Hoyts Berkeley Mission Bay

Nowadays, the Berkeley occupies the first floor of the original cinema building. There are restaurants across the original frontage at street level, and the cinema’s rather under-stated entrance is at the left hand corner. A wide staircase takes patrons up to the very large, and equally comfortable, foyer/lounge. From there, the four screens are accessed via a long central corridor (see the layout on the photograph of the ‘Emergency Procedures’ notice).

According to a member of staff, this modernisation took place around the late 1960s/early 1970s. The Berkeley presumably went from a single screen (stalls and circle) to today’s four auditoriums. The “13 screens” in the header is incorrect.

The way the four auditoriums have been laid out results in them being a similar size. Seating capacities are: Cinema 1:80, Cinema 2:79, Cinema 3:75 and Cinema 4:75; a total of 309.