We arrived early and found glasses of water on the tables (positioned between the cinema seating). The menus were in slots below the tables and there were lighting bars under the tables to allow you to read menus without disrupting the customers next to you. There are paper slips on which you write your order and slots to pop the order slip into. While the pre show clips were running we selected our drinks from the large menu, root beer for Nic and a glass of Pinot Grigio for me. Followed by our meal order of good old burgers then warm home baked cookies. The cinema has table/ at your seat service so just before the main film started the waitress took our slip/ order and scooted off. Soon my glass of wine appeared so I could sip and watch Bond at the same time. I thought I could get used to this!
However, it soon appeared that the downsides outweigh the upsides for me. The waiting staff running around during the movie is distracting, as hard as they try to not disrupt you can't help but be distracted. When your food arrives, you can't actually see it- so you kind of fumble around the bowl trying to find a chip or the burger and hope you aren't decorating your clothing with ketchup. Oh, and I hate hearing people eat- it makes me cringe. So, when the lady right next to me orders a salad and sits there crunching through her lettuce leaves like a freaking hyper rabbit for ten minutes- I am just about ready to leap out my seat and throw her salad across the room!
The movie was pretty good, the food passable and the staff were brilliant along with great company from my gorgeous man. A great date night but next time I will stick to popcorn and giant fizzy drink to accompany my movie.
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reckon the cinema in winnersh is better with its fully reclining seats they are wonderful :)
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