Nimax Theatres Reviews 

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4.3

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Evaluating 48 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the exceptionally helpful staff and friendly box office team who make the entire ticket purchasing process completely seamless, fast, and entirely stress-free. Consumers consistently note that customer service representatives are prompt, incredibly kind, and highly efficient when handling last-minute ticket exchanges and special seating requests. People emphasize that the shows are top notch and the overall service exceeds expectations. Some reviewers were not happy with customer support availability over the weekend, while others experienced inflexible policies and unhelpful responses when trying to resolve genuine booking mistakes.

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Customer service

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very friendly & efficient lady dealt with my enquiry to swap ticket dates. She handled my request without any irritation & got the whole thing sorted in a few minutes. I was very happy with service... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a problem booking a seat that I particularly wanted. I emailed Nimax asking for advice and the email was promptly replied to by Garry who answered my questions, gave me great advice and refu... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely fantastic experience! My daughter and I went to see the Six the musical on 10th January, and as someone who relies on a BSL interpreter, I was blown away by how spot-on the interpreter was.... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jonathan, was really helpful in explaining my options. Once I had decided on the show, I paid for my tickets, then 5 minutes later, I realised I hadn't used the voucher I had been meaning to use. I... See more


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Home to your favourite West End shows, Nimax Theatres owns the Apollo, Duchess, Garrick, Lyric, Palace and Vaudeville Theatres, as well as operating @sohoplace. Nimax is the official Box Office and ticket seller for all shows in our London theatres.


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4.3

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good experience

Attended the Derren Brown - Showman at the Apollo last night. It was amazing!!!!! The staff at the venue were all friendly and accommodating. The only reason I dropped 1 star is because I had to chase up for my tickets as I hadn't received them 72hrs before the show, but they responded the same day with my tickets.

Seems most of the bad reviews on here are from people who had to cancel their booking / couldn't attend. It's never great when you can't get money back, but it does say on their website about cancelling

January 28, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam company Scam company- do not use…

Scam company Scam company- do not use this company. They said they couldn't find my rescheduling request done on there own portsl, I done within there requirement. So I had either attend or try and sell on the day even though no one got back to me regarding changing dates. Loads of previous ticket holders had the same experience and worse. Please please AVOID THIS COMPANY. There is no support for customers like use to take action further. Ridiculous!!!!

December 28, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Nimax theatres are fraudsters

Nimax theatres are fraudsters. They took £140 From me for a resale ticket online and when I couldn’t attend the show because I needed to help family in an emergency, they said my ticket didn’t resell even though it was confirmed that the performance was sold out. They outright lied about it, didn’t put my ticket for resale because I checked on the site to see if they put it back up and there was nothing for two days. I’m going to report them to gov.uk and hopefully someone will start investigating this company because no other theatre does this.

November 30, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful customer service with untrained ruthless staff

I wish I didn’t have to write such a bad review. But the customer service I received on the phone to a young lady was appalling.

I was due to watch the Get Up Stand Up show tomorrow 15/11 as a present for my dad’s 60th birthday.

Unfortunately, he fell unwell this morning and I rang up to see if we could reschedule. I understand that the policy is >48 h but of course we would not have expected him to fall sick the day after his bday and the day before the event.

I emailed and contacted the customer services line to be met with a very rude, facety girl who gave zero care or compassion and did not try to help in any way.

When I asked if we could reschedule the answer was no. When I asked if I could speak to someone senior - no. This girl was truly savage. Wish I took her name tbh.

Baring in mind, the train company and restaurant I had also booked also had policies to not to refund any payment due to the time, they were more than happy to help when I spoke to them. Which I was very grateful for.

Overall really disappointing experience as we were really looking forward to this and now have lost nearly £200 which is not what you need in this cost of living crisis.

November 14, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service agent had no empathy…

Customer service agent had no empathy or understanding and was extremely unhelpful and talked to me like i was stupid. Also, the information you receive via email of when to contact customer service is incorrect and not supported by customer services.

November 3, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Read the poor reviews and had to give…

Read the poor reviews and had to give my experience as I doubt many people bother if they have a good one. Booked tickets for Harry Potter and The Cursed Child totally messed it up my fault, emailed on a weekend to explain and ask for amendments to be done. Received email back advising Mon-Fri high volumes of emails may take a few days. Received email from Aidan later in week confirming he had sorted all out for me, so I am very pleased with customer service I received.

October 23, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very very bad customer services 3 of us booked to see bob marley but we…

3 of us booked to see bob marley but we then suffered a loss and tickets had to be changed etc...all well until i went to log in and ticket was for wrong day wrong time wrong seats, it was a saturday so i rang up and was told no exchanges given over the weekend, so i had to purchase another ticket and was told id recieve a refund if i called back monday as the circumstances of the first changes were heartbreaking ones, this has been since the 10th of sept and no refund no exchange just passing the buck between quay tickets and nimax, id of even seen the show again if thats what was offered but no, no responses,no return phone calls, just blag blag blag, shame on you for causing such a problem for a customer when the mistakes are on you and your no exchange at weekend, i will keep on calling and pestering until i have too

September 11, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful customer service

Awful customer service. Tested positive for Covid the day before the performance, requested an exchange by email and over the phone and refused because we were within 48 hour exchange period. Nomad Theatres website advises that you don’t attend if you have Covid, but customer service representative denied this on the phone. I’ll never book with them again. Dreadful.

September 6, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I tested positive for covid 4 hours…

I tested positive for covid 4 hours before the show on Saturday. So responsibly didn't go.
Nimax who look after bookings in Ldon Theatre have 48 cancellation policy.? When I said there was no way of contacting them, Nimax said unlucky I should have still GONE. No chance of rescheduling me despite them not being contactable Saturday before the show

August 30, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Really poor customer service

Really poor customer service, lacking any type of empathy and customer care, in it for the quick buck and has an unrealistic view on how things should work with theatre and entertainment venues in this modern age.

Polly was less than helpful and abrupt to deal with, and will avoid them where I can for future shows. Really shoddy.

Please book through another means, todaytix are much more amenable for unforeseen circumstances.

Nimax are awful

August 16, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic Company

Customer services very helpful in particular Rosie. A situation arose which took a little understanding and compassion before the pre-booked event in 1 weeks time and rather than stick to the terms and conditions to which they were well within their rights they sorted the situation out. Wouldn't hesitate to book with Nimax Theaters again. Easy and simple from start to finish.

August 10, 2022
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

It would have beem 5 stars but teach…

It would have beem 5 stars but teach you staff members to be polite and patient with customers.

Audience members are positive amosphere to be entertained and need guidancd. I was interested i purchasing a booklet but wasn't spoken to like a human being.

A staff member asked me to repeat 3 X as if I wasn't speaking English. One women and men were mocking me as I worked away after asking ice cream price. Incredibly rude and made me feel uncomfortable. I also think a women outside was responding poorly to people of colour.

July 29, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Beware using this company! Awful customer service and try to over charge you.

Nimax Theatres have awful customer service I went to purchase tickets at 8am this morning and it said the tickets were £80, put the card details in and clicked pay then it said my basket had expired even though I had 10 mins left to check out.
Went back to add the tickets back to my basket to try again and they had increased the price by £20! So basically if you show your interested in the tickets they will just raise the price which is disgusting.

Tried to call customer service was on hold for 32 mins before they then hung up on me so then called the booking line to get through to a rude agent called Megan who said basically the price has gone up tough.

July 14, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booked Harry Potter tickets

Booked Harry Potter tickets. I had COVID so out of respect as you should filled out form to reschedule now not allowed tickets due to tech clitch, no new date email received. So basically stolen £200. No help no customer service or compassion for world wide pandemic situation. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY !!!!

July 10, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

PLEASE get rid of these theiving people!

I don't understand why our high end theatres in the capital of the country are using these wacky, childish rubbish companies!!! And they continously get away with a rubbish job of selling tickets! Conning peope out of they hard earnt money! I think it's about time the theatres step up and take responsibility! Start boycotting or whatever would help to stop using the cheap and crappy services

June 15, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer Services seem non existent

Customer Services seem non existent. Have a question on check in link that doesn't work . No way to get clarity on it at all via mail or tel no given .Still waiting on tickets for show on Sunday.
Hopeless.
Avoid booking through them.

May 20, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

More concerned about photos than paying customers

As a NHS worker I had my first day off in 10 days and went to the west end to see Get Up Stand Up, the Bob Marley show.

Totally ruined by over zealous staff constantly running up and down the aisle trying to stop people taking a photo.

Constantly shining torches in peoples faces trying to stop people taking a photo

Constantly opening the doors to the stairs where the light would distract you, so they could go down to the level below, to stop people taking a photo

Constantly walking in and out of the bar doors and chatting away to themselves disturbing paying customers

People go for a good time. Some may want a photo as a memento. What’s the big deal

The last time I will ever visit the Lyric theatre west End. Night absolutely ruined. Thanks a bunch

May 13, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't buy tickets from this theatre…

Don't buy tickets from this theatre group. They will alter the date of the show and take forever getting you alternative tickets. Then when you do get the replacement tickets and you show up with a bag with some food in it (which you've just bought to take home and are not going to eat in the theatre) they won't let you in. No apology, no refund, no nothing.

April 19, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking service

Shocking service, booked The Play that Goes Wrong to Duchess Theatre direct. On the day of the performance (March 13, I suffered an accident. Sent email to the box office called them several times to rearrange the visit. Sill no contact and the number given has no answer. They just took the money straight away.
Quite frankly an embarrassing service from this company.

March 16, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

New benchmark in Customer Service

The customer service from Poppy by email is nothing short of exceptional. A fantastic ambassador for the company both in the speed of response, support and outcome so thank you. Possibly the best all round service experienced from any company so thank you

March 7, 2022
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