Reviews of Whakamax Movies. (Other) in Whakatāne (Bay of Plenty).

Whakamax Movies

488 Reviews

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Movie theater

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99 The Strand, Whakatāne 3120, New Zealand

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Information of Whakamax Movies, Other in Whakatāne (Bay of Plenty)

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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 Whakamax Movies

A. K.

Always a vibe here! Staff very friendly when we come, they greet us and make sure were okay with out tickets and movie room. Favorite things to buy would be the Big Max Waffle with choc ice cream, nuts, cream and choc sauce yum yum!

S. P.

Watched Dr. Strange Multiverse yesterday in Cinema 1 and it was good. So the last movie I watched in Whakamax was Avengers Infinity War, 2018. I think they put us in a smaller cinema and I wasn’t happy. After that I just travelled to Tauranga. But after watching in Cinema 1, I think it’s not too bad. If you are going to watch in Whakamax then try Cinema 1. Special thanks to the staff for there amazing service!!

C. F.

A great resource for our town. Lots of choice and caters for fundraising events. Always an enjoyable experience.

P. A.

You can finally eat hot foods like wedges in the movie theatre-no more scrambling for a meal after 2 hr-odd film! Love waffle ice creams & popcorn. Wish the toilet basins had hot water & longer drying cycle on hand dryer.

C. P.

Customer service is great, facilities are nice and clean. Prices are a little high though.

A. J.

Only dropped in today for a waffle and coffee. Both were amazing and the staff were fantastic. Looking forward to my next time.

C. E. L.

We only came for a coffee and got super friendly staff , great waffles with chocolate icecream and two well prepared flat whites..Next time we ll come to watch a movie! Chris and Claudia from Tauranga on a rainy Sunday afternoon....👍😷😷

M. W.

The complex has about 5 cinemas with comfortable seats. The spaces including the toilets were clean and well maintained. In the entrance there is also a waffle shop offering some delicious waffles, 3 sizes, with ice cream and cream and sauces. Delicious.

M. P.

It was great to watch a movie with the whānau. Friendly staff who were awesome 👍

Yummy waffle with icecream a must try yum

D. M.

Good choice of current films and very helpful staff. Try the vanilla cornets as they were the best we have had in a while. Small theatres and comfortable seats. No bar inside, but several close by if you want a drink beforehand. Easy parking and makes for a very pleasant evening out

Lovely wee cinemas. Staff were extra lovely, a real bonus to this business

K. M.

My first time here and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Excellent and patient staff. They were very pleasant with lovely smiles and very helpful. The cinema was smaller than what I am used to but the seats were comfortable and there was heaps of foot space. I would return given the opportunity.

A. D.

Awesome cinema, clean and friendly staff

P. K.

We went prepared for a cold theatre, only to find that the temperature was quite warm. The movie itself was a translation from perhaps Spanish and although the graphics were very very good, the children that were watching the movie got quite bored quite quickly. Looking at the opening poster it looked like a typical "Disney" type movie but an extra fact it was produced by someone else. Still it's a great movie very good Morel behind it. the movie itself was about blended families and tolerance and compromise. Very enjoyable.

P. S.

Great service and staff. The cinema was also very clean

L. A.

Pavarotti's story was wonderful. So thankful I got to enjoy this with a group of like minded friends today.

D. B.

Love it every time i go to whakamax, super friendly staff love a good catch up every time. The service is great and love the way the menu is going. How about we look at some couch type chairs in cinema 1, could attract more audience 🤔i know I'd go most Fridays to relax 😁 what about a rewards/ perks card. Each time we visit gets us closer to earning an add on for our night out for example, a free movie, an extra drink? And half price shared curley fries 🍟 thanks again!!! Keep up the good work

D. A.

Great service. Staff were very helpful. Awesome that you can have a cheeky cold one while the kids watch a movie. Good to see them supporting the local brewery.

J. K.

Even brings your orders to you while watching movie. Awesome service.

T. P.

Whakamax is my holiday go to cinema. Great ice creams and friendly staff.

B. S.

Nice feel to the cinemas. Not your typical mainstream presentation.

R. S.

Good staff and good service and clean cinema so a good place to go for all.

N. J.

Love this place! A real asset to the town. 5 cinemas, great coffee too. Loveky personal attention from owner. Highly recommended.

L. R.

Lovely comfy seating, and good service.

S. X.

I like this little theater. It has a cool small friendly town feel about it. it's prices are far more reasonable that the theaters in the big cities. You don't really lose anything either. Want a bigger screen shot closer 👍

D. H.

Amazing service, cute and cozy

A. M.

Very clean premises. Deliciously fresh popcorn. Super friendly, helpful staff. Quality seats and comfortable viewing angles. Decent screen size. Website is updated quite often too so you can look for movie times/ongoing offers online, anytime.

R. K.

Recently Moved to Whakatane and my love of movies needed to be filled. I prefer this place than any theatre in Hamilton (where I moved from) and had a great experience. I went to see captain Marvel to be shocked at good the prices are! No more sneaking food in. It's a small comfy theatre and makes you feel right at home. If you reading this to see how good this place is, stop reading and just go.

L. B.

A spectacular cinema with friendly service and comfy seats. Popcorn was top notch. Beautiful staff, loved their polo shirts. The perfect place to catch the latest blockbuster!

P. B.

Well priced. Clean interior with ample space and really comfortable seating.

L. W.

We go regularly to this beautiful facility, gorgeous little intimate theatres , small queues , friendly staff, delicious soy chai latte my only negative would be no Monday movies but hey I guess you are allowed a day off!

P. H.

Super friendly and super affordable. Great selection of movies and time slots. Highly recommended

E. M.

Comfortable seats. Great service. Best ice creams in town!

T. H.

Awesome Inviting space, Great Friendly staff who are helpfull and upbeat. Been quite a few times with friends and family and have always had a great time, be wise to get your tickets early if you can as it can get quite packed and you could expect to be waiting in line for a bit while people order there snacks etc. Sometimes throughout the year they have Kids weekends where tickets are only $5 for tickets to kids movies which is so cool, Great value popcorn packs, nice range of food & drinks avaliable. Clean toilets & lots of seating avaliable in the cinemas. A great place to go to watch movies, go for Brunch or grab a icecream :)

m. h.

Loved Sean's service I said to him he seems to really enjoy his job and he replied is that sarcasm? LOL

J. M.

Great little place it just took a long time for the food to arrive otherwise it might have been a 5 star from me.

c. A.

Great movie theater. Love the waffle ice creams that can be taken into the theater. The day we went was very quiet so no waiting in cues.

E. E.

Toilets need a clean.. Large popcorn is actually a medium.. Furthermore, was a great experience!

S. C.

Friendly staff, great atmosphere, they have a good range of food and snacks, and they didn't mind about the we'd like half lift and half raspberry drink, their popcorn is fresh and overall if you go when kids at school you can have a whole row to yourself 😆

C. B.

A great theatre with great movies.

H. R.

No gold lounge or lounge seats. One large theatre, two mediums and the rest are small. Large sits 80-100, medium 45-60 and small 35-50. Back row of large reclines slightly. Food and beverage options are overpriced like all theatres and slightly better range than average as can order hot drinks that get delivered to your seat, wine options, hot food (toasties etc), ice cream range and usual popcorn, candy etc. Not bad for a small town but Hawera cinemas in Taranaki have lounge seating which left me no choice but to rate 3 stars. Sorry Whakamax, you have a decent community focus too though, ladies night via social media etc. Just install lounge seats and 4 stars ezpz.

go here often, lovely place and good staff, lobby always tidy, good food

Very nice theatre, went there and snacks were amazing, watched chaps walking!

N. M.

I don't have the longest legs but unfortunately I kept accidentally hitting the person's chair in front of me each time I switched to get into a more comfortable position.

P. B.

Our town has a great little movie theater in Whakamax. All the new releases as soon as they become available and we have great staff as well. It is also great you can have a beer or wine with your movie and even a barista coffee. Good on ya Whakamax

E. H.

Lovely small town cinema. Good selection of films. Staff are always friendly and helpful. Sound systems could be improved, but for its size it’s a good set-up. Also, does great coffee and serves until 8pm, making it one of the few options for late-evening non-alcoholic drinks.

D. P.

Had a great time with the family on my boy's 12th birthday - even from the front row

Awesome independent cinema. Saw two movies here. Very helpful staff, comfy seats and cheaper tickets on Tuesdays. Reasonable prices for Popcorn and drinks.

J. B.

Great hospitality, comfortable sitting, food prices are good. The range of movie showing is really awesome and the quality of the screen and sound was amazing.

L. H.

Awesome staff!! excellent customer services and very friendly

L. B.

great little country town theatre with a good range of ice cream flavours and snacks.

E. C.

Friendly, helpful staff. Nice atmosphere. Clean cinema. Well priced yummy food.

R. T.

Nice facility and great fundraiser opportunities offered by the proprietor. Seats are pretty low and not real comfortable.

J. S.

Great theater and customer facilities. Very tidy and well organized

E. S.

Awesome theatre, comfy seats, and delicious icecreams delivered to our seats half way through the movie! Felt very spoilt.

Q. I.

Nice cinema. Sometimes serve cold popcorn which sucks but still a great place.

Awesome love the food and atmosphere

N. P.

I love the courage you people show to us but i dont understand why the popcorn boxes has gone lower, by lower i mean less popcorn no biggy still love it hope i can come back someday

H. v. A.

A great small movie theatre, with great staff. Would be even better when the renevation in the last two theatres are completely finished.

S. O.

Awesome ice creams. Toilets were dirty.

M. 1.

Had a fab morning out with my girlfriend for mother's day,great movie with a coffee & they bought it to our seats👍

A. L.

Love the new menu and to your seat delivery service

G. E.

Yummy ice creams to top you're favorite movie

T. B.

Nice experience...friendly staff...good snacks at reasonable good price..highly recommended

B. B.

Clean intimate little theatre.

C. E.

Great little three screen theatre. Good variety of mainstream and less well known movies.

C. P.

Cheap, rustic movie theatre. Lovely experience. Highly recommended to all in the area.

T. B.

Friendly service, comfortable seats in theatre 4 and enjoyed the movie!

A. G.

Movie good seats not so good

C. M.

Great location, lots of different movie's available, great service & food selection

Z. V.

Aircon was off, which hit the enjoyment of a great movie. The family all agree, go see Spiderverse.

A. P.

Name is bloody hilarious. I’m traveling from Aus just to say I’ve been to Whakamax!

M. D. (.

Nice comfy & clean theatre's, lovely staff & good price.

M. C.

Good spot but pretty uncomfortable seats for the longer movies

J. B.

10 out of 10. Awesome place to hang out with friends and family. Had a great time.

N. L.

Pleasure to go, lovely staff plus all the latest movies. Coffee, wine, icecream, nibbles, love it.....

R. C.

The best coffee. Really friendly and helpful staff there. Recommended. 😊

T. R.

Lovely friendly staff. $8waffle Max was delicimo👌

d. h.

5 theatres, comfortable seats,well managed air conditioning,good sound and image, range of movies

V. W.

Okay apart from the 9$ Tues wasn't available for adults during the school holidays

S. C.

It's a local movie theatre, so there are small screens but the staff are great!

C. D.

Awesome customer service. Very helpful

E. H.

Popcorn was cold and seats uncomfortable (cinema 1) but the rest great, service excellent.

Fun employees passionate about films and always a great night's experience!

M. R.

Great selection. Nice people. Good food

T. &. T. K.

Newly upgraded and clean seats were comfortable but narrow

B. B.

Always up to date with the latest movies and the ice creams are good too

D. M.

Cosy theatre. Nice ice cream place. very friendly staff.

Great love this place

Comfortable theatre, friendly staff.

M. M.

Excellent fantastic wonderful movie, Summerland ************

Very nice friendly customer service just a very nice atmosphere

J. G.

Great food and drink options, clean, comfortable and professional. Thanks Whakamax.

C. F.

Showing it's age. But affordable and comfortable and clean.

m. g.

The workers are like so nice and the quality is perfection

D. M.

The best cinema ever. Great personal service

C. G.

Love this little place great service great facilities

l. w.

Saw cousin movie loved it

Love coming here helpful and friendly staff

It was a lovely experience thankyou.

K. C.

Great night, thank you for helping us with our fundraising.

O. H.

Excellent services offered. 👌

J. B.

Had the waffles there , amazing !

A. W.

Very gpod

Great people snd great place to visit

D. w.

Seats are small but go on a Monday its $10

A. A.

Good seats, great service.

Huge screens great lights and fantastic food YUM

Ten bucks on a Sunday arvo all good

E. R.

Coffee is realistically priced with great service.

M. G.

Not too bad for a small town cinema

M. H.

Nice theatre, need bigger popcorn

Great service. Thank you 😊

P. M.

Love the ladies nights! Even won a prize on the night.

S. v. d. M.

They have popcorn and the movie theaters aren't too small.

Good place for coffee n ice cream

T. R.

Has multiple theatre's to cater for your taste

B. H.

Reasonable movie prices and great staff.

Good family day at movies, helpful staff

B. M.

This a cool place to go and see a movie loveit

L. P.

It was good except for the prices they are way to high!!!!!!

Friendly atmosphere and good service

C. D.

Sound was very loud could have come down a couple of decibels

Good night...great movie Jurassic World!

D. R.

Great set up. Good service.

Was awesome rated 6

J. M.

Small and nice. Great for an outing

M. K.

Kool Nite out. Very friendly Staff.

Amazing Place loved it

L. J.

Not only is whakamax the best place in whakatane to watch a movie...it is the only place. Aa++

M. K.

Love going to our local moviez

C. M.

Great friendly and helpful 👍

P. T.

Great Cinema , good manager

E. T.

Sucks that you can't take your own food

A. M.

Always a lovely experience

A great atmoshere

L. B.

A Star is Born. Great Movie

Awesome service on points

J. S. (.

Popcorn a little stale but facility ok.

B. C. (.

A little chilly in there. Wish I had taken a cost.

B. N.

Good coffee and nice atmosphere

Fast service friendly workers

R. B.

Clean, tidy, cozy and friendly service.

D. S.

Good service good food

A. S.

Great place and soup 😃

R. O.

Great place and wonderful staff

B. V.

Seats still not the best , uncomfortable

Great movie 🍿🎥

Great place with a great atmosphere

O. W.

Cuz i like all the movies

Y. F.

Screens a little small and downsized the popcorn

C. G.

Clean tidy with good service

Good fun.

Great for the whole family.

G. J.

Just paying an old haunt a visit.

B. T.

Excellent service.

Great movie

J. M. S.

Always top service here

C. H.

Good service

Excellent, nice staff!

J. B.

Nice friendly service

G. S.

My kids love it

Great nite out

Great atmosphere

G. M.

Small but nice

It looks great

H Good

Great ice cream

D. B.

Loved the Movie Mama Mia

Good little theatre in whakatane!

m. b.

Waffle and mocca yummm

My chill time 🎥

W. W.

Lovely service 😊

Nice people. Nice place

Thank you xxoo

Nice place

Nice small theater

The movie was great

Its ok

It is a good attraction

Great for the family

E. H.

Fun small town cinema

J. B.

Nice and cosy cinema

Always good

Great place

Waffles!

Great

Awesome

Not to bad

C. R.

Great place

C. G.

Great

Clean and comfy

Excellent

Awesome Place

Nice

J. C.

Awesome

Hate the name

M. H.

Amazing

B. T.

Good place

R. S.

Great popcorn

A. S.

Enjoyed it

Good cinema

C. S.

Always a great experience - lovely staff.

(Translated) A cinema in a small center perfect for spending evenings. movie times are not too late and the rooms are large and clean. Unfortunately there is not a lot of choice regarding the food but we are satisfied. (Original) Un cinema in un piccolo centro perfetto per passare le serate . gli orari dei film non sono troppo tardi e le sale sono grandi e pulite. Purtroppo non c'è molta scelta per quanto riguarda il cibo ma ci si accontenta .