Event Cinemas Miranda — Local services in Sydney

This is a new cinema complex, which replaces the old one, which was starting to get very ratty. If this is supposed to be an improvement, I'd hate to see what else they have in store for us.

I went here for the first time a few days ago and I very much disliked it. For a start, it now requires a cartography degree to work out how to get in the darn place. We had to go through what looked like a restaurant with no through-way to get in. It was so silly that we had to double back before finding the damn place. All the while, the signs give at times opposite opinions about which way you need to go. Why did they have to ruin it? Maybe it's just the new construction and it's still a work in progress, or maybe it's just bad design.

When (if) you finally manage to actually make your way inside, you then encounter inflated ticket prices, even over nicer cinemas elsewhere. I mean jeez, if they insist on you watching thirty minutes worth of stupid ads for beauty salons and fast food restaurants, the least they could do is charge a more reasonable rate to watch a damn movie.

Saying all this, once you are in the theatre, the experience is decent. The sound generated from the speakers is much better than before, and I believe the screens are a bit larger. The seats are also much more comfortable than in the old complex, and have considerably lower gum-to-bum ratio.

But coming home, I again realised why I hate going to the movies, and why Netflix is so...

Went to see Baghead on Thursday night. The movie was shown in cinema 6, and on entering, another patron informed us that we should keep an eye out for the giant rat that was running around. Needless to say, we spent the entire movie with our feet resting on the seats in front of us. Baghead was sufficiently scary with the threat of little mates nibbling on our toes. Sure enough, half way through the movie we hear some very loud squeaking that didn't sound like it was part of the movie's audio. We look down to the front of the cinema and see two very large rats playing a fun game of tag. They were very cute, but I hope the movie wasn't too scary for them. The cinema also had an unpleasant smell. I'm not sure if it was mildew, or just the smell of our furry friends making themselves at home.

On our way out we tried to find a staff member to tell them about our new friends, but there wasn't a single person in sight.

There were other issues: we could not find the right size lids for our drinks and ended up using lids that were discarded on the drink fountain and already covered in softdrink. And for some reason, the cone of my choc-top was soft and soggy. But those seem quite minor and should not distract from the very obvious health and safety violations.

As cute as our little rat friends were, we'll probably go to another...

Extremely disappointing it the Gold Class at this Cinema. Staff were friendly, but that's where it finishes. Ordered a meal for when the movie started. Consisted of 2 drinks of your choice basket of chips. Chicken skewers and prawn skewers. Drinks arrived followed by chips then nothing. Husband went and told them the remainder of our order hadn't arrived, mean while movie is coming to an end. Staff member said she will go and see chef, she comes back and said the don't have any prawns, chicken skewers arrive with over abundance of chilli dry and uneatable. Husband took them back to bar and told the they are dry and chewy. We were offered an ice cream and drink which 1 was free the other we paid for, we were told to go back to movie and they would bring them to us. Movie finished no drink or ice cream arrived. Went back to bar and there they were still sitting on the bar. Told to take a seat and they would brink them to us in the bar area. We sat and waited a further 5mins still no drink or ice cream. Husband went back to bar and told them he would carry them over himself. All in all NOT an enjoyable experience. If this is gold class I would hate to experience...