Rio Cinema — Local services in London

Haven't been here in +20yrs and it still looks pretty much the same, but in a good way. Has been kept in excellent condition. The staff are very friendly and approachable and will help you as much as possible.

The cinema is clean both inside and out (as much as it can be outside given the general public).

The cinema although small has a nice lobby area with a personalised refreshment/bar area, which is tailored to the area that it is located in and serves its patrons food and drinks accordingly as such. Aswell as popcorn, nachos and beer, there were also samosas and other finger foods available. Indicative of the area that the cinema serves. Very well done Hackney Rio. You have not missed a trick here, and my party and I were very impressed with this.

The actual screen at the Rio is lovely. It reminded me of an old Prince's trust cinema from when I was younger, many moon's ago lol. Velvet lined seats. No cup holder's. And a very intimate setting. There were not rows and rows of everlasting seats to be taken up for the viewing. But instead, maybe 6 or 7 rows on either side of the cinema. 10 to 15 across if so many, and that made up the screening.

You feeling like you are watching a movie with family and friends on an extremely large screen when you visit the Rio.

We will be back as it was a delightful experience from...

Really coole Cinema. Have been to visit on several occasions this year and have been going there for a while. Staff are always cheerful, happy to direct you to the screen if needed, and the decor of screen 1 is just outstanding! The feel of it is something that can't be copied, especially the design of the walls and the interesting gold/bronze thing that is just above the screen. The seats are quite comfortable, although as it is on a stage you do have to angle your head up for quite a while but that's no issue as it's very good picture quality and sound. Snacks wise, you have your classics lime popcorn and ice cream, and a few others, and reasonably priced. Screen 2 is really nice as well, the seats are very comfy and the sou d quality and picture gives the impression of a much bigger screen although it's not, apparently there are removable tables you can get out of the seats but I never knew this. It was a lifesaver when I went to see Nope last year during the heatwave, well air conditioned as is screen 1. Very diverse programme of films, usually 1 or 2 main features with a selection of indie/international films, so there's something...

Brilliant little cinema, classic old style with a red curtain and a ring of seats higher up. When you can sit in those, though, I don't know, because the option wasn't on the website when I booked my ticket.

The film I saw wasn't wonderful and neither was the drink I bought, but I'm not sure that either has much to do with the cinema itself. I like the fact that you can get alcohol and sit in the theatre with it.

It's comfortable and quiet on a weekend, which I like. My only real criticism is that the trailers/adverts went on a lot longer than I thought they should but, to be fair, the old place has trouble keeping up with all the Odeons as it is. It probably needs significant ad revenue to keep going. At least it was comfortable enough that I didn't really mind. (Frankly some of the adverts were better than the film!)

The experience of the old style movie theatre and option of (albeit patchy) alternative movies is enough that I hope it stays afloat. Will go again and see something hopefully better, and hopefully a...