Ritz Cinema Review

My favourite place to see movies, it is such a happy place and the environment is relaxed but chic.

Great Art Deco atmosphere with modern multiplex convenience

Great old fashioned cinema with terrific mix of retro and new release, feels like how going to the cinema used to be like, Love it! The recent BONDATHON was Great!

The the cinema rooms are not the best but get the job done and for special events like opening nights they are great with a even better atmosphere. The prices here are the best and food and drinks are available.

BOYSENBERRY CHOC TOP BABY!!!

My favourite cinema. Please, keep the 35mm, the 70mm and the classic special screenings going. Thanks, love you x

Parking station next door. There is no bottled juice available here. Overall quite a charming older style movie theatre, with modernised actual Cinema spaces. The Spot is just an awesome place for dinner.

Always try to get to the cinema while in Australia. It s a proper old fashion one

Very busy on the weekend and the tolicket booths can take a long time. Plenty of food options around for dinner before or after the show.

Great old theatre and the staff really make this place shine. The bartenders are so friendly and attentive. One guy with glasses in particular, makes great drinks and cheese boards!

Art deco cinema that shows current film plus an interesting selection of sci fi films and special events.

Easy to access parking spot. Clean bathroom. Great sound quality.

Great mix of new and old movies at an affordable price

Watched ocean the other night at the Ritz In Randwick. Great to see the original architecture and interiors of the theatre since the 20s. Amazing!

$10 Tuesday tickets are hard to beat. However parking can be difficult (or expensive).

Great old-school cinema with a bit of character. Would rather go here for the price then Event of Hoyts any day.

An old school cinema with a nice ambience that doesn't assign seats or cost a lot. They have great student discounts too, and are perfectly in the middle of a street of restaurants.

Beautiful cinema. For people that appreciate cinemas with character.

Love this cinema with great ticket prices. The vibes takes you back to a few decades back which is so nice!

I love this space. Tix and snack prices bar make corporate cinemas look like thieves.

Great variety of movies to choose from, great atmosphere, clean

Awesome original cinema,playing the new releases & the oldies best of both worlds

Beautiful cinema and reasonably priced. Can get great deals on ticket packs.

I like the place. It gives you the feeling of what real cinema used to be traditionally without going over the top. Bright lights for wow factor, chocktop and red carpet.. prices still reasonable even! Parking is the problem .. consider public transport or extra long walk ..

Someone give Julie a raise! Friendly and patient, so helpful, helped me over the phone.

Cute quaint place, wish they had assigned seating for peak times though.

Love that they do Open Caption screenings, they should have more and advertise more to the UNSW International students (I m thinking WeChat). Avengers would be a particular hit with the demographic.

Candy bar items relatively good value for a Sydney cinema, tickets good enough too.

Hope it keeps going for a long time.

family centred cinema, always has been, great deals!! good releases

Gorgeous heritage art deco cinema nestled amongst a wide variety of bars and eateries in one of Eastern Suburbs least pretentious, most cosmopolitan suburbs.
Unlike the massive cinema complex on George street in the city: you can enjoy a film at the beautiful little Ritz in Randwick without subjecting yourself and your loved ones to hypothermia and irreversible hearing loss as the staff at the Ritz can correctly tune both audio and air-con levels.
The pop-corn is just as revolting and ridiculously priced as anywhere else but all other aspects are far superior to the George Street or Westfields cinemas - particularly (besides the gorgeous art deco Golden Era of Hollywood ambience) the cleanliness of the bathrooms.
Also: there is no need to get aggressively militant to fight for your right to bring your own food/drinks or snacks to avoid bankrupting your entire family at the snack bar here. Just bring it in. No one cares. So long as it doesn t stink or obviously include BYO alcohol -not that alcohol is prohibited - but in that one regard they insist you buy it from them at their prices (similar to pub prices anyway).
I recommend bringing in a pizza from home or Thai street food from next-door, gummy bears and pineapples lollies from Coles, and getting your tickets and several gin and tonics somewhat early to do some crowd-watching before the film starts.

God willing this little beauty survives to co-exist with Netflix. I have some faith she will. She lived to rise above the ashes of Video Ezy and Civic (once slated to make her redundant). No doubt the fine lines of her historical architecture are protected from total erasure by development should Netflix do what Video Ezy could not.*

But it would be a real shame if this beautiful, majestic little Hepburn of a building lost it s status as a working, lively, well-staffed cinema and turned into a kitsch block of apartments of historical importance that would each be well out of the price-range of anyone from Sydney not named Packer .

* though the Cock&Bull pub in Bondi Junction was a historic building and venue and they razed it to the ground to clear the path for high-rise apartments ~currently under construction~. As is the rest of Sydney. Always.

New management style might suit Melbourne, this is Randwick doesn't suit.

Love the Ritz cinema. Great prices and service with old style cinema atmosphere. The balcony bar is perfect for a lazy afternoon drink overlooking the Spot.

Really LOVE this art deco beautifully maintained cinema with a great programme

The best cinema anywhere. Great deals on ticket prices and snacks. Very freindly staff and a company that cares about the local communnitty

Nice classic cinema with all the matching decor and atmosphere

Excellent cinema. Popcorn is priced well, cinemas have history and character, film selection is a good mix of blockbuster VS arthouse and staff are very friendly and trained well

Great service and very good place. Just the chairs need upgrades

Possibly Sydneys best Cinema complex. Licensed bar, retro movie showings, celebrity premiers, mums with bubs sessions, parking close by with validation.

Great deals for students and much cheaper food than an average cinema

No real complaints here! Student discount normal- $16, down to $14. Good sound and great picture quality!

Comfortable seats and cheap movie tickets. Would recommend

Great theatre ambiance! A nice selection of movie food. It's one of the best hidden gem bars with affordable prices and variety in the eastern suburbs!

This is my go to cinema every time! I love the retro-style of Ritz and the service is always excellent! On top of that, tickets are only 10$ if you're a member with them - such a bargain!

Cheap prices, convenient location for UNSW students, great selection if you can wait a week after release.

If you like going to the movies - this is the place! Great classic style cinema, lovely staff, comfortable seats and great screen and sound.
Great theatre!

Some screens are too small
Nevertheless sound system and seating are good. Also, the decor is quite amazing. Amazing discounts for students on Mondays!

Nice old-timey feel cinema. Prices are cheaper than the mega cinemas and the venue has a friendlier vibe.

We live in a world of "tap & go". Cash is yesterday legal tender. So when I bought choc top and they said there was a min charge of $8.00, ritz lost a sale but more importantly pissed off a customer and left doubts about tomorrow's ritz. Change your policy it makes no sense to have min credit card purchases with touch & go.

Wonderful atmosphere, very different to what you might get at Hoyts or Event. Prices are also respectable for the experience.

The only problem I had was that given some very specific circumstances the sound system will cause the screen to vibrate. Not a big problem as it only occurs when a very even, low pitched sound is playing at a high volume (something like inside an aircraft or helicopter blades)

Cool vintage cinema with great prices. $9 Tuesdays make it the cheapest place I've found for the movies.

Nice cinema, very art deco/1920's look. We went and saw a movie last night. Sound and image quality were very good. Chairs were comfy. They show smaller indie movies and the big blockbusters alike.

Simply the best cinema in Sydney. Love the Art Deco design !

The tickets are cheap, especially on Tuesday, and this is an independent local business showing new blockbusters and old classics as well as foreign films. A diverse cinema, it is an experience to visit every time.

Great old cinema... biggest draw card is the amount of old films they show! It's amazing, not to forget they also play old advertisements that correspond to the year the movie was made lol

Great prices for the movies. Cool Art Deco design. Recommend having a wine upstairs at the bar.

Amazing old-style theater, sharing no similarities with modern multiplex cinemas.

Classy, art deco establishment showing indy, arthouse and regular movies.

Ritz Cinema. I havnt gone there but pictures are saying that it is good.

A close to our palace so we can walk and see the latest movies

Great atmosphere with good quality sound and images.