3 Cranbourn Street,
Leicester Sqaure,
London,
WC2H 7AL
08712 240 240
The ViewLondon Review
Standard Ticket Price & Discounts: £10.00 after 5pm and weekends, £7.00 before 5pm weekdays, students £7 at all times.
Capacity: Screens One (176), Two (91), Three (323), Four (283), Four (283), Five (414), Six (264), Seven (394), Eight (170), Nine (288).
Facilities: concession stand, bar.
The Warner Village West End is one of two multi-plex cinemas in the West End - the other being the UGC Trocadero. Of the two, the Warner Village has the edge, due to its better standards in seating and general upkeep.
There are nine screens in all, six of which are of a decent size and seat over 200 people. Sight-lines (how easy it is to see the screen if someone is directly in front of you) are good in each screen and the seating is comfortable, providing both ample leg-room and decent head support. The sound quality in each screen is also excellent.
The Warner West End has the usual concession stands as well as a separate ice-cream kiosk. There are also television screens dotted about that play continuous trailers.
On the second floor it has the very distinctive "Red Bar" which is either unbelievably tacky and gaudy or the height of ‘cinema chic’, depending on how much you like the colour red. It’s certainly the reddest bar in Central London after Pop, Soho Street anyway – it’s also open till 11pm most nights.
Where the Warner West End loses points is on two crucial counts.
Firstly, they have no ‘bargain’ discount days, unlike many other West End cinemas - the lowest available discount is £7, which is hardly cheap.
Secondly, and somebody had to say it, cinema prices are just Too Damn Expensive. £10 per film means that London is officially the most expensive cinema-going capital in Europe – the screens are good, but certainly not worth £10, and if you end up seeing a bad film here, you REALLY feel cheated.