Phoenix Square

Easily my favourite place to eat and relax in Leicester City centre. Tucked away behind The Curve theatre this unassuming bar/​cinema/​café delivers delicious lunches and home made deserts.
The centre frequently hosts interactive media projects by local Universities (always a pleasure to see) and hosts various talks and activities, including a weekly ‘Stitch & Bitch’.
Coming back to the food, you’ll get a fresh soup of the day, and regular favourites at good, honest prices.
Highly recommended.

Phoenix stands our as offering the widest selection in Leicester of art and special interest films as well as popular screenings. Read reviews of films at Phoenix on Arts in Leicester magazine where you will also find our pick of the ones to watch each month.

Something of a well-​kept
secret within the city, and ridiculously hard to locate the first time you
visit (head past the station, towards the new Leicester Mercury offices
and keep walking). The best one-​stop cinema for all your slightly edgier, more
arty films. Bar prices in line with trendy local bars; and you can even take
alcohol into the screen with you though only in plastic glasses. An extra 10%
discount on entry with a valid library card. So much cooler and much better
value than Cineworld. But it does always seem to be so warm in the screens.

I cant stress this enough how good phoenix square, despite the dodgy location you will not find a better cinema experience in leicester. Great independent and art house films. So many good deals and price is super cheap as it is. Film and dine deal is very good and food surpasses expectations very nice. Please go to phoenix square to keep it open, its one of the best venues in leicester.

This is shut now at this address and all these reviews should probably apply to Phoenix Square which is it’s new incarnation. Same organisation but moved to new premises. I think Leicester College run this now but could be wrong.
For great indie cinema go to Phoenix Square.

I really enjoyed the art film they screened called Cancelled. It was a moving peice of cinema, a simple black screen, no sound. I watched it alone and cried all the way though. The Cinema owner was suprised to see me emerge from the screen room, after two hours, but i asured him i was impressed with the film shown. Any one know when Cancelled is coming out on DVD, i’ve not heard a thing about it.

Being a lover of the art house and cult cinema films Phoenix Arts in Leicester is the place I love to go to the most. The best thing is you can go to watch a film and enjoy a pint while doing so (but be warned not to many or you will peeing you way through the movie!)
The price isn’t too bad also £5.50 /​£4.50 concessions and you can attend a matinée before 4pm for only £3.50. The seats aren’t the most comfortable in the world (I even some times take a cushion in my bag for the three hour plus movies) but the place as a great atmosphere!

Any film buff worth their salt in Leicester should come here regularly as a matter of necessity. Showing the best in independent cinema, as well as recent blockbusters — and all for a very decent price (it’s just over a fiver, just over £4 if you’re a student/​concession, and matinees are a bargainous £3.50).
Plus they have awesome regular film festivals, collections of shorts, and film marathons (they played all the Bourne films back to back recently). This is also not to mention the theatre and comedy they regularly put on — all good stuff. The staff are friendly, the bar is good — an utter gem of a place!

Phoenix Arts in Leicester is part of a national chain of cinemas that seek to appeal to the more independent, ‘art house’ cinema fan. Phoenix Arts is a small cinema, there is one screen and thus only one showing at a time.
The listings vary from the newest independent releases, to regular showings of classics and cult favourites from cinema history. They sometimes also do theme days or weeks, for example around Halloween, they have regular showings of classic horror films.
Ticket costs are about the same as larger, more mainstream cinemas, though they sometimes do various offers for advanced bookings. There is a very relaxed atmosphere at Phoenix Arts — no rushing, no people ruining films with chit-​chat. They also operate a bar, so you can take in alcoholic drinks with you to watch the movie if you so choose. From time to time, they host lectures on certain aspects of film and multimedia presentations by local university students. There is also weekly comedy and music nights in the lounge area.