UA Cinema Windsor House

This theatre is very convenient. That, I think is the biggest selling point with this theatre unfortunately. I mean it’s not bad, but it also isn’t spectacular. They have renovated in the last few years but I think in HK, we really are spoiled for choice. We came here about a year ago, what I didn’t like about this theatre is that web you go outside to wait for a friend to arrive after the movie starts, the waiting area isn’t very nice. It’s meh.
The seats are not as comfy as some of the other newly renovated ones either.
The food selection at the concession stand was a little disappointing. The popcorn we got was cold and not yummy, I think maybe because not a lot of people come here thus it isn’t as fresh as it normally should be with regular flow of customers. I think mine was actually a little stale. Ahh how I miss good popcorn.
The redeemable part about this is that they have a pretty big selection of movies. They have older movies showing as well as the newest blockbusters.
This wouldn’t be my top choice of movie theatre but at least you can find seats easier.

Hong Kong has many fine cinemas, but unfortunately, I don’t think that the UA Cinema in Windsor House is one of them. Many of their competitors have huge multiplexes, with state of the art digital projection equipment, and the best in surround sound. Unfortunately, again, I don’t think that that UA Cinema in Windsor House is one of them.
UA Cinemas have loads of sites across Hong Kong, and many of their cinemas are fantastic. However the Windsor House site is very small, with only three screening theatres, each holding a maximum of 78 people. There is a snack concession stand, but no bar.
The staff are friendly and courteous, but they only ever seem to put one person at the ticket counter (despite having three tickets counters). This means that if the person in front of you is buying tickets for the rest of the week, gift vouchers, or 3D glasses, you may be in for a bit of a wait.
However, there is one huge saving grace to this little black sheep of a cinema. A real bonus that makes it one of my favourite cinemas, and a real kick in the teeth for the big boys. This cinema shows older films. I don’t mean it shows black and white Rock Hudson movies, iI mean movies that have maybe been in the theatres for a month or more.
What happens with the big flagship theatres, is that they turn the movies too fast, so if it’s not a massive Hollywood blockbuster, the movie will last maybe a week or two tops. If you happen to be away from HK for that week, then tough, it’s gone and you have to wait for the DVD. UA in Windsor House seems to pick up these movies once they’ve left the mainstream multiplexes, and gives you a better shot of seeing them. They also pick up some of the «midstream» movies, or foreign titles. A good example was Snowpiercer, a pretty obscure Korean movie shot in English based on a French comic. No one showed it but Windsor House!
Definitely check them out if you need to have a movie catch up.