Curzon Mayfair

2 screen cinema set in the middle of Mayfair. Going to this cinema from Green Park you wind through the back streets filled with restaurants and pubs it areas feels very quaint and is you have stepped through time.
Entering the cinema it’s like something of another era, there is a box office as you enter on the left then the room is almost split in two with a big bar on the left and stairs to the main screen on the right up some stairs. Screen 2 is nearer the front up a steep set of stairs, musta have been the balcony back in the day.
Old style seating, if you sit near the back the screen will seem quite small by you will get a good view and lots of leg room no matter where you sit.

Went here to see the Bond movie in screen 2. The room is very small maybe a hundred seats if that many (probably less). Admittedly, we got there too late to get good seats so advise you to go early if in screen 2. The bar is good and you pick you up your tickets from there or just use the email on your phone. It is a relaxed venue and more adult than a massive cinema but the experience is more mellow as well. I would recommend it for dates rather than large group of friends and seating is tight. Enjoy!

I have often walked past the Curzon Mayfair and thought it was a unique location to have a cinema. I had always looked for an opportunity to go in and this week… I finally did!
I am a big James Bond fan. Seen ‘em all. Many times. In the case of Live and Let Die… Hundreds of times! So. Spectre is out. First night. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to don a suit, head to a classy Mayfair cinema and enjoy one of my favourite film franchises in big screen, big surround sound glory. At least… That’s what I expected.
And I was sorely disappointed.
Ticket prices for two were £31. For that, I was not able to book the seats… For all I knew, I couldn’t even sit next to the person I went with!
Drinks at the bar — £20 for a glass of bubbly, Pepsi for me and a small packet of crisps. Ouch.
That’s sort of forgivable. But I still felt like Curzon were taking the piss.
The worst part? Upon entry to Screen 2 (which incidentally smelled exactly the same as an airplane toilet) I was shocked to see how small the theatre was. I was angry to the point that I felt like there should have been some warning online about how tiny it was. We are in Mayfair here guys. People quite literally have bigger screens in their homes around here!
The screen was figuratively the size of a 1970’s portable. And guess what? Every time a customer got up to get a drink, 60% of the screen was lost from the projector being obscured. Shocking. And the sound was of comparable puniness.
I was looking forward to this. The total spend between two people was £90+ for movie and some drinks. Should I steal it from the web next time? Watch it at home with an actual bottle of Dom Perignon?!? It’s pretty much the same price kids…
I won’t. I don’t steal movies and music. It leaves less money in the pot to make good entertainment. But y’get m’point?

A bit of a trek from Green Park Station, through Shepherd’s Market (which has a nice village-​like feel, a charming small square tucked away between Piccadilly and Curzon Street).
The Curzon Mayfair has a huge screen 1, with really comfortable seating, and a smaller screen 2 up narrow stairs.
Been a few times for premieres and Q&A’s. Premieres are more intimate here and you get more chance to see the stars arriving, and even bumping into them in the small area outside the cinema or in the small foyer.

What a beautiful cinema!
I visited the Curzon for a special occasion: the gala screening of «The Hundred Foot Journey» with a handful of other Unilocalers. That event was handled by the cinema really beautifully and spoke well to the general level of the place.
The seats are big and comfortable. I was seated in the last row and the back 2 rows are especially huge and armchair-​like. No place in the theatre is a bad seat. The screen is huge and the sound was great.
Although a bit different from some of the other «classic» movie houses in central London, I really like the Curzon and hope to catch the odd film there in future!

Located fairly opposite the Royal Saudi Arabian embassy, the Mayfair Curzon Cinema is probably one of the very best in central London, and the area is much more pleasant in comparison to Leicester Square.
From time to time, the Curzon Mayfair does have Gala screenings and film première red carpet events.
In the past, the film premieres at Curzon Mayfair which were, «Cloud Atlas», «Now is Good», «Holy Motors», «Now is Good», «The Heat» — (Sandra Bullock film), «The Two Faces of January» and «The Other Woman» (Cameron Diaz film)
Well, to have a Curzon Cinema in the heart of London’s upscale Mayfair district, is such an ideal venue of arts and culture.

I love a unique cinema experience.
It’s really depressing that all cinemas you go to during day-​to-​day life begin to look the same. That you get the same experience in one that you do on the other side of town. I say no! I want my theatres to have heart, class, something that makes going to that one in that neighbourhood special.
This is how I felt going into the Curzon Mayfair, a unique cinema experience.
This is the original and flagship theatre of the Curzon brand. There are only two screens in the whole place, but the one I went to (number 1) could hold up to 500 people.
When we climbed the stairs to enter the theatre, I had a, «wow» moment. The whole thing is a throwback to the 1960’s — the tiles on the ceiling, the carpet on the floor, even the architecture of the building. All very era-​bygone. But it also create the grand feeling of a monster room. There are even two two Royal boxes if you really want to go all out.
Chairs were comfortable, sound was great, screen was clear.
My only real issue is the lobby, which is separated into a few sections but all too small to hold 500 people for a premier. I’m sure on most night-​to-​night screenings, it is fine for the crowd, but they pride themselves on their ability to do big shows or galas (like the one I went to) and I felt jostled and packed in until I got into the theatre — and I didn’t even try for a drink at the bar.
Overall, great place to see a movie. I’d come back here any time.

While not quite up to the Curzon Soho standard, this is a cute little independent cinema. Screen 1 is a classic Art Deco palatial cinema, while screen 2 is a tiny theater that feels like some Hollywood producer’s private screening room from the 30’s. It makes for an intimate experience with relatively comfy and plush chairs, but definitely not the place you’d want to see some new blockbuster.
It’s worth it to call ahead to find out which screen the movie you want to see is playing on, as there’s a big difference in the experience of each screening room.
The bathrooms are Art Deco to a T. There’s a small bar in the lobby, where they have a decent collection of drinks and snacks, just not quite as hip or as homy as the Curzon Soho.

They charge £12 for a ticket and £4 for some nuts. Mind you the nuts are £4 because they are special Curzon nuts. The staff are clearly miserable and tired. The seats are small, the auditorium freezing. While we were having our coffee we heard the staff slagging off the customers as well as the management. We told the manager, a foreign girl with glasses, that the room was really cold and she just shrugged her shoulders and walked away. I am not stepping my foot in a Curzon again.

You go and do even the most mundane of things in Mayfair and realize, Wow. It’s really nice here. Or at least that’s what happens when I find myself just going about ordinary life in this slice of upscale London.
Catching a movie at the Curzon’s a good example of what I’m trying to convey. I’ve been to this cinema a couple of times. They feature a good line up of films and the seats are super comfy and spacious. The bar’s a bit better stocked than most, and it (along with the lobby) is actually a gorgeous example of mid century interiors (I love the sculpted muraled, wall lining the way to the marbled toilets. Yeah, at the end of the day it’s just a cinema simply a cut above what I’ve come to expect from the vast majority of cinemas in this town. And fortunately, unlike much on offer in Mayfair, the prices are the same as pretty much any other London screening room.

I recently visited this cinema for the first time for the live broadast of the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein. I’m very glad we got to see the show at this place as it is an excellent venue. It’s rare to find a cinema amongst all the chains that treats its patrons as adults, but with a decent bar with an area for schmoozing pre-​show and a well-​kept theatre (at least in Screen 1), that is just what you get. The angular stone walls inside the theatre reminded me of some sort of 70s sci-​fi show (think Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica) and the seats were plush and comfortable. This a lovely place which I will keep on the radar for future cinema outings.

Curzon Mayfair, it feels like you’re limping along after former glory as one of the original London cinemas.
I’ve been to the Curzon a few times now, on week nights and Sunday evenings and have yet to visit on potentially more popular nights such as Thursday — Saturday. There have been a maximum of 30 people or so each time I have visited and tickets are quite expensive, even with a Cineaste membership it is £9.50 a ticket, £12.50 for someone with no membership.
Having spent a bit of time in Clapham Picturehouse, and other types of purposefully designed cinemas such as the Everyman chain, I’ve felt very disappointed with the Curzon, it’s genre specific choice of films (art house, mostly), the prices and it’s lack of atmosphere. It always feel like the place is closing down, even before a couple of films are about to kick off, none of the buzz you get in Clapham Picturehouse. At the Mayfair Curzon you can’t even take wine glasses or beer glasses into the cinema which is a little patronising, they have to be served in plastics.
I regret becoming a member but will continue to visit as long as it’s my local cinema — not worth trekking to. I miss the picture houses :-(

The photo here is not the Curzon Mayfair but the one in Soho.
This is an elegant cinema, plush and fine. Sound is fantastic.
Good places to eat in Shepherd’s Market nearby which is lovely too.

Great cinema — tucked away down the road from Green Park tube, you feel like you’re entering another world
It’s hard to put your finger on, but really feels like you’re stepping outside of London.
Good selection of arty films here too, if that floats your boat.

About as far away from a ‘mainstream’ cinema as you can get: quite a tired 70s building, a short and wide auditorium and off-​circuit films difficult to find anywhere else. This is similar to ‘The Gate’ in Notting Hill, although with the exception of the location, not quite as posh.
Situated on Curzon Street in the heart of Mayfair and equidistant from Hyde Park Corner and Green Park tubes, it’s obvious that the place hasn’t changed an awful lot in the time it’s been going (it really did bring back memories of long-​demolished 70s buildings — orange décor being a prime example!) However, it does have several notable good points:
1) All the clientele are rather nice — no scallies screaming or running from one screen to the next.
2) Very convenient to get to and great to go on from for something to eat afterwards.
3) Unusual films (including the Metropolitan Opera’s live HD tranmissions from New York on Saturday evenings.
Essentially, if the idea of going to the Odeon on Leicester Square fills you with dread, this is a good place to come for an undisturbed, no hassle evening.

This Mayfair branch was the original of London’s Curzon cinema chain and maybe it’s owing to this legacy that it’s often chosen as the location for the Curzon’s premiers and Q & A events. The advanced screenings here really are far ahead of any where else (I watched a film on January 4^th not out for general release until the 29^th) but, for most of us at least, getting to Mayfair can be a bit of a pain.
The Mayfair crowd is what you would expect– I felt very dressed down in my skirt and jumper in comparison to a lot of the people around. I never knew cinema-​going was such a fashion event! I think the cinema was expecting a few VIP’s and so they roped off the small seating area by the bar. Unfortunately because no one could sit down and they only opened the screen doors at the last minute, everyone was forced to stand uncomfortably around the doors. When you consider that the cinema seats around 500 you can appreciate how squashed we all were.
Nonetheless, the Curzon Mayfair is still a lovely cinema. The bar is well stocked for anyone fancying a glass of wine or some posh snacks and there are even Royal box seats upstairs for those with a big budget. The seats themselves are very comfortable and well spaced. The films here are usually a high quality and if you’re on the ball you can get tickets to some really great events.

The Curzon Mayfair is, by any standard, a beautifully well-​equipped cinema tucked away in an elegantly understated corner of town. Prices are high and the programming is on the better side of mainstream, appealing to the well-​heeled upper middle class set that frequents its environs. I have only been here twice: once for a screening of the LFF, once for a Curzon screening, and both times I was quite put off by how inaccessible the area is by bicycle. By the time I’ve arrived I am ready to return home. I can imagine tolerating this ordeal better if the films showing there merited the element of event but they rarely do.

I’m always on the lookout for unusual cinema and screening spots, as I feel like the overall experience of such an outing is fairly important if you’re making an evening of it. I went to Curzon Mayfair a couple of days ago to see Changeling and I wasn’t disappointed.
Okay, it draws a sloane crowd, but the 1960s décor and large seats certainly make up for it. The bar too gets things started in the right direction too. There are even royal boxes, not that you’d be able to afford them in your lifetime though: as a private art-​house venue, expect high prices. I paid a scorching £12 for my humble pew. Ouch.

This is a brilliant cinema!
In my opinion it is the best of all the curzon cinemas. It does only have 2 screens, but there is less hustle-​and-​bustle of other curzon cinemas (soho, renoir, richmond ect). I have found that the design of the cinema itself is unique, with a cave-​like ceiling in the main screen, and organic shapes and lines throughout the cinema.
The atmosphere of the cinema is great, it feels like those smokey cinemas in old films, and has a very cool atmosphere which I love, and regret to see that no other cinema seems to hold.
The Curzon Mayfair is the original Curzon cinema, opening in the 30s, and has been one of Britain’s most important art-​house cinema, since its opening, encouraging and exhibiting both UK and international art-​house films.
There is a well-​stocked bar on-​sight, as well as many other pubs, restaurants and bars in the surrounding area that cater to all price ranges.

I don’t know how old this cinema is, but you’d swear the ‘70s exploded all over it. It’s organic, autumn-​coloured, with big, plush seats. Wider than it is long. The concession stand probably serves more wine than fizzy drinks. Definitely not the space-​mall stadium-​seating of the modern Vue cinemas.
It suits the sort of smaller-​release, arthouse and independent films they often show here, though. It’s a fun theatre. I was here yesterday for a screening that was part of the London Film Festival (
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