Cineworld Cinemas

Good, comfortable, convenient, if it had a better food selection it would be ideal. Good tend to be on the junk side and service quite slow too, but hey you don’t go to cinema to eat right? :)
Overall good option

This is one of the larger Cineworld locations. The O2 one is still my favourite, but this one is definitely a close second.
Perched atop a large shopping centre, it’s surrounded with plenty shopping and dining options. I go here after work almost weekly and don’t get bored with dinner options, so that’s a good sign.
The cinema itself us always clean and comfortable, staff are professional and courteous and it’s always a good experience. Unless the film is bad… but that’s not really the cinema’s fault, is it.

Terrible customer service– I booked online to see a movie with unlimited card and was late due to a tube strike. The supervisors and manager refused to let me see a different movie at a later time, because the movie I had originally booked had not finished running. They were totally incompetent at fixing the problem and wasted journey for me. I won’t be renewing my unlimited card because they are not capable of helping customers, and offered no help whatsoever.

I’ve never really been one for fancy cinemas. All I need is a big screen and a bucket of popcorn, and Cineworld at Wandsworth has both of those things.
Yes, like all cinemas, the snacks are expensive, (and the hot dogs are weird) but it’s close to home and it plays lots of movies, so it works for me.

Cinema is great, BUT today I had to deal with really SLOW staff.
And as SLOW, I means slow mentally.
I don’t have high expectations from staff in cinema. Where do you want sit? Here. Ok. Print. That’s it.
I understand if regular guys don’t know how to print booked ticket.
So they need to call assistant manager. She doesn’t know what to do. She called manager (Asian guy — unhelpful, repeat himself like parrot or broken record– I don’t know — call customer service, I don’t know how to print ticket, I have error message here, I can not give you other ticket– it’s company policy!) of course nobody pick up customer line on Sunday evening, I hang there for 20 mins.
* I’m unlimited customer for 4 years and generally very patient with staff everywhere, but this was so bad I had to write review: D

This is my local cinema and, as a Cineworld card holder, I have visited many times over the last six months or so, more and more so recently! I have definitely had mixed experiences, but on the whole positive ones. Basically, it is just what you would expect from a main-​name cinema chain.
The Cinecard itself is a great draw, as for only around £16/​month you can see as many films as you like, plus you get 10% off food and drink. There is also the bonus of a Ben and Jerry’s counter, which we almost always pay a visit to when seeing a film, and on the last two occasions we have had very generous servings (once even to the point that I thought she had misunderstood me and given me a size up!). Although there was one particularly slow staff member a few weeks ago who had to check every box for the flavour name each time, even as you were pointing it out to her and saying ‘that one, it’s THAT one right there!!!’ — this created quite a queue but generally people could see the funny side for the poor woman. I have not seen her on the counter again thank goodness!
The staff are generally nice, helpful, and chatty if you show any interest in wanting a chat. The ticket machines are helpful during busy times, though it did take us a while to get our heads round them!
Unfortunately, for some of the more independent or specialised films they tend to have very short runs of only a few days and at awkward times, but overall I’m happy that this is the cinema that is only a short bus ride away. It’s not five stars only because of all the snazzy bits and bobs that more independent cinemas can offer, but for a Cineworld chain cinema it’s really not bad.

Cineworld was my favourite brand of cinema until they introduced the allocated seating which has completely ruined the experience for me and my friends.

2+ years on from my last review, and things here have improved!
We moved out of the UK for just over a year and back again and in that time someone at Cineworld got their crap together. Both as a chain (through improved booking abilities, etc.) and on the local level (through more competent staff) things are on the up. The huge queues to get tickets are gone, the snack bar is staffed a bit better (wait times are a bit shorter), and the place overall has had a bit of a spruce up, and the management is visible and active. Since we came back last summer, things at Wandsworth have been consistently good!
The big thing for the chain overall is that Unlimited members can now book online and print tix from the automated machines. This is such a positive change and makes getting in a million times easier. I still recommend joining Unlimited if you see 2 or more movies on average a month as the deal is still great — plus now you get additional discounts on snacks and, after a year, no 3D charges.
Over the past couple years this Cineworld seems to have made a great effort to serve its customers better. I appreciate that!

Cinema is close to home so that is all i need popping out to go watch a good movie. I usually go to the late showings and even then its busy. There are a lot of showing screens. The service is ok but room for improvement. One down fall is the queue for snacks is ridiculous it just builds up in seconds because the cashiers are VERY SLOW with little life in them. Other than that its a great place to take the kids to watch movies early Saturday morning that’s always a winner.

a very large cinema in the southside complex, it has all the blockbusters and a few rooms for screening of bollywood films. its free to park after 7pm as long as you validate your ticket at the cinema booth on the way out. There are a number of restaurants on the outside if you prefer to eat first. The popcorn is fresh and not rubbery but again expensive for what it is. def recommend to watch a film here

I am making the most of my Cineworld card here. I figure I’ll hit them all eventually.
I say this to lay down my credentials as a Cineworld theatre expert, having experienced at least three at this point. So I think I know what I am talking about.
This one is hidden at the long end of a mall. It tends to play the movies that aren’t playing in the other theatres (either at all or they’ve already been pushed out of the main ones and are only playing on the edges.)
We actually dealt with a bit of annoyance. We booked our tickets through the Cineworld App but our reference code never showed up. So we went up to the ticket counter to collect the tickets, and the girl at the counter just could do it. Even though we showed her both of our cards, no go. She eventually had to wait for her manager to come (which means we had to wait for her manager when our movie was starting) who came down and just said, «Yeah, print them tickets. It’s fine.» Ugh. Ah cinema workers.
Beyond that though, it’s your basic cinema. Large screens, comfortable seats, good sound, it was fine. Nothing amazing, nothing horrible. Just your OK Average experience.

This is my absolute favourite cinema! Great location with a huge variety of Restaurants and High Street brand shops in the same centre.
I regularly book the VIP tickets because they seat you in a small room with 12 seats and dedicated sound system so the sound is perfectly clear! 90% of the time myself and my friends have had the VIP box to ourselves! The VIP tickets also give you access to the bar where you can buy alcoholic drinks to take in with you to the room.
Great selection of Pic’n’Mix and I always end up spending a fortune on sweets lol
If you sign up for a Cineworld account you save 10% on all tickets when you book online and for £14.99 a month you get unlimited visits (This doesn’t include VIP tickets).

Cineworld’s cinema at Wandsworth has a large number of screens, including a few large ones. This means it can show a high number of films at any time. Those are its main strengths.
The weaknesses are its staff, which tend to be elusive just when you need them most (i.e. when stuck in a long queue for a ticket 5 minutes before the film is due to start) and the fact that as a Cineworld cinema, the celluloid diet to be had is a comparatively mainstream one.
Still, overall the range of screens and films to be found here make it worth traipsing to. Just consider turning up an 5 – 10 minutes earlier than you might otherwise to mitigate the sloppy staffing of ticket and snack desks.

Use the disabled toilet instead of the main ones if u have a little one is my only grumble really. Reasonably priced. Loads of screens. Great selection of films and times. £1 movie on sat morning is fab for kids.

Very much like every other multiplex in a multiplex chain; the clientele here at least seems to be a little bit more grown up at weekends than some others. See VonTurbos excellent review for some top tips.

It’s a Cineworld. You’ve been to a Cineworld. You know what to expect.
End of review.
And beginning of top tips!
If you live in Wandsworth, like cinema, and don’t own one of those Cineworld Unlimited cards, you, my friend, are a fool. For about £15 a month you can see as many movies as you like. Watch two and you’re winning. Watch more than five in a month and you feel guilty you’re ripping them off.
The food here is usual cinema fodder. Overpriced. Downstairs there is a Poundland that will sell you industrial quantities of snackage for nice, round quantities of money. The staff are pretty cool so you won’t get checked, unless you’re gonna be a dick about it. But often there is nothing better than a bladder destroying cinema bought gigantopop.
If you’re gonna see two movies, buy your tickets at the same time. Simple. The queue can get pretty epic.
Often you can avoid the queue by buying your ticket at the ice cream stand. Only if the staff know how to do this though. If they look new, go for the regular queue.
By the screens are those phone dangler vending machines. If you’re on a date, buy her one of the Hello Kitty rings. She’ll love it’s cute, tacky charm. (Mine did, but then she is weird /​awesome.)
Keep your 3D glasses! Bring them to any 3D movie you see. They’ll charge you for them if you don’t!

This is a perfectly good cinema. It shows lots of films. It has many screens. It sells popcorn. I still reel when a ticket costs more than a tenner (3D) but alas, that is true of London everywhere. It’s easily accessible from the shopping centre and car park. It has a big spacious foyer and is surrounded by places in which to eat. After 7pm, they will validate your parking ticket so it’s free. The chairs are comfortable.
But:
Allow 20 minutes to buy food. My friend forsook ice cream because she had to wait too long.
The staff here are among the most miserable and slow I have ever come across. It was painful to watch and be served by them, and if I am paying a tenner to watch a film, I think I deserve more than someone muttering at me grumpily and taking half an hour to put popcorn in a bag.
And their card machine didn’t read my card resulting in waiting in a line to buy a ticket I’d already bought.
Bah. Sorry Cineworld.

This chain is great because of its subscription card. If you enjoy film and go to the cinema regularly, a nominal monthly payment (I think it’s £13.50 now — when I started it was £9.99), you can visit as much as you like. In fact, you can visit any Cineworld (except the central London four — that costs a little extra) in the country. And with 14 screens here, there is always quite the variety. Although why so many Tamil films and so few indie/​arthouse?
I never eat the snacks, so I wouldn’t know about their bar, etc. As there is a Waitrose and Sainsbury’s within walking distance, we simply choose our snacks there and try and dodge the ‘bag Nazi’. If you weren’t aware, they don’t have the right to search your bag, even if they have printed a sign to that effect

Pretty decent cinema. Nothing special — spacious lobby. Located inside the shopping centre, so is very convenient. Lots of cashiers, so even large queues most fast.
Decently clean theatres with good image/​sound during the movie. Nothing to complain about.

Nice cinema, not noisy, medium sized.
On the snacks and food side it has got popcorn and all the norms, state of art projection and good seating.
Disabled facilities; ramp to get in, toilets and access to 2 screens with spaces for wheelchair users
On sat morning usually 10.00a.m, if you are looking for cheap films for young ones, they as well as you can catch a film for a pound each

Going to the the movies can be sooooo expensive these days so if you love a great movie on the big screen you are in a tight corner. Here is the solution, get an UNLIMITED CINEWORD MOVIE CARD. It costs only £11−99 per month for 12 months to watch unlimited ammounts of movies. Cineworld is a chain so there are cinemas all over London.
IT’S ALWAYS BETTER ON THE BIG SCREEN

I recommend going to cineworld to watch the Movies 4 Juniors on saturday mornings. Every Saturday any film shown at 10.00am is only £1 per ticket. Bargain
The films are of a high standard but tend to be ones that may have just been released on DVD rather than ones still showing normally in cinemas but its a great excuse to be able to take the kids to the cinema without having to spend about £20 for the whole family to go!