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Apollo Cinema

The Esplanade, Paignton TQ4 6AG, England
0871 220 6000
Ranked #9 of 13 attractions in Paignton
3.5 of 5 stars 20 Reviews
Type: Cinemas
Most recent review
- 23 Apr 2012
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Paignton
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23 reviews 23 reviews
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012

Not like the old style cinemas. Watch films in comfort. Very clean and good chairs. Very efficient.

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stroud
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 April 2012

Apollo cinema stroud rarely has food available if you go to an 8 O"Clock screening there will probably be no hot dogs take your own food and save a fortune.

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Bloxwich, United Kingdom
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12 reviews 12 reviews
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 April 2012

Our first visit. Liked the fact that we had numbered seats, good view and comfortable seats. Nice booster seats for kids. Not too bad price wise.

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Paignton, United Kingdom
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13 reviews 13 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 April 2012

It cost the earth for a drink and pop corn, best to smuggle your own!!! It just takes advantage of having a captive audience!!!!

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Senior Contributor
23 reviews 23 reviews
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 March 2012 via mobile

Always clean and tidy. Good selection of films and snacks. Seats are comfy and they supply extra booster seats for smaller children.

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Regensburg, Germany
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3 reviews 3 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 March 2012

We went there twice on our vacation. The first time we sat in the top row and there was NO legroom at all - and I'm kind of short with only 1.62. The second time we were in a different room, here there was more legroom. Besides the missing legspace, it was a nice cinema, very clean and the staff... More

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Torquay, United Kingdom
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27 reviews 27 reviews
16 helpful votes 16 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 March 2012

First visit to the cinema for thity five years but this cinema will see us again soon plenty of disabled parking on site andeasy access to cinema and of course good films

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Haverhill, United Kingdom
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26 reviews 26 reviews
13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 January 2012

No complaints until I bought one bag Maltesers and one bottle water at cost of £5.15 !!!!! Why do I do it?

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Paignton, United Kingdom
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37 reviews 37 reviews
21 helpful votes 21 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 December 2011

It is usually easy to park (but remember to pay and display up to 6.00 pm) close to the cinema. It is clean, warm and comfortable with 3D glasses available if required. The pick and mix and other snacks and drinks are expensive.

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Oldham, United Kingdom
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8 reviews 8 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 November 2011

close to the town centre & nice clean cinema always seem to have all the latest releases on show we enjoy going every time we are in Devon even if we are not staying in paignton we always choose this cinema. Last time there was also face painting available at certain times of the day

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