I went here to see Aquaman 3D in December 2018, and, coincidentally, the theater was celebrating its 90th anniversary (1928 - 2018). Here is my overall review: Where is it located? This is a historic theater, also known as Grand Theatre, at West Nanjing Road in People's Square area Shanghai and was originally constructed before the beginning of the Second World War! It has been redesigned into a multiplex with 5 smaller studios but still retains the main theater that comfortably accommodates 1300+ audiences! How is the lobby? When entering the lobby, you see a classical 1930's European theater design with marble flooring. The ticket office is on your left and a grand entrance hallway in the middle adjoining two wide marble stairways on its left and right sides. Walking further, you find a concession stand on your right and when you reach the end of the hallway and turn left, you find 3 entrances to the main theater. On the second floor, you find a mini museum displaying a number of life-size mannequins of select Hollywood movie characters and 30's Hollywood movie posters in Chinese. The second floor also functions as the entrance to balcony seats and the other smaller theaters. What are the facilities? 1. Ticket office / Box office 2. Self-ticketing Prices vary depending on the movie and showtimes.The price I paid for the Aquaman 3D 7 PM show was 40 CNY. You get a generous discount if you buy it online using WeChat pay or Alipay :) 3. Concession stand They sell popcorn and other usual snacks. Only bought a large bag of french fries that cost 35 CNY. 4. Toilets Dirty and smelly. 5. Waiting area with padded benches This is only available in the smaller lobby of the other 5 theaters which is connected to the second floor of the main theater. The lobby of the main theater doesn't have any benches or chairs. How professional are the staffs? I interacted with the ticket seller, ticket takers, and concession stand staff, some of whom were polite while others were rather blunt. How is the theater? 1. Seats and Seating Layout The main auditorium has 3 entrances: one on the ground floor with entrance doors separated for audiences with odd and even seat numbers, and the other on the second floor for balcony seats. The balcony seats that accommodate around 500 audiences were closed for unknown reasons during my visit. You enter the main auditorium from the rear and find 2 aisle-ways separating the seats into 3 sections, each of which is further divided into upper and lower block-rows. I selected Row 21 (that's equivalent to the letter U) and seat number 12 in the middle block. It is such a huge theater that being seated in Row 21 doesn't mean you are seated close to the screen as there are still about 15 more rows in front of me! The folding padded seats are rather small but quite comfy with adequate leg clearance. The floor is very flat like that which you find in old movie theaters. 2. Screen Small for a theater of this size as the side walls are curved, and it is masked. 3. Projector The picture was comfortable to the eyes and the 3D effects looked fine. 4. Sound System Apart from its interior design, this is where the main theater quite shines. Clear vocals and punchy bass coming from the front and supported by about 21 surround speakers. 5. Air-conditioning System No complaint. To sum up, out of a total score of 5: 1. Seats and seating arrangement - 3.5 2. Screen - 3.5 3. Projector - 4 4. Sound system - 4 5. Air-conditioning system - 5 6. Lobby - 3 7. Facilities - 3 8. Staff - 3 The sole reason to go to this historic theater is to see a movie in the massive main auditorium like the old days. Partly recommended.

Conviently located in Nanjing west road in people square, this grand cinema makes you feel like you are back in the 50’s! I went to see abominable in English and had a blast! Toilets smell amazingly good to be noticed! By people’s square metro stop exit 9. I love smelling popcorn as I entered the auditorium!

最近扫了不少私人影院，这家也是其中之一，对比下来这家房间虽然小了些和片源不是很新外，其他都算不错，性价比也颇高。 又是开在商务楼里，门面虽小，却有两层，并且两层都有各种主题包间，布置的还是比较温馨的，躺沙发上看片子吃吃薯片，就如在家做“沙发土豆”一样悠闲自在…… 店主也挺客气的，服务总体还是蛮不错的，有机会会再去，希望之后片源能更新快点，这样性价比就会更高些，给予四星鼓励一下。

No es tan malo como pensaba, lo que pasa que tiene pocas reseñas pero todo lo demás que hay en este cine está muy bien

去过几次，最近两次是公司包场看的《建国大业》和跟朋友去看的《倔强的萝卜》。 比较喜欢小厅，不吵，只是本人不太习惯在电影院看片子，坐久了感觉头晕，呵呵 不过新片上映可以去看看，场次多，效果还可以

The website is only in Chinese!! They don’t care about tourists. I don’t speak chinese

Very grand and nice cinema at location near food and sub way station

You will pay a lot for normal theater especially if it 4D :-)

Old-fashioned Classical Cinema

Old cinema with giant screen

Love might get started here.

Nice but expensive cinema.

3厅看得，屏幕稍微小了，进入座位实在不方便。

上海的老电影院，还行吧，有一个比较大的厅

经典的老牌电影院，有着几代人的美好回忆。

大厅真是好大好大啊，包场看怪兽大学

缅怀以前一起看通宵电影的日子

GOOD PLACE

有一定年代的电影院

老了，其他蛮好

气派呀