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Lido Cinema (Epsom)

Address:
427 Manukau Road
Epsom
Auckland

Phone: 09 630 1500

Website: http://www.lido.co.nz​

Details
Capacity: 40 + 200
Screen: Two – The Lounge + Main Cinema
Sound: Dolby digital
Seating: Front row Lazyboys + fixed, custom-built (extra wide) seatsl
Snackbar: Full wine list, excellent coffee, snacks and Rush Munro ice cream
Accessibility: Good, with lift access to upstairs screens

​Geoff's Review
Situated between two Japanese restaurants on busy Manukau Road, the Lido Epsom is the companion cinema to the Lido Hamilton (it formerly included The Capitol on Dominion Road, as a ‘mini-chain’). Managed by Richard Dalton, these two cinemas display a real style and appreciation of film-going as a special experience. The Lido Epsom features two spacious lounges for patrons to sit by the fire, have a coffee, pick up a book from the shelves--before being shown to their seats by young, attentive ushers.

This cinema feels 'just right' once you step inside, with nice touches (fresh flowers) and the atmosphere of a well-cared-for venue.

Features a good range of recent art house releases (but a 3-D and popcorn-free zone), with a good mix of patrons (older patrons in the daytime; young professionals in the evening) Aucklanders travel across town to this cinema, and can find parking adjacent to the cinema, or on adjacent side streets.
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As a Hamiltonian, I am indebted to the Lido Epsom and to Richard Dalton for the similar attention he has bestowed on the Lido Hamilton--a cinema which provides the very best film-going experience in my city.

Update Oct 2019: the Lido (Epsom) will restructure its screens over the coming months, to offer three screens (140/50/40 seat screens). 
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