The Red Carpet Cinema & Café Bar

The Red Carpet Cinema & Café Bar combines great food and great films under one roof.

We have been a TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Award Winner for an amazing Three Years Running with over 2,000 reviews celebrating our fabulous food, friendly service and cosy cinema experience.

Located at Barton Marina, we're an independent two-screen cinema with a quirky deco café bar and spacious outdoor patio. Join us for breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday roasts, coffee and cake, or one of our popular film and food packages.

Many of our customers visit purely for the café bar, whilst others combine a meal with a film for the perfect day or evening out.

Watch the latest mainstream and art-house films, enjoy live-streamed events from around the world, or take part in one of our adult creative classes.

Whether you're visiting for a meal, a film or both, we're here seven days a week to help you relax and enjoy a great day or evening out.

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WHAT'S ON

Our schedule is packed with mainstream & art house films and live events beamed in via satellite from around the world. At the moment you can book The Odyssey, Spiderman, Holy Days, Tony, & Sons, Spa Weekend, De Gaulle, Sunny Dancer, Pressure, Practical Magic 2 & so much more. Our schedule is updated every Friday.

EAT & DRINK

Breakfast is served in our cafe bar from 10am until 11.45am; lunch from 12 noon until 4.45pm and for our evening menu we take orders from 5pm until 8.30pm. We now have a daytime film and food offer consisting of a one course breakfast or lunch with an afternoon cinema ticket from £19.45 In the evening our popular two course film & food deal is available every evening from £30.45pp. On Sundays we also serve delicious roast dinners.

CREATIVE CLASSES

Our Creative Classes for September term are now booking. We offer ‘Stitchety’ crafts on Wednesdays, Art on Tuesdays & Thursdays, Musical Theatre on Mondays & Thursdays, Creative Writing on Tuesdays & Fridays and Guided Reading 'From the Page to the Pictures' on Mondays. Taught in adult groups with highly trained and super friendly teachers, participants have found new friends & new skills that will last a lifetime. Press the link in the box to email a teacher & ask any questions you may have.

Finding us is easy! We're conveniently located just off the A38 between Lichfield and Burton upon Trent, with plenty of free and hassle-free parking. Nestled beside the bustling boat village at Barton Marina, you can take a leisurely stroll along the promenade, enjoy a scenic walk around the lakes, treat yourself to an ice cream, browse the art gallery, shop for clothing, or, most importantly, dine, drink and watch a film at The Red Carpet.

Above all, we want you to relax and enjoy yourself while we take care of everything.

We also strive to offer excellent value for money, with options including a one-course breakfast or lunch and a matinee film from just £19.45 per person, or a two-course evening meal and film from £30.45 per person.

If you'd prefer to watch a film without dining, our cosy, comfortable cinemas offer tickets from £7.95 in the morning and £11.95 in the afternoon and evening.

If you'd like to dine without watching a film, that's absolutely fine too. We've been awarded TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice status for three consecutive years and have received more than 2,000 customer reviews.

Booking is simple. Just press CINEMA under the pictures above, select your film and time, and explore four weeks of scheduled screenings. If you're planning ahead, simply navigate to Week Two, Week Three or Week Four to find future dates. Once you've chosen your film and seat, you'll be asked whether you'd like to dine and we'll take care of the timings for you. No credit card required, no booking fees, and parking is safe, well lit and well maintained.

If you're just looking to book a café bar table, simply press CAFE BAR and follow the straightforward instructions.

A huge thank you for choosing The Red Carpet. Your support allows us to employ fifty local people and bring our community together through films, documentaries, dramas, blockbusters, musicals, creative classes, ballets and operas from around the world.

We look forward to welcoming you soon.

The Red Carpet Team

P.S The Red Carpet was dreamt up at the kitchen table by Kate Silverwood. If you’d like to know how it was built, please click here

To contact us via email please click here.

To contact us via phone please call 01283 716257 from 7am until 10am Monday to Friday.

“'The Red Carpet is such a jewel, catch up on films, sometimes not available elsewhere and treat yourself to a lovely meal, no city/town pressures, parking is easy(still free), a great trip out. Quite delightful; if you live locally treasure it because it is a rare business.' ”

David W: Trip Advisor 2026

The Red Carpet Cinema & Café Bar

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“'The Red Carpet is such a jewel, catch up on films, sometimes not available elsewhere and treat yourself to a lovely meal, no city/town pressures, parking is easy(still free), a great trip out. Quite delightful; if you live locally treasure it because it is a rare business.' ”