Odyssey Cinemas Belfast

Good cinema near titanic. The facilities beside the cinema are a bit disappointing considering its in the SSE arena, not enough restaurants and the bowling is below par but the cinema itself is very good, clean, nice staff and lots of junk food to feast on! There is paid parking, but very reasonable.

I love my films but there’s no better way to watch one than in the vip screenings. Amazing comfy recliner chairs/​sofas, free refills and a lovely little hot chocolate to start the film off in style. It’s the only place I’ll go to watch my favourite new releases. Trust me! pay the extra money it’s worth it!!!

This is a good cinema with comfy seats and good viewing. The VIP screens are brilliant — you get large, soft, reclining chairs and plenty of space around you. You also gets refills on popcorn and drinks if you buy them, and last time I was there at a VIP screen we even got free hot drinks. It’s been a while since I was there so it may be different now — I hope to visit again soon and get VIP tickets.
The cinema has a free club you can join where you get a membership card. You can then use this on a Thursday to get very cheap cinema tickets and a free small popcorn — brilliant!
When I’ve visited the cinema recently it hasn’t been very busy. Maybe it’s because it’s not as central as Movie House or Odeon. However it’s not too far away, and parking is available, so it’s a cinema I’d recommend.

Excellent location for a cinema, just out of the city centre with ample parking on site. Multiple cash machines at the door so no excuse to skip the popcorn.
Excellent seating in the VIP screens assures you if plenty of leg room and no awkward «front or back» crossing, definitely worth the extra charge

The best thing about the Odyssey Cinema is the VIP screenings, I actually go out of my way to go here for that reason. Let me talk you through it.
Firstly it costs £15 per person for a VIP ticket and for this you get free refills on hot drinks, that’s tea, coffee and hot chocolate (with marshmallows), a small bag of sweet or salted popcorn and a small soft drink. But you also get the option to upgrade the popcorn and drink to large for £1.50. That’s not all, you also get to sit of huge leather recliners and you get access to the ‘Directors Lounge’ which is basically a private seated waiting area. Going VIP at the Odyssey is a no brainer for me and it makes the cinema much more of an experience.
There’s plenty of parking and the arena itself is really well sign posted from the City Centre. The only negative I had is that they were a little short staffed when I visited, one of the staff members had to rush from the ticket kiosk to the ‘Directors Lounge’ which left both areas unmanned at times. This may have been because it was a Sunday afternoon and they just about managed because it wasn’t overly busy.
I would suggest trying VIP at the Odyssey, well worth the extra few quid and when you pull that leaver out and your chair/​throne reclines you’ll feel like you’ve hit the big time.

Went to see dawn of the planet of the apes and I’ve some bad experiences in the past in cinemas but this one takes not only the biscuit but the cake too, the air conditioning wasn’t working and the manager thought that it would ok to hand out warm energy drinks and warm bottles of water I personal I’m not one bit happy about the conditions I had to endure to watch this movie I had to sit in a pool of sweat and constantly wipe sweat off my forehead this greatly effected my ability to enjoy this film and I am now questioning whether I will ever to back to this cinema as there are plenty of others around

This is a bit of a mixed bag to be honest. I love the VIP cinema. As other people have said it is a complete and utter genius idea and I can’t get enough of it. You pay an extra couple of quid but its worth it for the comfort and relaxed atmosphere. If you are a cinema fan like I am then you will love it.
On the other hand, this cinema is not the best thought out if truth be told. The ticket and sweets at one till is a complete sham and whoever thought of it should get the sack.
The normal screens are always clean and tidy and well air conditioned.
You can’t ask for more really, but the buying bit is stupid.

I dislike this cinema intensely.
First of all, it’s changed hands that many times that I didn’t actually know it was now called Odyssey Cinema, which doesn’t really fill you with confidence that it’s a profitable venture, does it?
A trip to this cinema can prove to be an expensive night out. If you drive, you have to pay for car parking, the tickets are expensive and the snacks are pretty extortionate. I accept that it’s probably on a par with the Odeon, price-​wise, but I like the Odeon, so we’ll gloss over that, k?
My main problem is with the service to be honest. Two years ago, some friends and I booked tickets to see Indiana Jones. We were quite excited about it (obviously as soon as we saw the film, excitement turned to anger.) so we booked into one of the VIP screens.
We were the last ones into the cinema (thanks to not being able to find a parking space) and so had to split up into two groups of two and sit at opposite ends of the front row.
Now, the VIP screens with their big comfy lazy boy chairs are, on the surface, a good idea, but in practice… well…mine was covered in someone else’s popcorn, which was pretty gross. But back to the point. The seats were too close to the screen. We felt like we were watching a tennis match looking from one end of the screen to the other! Add to that the fact that the perspective was all off because of our proximity to the screen (at one point, Harrison Ford’s face looked like a Picasso) and you’ve got a pretty dreadful cinema experience — that cost £12!
Needless to say, we complained. We were promised free tickets to another screening, but they weren’t going to be VIP tickets. We complained again. Eventually — 6 weeks later — we were given 4 tickets to a VIP screening of our choice. The whole debacle was exhausting and has put me off ever going back.

This cinema gets a bit of a hard time, and I thought I would stand up for i a little! For those concerned about price, this place isn’t as cheap as the beloved Movie House, but it is on par with the Odeons and Omniplex’s in and around Belfast.
The cinema has an easy to use online ticket ordering system which makes things a lot quicker, and guarantees you your cheaper tickets on Tuesday nights for cheapness, and any other night for that matter!
The seats here are good and there is a wide selection of ice cream, sweets, nuts and nachos to stuff your face with, and this place has the best popcorn in any Belfast cnema by miles, Movie House popcorn is like cardboard!
The VIP section is a cool differntiating factor and the seats are really plush indeed, just get there early or you will ed up crammed in the corner like I once was which makes you feel like a NSVIP (Not So Very Important Person!).
For the kids on saturday and sunday mornings there is a cheap £1 film on which is also excellent value!
To sign off I will try and clear up why the cinema keeps changing names and hands: the word on the grapevine is that the owners wanted to rescind their lease because the amount of noise from the Oddysey clubs was filtering up through to certain screens. The owners felt misled about the level of sound proofing and wanted o move it on to someone else to avoid these problems!

I totally thought this cinema was still under the title of ‘Storm cinemas’, but hey, what do I know? Apparently it’s just called ‘Odyssey Cinemas Belfast’. Eh, what?
I only ever go to eh, this cinema (oh, what to refer to it as…) on Crazy Tuesdays, which are apparently now referred to as ‘Tuesday Madness’. Oh what the heck. It’s £2.50 a ticket, which is cheaper than both the Odeon and Moviehouse cinemas by a whole 50p. What can I say? I like a bargain.
The other advantage is the location. Fair enough, the carpark isn’t free, but at only 80p an hour, you could do an awful lot worse. Plus, there’s the added bonus of having lunch /​dinner at Pizza Hut /​La Tasca /​Red Panda, or having a drink in Rockies, or heading to Bambu Beach Club /​Box, or indeed going for a spot of bowling in the Odyssey Bowl.
And now to the two disadvantages.
Firstly, it’s always chock-​a-​block on Tuesdays, and this is exacerbated by the fact that you have to queue to buy your tickets and your food. Grrr… this annoys me so. I just wanna buy a ticket people, don’t make me wait so blinkin’ long!
Secondly, the prices are pretty steep. A student is £4 (same as Moviehouse), but a matinée is £4.50, and an evening showing is £5.80. Yes, £5.80. Ouch… that hurt.
The question is, is it worth it? I’ll leave that choice to you…

VIP area
As much popcorn as you want
A free cup of tea
Sex and the City
Ok so it was never going to be perfect but all in all the VIP area is the best thing about this cinema. You get big leather seats, lots of popcorn and drinks, tea and coffee and you get to feel mildly important. Only problem with this is the fact it is so expensive it’s not even funny. We went for a «date» (but after 4 years its not technically a date) hence the movie, and it was really good but when you have to pay to get out that far in the first place, then pay an extortionist amount for you ticket and then pay to get home, it’s crazy. The cinema would do much better by lowering its prices. Otherwise it’ll go bust.

You can just not justify the expense of this place when the Odeon Cinema comes to B’fast and still remains cheaper. This is really nothing special; it’s like one of those posh restaurants you eat in where the portions are tiny in comparison with the price. The only thing this place has going for it is the VIP area visitors can pay to get into (which technically means they’re not VIP’s!)