Showcase Cinema

Fresh look after the recent refit. Now with leather seats and ample leg room– best of all the seats recline in two directions.
Now very popular which is no surprise, best the queues by doing card payment yourself at the ticket desk.

Other then the fact that it is a bit hard to get to and there is not much else around, I do prefer this cinema. It benefits from a huge FREE car park which is a major bonus when you consider the price of parking in Reading town centre. I found the prices to be more or less on the same lines as Vue and Odeon. They do offer loyality cards and membership for discounted prices. The place is well staffed and never have to wait long for service both on the ticket counter and the food and drinks counter even on busy nights. The actual cinema’s are always comportable, nice and clean and same goes for the toilets, so all round I would say this is a pretty decent cinema to go to and I do prefer it to others.

Showcase has the advantage of a large, free carpark and discounted tickets on a Tuesday with their loyalty card (alongside Orange Wednesdays). A recent revamp means several of the screens are quite luxurious, though not quite reaching Vue’s standards.
It’s true that the car park does have a flood weakness, but this usually only happens once or twice a year. We tend to go a couple of times a month and we’ve never had issues with crime, but then we always park at the front.

When we go to this cinema we find good foot and leg space and warmth. However on a couple of occasions recently we have had inconsiderate yougsters who come in late and make a lot of noise giggling and hitting people on the back of the head when going to their seats. Once I could allow but it seems to be the «done thing» these days in defiance of normal society.
Otherwise we enjoy our experience.
When the films finish, we go over to the George pub for a good meal before going home.
If you come out late, that is unfortunate… If you know prior to going that the film ends late then eat first at the George. This is on Loddon Bridge.

Waste of money. Go to vue in the town centre.

Pretty good cinema, average prices — there is not much else around though so if you wanted dinner then i hope you like reconstituted animal-​hoof hot-​dogs!
The huge carpark is free but is prone to flooding which massively reduces the available number of spaces unless you want to swim to the front door — I’m not joking, this place has been submerged.
The area is really crappy too and full of nasty little scroats, so unless you get a space right outside the front you should be aware that some or all of your car may be missing after your movie.
This is not an over-​exagerration, I parked directly in front of a security camera and my car was broken into (and the b*stards sat in it and ate their McDonalds!)
The staff then told me that the cameras are a deterent and not fit for purpose — this may have changed but I haven’t been back to find out.

never had a problem with this cinema, always clean and its so much better than the Odeon one in Bracknell. the seats are more comfy here!
ONLY problem — theres no where to eat before hand except for the george on the opposite side which its a small pub. nice fod though. good for over 18s

Location is a bit out of the way but there is plenty of free parking, the cinema is a good size and has plenty of food and drink to choose from. Staff are all really nice and helpful

Nice big cinema, with large free car park, tickets are over priced, but not as much as other places.
Friendly, helpful staff — There were two groups of people having a rather loud argument during the film last time I was there which obviously ruined the movie for everyone, staff came in and sorted it out quite quickly and we watched the rest of the movie, but then, as we were leaving the screen they were by the doors handing out complimentary tickets to make up for the disruption, we were very impressed.
Big choice of drinks/​food/​sweets etc.
They have upgraded a few of their screens so there are big, comfy leather seats in some but not in others, so its luck of the draw on which one you get.
Recommended.

Good size cinema but very overpriced on tickets and food! Relatively comfortable seats.

Showcase cinema is a fairly large cinema complex with roughly ten screens and 2 or 3 brand new leather seated cinemas. Although everything is overpriced with an adult ticket costing £7.25 and kids costing £5.25 and increasing avery month, going to see a movie their is still a very enjoyable experience for both old and young.