Everyman Belsize Park: sofas, a screen and a pint after
A single-screen cinema on Haverstock Hill, NW3, with velvet sofas, a bar that comes to your seat and a 1930s Odeon behind its front door.
By Only Camden Editorial
Everyman Belsize Park is at 203 Haverstock Hill, NW3 4QG, a short walk from Belsize Park Underground. Book online, check the day's listings first, and leave time for a drink after.
What it is
One screen, velvet sofas, 4K projection and a bar. That is the pitch from Everyman's own page, which says the cinema was refurbished “from the inside out” and now has a “brand-new bar”. The bar serves cocktails, wines, sharing plates and burgers, and it all comes to your seat. There is a Kids Menu too.
Seat numbers vary depending on who you ask. Everyman's Instagram bio says 128, so call it around 130 and be done. It is a small room, which is the point: you are not lost in a multiplex.
Everyman also offers private hire for birthdays, corporate events and bespoke film nights, and runs special screenings and events alongside new releases.
The history, briefly
The building sits on the footprint of something grander. The Odeon Haverstock Hill, at 201, opened on 29 September 1934 with George Robey in Chu Chin Chow. Cinema Treasures says it was the Odeon chain’s flagship until Odeon Leicester Square arrived in 1937.
The current cinema went up on part of that site as the Screen on the Hill. According to Cinema Treasures, it opened on 10 November 1977 with Welcome to LA, and began with 339 seats on one level. It was refreshed in 1995 and 2005, and Everyman Media Group took it over in 2008, renovating it and reopening it as Everyman Belsize Park.
Look up as you arrive: the entrance is set into one unit of the old Odeon shop parade, and the cream faience tiles of the original are still there.
What to see
The programme mixes new releases with special events and season screenings. An archived Everyman listing showed anniversary classics and a Passport Season of world cinema, which gives a feel for the style. With a single screen, expect roughly four or five films a day, so the choice is tight. Check the schedule on the Everyman page on the day.
Prices and booking
Book online through the Everyman venue page, where the ticket prices section lives. Check it before you go rather than trusting anyone’s round number. Reviewers have called it pricey for the size of the screen, and one booking with seats over £40 looks like a group or premium seating, so look at the seat type before you click.
One practical tip, and it is an editorial one: weekday daytime screenings are the sensible bet if you want a quieter room.
For after: The George
The George is at 250 Haverstock Hill, NW3 2AE, further up the hill from the cinema, so call it a short walk. It is a Greene King pub, and Greene King describes a Brewers Tudor facade, a building originally built as a hotel and original gas lamps at the front. It is dog-friendly, has a small beer garden and shows live sport.
- Hours: 11:00 to 23:00 Sunday to Thursday, 11:00 to 00:00 Friday and Saturday.
- Food: served 11:00 to 21:00 daily. Reviewers on Tripadvisor single out the fish and chips.
- Booking: online, or phone 020 7431 0889.
Food stops at 21:00, so if you are catching a late film, eat first or eat before the film and drink after.
Getting there
Belsize Park Underground is moments away, and Hampstead Heath, Primrose Hill and Camden are all within easy reach. Everyman says the cinema sits among bars and restaurants, and Belsize Village and England’s Lane are close if the pub does not suit.
