Cinemas in central London can be hit and miss at best. But this one is a gem. A good selection of films, comfortable seating and a solid range of food and drink options for before and during the movie. There are ample restaurant choices nearby as well. Always enjoy visiting!!
I’ve watched films here but on this occasion I went in to find a quiet place to work on the laptop for a few hours. The traffic diversion stopped me getting to the British Library. The Curzon was a good substitute. The cafe is spacious with comfy seats. It wasn’t quiet though, the music was really good and I appreciate it along with a really good Americano and piece of lemon and lavender cake. It’s nice to come across different cakes beside the usual offer in most cafes. The WiFi was excellent and overall it’s a good place to work.
Two floors lay beneath the glass ground floor box, which contains a bar and pizzeria. I saw a screening in the intimate Minemar theatre, which contains just 30 seats. Comfortable with good sound quality, it was an enjoyable experience
This is probably one of my favourite cinemas in the area. Many people don’t know about it even though it’s close to Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road. All the screens are located downstairs, the seating is comfortable, and the screens are a good size. It’s a great place to watch a film, and I definitely recommend it.
It's a pokey little venue charging top prices for small screens with cramped seating - definitely a case of style over substance - but we use it because it does show good non main stream films and it is kind of local. Last Thursday we went to see Del Toro's Frankenstein. There was a private drinks reception in the upstairs foyer and the staff were all over the place with the entrance and bars downstairs undermanned and no ushers; all a bit hit and miss. We went into the Phoenix and the programme started with the ads. I'm a bit odd as I like to see the ads as, at times, the cinematography for these, on the bigger screen, is pretty awesome. Then the kerfuffle with the seating started. A woman was seated in the wrong seat in row c, in front of us. When the patron whose seat it was arrived she moved, along with her large collection of bags, to "her seat" further down the row. Five minutes later she had to move again, as she still wasn't in the right seat and, with all her bags, came and sat beside us. I asked her if everything was ok and would she like help making sure she was in her right seat but she said she was fine and she was finally in the right seat. The film started five minutes later and up she jumps, grabs all her bags and goes to leave. As she's leaving she realises she's lost something and then spends the next ten minutes, armed with her phone torch, searching rows c and d for whatever it is she's lost; people getting up and down with people getting their phone torches out to help her, before she finally left. Beginning of the film ruined! I spoke with the Manager, Tom Gibbons, afterwards and he apologised and offered some comps but as I said to him at the time that wasn't the point of my speaking with him and I didn't want comps - the point was that it seemed to me that the drinks reception he was hosting took precedence over the film goer and I suspected that the woman never had a ticket in the first place and snuck in because the staff were focusing on other things. Shame as the film was brilliant but the prelude was spoiled by all the seating shenanigans which should never happen in a venue charging what curzon charge! Looks as if we will have to find another cinema!!!!!!!
Staff so friendly and helpful, and communal areas lovely but some screens badly in need of a refurb. For an arty cinema that's priced accordingly I'm amazed chairs are uncomfortable and don't even have tables or cup holders. Leg room limited unless you're in the front row which is of course too close to the screen. Chairs absolutely filthy. Seating needs a refurbishment ASAP - it's been this way for at least 4 years and it's not good enough.
Fantastic cinema , great decor and lovely people who work there. The cinema screens vary in size and the seat recline just the right amount. They have lovely art house films and you can hire the space for events. Type of place you would make your local cinema if you lived closeby or wanted to have a good cinematic experience.
Very nice cafe, which I visited on many a lockdown day, sitting outside on the terrace overlooking Brunswick Park, having coffee and cake - still only £5.50 to members at this time (November 2022)and well worth it! Curzon home cinema was also a watch at home favourite then and now. Much to recommend this little oasis of Hygge in Bloomsbury!
Very nice screen, staff very pleasant and nice facilities. A warning, the Curzon nationally have a rather unfortunate non refund/exchange policy for tickets, so, try not to be unintentionally Ill or work for the NHS, where you may be called into work at sort notice. If they reviewed this policy, easy five stars.
I've only been the once, in one of the small screens, but I would definitely go again. They show niche films that might not be showing anywhere else, and the atmosphere is cool and intimate. If I had to nitpick, the fridge had JUST been installed, so my Coke was only slightly chilled. A minor blemish on an otherwise good experience.
Curzon Bloomsbury is located at The Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AW, UK
You can contact Curzon Bloomsbury at +44 1233 555644
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