Sadly not got of the ground owing to the covid virus of 2020. I hope very soon this new complex can deliver all its promises made to enhance a cinema experience like no other in York .!!!

What a HUGE missed opportunity by Cineworld. We live in Bridlington and for years have always driven to the Cineworld cinema de luxe in Birstall, leeds. The main attraction being the amount of space you get and the amazing electric reclining seats. It's so good you can't even see the people in front of you so you can really stretch your legs and get comfortable. Then Odeon in Hull got a huge refurb and became a Luxe cinema, you don't quite get as much space but you do get the awesome electric reclining chairs and a handy pull out tray for drinks etc so the Odeon for the past year or so has become our go to cinema as it's half the distance of leeds. We were really excited to find out Cineworld was coming to York and opening an Imax too. So this week I bought two lots of tickets, the first was for Sonic and the second was for a re-run of Avengers endgame on the Imax screen (Part of the IMAX film festival). We won't be going back and here's why. The seats are awful! they are cramped, I'm 17 stone and felt squished in them and have very little leg room (I'm only 5'11"). I don't know what material they are made from or what foam etc but I was sweating buckets in them, I thought maybe it was just me but everyone in my group said the same afterwards. Then there's the reclining or lack of, Why did they not give this brand new cinema the luxe seating? no electric recline? they do move back a little but it's very stiff and even my 8 year old couldn't push it back to recline. Then there's the toilets, good luck if you're in the Imax and need the toilet. Avengers is 3hrs long and half way through my son needed the toilet and so we missed 15 mins of the movie. To get there you have to leave the Imax, walk to the other side of the foyer, then enter the section where the standard screens are, then we had to show our tickets again, then walk past every other screen to get there, a half mile round trip I don't think is an exaggeration. Finally if you do go to the IMAX don't book the first 6 rows (A-F), you'll leave with a bad neck if you do. Oh and why on earth is starbucks on the ground floor, why couldn't it be with all the other refreshments? It's such a shame as the foyer is amazing and the screens are outstanding, this would have been our go to cinema, we would have even signed back up to unlimited. We'll be staying with the Odeon Luxe for now.