Odeon

Possibly the worst cinema i’ve ever been to.
Expensive.
Awful
Service is crap
All the best seats are premier. Every seat in the frickin cinema is practically premier! It sucks.

Great cinema to go and catch a film. Been around for years. I did feel as though the staff are pretty lifeless when I was last there. Not too interested in what they are doing. But comfortable seats and generally quite tidy.

I visited this cinema when i visited Oxford. Not impressed at all, and has to rank as the worse Odeon cinema i have been to. The cinema smelt really bad, and it smelt as though they had tried to mask the smell with a freshener of some sort. The seats would have been comfortable, had they been cleaned. It looks obvious that they do not clean them between viewings. They had litter on the floor, and the seats were covered with popcorn. The arm rests were pretty grotty, and sticky to the touch.
Don’t plan on ever coming here again… Lucky I felt the film was ok, otherwise it would be 1 star!

Oh my goodness going to the cinema, especially on a weekend, in Oxford is a nightmare. You MUST book and even if you do you’ll probably have to queue to pick up your tickets. It’s always chaos here and the screens just seem far too small for a city so packed with students and young people. Oxford really needs to build another cinema or make this one bigger. The one on Magdalen street has one great screen, but this obvioulsy only ever benefits one film at a time. Beside the overcrowding problems, this cinema is like any other, small, Odeon.

Going to the cinema in Oxford city centre is not particularly fun, especially on a weekend. This place is cramped, expensive, and you need to book early to have any chance of getting a ticket. The ticket booths in the cinema are quite small and so queues develop quickly, and the small size of the cinema means that there isn’t a huge amount of choice. Still, it’s the only cinema in the centre of Oxford, so if you want to see a film and can’t be bothered to walk up to Jericho or down Cowley Road, or to drive to one of the out-​of-​town places, this is your only option.

The George Street Odeon Oxford has a surprisingly small entrance, but is the big brother of the Magdalen Street Odeon. This hosts all the current popular films and is pretty typical of Odeon cinemas. It often shuts during the day, so getting tickets in advance can be awkward, although the internet has made this easier. It’s definitely advisable to book in advance for popular films, especially at the weekend. Some films allow you to pick your seats, which means no stressing about getting there earlier in order to get a good view, although it can cause problems for people who sit in the wrong seats because they’re not used to such systems. The queues move quickly and the staff are all friendly. There are definitely too few toilets, but they’ve done well given the limited space of the building. There’s pick and mix sweets and an ice cream/​milkshake stand, so plenty to keep you fed during the film. Tickets are fairly expensive, but they offer reduced prices for students, and the cost is not out of proportion with Oxford prices in general.