Reviews of Focal Point Cinema and Cafe Palmerston North. (Other) in Palmerston North (Manawatu Whanganui).
Focal Point Cinema and Cafe Palmerston North
223 Cuba Street, Palmerston North Central, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand
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Information of Focal Point Cinema and Cafe Palmerston North, Other in Palmerston North (Manawatu Whanganui)
Here you can see the location, open hours, popular times, contact, photos and real reviews done by the users.
This place has good reviews, this means that they treat their customers well and you’ll feel great with their services, recommended 100%!
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Reviews of Focal Point Cinema and Cafe Palmerston North
F.My review is based on our experience, you may or may not agree. It has rooms with 18- 30 plus seating. With large sofas, Big hand rests, ample walking spaces the place is really nice and relaxing. The screen may not be as big as the event cinema but i really liked being in a smaller place. You can take your food and drinks or order and they will bring it for you.
The staff is courteous. The servings are big. And reasonably priced.
They do need vaccine pass.
I won’t go to event cinema if the same movie is available here.
If you are a big group then it might be fun to buy the whole space.
P.I'm not a movie buff but enjoy eating out. Found the cafe great. Food was delish, great selection all at a reasonable price. A nicely roomy place with good service and efficient staff. I'll definitely go again.
J.Great food and love the small intimate theater, makes you feel like you are in the movie! The cafe has great food and being able to have food and drinks (They even bring in your hot food and drinks when they are made) in the cinema is awesome. Definitely our go to cinema now
M.Tried the cafe here within the cinema,as it was reasonably new. Glad I did. Nice setting with great menu (try the waffles) and cabinet food at reasonably prices too. Plenary of seating and good coffee. Parking outside on the street. Will be back on my next visit to Palmerston North….
E.Had a work function here. Catering was great plenty of food and was left out so people could go back for more. Most places take the food away as fast as possible but was impressed people had time to eat and go for 2nds, even while dessert was out. Function room was nice and a great view too. Having a private theatre was a great too. Highly recommend coming here
A.Awesome, awesome, awesome. I live in Feilding and Palmerston Focal Point has become my regular cinema.
I would never go back to the Event Cinema in Palmerston it's not a patch on the Focal.
Great food, excellent seating and fantastic sized screen.
Great for family, friends and functions.
F.You have to enjoy going to Focal Point, the staff are bubbly and nothing is a problem. Should you want a bite to eat or a drink they'll deliver it right to your luxurious seat. Top marks team.
F.The whole experience was just superb! Friendly team great service, tasty food and comfy seats!
Just one minor issue... next time keep the lights off untill the post credit scenes are over 🤣🤣
R.Still like the feilding one better. The seats are ok but the p.nth one is just not as cosy as feilding. I like the vibe of feilding and the p.nth had no gluten free food in the cabinet so was a let down and this was 3.40pm
A.Lovely food and drinks and staff very chatty. Only one thing that could have made it better was one of our team ended up going to find out where her drink was, it had been forgotten and staff member was sitting there on her phone, not a good look
J.I love taking the kids here, it's a nicer experience than the normal cinemas, comfortable seats and the food is amazing and I love that it gets bought to you in the cinema.
D.I only been to the cafe side for brunch but I’m sure the cinema is good. Food is 6/10 but friendly staffs and decent portions.
J.Wonderful coffee and good service, modern interior with spacious tables. Attached to a fantastic boutique cinema
M.They guy who served me was great, food came out hot and fast. 10/10 for the Angus burger
S.This place is so much nicer than the usual flicks. The theatres are smaller and seats are like being at home in your lounge.
The staff are super friendly and helpful.
The perfect selection of food is available. As a coeliac, appreciated not having to pay extra for my gluten free bread. If you’re going to a movie, your food & drink is bought to you.
Highly recommend this place.
M.The theatre was lush and comfortable. We had a platter with some nice blue cheese but lots of crackers and the other items weren’t good enough for us to finish.
N.Made a conscious choice to go here instead of other theatre. At the counter was not greeted by staff, no smile, no eye contact, quite off hand. Theatre experience good and wait staff friendly and professional.
A.Definitely the best way to watch films in Palmerston North. Very comfortable seats, plenty of films on with lots of screenings. Ad in the food and it being full licensed and it's a really great way to enjoy cinema.
s.Great food, affordable, value for money so important in these times
j.Love the comfort, the food and service - just missing the foot rests, but still a very enjoyable way to enjoy a movie
J.Lovely nibbles when we first arrived, then great choices for dinner (function room) and the seats in the theatre are very comfortable! Will be going back :)
R.Disappointed with the definition of the screen. Would much rather watch on 4K TV screen. Also, one reason for going to this cinema is the availability of having food/drinks delivered to your seat, only to be told that the service ends at 9pm. A little early for a near 3 hour movie that starts at 8:30pm, imho.
M.Good cafe food and a different ambiance from all the other cafés around, which was a nice change.
J.Had the Belgium Waffles they were nice. Coffee was a little bitter though.
G.Had the banana, bacon and smoked chicken salad Amazing. Well done chef. Hubby had bacon and egg pie, looked good but he found the egg watery. All the food looked Great and service was friendly. They were really busy but it was mother day. Haven't tried the there but the seating looked very comfortable. Will try next time.
B.Great spot for lunch. Very popular. Booking could be worthwhile as struggled for a seat initially
B.Real surprise first time there and very impressed seating was so comfortable and unique lift up the armrests and turn your seat into a couch if so desired,excellent selection of cinema food and you can even have a beer or wine while watching a movie. Staff very friendly and efficient you can even order your food and drink and the staff will bring it to you in the cinema how awesome is that. Just simply Outstanding
J.I will never go back to another normal cinema. Such a fantastic environment. The food was fresh and delicious. I no longer want popcorn and coke for a movie. It's all about wedges and a yummy drink delivered to you. Top notch service!
C.Such a lovely place to watch a movie. Nice comfortable seats and great service. I love that you can take a coffee or wine in and food gets brought to your seat.
J.Had lunch with a friend and really enjoyed the Chicken Linguine - so did my friend. The coffee was good too. On another occasion I had a scone which was huge and very tasty.
K.An awesome addition to Palmy! Friendly service, delicious food, generous portions and well priced. I ordered vegetarian nachos, which at some places just have beans or tomatoes, but these were packed with fresh veg and were so yummy. The cinema seats are just divine, so comfy, and it was nice to get a coffee brought right to my seat! 10/10 recommend.
C.A great addition to Palmerston North's nightlife. An awesome experience under utilized. Meals and drinks delivered to your seat
J.Beautifully restored building. Loved the fact we could eat and drink in the cinema. I suggest you provide serviettes with food to protect your seats and please have 2 staff on the tills during lunch. Staff are trying to take food orders and theatre seat sales. Waited 7 minutes to give orders and I was 3rd in queue.
f.An absolutely outstanding experience! The staff were amazing and so friendly and funny. The food was epic, the chairs were comfortable and the location good too.
D.Went for latest James Bond, whole theater to myself. Can take hot food and booze in with you if your that way inclined. Soft large leather seats
E.The food and the coffee are superb and the service is excellent. It is somewhat unusual to combine a café with movie theatre but they do both brilliantly. They run the best and latest movies, so I urge everyone to treat yourself to a dinner and a movie here. It's a great experience!
P.Tasty cafe food, efficiently and elegantly served. Cinema, small with good audio and viewing from very roomy and comfortable lounge-style seats.
C.Great friendly service, cinema seats are the best 👌
N.Friendly staff, clean cinema. Really good experience
H.Very nice cafe, very good staff. But the food needs s little help, I had the burger and is was ok but the meat patty wasn't a patty, it was more of a meat ball and it was just meat no flavour and a bit dry. And my daughter had the kids meal chicken and chips the chicken was overcooked almost burnt.
Once the menu is sorted the cafe will be a place to go.
K.Fantastic venue. Queue to buy movie tickets is the same as the food/drinks queue so advise don't leave it too close to your movie time to arrive in case it's busy. Food was lovely
J.Sep2021: to late for the show I wanted to see, so stopped for Coffee&Scone
Oooh my both were devine.
Nice staff.
Great reclaiming of an old building. What was here before??
K.Good food and way cooler vibe than I originally thought, real nice
S.Three stars due to the lack of popcorn! Absolutely devastated when we walked in and didn’t smell popcorn.
S.Clean, good atmosphere and cozie chairs to watch movies
K.Outstanding service from staff. Great movie in comfortable surrounds, followed by a fantastic evening meal
M.My Husband an I plus our Daughter went for a meal on Sunday, we normally can't fault the service or food, it's an awesome place,
However, my meal an our daughter's meal were spot on as usual, BUT, my husband unfortunately never got his meal at all, a bowl of hot chips, admittedly it was busy for them granted, but for two meals to be delivered an eaten an the bowl of hot chips still hadn't arrived after 1/2 an hour after ordering, to my husband's disgust, he ask 3 staff members to look into the situation of why they were taking so long, only to be told by the blonde headed guy that, it's busy an can't do anything right now,
Finally after waiting for over 3/4 of an hour an the rush was over, the guy came over and apologized an ask what we'd like to do, my husband ask for the refund, not hot chips to be put into a carton as a takeaway, was one of the options.
We love this little place, but this particular time was appalled by the service we were given as regular customers
Regards Peter an Maxeen Schou
J.Fantastic place to go to, I loved the snickers slice & caramel latte. Service was really awesome, very friendly & efficient too. Looking forward to catching a movie there next time.
a.A real shame we had to wait so long. Booked table for lunch and we're left waiting an hour before receiving our meal. Very disappointed that moviy goers were given preference over us.
A.This is a great addition to P
Ns cinema experience. The staff are very helpful and work hard to make our experience pleasurable. There is a great variety of food and drink and for a disabled person, the access to the counter is wide, ample for walkers and wheelchairs. The toilets are very roomy and spotless. Unfortunately, the weight of the access doors, including the disability toilet, are very heavy indeed and virtually impossible to open without assistance. In addition, there are no disability parks available ( a Council issue I presume ), and parking can be very difficult as it is at FC, Feilding.
Don't let these points put you off, we have been several times and will do so many more .
A.Lovely clean venue. Friendly helpful service. Great food
J.Food was fantastic with excellent service. Very comfy seats in cinema. Highly recommend.
S.Great first visit. The seafood chowder was delicious. The coffee was great but needed to be hotter. Over all would recommend and will be going back.
j.Very glad to see Focal Point buzzing with people lovely theatre and always feels like a treat. Very friendly staff ..great hot chips!! lol..I thk it is important tho to say that the degree of movie choice is disappointing so far. I feel focal point has so far mostly catered for main stream viewing..FP was I thought, about being able to enjoy a fair choice of fringe/ foreign movies.that you would not expect to see on Broadway..apart from film festival occasions . I would hate to think that FP would loose complete sight of this. ..can understand the cost and time it has taken to bring this lovely place to fruition that you'd need to recooperate $$$ .
B.Was a good experience, ended up in a private screening as no-one else was there which was good for seating choice purposes, the service was great and punctual and the place was super tidy and they even bought the drinks directly to us in the theatre, the only let downs here were the fact they didn't sell popcorn (also didn't see typical soft drinks in big cups either) in any form which is honestly the first time I've ever been to a theatre that didn't really have typical theatre snacks and the food that was on offer from their menu was quite pricey..... $10.50 for a bowl of hot chips......although they did have a few snack items available behind the counter but the selection wasn't that big
J.Very busy bit staff handle the work and pressure well. Always a good time had here... and the food is great!
B.Was a good experience, ended up in a private screening as no-one else was there which was good for seating choice purposes, the service was great and punctual and the place was super tidy and they even bought the drinks directly to us in …
K.An awesome addition to Palmy! Friendly service, delicious food, generous portions and well priced. I ordered vegetarian nachos, which at some places just have beans or tomatoes, but these were packed with fresh veg and were so yummy. The …
P.Good deal for Focal Point Gold Card holders today...2 iced drinks for $10...
E.The food and the coffee are superb and the service is excellent. It is somewhat unusual to combine a café with movie theatre but they do both brilliantly. They run the best and latest movies, so I urge everyone to treat yourself to a dinner and a movie here. It's a great experience!
T.I came in for coffee and cake. I love that I can choose my own slice of cake from the table in front of the counter! Coffee was made well, to temperature and delivered in time.
D.Enjoyed a movie, coffee and chip & dip brought in to our seats. Highly recommended for a time out.
M.Comfy seats, great sound and great food service
S.Classy establishment. Good movies.. good movie choices. The cafe is very good with delicious food on offer. Go there!!
k.Great service, food and coffee ☕ 👌
m.Love this place, saw the latest James Bond movie, comfortable leather seating, nice staff and food.
j.Group of 5. Had drinks served to us seated. Seats are extremely comfortable.
Nice compact cimema, clean, good ambiance
P.Owesome place. Big comfy sitting, nice food with friendly staff.
I.First visit to a beautiful & comfortable cinema. We had mini nachos, coffee and cake before we watched the movie. Staff is very nice and friendly.
C.air conditionning in movie theatre. Lovely comfy seat. Wide arms to put your food and drink on.
These people also run the Feilding Focal point cinema. They know what's needed for a great entertainment setting.
Q.Went there this morning for a catch up with a friend, just did the cafe. I think I have a new go to cafe, the service is amazing, cafe clean and tidy. They have a wide range of food options too. We took a morroccan chicken pasta and sausage roll and cinnamon scroll and our friend took a vege eggs benedict. All the dishes absolutely looked amazing. Food service was fast, the food was flavoursome, very good portion sizes for very good pricing. I would highly recommend their cafe any time of the day....see you there soon!
L.Great venue. Great food an service.
M.Nice to have dinner before movie. Nice vegie salad. Wouldve been nicer with some sour cream or mayo.
L.Nice setting and well setup. May have been end of day but the donuts while well presented and freshly cooked were stodgy and heavy.
F.Had a private cinema, $16 a head and super comfortable seats. Every second arm rest can flip up and turn into a 2 person "snuggle couch"
Q.Went there this morning for a catch up with a friend, just did the cafe. I think I have a new go to cafe, the service is amazing, cafe clean and tidy. They have a wide range of food options too. We took a morroccan chicken pasta and sausage …
M.Enjoyed the whole experience. Comfy seating with plenty of room & tasty food delivered to your seat.
M.Love it. Cosy theatres, comfy seats, great coffee and food. Recommended if you enjoy a good film as opposed to "movies".
D.Great food, lovely cinemas, very comfy.
D.Good coffee ☕️ great service
L.Great film. Staff in cafe so thoughtful and caring about your best experience. Food tasty and we presented
M.Comfy seats, great sound and great food service
C.Excellent good selection always friendly
B.Great food and service. My husband and I had a lovely meal here. Really like the surroundings too.
D.Brunch with my daughter, tried the Pork Belly Bene, yep sounds crazy but it was delicious, my daughter had Bacon Bene sans Spinach
M.Meals were nice. Personally I didn't like pasta dish disappointing . Service was great.
k.We really enjoy our time here with fantastic comfortable seating and great food
D.Great food was amazing great service
A.Great place to get to the movies. Nice small theatres with wonderfully comfortable seats
C.Great food from the cafe and movie experience was nice, we had a nice time!
D.The gentleman serving and tge food were amazing. The young woman barista was rude
G.Very friendly staff and highly recommended
C.Very good for families and friends
S.Classy establishment. Good movies.. good movie choices. The cafe is very good with delicious food on offer. Go there!!
A.Great facility with nice food. Lot of background noise
J.Such an enjoyable experience, good food comfy seating and a wonderful choice of movies to watch
s.Great venue for the family. Awesome service, great food and you can hire out a cinema for your family and friends.
B.Amazing experience, love the seating. But I would so go for a taste platter next time
C.Perfect meals and really relaxing & comfortable seating in the Cinema.Brillant service excellent👏👏👏
J.Very tasty lunch and coffee enjoyed by our group of 6
P.Good deal for Focal Point Gold Card holders today...2 iced drinks for $10...
J.Lovely service, amazing food, so comfortable. A great experience
E.Very cosy place for a coffee and food.
Reasonable price, am definitely going back
G.stunning interior, comfortable seating. A decent cinema at last for our city
M.An excellent experience, nice comfortable seats with food and drinks delivered to your seats.
L.Excellent, comfortable seating. Abundance of food choices.
J.Great cinema and great cafe
N.Had chicken risone salad which was delicious and a yummy chocolatey slice. I'll be back.
B.Comfy, clean cinema and lovely food.
s.Good food and service
M.Nice theater nice dinner meal
P.Misfits wasn't a good Movie....my pork belly was very fatty not nice
L.Nice match with the cinema and Cafe / restaurant. Fantastic service.
G.Great asset to Palmerston North entertainment. Have a drink and a snack while you watch a movie in comfort.
L.Very nice good food, quick service to on a busy Saturday.
W.Fabulous movie theatre. Looks like a weekly treat from now on. Staff friendly even though it was busy.
S.Love the comfy chairs in the cinema and great coffee and food on offer.
J.Great boutique theater. Cosy withlarge comfy seating. Good price
R.Pleasant atmosphere, good coffee.
Worth a visit.
M.Great place to watch a movie in comfort
K.Really good way to spend the evening. Comfy chairs and friendly staff.
M.Not a bad snack
W.Service was poor, wait time for meals to long and pork belly burnt,will not return for dinner.
M.Really enjoyed the spacious and comfortable sitting.
M.Enjoyed high tea on mothers day. Great friendly service.
P.Focal point was on point the experience was amazing well worth it food was delish.staff friendly and helpful.
J.Great atmosphere. Lovely garlic bread
J.Small, but comfy style of cinema, only surprise was no popcorn.
c.Nice new venue and good value movie ticket prices
T.Excellent service, food very nice, coffee excellent... 4.5star...
S.Food and staff not as great as feilding. Movie facilities awesome!!!!
a.Awesome place to forget about life for abit
P.It was great one of my favorite places.
E.Good food and coffee, comfortable seating!
M.Superb facilities with friendly staff just like the Feilding one.
A.café is great I haven't been to a movie there yet
J.Two words "pop corn" where is it ? Didn't see it 😕. Otherwise was good
R.Great seats and food, worth a look
J.Delicious cakes. Really comfortable seating.
T.Best caramel slice in Palmerston north and the coffee was good to .
T.Great cinema experience, served with great coffee 👍
A.Love the cinema sizes and the comfy chairs.
D.Food great but service could be better
J.The new location in Palmerston North is amazing
C.Very nice place, relaxing, excellent cuppa,
J.Went there for lunch, food was excellent
H.Best cinema around
S.Great new venue, staff were friendly
P.Great theatre. Enjoyed the experience
K.Beautiful theater, great service.
M.Awesome movie spot & great food
g.Great facility with after movie socialisation and treats.
S.Good service and coffee nice atmosphere
P.Great experience!
N.Great place to wine, dine, and watch a movie
d.Very pleasant .....
N.Very comfortable for movie watching.
G.Great service and very friendly people
R.Really nice.
E.Its ok getting better with food service
M.As always, it's a nice place to go
D.Lovely place to go watch a movie 😊
E.Great place great food great service
S.Favorite movie theater
C.Good experience
V.Amazing experience thank you
R.An adult cinema experience
C.Good food and customer service
M.Great comfy seating.
V.Great food and service
S.Great food and service.
L.Great cinema experience
C.great scotch egg
I.Great food
M.Great experience
M.Always special.nothing to fault
P.Fantastic Breakfast
P.Lovely coffee
R.Awesome
D.Excellent experience
D.Fantastic service
J.Brilliant
k.Great experience
J.Excellent
A.Nice place.
C.Fantastic
M.Nice place and the dishes are wonderfully clean!! Recommend
G.Comfortable spacious viewing added with quality food / beverages in the theatres or the cafe before or after the screening.
C.(Translated) Is class place.
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Ist class place.
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