Showcase Cinema de Lux Teesside

First off the ticket price is quite reasonable, I think 22 quid for me and the Mrs for date night. They have a lottle bar in the corner if you get there early and that isnt too bad at all. High street prices for a pint which is also quite reasonable. Food price is not reasonable. 6 quid for a large popcorn which tasted of nothing. Unbelievably tight on the flavour they add to it and basically just not worth it at all. Drinks are ridiculous prices too, but i suppose thats just this country now, and then sweets which are 3-4 times the price you would pay in the Morrisons over the road for the same size bags. The guy checking the tickets was very polite, friendly, and seemed genuinely pleasant. Good customer service skills. For the film you are seated in big electric recliner seats which are very comfortable. Massive screens. Easy enough to book online. Plenty of parking. Toilets were clean. Wheelchair accessible (not that i needed that, I just noticed the ramps and the electric doors). The usual 20 minutes of adverts before the film. If the food was reasonably priced less people would be watching dodgy sticks, so they are effectively pricing themselves out of the market (and likely why cineworld went out if business). That being said I enjoy the atmosphere of watching a film in the cinema on the big screen so I will keep coming here, but I can understand why people are watching at home. There wasn't many people there considering it was a Saturday night. Probably about 10 into see the film we came to see (Ready or Not 2; Here I Come - i recommend watching this too, but make sure you watch the first one for it to make sense). To me, common sense would say lower the price of tickets and food and have a full cinema, rather than extort people on food and drink resulting in people treaming movies at home. That way you maximise profits without leaving customers feeling financially violated for some popcorn and a few sweets. It wasn't too bad for me as there was only the two of us, but for people going as a family with several kids, you'd need a bank loan. I enjoyed it overall though, and I will be back.

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Comfy and spacious seating with recliners all the seats were recliners, and it has capacity it 70 seats per screen. The sound system and screen is good. There is no interval break for foreign movies like indian movies, better to get the snacks before the start of the movie, which were available, the drinks were refilled. The price of the ticket is expensive.

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Have visited this place since they renovated and what a difference they made. All of the chairs are electric reclining and because of the vast amount of leg room you're never in an awkward position. I like how they have blended old with new such as by retaining the central food and drink tills but have installed a bar that serves cocktails.

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Smart, modern cinema complex with loads of free parking and amenities. Every chair in every screen is a comfy leather recliner with ample arm rest space and a cupholder. Plus tickets are only a fiver on a Monday with their (free) Insider membership. It's my favourite go-to cinema now.

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