The Gallery, Odeon Metrocentre

Mr B and I wanted to go to see Taken 3 at the cinema on Saturday night so booked up to try The Gallery at the Metrocentre in Gateshead. I hate how ridiculously overpriced the cinema has become, nearly £10 for a standard ticket is quite frankly ridiculous, it's no wonder the pirate film market is taking over. Anyway, we decided to make a night of it and pay extra for The Gallery on Saturday. We don't get out much and wanted to make more of a night of it and we didn't have time for dinner as well so decided this was the best compromise.

The tickets aren't cheap; they're almost £8 more than standard seats, but so worth it if you want to treat yourself.

When we arrived we went straight up to the over 18s bar (no hyperactive children drinking blue slush and throwing popcorn in sight!) and they took our drinks order. They brought us a bowl full of nachos with hot cheese sauce, jalapeños and salsa and a bowl of sweets and we could also help ourselves to unlimited popcorn and soft drinks too. If you want to take alcoholic drinks in, they just transfer your drinks into plastic cups and I must say, drinking a cocktail in the back of the cinema felt like a real treat! Mr B claimed to need the loo half way through the film but came back with a beer; think he enjoyed the novelty too. The staff gave everyone another tray of nachos and more sweets for the film and you could take the popcorn and drinks through too so we were definitely well fed. The Gallery seats were the back two rows of the cinema and consisted of huge leather chairs to snuggle up in, perfect.

All in all I thought I'd be outraged to spend so much on going to the cinema, but we both loved it. It made it feel like a real treat and more of a 'date' than just showing up at the cinema and watching a film before coming home. I really recommend it to anyone who wants to make their cinema trip a bit more special.

The film was good too. We loved the first Taken film but were a little disappointed with the second, so we weren't sure what to expect this time around. We were pleasantly surprised and definitely recommend that too, I won't give anymore away!! So all in all, a thoroughly lovely date night with my lovely hub.