We have had some very busy periods but also some very very slow ones, like the one we are in at the moment.
Our Facebook page has over 2800 fans, i just wish half of them would come once a week and spend a fiver, things would be great.
We have made a few changes at Flix after realising that certain things work and others don't.
The cinema side of things has been scaled back to just the back room now, we list a movie Wednesday to Friday now instead of every night.
Our movie quiz night is going awesome, although as the students are on holiday it has slowed slightly. we have had to get rid of the couches and armchairs in the front half of flix and replace them with restaurant tables and chairs, we now have 12 extra chairs and people will be able to get a seat to do the quiz. we have a Thursday night MUSIC quiz which is going to change to a Monday in September, it has been building slowly but i have no doubt that it'll get busier and busier.
Another thing we have been doing is Live Comedy Nights, we have had 10 very busy nights and couple of crap ones but the comics were still great.
These nights run on the 2nd Wednesday and 3rd Saturday of each month. come along and have a laugh.
The new £5.00 tickets system is great for screenings and i'm sure it'll be good for comedy nights as well. it gives people a sense of what the costs are at Flix, we had lots of people ringing here and asking how much it costs? with us being a restaurant we don't have a set price, you go off the menu, everything is individually priced. Now it's a straight fiver for a seat and you can redeem the price back on food for screenings. for comedy the fiver is an admission charge to see live comedy but we still let you get a free drink with your ticket.
The quiz night on the other hand has been a bit of a nightmare. some people were coming to the quiz nights and paying their £1 to play and then not spending a penny all night or maybe buying an orange and water then nursing it like a newborn. whilst others who were spending money couldn't even get a seat.
We introduced the ticket price to ensure people don't treat us like a free night after we found that people had secretly been bringing in their own food and drinks. it has backfired a little as it has put some people off coming because they have to pay the fiver up front.
To be fair, they normally spent that much an more anyway, i just don't understand some people though. Maybe i am in the wrong.
We are sticking with the ticket price so if they don't come back then it is their loss, who plans to go out and spend less than i fiver anyway. if i was that skint i'd stay at home and cry (I know that sounds harsh but they obviously should be spending their time on something more important than i movie quiz)
Private bookings are going well now, we used to only do them for 10 people or more but now we are allowing people to buy a minimum of 10 tickets (£50) and they can have the room privately no matter how many their are, tomorrow we have a booking for 3 and a booking for 6 that have both done so, they can only redeem for food the amount of tickets that there are guests though, anything else must be paid for.
I feel like i have said a few things here that i probably wouldn't have said on Facebook or Twitter (140 characters, what a joke) it's made me feel better though.
So Flix Movie Cafe is still here, we are struggling at the moment and need peoples support. everyone always says how great of place it is but they fail to come along. one day they'll turn up and it could be closed (shit! i'm baring my soul here).
So tell you friends, family and everyone to come along and spend a FIVER, it's only a bloody FIVER!
