Odeon Cinemas

I went down to the Odeon Leicester Square for the Ed Sheeran’s Jumpers For Goalposts film première. The front of the building was covered in a massive Ed Sheeran poster, and there was a green carpet with a huge black ‘X’ by the entrance.
Inside there are hundreds of seats up and downstairs with lots of ushers to show you to your seats. There was free popcorn and bottles of water on each seat. There was no wifi available at all, nor on previous occasions when I’ve attended. The screen is huge but if you are seated to far left or right at the end of the rows you might get neck ache. I sat in standard seating which was reasonably comfortable. If you visit the Ladies toilet you’ll find queues as there are only a few cubicles.
Reggie Yates introduced Ed Sheeran on stage, did a brief interview and them an amazing mini concert much appreciated by the crowd. They then showed the film which was brilliant especially if your an Ed Sheeran fan. Even if you’re not, the film was funny and entertaining throughout and had interesting sporadic guest appearances.

It is my first time coming to this cinema for the main movie (only 1 movie is screening in the main theatre)
I never get to go there before because the movie never suited my taste.
The seats are old (and i started to scratch myself as soon as i sat) and with a leopard motif, that is so outdated and kitch. Not much of leg room too.
17£ for the cheapest ticket and it can go up to 23£ when you sit at the balcony. It is too much of a steal.
Thinking that this is actually the famous theatre that hosts most of the London movie premieres is dramatic. The screen is very small for such a huge place and they really need to renovate this theatre asap!

This one of the big cinemas on Leicester Square — so for that privilege, you’ll have to pay through the nose for a ticket.
So what do you get for that experience? Not a lot — this cinema is old — especially for the area. In what I presume is a selling point for premieres, there are far too many tiny seats crammed into the main screen. I basically wedge myself in there. As for legroom, that’s pretty much the worst legroom I’ve ever had at a cinema.
Seriously, until the top all those seats out and remove five rows to give the rest some normal space, I wouldn’t recommend coming here unless you manage to wrangle some free tickets. But even then you’ll be paying in discomfort.

I really don’t like this cinema!
There are quite a few variables that make it hard to review. If you are talking about the main big screen, the stalls are awful. Awful awful awful. The seats are small and uncomfortable, and there’s not much leg room. And when you figure these tickets are £17 a person, it’s crazy. I only ever go when I have free première tickets! I have before been lucky enough to get seats up in the Royal Circle, which are more comfortable and give you a better view — but for £23 a ticket, I would rather stay home!
The other small screens in what they call Studios (it used to be called Mezzanine, and I’ll probably always call it that…) are much more comfortable but teeny tiny (they seat around 50 people), but at least you might have enough change to splurge on a popcorn. Tickets here are £13.
The upstairs balcony to view out on to Leicester Square is cool, and having gone to a number of premieres here, I have plenty of good memories, which is the only saving grace in my eyes.

Ridiculously bad theater and a nightmarish experience. This is the first time in my life that I have walked out of a theater and demanded my money back.
The «huge» main screen, which is used for big premieres, is smaller than a standard U.S. movie theater screen.
The seats, which are assigned and which do not recline, are so small and cramped they will make economy airline seats look like luxury recliners. Not only is there so little leg space that it was painful for my 6’5″ husband to sit in them (for as far as he could sit at all, with his legs very wide, because they did not fit in front of him) but the seat width is absurdly small. I measured it at just under 14 inches, not counting the even narrower part where the round cupholder digs into your skin. For comparison, economy class airline seats are 17 to 19 inches !!
Took us 20 minutes to get a refund as well. After standing in a long line, they needed, in addition to the two receipts I had (regular and credit card) our original tickets, so they could «resell the seats». So even though I had the same credit card and two receipts, and the cashier remembered me, as did the two people at the doors, I had to DIG THROUGH THE GARBAGE CAN to find my torn ticket stubs to get my refund!
And then they had to take another five minutes to process it at various cash registers until they realized only the ones up front where I bought the tickets could accept my American strip-​not-​chip credit card. God knows why the other identical machines could not accept those cards.
What a pathetic theater. Never again.

It’s a cinema, it shows movies, you will be happy if you like this. Thanks for coming all, have a good night.
… What’s that? What are you pointing at? Oh, right, but there’s that three stars hanging above this review. Fine! Ok! I’ll tell you more.
So this is one the giant cinemas right in the heart of Leicester Square. And when I mean giant, I mean giant. Many of the red carpet movie premiers happen right here and it’s a towering grey building overlooking the park. There’s a balcony on the second floor that you can stand out on, food inside and many, many cinemas, including the legendary «big screen,» which is smaller than an IMAX but sometimes doesn’t feel that way, it’s pretty massive.
As others have said though, in the big screen, there are so many seats that if you’re forced to sit back far enough, it feels like a regular screen. Sound is good, seats are comfortable but not amazing. And movies are crazy expensive at night (about £15 a ticket), so you have been warned.
Really, it’s a three star experience. Nothing amazing, nothing horrible, straight down the middle three stars. Happy now!?!

Yes, so… I actually came here and did NOT see a movie on the «big screen.» Oops, maybe that is why my review is better? No hype!
It was also a Wednesday, so for 9 quid I got myself a ticket to Silver Linings Playbook (it’s good!), enjoyed a Costa hot cocoa and was on my way 2 hours later. I like the upscale snacks (can also bring in from Costa, of course), and even though I had to wait in line a bit to get a ticket (The Hobbit has just opened) it was all done fairly efficiently and the chap was friendly. Payable by cash or credit.
For non-​big-​screen-​shows you’ll enter through Costa (to the right of entrance), and it’s a more intimate experience… comfortable, nice spot to see a movie midweek, midday. Glorious movie time of idle minds and snacks.

Crash bang wallop, Skyfall, excellent, huge screen, huge noise (huge price, just don’t go if you don’t want to pay), best seats are the Royal Circle, probably 2^nd row back (front row has wall in front, which might impeded view if you’re a smaller person) highly recommended.

Meh. I don’t seem to be the only one that isn’t that keen on this cinema.
Yes the screen is huge and yes they have a decent sound system… but although the screen is massive, they cram sooo many people into the auditorium that if you are sitting far back… perspective makes the screen look about the same size as a normal theatre.
I’m just not keen on spending so much money (£32-£44 for a couple) for a mediocre film watching experience — You can get tickets to the theatre/​opera/​musicals for less than this!

We take a trip up to town periodically and take in a film followed by a good meal. We find the Odeon a great place and always enjoy the experience. Yes, it is pricey but we choose this form of pleasure as opposed to other costly forms of leisure time activities. Personally, I feel that the price is worth it for the pleasure we get from the Odeon. Comfort, access and always a great film with good sound.

This venue is the place where many previews and premiers are shown and celebrities appear. I was there to see Tin Tin with my family and was shocked to see how expensive it has become! To get a good seat in the Royal cfircle it was £24.40 a ticket! The other seats started at £18 although i did get a concession for my student daughter. Step inside and be prepared to fork out more for candies and drinks. I paid out £20 for 1 coke 1 water, 1 large popcorn and 3 bags of chocolate. On the plus side the cinema screen is huge and the sound is good. The seats were roomy and comfortable so much so that i fell asleep (but that could have been because the film was boring)

Okay I will start this review with context. I have just had my bike nicked, I’m in a pretty shitty mood so I have searched Unilocal for a business that I have been meaning to 1 star for a while to vent on.
This place is a rip off. Excuse me but paying £55 for 3 tickets is criminal. Seriously, I would expect Brad Pitt to come out the screen and kiss me (with tongues) to make this value for money. No cool seats, the screen… mah, I’ve seen bigger, the staff… not the brightest, I had to repeat myself a few times. I know they show premiers here so if you get off on sitting in a seat where some famous person once had their bum bum then go for it. But apart from that, i’d forget it, wait a few months and go to The Prince Charles around the corner for a snip of the price.

All odeon’s i find tend to stick to the same acceptable standards. There is nothing wrong with this place but nothing that makes you want to go there again either.
Going to the cinema is an experience and i’m afraid this place just doesn’t provide that experience for me that i have had elsewhere.

Pricey but good. This is where they have all the premiers so it’s worth a visit just for that. The main screen is quite grand and could do with an update. Apart from that it’s regular Odeon fare. Annoyingly you have to queue outside for tickets, but this is necessary because of the volume of people trying to get in, so best if booked in advance.

Urg!!!
Why did I not listen to my instinct?! Why?!?
Worst cinema experience — and I’m not exaggerating.
First off all the movie I wanted to watch had stopped screening and the nearby cinemas weren’t showing it either so my friend and I decided to catch another film to kill some time.
Tickets were £14. £14 for a non 3D film. I should have walked away then. Extortionate prices!
The film we chose was showing on a ‘Standard Screen’ instead of the ‘Première Screen’ and I thought that was fair enough but…
… Standard screen my ass! The screen (please see picture) was so small — my old high school had bigger screens than that.
Anyone sitting in front of you blocked your view as the cinema isn’t sloped upward and we couldn’t move seats as they’d decided to ruin my cinema experience just a little more by closing off a few rows of seats.
The film started 40 mins after scheduled time. Is that normal?
All the way through the movie you could hear the soundtrack from the film next door.
After the movie, had to use the toilet along with half of the people in the 50 seat theater and then saw there were only 2 toilets and a very long line.
Never again. Smells of tourist trap all over. I should have known better.
Film was shite too. Ha ha ha *cry*

This cinema charged me £14 for a ticket! Yes, £14. FOR. 1. TICKET.
After getting over the intial sticker shock, I did remember that this is *the* theatre used for most big budget Hollywood premeries and was told that the place was massive. So I was expecting a huge screen wtih cushy seats.
What I got was an average movie going experience. There really isn’t anything remarkable about this place other then the fact that its in a tourist trap. I suppose THATS the reason they get away with charging so much!

I do not recommand anyone to go in this cinema.
It looks like people are splitted into two parts: poors and richs. poors buy their tickets around 17£ and go in the upper part of the cinema where they can just perceive the screen whereas the rich sit downstairs.
I felt owned and back several centuries ago in a caste system…
Will never come back there, for sure

Wir haben von Deutschland aus übers internet Karten reserviert. Kreditkarte machts möglich. Vor dem Kino draussen sind die Abholautomaten. Ging alles ganz easy. Das Kino öffnet erst kurz vor FIlmbeginn seine Pforten und hat auch weiter keinen Aufenthaltsraum. Das Kino zeigt 3D Filme, weswegen wir es ausgewählt hatten (Avatar). Wir haben Sitzplätze auf der hinten unteren Ebene gehabt. Man konnte sehr gut sehen, jedoch ist es vermutlich oben netter. Liegt super zentral am Leicester Square, mit vielen Bars und Restaurants drumrum. Würd wieder hingehen!

£17.50. For a movie. After paying that I expected a really good cinema experience and it was pretty standard.
If location counts for a cinema, and I’m not entirely satisfied that it does, its tough to beat. I found the screen rather small (although I tend to see most flicks round the corner at the IMAX so my eyes have evolved to take in a massive screen).
I saw Avatar in 3D and this was the first film I’ve seen in Odeon Digital. There is a clear difference in picture quality. There are no more imperfections on the picture and the projector noise has disappeared. The 3D is very high quality and at one (rather embarrassing point) I thought some rude whippersnapper had stood up in front of me!
All in all, a generally average cinema. The high points were mainly due to the movie, not the place itself. If they are going to charge that sort of price, they are going to have to work harder for my stars I’m afraid!

After a couple days of showing my son around London we decided to take a much needed break and head the the cinema and see The Black Knight.
The price of a good seat is £19.00 which at the time meant about $ 40 USD but you had a specific seat so that was nice.
I really wasn’t that impressed with this place. It was really no better than any other place and the only real difference is it is huge and there is a balcony.
I would say check it out once just to say you have but I would never spend the money to come here again.

The Odeon in Leicester Square is supposed to have the biggest screen in London, I’m not sure if that’s true, but I’ve been told this repeatedly, so until I learn otherwise I’m going to accept that as true. There are things I really like about the Odeon in Leicester Square and things I really hate.
The things I like are that the screen is big, the staff is friendly, and I can reserve my seat. The seat reservation is a real perk because for popular films you don’t have to get there an hour early for a good sit. A little planning ahead and you get to pick the perfect seat and show up just before the film begins.
I things I hate about the Odeon Leicester Square is that the tickets are £13.50 for a show after 6:00 pm, that’s £5 more than the Odeon in my neighbourhood. The second thing I hate is that seats are so close together that you are almost sitting on top of the person next to you and you have zero leg room. If you can plan to sit at the end so you can stick your legs out of the aisle, if you can’t, be prepared for your legs to go numb and your knees to hurt.
I know the screen is big, but there are cheaper and more comfortable theatres and I would rather save my £5 for popcorn and enjoy the film feeling my legs.

Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square is one big movie theatre, and well worth a visit as they always seem to have all of the newest Hollywood productions on the screen.
The cinema itself is centrally — and therefore ideally — located, with restaurants, cafes, night clubs and other cinemas in its immediate surroundings, in the middle of Leicester Square with easy acces from Picadilly Circus, Soho, China Town and Leicester Square tube station.
Ticket prices are not cheap, but at least they do discounts for students and seniors.
Inside the modern construction that is the cinema there are multiple screens where different movies are shown, and there is also a bar where you can have drinks and snacks, that is, if you can stand the noise from the huge plasma screen tv as it always seems to be turned on and showing football for the intertainment of the barman.