Event Cinemas

I usually visit gold class and was given free tickets to dead pool so we just rolled with the normal cinema. I was expecting to be disappointed with the quality of my «movie experience» I guess…
BUT I wasn’t ! We knew that the normal cinemas can be quite busy, so we booked online using the vouchers we’d been given. When we got there the queue to pick up online orders was MASSIVE ! As was the normal ticket line… it was Valentines day, I don’t know if this made a difference as like I said, on the rare occasion I go to the cinema we usually pay the extra 10 dollars for gold class. At first I was very annoyed, but the cinema staff were doing an amazing job at getting the queue moving so fast. Honestly the queue was going out the door and it only took all of 10 minutes to get to the front. I am so thankful for their speedy staff because dead pool was an awesome movie and would’ve hated to miss the start !
As for gold class, I’ve always enjoyed gold glass, the seats are comfy the screen quality is great. They have a good menu and they provide you with blankets !
Thank you event cinemas queen st for never failing us !

5 stars for the dramatic architecture
2 stars for the service/​bathrooms.
The building is quite simply amazing. This would have to be the most dramatic movie theater I have ever seen. I came here to see Star Wars the Force Awakens and was more impressed by the sci-​fi bridges and architecture in the theater than i was with the planet killer bridges and architecture in the Star Wars movie.

Event Cinemas never seem to have enough staff and the bathrooms always seem to be a disaster, there is never enough toilets, they are dirty and often in some state of disrepair.

We are on vacation in Auckland and our kids wanted to watch a movie. The Event Cinemas Queen Street is conveniently located by many hotels. We appreciated the special family rate ($ 50NZ for 2 adults + 2 children). The theatre had comfortable seats and it was convenient the seats are chosen ahead of time so we knew we would be able to sit together.

Good wine list and food offering — comfy seats — amazing kapit desert offering loved that the most!!!

Even though we are Westies we have always liked to come to this particular Events cinema to watch any movie. I guess in that respect you could kind of call it my «local cinema «as it too was the one I frequented for many years when living in and around the city. We find it always pretty clean, which is really good as in the past have been in theatres where it would look like there had been popcorn fights take place and no-​one bothered to clean it up., the staff are for the most part good when dealing with, having the area upstairs where you can buy any drinks etc is a plus especially if the main area is busy busy. On top of all this the seats are comfy which is an essential requirement when watching a movie.
We belong to the Cineclub, so get all the good deals that come with belonging to that. I would recommend if you do go to the movies a bit to join. Well worth it. Have never been into the Gold Class here though so I guess that will be time for an update when we finally do!

With a large selection of screens (widescreen and IMAX) and showing the most recent Hollywood blockbusters, Indian and Chinese films, Event Cinema on Queen St is a great place to watch a movie. Seating options include regular and. gold class. If you pre-​purchase your tickets online, you don’t need up queue at the counter, just use one of the machines in the foyer to print them. The escalators and lifts are a bit confusing and the whole building is like a badly designed spaceship (good luck trying to find the toilets), but once you get used to it, you’ll be fine.

a ok place to go for a movie if you have a discount voucher. Otherwise — overpriced due to location.
saw customers put legs on the back /​headrests of the front seats… which was not the cinema’s fault, but still was quite shocking for me…
to sum up — typical mass place

I love gold class… but the staff keep forgetting to being my beers halfway though…

Wednesday mastercard holder movie deal — tickets only $ 11 plus free popcorn! Absolute bargain!
The cinemas themselves are about as good as you get in Auckland and there are enough of them to offer plenty of session times.
Only downside is having to pay for parking in town :(Event should do a deal with one of the nearby car parks!

I’m only here for the cheap Tuesday movies, yes every other Events cinema in Auckland offers them but I have no choice especially when I’m at uni. I just waddle across the road to the cinemas pay $ 10 and watch a movie of my choice. The cinema isn’t the best in the world but the central location makes it the best. The fact that you have to pay for parking in the city makes the event cinemas Queen Street the worst location for a movie theatre. Plus something is always damaged in the cinema.

This isn’t my first choice when I think of going out to see a movie, purely because of it’s location– there are a few more cinemas much closer to home. It’s an effort to get to if you’re driving because you’ve got to get to the underground parking– that isn’t free– and then you’re going up flights of stairs and escalators throughout the Metro before you reach the actual cinema. The cinemas themselves aren’t bad. The seating is pretty standard and roomy and they never have the audio too quiet (hate when that happens), so tas far as the actual movie-​watching experience goes, it ticks all the boxes.
The last time I came here was when I brought my 8 year old cousin, who hadn’t been to city yet, to see a film. He loved it, and the location was excellent because we got to kill time at the arcade before the movie and grab lunch at the Metro right after. If you’re only going for a movie I’d probably skip this cinema, but if you’re up for a whole day of exploring and making the most of your time in town, its not a bad choice.

I once got so lost in here that I cried. That aside, it’s an okay enough place to see a movie. It’s a churn-‘em-in, churn-‘em-out kind of place. The softdrinks are enormous, the popcorn is bigger, and they play all the big budget crap you can watch.
Okay that’s being a bit harsh perhaps. But there’s really nothing special about this cinema, and the general state of the place is pretty untidy. Plus, it was much more fun when you could kill time before your film by hanging out at Borders, reading magazines that were three times the price of your film.

I hate these cinemas. And I hate to say I’ve been there so many times because we used to come here on cheap Tuesdays instead of going to class while I was doing summer school at uni. If you’re going at night, there’s no free parking so that’s automatically a no no in my book. It’s always packed. The building is always packed. The food court down stairs is packed and dirty and has really gross food. You always have to wait for ages before you get served, even if you’ve pre-​purchased your tickets. Make sure you aren’t running late because you’ll miss a good chunk of your movie if you are. I don’t like the actual theatres either. They just seem old and dirty and not clean. I’d try go anywhere else before I came to these cinemas. Not a fan.

Event Cinemas on Queen Street (next to Aotea Square) is a good central location for when you want to catch a movie with friends who live all over the show.
Cheap Tuesday is always a good deal, and while I do find the building with all its esculators and varying levels slightly confusing, I think that could be just a personal thing!
They also have a rocket lift you can go in, which is pretty awesome (left over from Planet Hollywood days, someone mentioned to me)?
This cinema is also home to NZ’s only IMAX theatre. I went and saw Batman The Dark Knight Rises there and it was pretty amazing.
One time I was at these cinemas and the movie couldn’t actually play due to a technical difficulty (sadly). I thought they handled it really well though — you were given the option of going to another movie that night, or you could just get your money back and also receive a voucher to go see any movie of your choice!