Hoyts Chatswood

High digital experience at Hoyts Chatswood. With constant rain outside I escaped for a cinema time — twice!
Tickets are at level 5 and cinemas on Level 6 — during my visit things processed fairly quickly with young, attentive staff.
Any show in Cinema 1 is great. Ultra wide screen and the seats were fabulous. Cinema 3 was old and the seating was old but digitally it worked well

I like the Hoyts in Chatswood. Not only are they clean, situated in Westfield and easy to find (go to the top floor), they could care less on what you bring inside the theatres (which is great if you go to Coles and deck out on junk food beforehand).
The service is friendly and efficient and well what more can I say, I always have a good time here at the movies.
Best part is that there’s plenty to eat at Chatswood, so go grab a bite before movie night!
Tip: parking is free if you enter the Westfield parking after 6pm. If not, remember to validate your ticket to get 3hrs free at Hoyts!

Love this place man!
The best thing about this place is they’re quite lenient on what you bring into the cinema unlike other snobby cinemas that bag check you (hint: Bondi … but they’re events so yeah?!)

There really isn’t that much to say about cinemas. They’re mostly pretty standard. I’d love to see a Lido open up like in New Zealand. I love the idea of lounging around in low light, sipping good wine waiting for the session to start.
I don’t go to the movies very often. I got out of the habit back when I worked in a video shop and now I find them expensive and a little stressful. Also my partner tends to fall asleep three minutes in and snores, loud.
Hoyts Chatswood isn’t too bad. Macquarie Event is closer for me but it is getting pretty hard to find a session that is not 3D for some movies. Chatswood does both at convenient session times which is what brought us here.
These was a bit of the old «join the loyalty program and the tickets will be cheaper» and «get your popcorn in a tin rather than a bucket and you’ll save money» which bothers me more than it probably should considering you’re saving a bit of money. I just like a simple life.
We saw Guardians of the Galaxy. Funny. The session was pretty packed and we didn’t book online so ended up in the third row in front of the XtremeScreen. I don’t think they should sell tickets that close. It’s pretty straining on your eyes and my brother who suffers motion sickness was a little woozy.
If we were further back I think the extra big screen would be great and the sound is amazing too.
I’d come here again if someone dragged me along.

XtremeScreen and LaPremiere are the two things about this cinema that bring us back time and time again. Well, that and the QR code ordering system in LaPremiere, oh and the loyalty program, and the session times, and the free parking ticket validation… Yep, that’s about it.
Seriously, the cinema is clean and staff are what you’d expect in a cinema (a step above Maccas, a step below hotel concierge). Every effort has been made by Hoyts to minimise wait times and queuing — they have an app you can buy tickets from and kiosks to pick tickets up, I’m pretty sure you can even buy from the candy bar via app or online.

It’s a pretty bog standard cinema multiplex in a shopping centre. If you are expecting to find lavender scented soap and individual towels in the washroom, you may be a little disappointed.
If however you are expecting decently large screens, good sound and frequent movie sessions, this is your place. I’ve always found the place to be clean and well maintained. The best I could say for the physical space is that it is unmemorable, which just means that the HUGE screen in the Xtremescreen theatre becomes the movie and everything else fades away. Very highly recommended for action movies, it’s death by a thousand cuts when forced to watch a terrible rom-​com.
So all to be expected and no surprises then, if you are in the area feel free to make it your local!