, I guess 3 stars will have to sum it up as average… let me explain.
The cinema is located excellently, just off the broadway, with parking spaces behind, and plenty of shops and restaurants around for pre/​post film stuff! Good!
It shows films for only a week sometimes, desperate to have the next big film, you don’t always get a chance to see the last one. Bad!
It has a kiddie club at weekends! Good if you need I guess!
It has three screens. Good… or so you’d think! Seriously, don’t bother going if your film isn’t on screen 1. Screen 2 is like watching a film on the projector in the hall at assembly, and screen 3 is like watching a film on the projector in class. That said, Screen 1 is huge. Good!
But what a waste of space, the seats are miles from the screen for no apparent reason. The love seats are sooooooooo comfy, but expensive. The premier seats are all right I guess, not too much more than the normal, and they are closer the screen, but still couldn’t stretch my legs out. The average seats are miles away and pricey (£8ish last time I went), I usually pay the tenner for premier.
Pop corn is huge, as are drinks, and expensive but normal for cinema.
The building is cute too, very art-​deco, obviously a traditional cinema.
All in all, its a cinema, it does the job if you go see the latest film straight away on screen 1. You can even choose your exact seats when you book online, I recommend always doing this, so you know if it isn’t screen 1, pop across the road to blockbusters and watch something at home!

Great looking building as everyone has pointed out. However, if your going to the cinema to watch a film and not for an architecture trip, then don’t bother! The main screen is quite small and the sound quality is awful! Need I say more.

One of the finest art deco cinemas in London, but ruined. Once it was a great single big screen set like a theatre with huge balcony. But somewhere along the line, the ground floor was converted into screens 2 and 3 (which have screens not much bigger than a home cinema) so they can show more films. The only saving grace are the sofas for two in screen 1.

The Odeon in Muswell Hill is a nice Cinema to go to. I normally pop in on the way home from work if there is a good film on. The prices of the drinks and the food is high but i guess all Cinema’s are like that. It was an old Theatre but now sits pride of place in the heart of Muswell Hill.

This is undoubtedly the most unusual Cinema I have ever been to. It is an old converted Theatre, and while screens 2 and 3 feel like a normal cinema, the main screen is a treat.
It is in the old circle balcony of the theatre, and you sit, looking down onto the stage, which has the screen dropped down in front.
There is a gradation of seating as well, with my favorite being sofas at the very front, that you can buy for you and someone else to suggle up on for the film!
If you like cinema in unusual places, then this is the place for youAlso, it used to be the cinema they used in the Odeon adverts and is a very nice art deco building from the out side as well!

Someone told me this is the oldest odeon in london and I believed them! Just the two screens, with screen 1 still containing a large area for an orchestra to perform during the show. It is a little expensive although I suppose all cinemas are these days and you won’t always be able to see the latest films here as there is only two screens. When the cinema is really full and you see a very funny film here the atmosphere is cosily unbeatable, I had a particularly good night on the first screening of Zoolander!

Thought this should be included, as the interior of this cinema is lovely, in a heavy art– deco style. The biggest screen still reminds me of something from the 1940’s and the 2 for 1 Orange Wednesday deals and array of ‘pick and mix’ soften the blow of £7 cinema tickets.