Mareel - Cinema & Music Venue

[mikel]

It's really good to see such a diverse range of films on offer at Mareel between the 26th October and the 1st November. There is a choice of Skyfall, Skyfall or more Skyfall.... I'm sure all gold card customers will be delighted.

[MuckleJoannie]

I underestand that the deal with the distributors means that they have to show what they get offrered, so there will be a lack of choice sometimes.

And no time ago people were complaing that we only got the big films months after release.
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[JustMe]

[mikel]

As of 3pm today that was the information available via the poorly designed website. It now has all been cleared up with a lengthy Facebook explanation.

[Longdog]

Mareel.facecloot.com seems the best place to see the listings
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[JustMe]

[JustMe]

Just had a look at the Mareel Cafe website and there are a couple of errors in the beer section that make me wonder about the suitability of the people running the bar (or the website) to be doing so.

Take this "Punk IPA - a light golden beer with a tropical fruit flavour and light caramel smell, brewed by BrewDog in Aberdeen.". Well a great beer but it is brewed in Fraserburgh (or Aberdeenshire) but not Aberdeen.

Then there is this "Bitter & Twisted - brewed by Harviestoun in the Fourth Valley, this is a delightfully refreshing blond beer with a finish that is like a twist of lemon." Where exactly is the Fourth Valley.........between the third and the fifth perhaps?.

There is a hell of a lot of public money gone into Mareel and it would be good if the people spending that money could get things right. Just look for the other errors in the beer section folks!.

[Spinner72]

[emjay73]

(** mod edit - topic merged - please don't start new threads when one dealing with the same subject matter already exists **)

Was in there on Sunday with wife & kids....not impressed. Layout is very poor. So much 'dead' floorspace and the place is tiny!! The decor is plain and bland, not a cosy cafe feeling at all (Starbucks, Costa Coffee for instance has that in abundance). Had to wait until tables were organised / set up after the previous night, this was at 14:00pm. One of the chairs was broken. Coffee was served in porcelain 'beakers' with no condiments, had to get them from the counter...paid almost £14.00 for a couple of coffees, 2 cartons of juice and a couple of slices of cake.

For £12,000,000 i was expecting something with at least a little bit of 'wow' factor...there is none. In fact, the whole place seems sterile and bland...and who was the fool who decided the screenings board should be outside above the main door instead of inside above the counters???

£12,000,000 could've been spent so much better. What a great shame. Where's the Ice Rink? Where's the 10 pin bowling? Where's the soft ball toy / games / slide area for kids? Where's the arcade?......the list goes on and on.

What was sorely needed (and still is) was a £12,000,000 complex featuring all of the above inc cinema. For the 'normal' family all we really have is a cinema and a small cafe / bar...for £12,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marooned in Maywick]

^^

So if the correct spellings of Forth, Peroni, Hoegaarden, Heineken (and possibly others - I've not checked in minute detail) had been used and if Brew Dog was accredited to Aberdeenshire rather than Aberdeen...you'd not really have much to complain about - would you.

Ah...other than Tennent's being described as "Glasgow's finest". I'm sure everybody knows the only decent thing to come out of Glasgow is the M8.
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[Fontal]

Exactly looking at the place it should have cost a quarter of what it did, it's no wonder our councle is going bust they are a shambles it's a complete waste of money again

[JustMe]

[hairyian]

"Mareel is the UK's most northerly music, cinema and creative industries centre."

No mention of being a Gastronomical centre of excellence.
So why do folk keep complaining about the food side of things?
Just accept it for what it is.

[shetlandpeat]

Another outlet for the bile factor...
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[JustMe]

[shetlandpeat]

Now we have stereo bile......

Folk in other threads have used the OP as a reason to chastise anyone (and me) from saying stuff they do not want to see written.

[unlinkedstudent]

[hairyian]

[JustMe]

^^
Moaning because as I said in a new thread Shetland Arts claimed the cafe bar would contribute so much towards the running costs of Mareel.....a lot more than many people thought possible. So it is reasonable for all complaints about the highly profitable cafe bar to be raised so that the management can do something about them.

Actually I am also left wondering if the way the cinema listings are displayed is really suitable for the majority of Shetland folk who do not live in Lerwick.
Or is Mareel just for Lerwick?

[shetlandpeat]

[unlinkedstudent]

[shetlandpeat]

They seem fine from here..

http://www.mareel.org/watch/

I am sure you may be able to deposit your comments and suggestions to somewhere that may be able to A/Do something about them and B/Be able to answer.

http://www.mareel.org/contact-us/
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