The Modern Garden City Cinema Today in 2026

Garden City Cinema refers to the Century Cinemax location at Garden City Mall on Thika Road, Exit 7, Nairobi.

It is one of Century Cinemax’s four cinemas in Kenya and, importantly, it is home to the chain’s IMAX screen. Century Cinemax describes itself as the exclusive licensee of the IMAX screening format in East Africa, making this a particularly notable cinema for people looking for a large-format movie experience.

IMAX Garden City cinema Online Booking Prices

What can you watch at Garden City Cinema?

The Garden City location screens a mixture of regular movies and IMAX releases. The current Century Cinemax listings include both conventional screenings and films specifically identified as 2D IMAX or 3D IMAX.

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IMAX at Garden City

The IMAX auditorium is the main attraction if you’re specifically looking for the Garden City location.

IMAX lists the theatre as Century Cinemax Garden City Mall & IMAX, with stadium seating.

An IMAX screening is different from simply watching a movie in a larger auditorium. IMAX presentations are designed around a large screen, powerful sound and a format intended to make the audience feel more immersed in the film.

This is particularly worthwhile for visually spectacular films, action movies and productions made or formatted for IMAX.

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How Much Are Movie Tickets at Garden City?

The published Century IMAX Kenya ticket guide lists Garden City prices as follows:

ScreeningMonday–ThursdayFriday–Sunday & public holidays
Regular 2DKSh 500KSh 600
Regular 3DKSh 550KSh 650
Max/VIP 2DKSh 600KSh 800
Max/VIP 3DKSh 650KSh 850
IMAX 2DKSh 700KSh 900
IMAX 3DKSh 750KSh 950

The same guide lists early-morning tickets at KSh 500 for regular screenings and KSh 550 for IMAX, while 3D glasses are listed at KSh 300.

Online Booking

You can book Garden City screenings through the Century Cinemax website.

The cinema site lets you select Garden City, choose a movie and showtime, and proceed with the booking. The booking system also supports M-Pesa payment and sends ticket confirmation by email after payment.

Where Exactly Is the Garden City Mall Nairobi Cinema?

Century IMAX Garden City is at Garden City Mall, Thika Road, Exit 7, Nairobi. The location is particularly convenient if you’re already visiting Garden City Mall, since you can combine the movie with shopping or a meal without having to make a separate trip elsewhere in Nairobi.

Planning a movie outing can be just as exciting as the film itself, especially when you know what to expect before you arrive. If you’re considering a trip to Garden City cinema, you may be wondering about ticket prices, online booking, available screenings, and what makes the cinema experience worth choosing. From the latest blockbusters to spectacular IMAX releases, this guide covers what you need to know before booking your next movie at Garden City Mall.

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IMAX Garden City Online Booking Prices

As of today, the standard ticket prices for Century IMAX Garden City are:

Ticket TypeMonday–ThursdayFriday–Sunday & Public Holidays
Regular 2DKSh 500KSh 600
Regular 3DKSh 550KSh 650
Max/VIP 2DKSh 600KSh 800
Max/VIP 3DKSh 650KSh 850
IMAX 2DKSh 700KSh 900

Photo Credit: Amani Gardens Inn, Century Cinemax Kenya, Business Daily, Century Imax Kenya, Leadcom Seating, Twende Sasa

25 comments

  3. Hi Debbie,

    First and foremost, welcome to the ChickAboutTown community!

    In response to your question, no I don’t know of a website that has Sarit Cinema listings (does anyone else know of one?), but still I think I might have a solution for you.

    If you are a Safaricom subscriber, use their 411 service to find out what’s playing at Sarit (or any other cinema in Nairobi). To do this SMS the word ‘movies’ (without the quotes) to 411. Safaricom will then give you a list of cinemas to choose from. Once you select a cinema, Safricom will then send you a list of the movies showing at that cinema. You can then further request more info on a particular movie, and Safaricom will send you a quick synopsis of the movie (actors included) as well as the times that the movie is showing at your selected cinema.

    If it sounds complicated, trust me, it’s not. It’s quite intuitive to use. To the best of my knowledge this service covers all the theatres in Nairobi (and a couple in Kisumu and Mombasa). The cost for the 411 service is 10 KSh per SMS as of the last time I checked (I am not sure how Safaricom counts the number of texts in the process though)

    So once more, to get started, remember to send an SMS with the word ‘movies’ (without quotes) to 411. Let me know what you think of the service.

    Wishing You The Best,
    Biche

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  4. Hi Tony,

    Welcome to the ChickAboutTown community!

    That’s great information that you share with us. I am thrilled that I can now order books from Books First and have them delivered to my home or office. All this without a credit card too, I see, because they also accept M-Pesa. Great Stuff!

    Tell me, have you used this online service yet? If so, what did you think?

    Biche

    P.S. Dear Reader, Books First also delivers outside Nairobi to other parts of Kenya as well as Internationally including other East African countries. If you are a bibliophile from a neighboring country, which is less equipped with good reading material, please check this link out.

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  5. Nu-Metro website

    Amazing! Why don’t more people know about this?
    Maybe it is not so amazing if you approach the website from the side of someone who likes to make a choice from the films on-show today. With this question in mind, the website turns into a labyrinth showing all the beautiful layouts of the designer and lots of non-relevant information which you have to struggle through by looking-up each individual cinema theatre before you can pick your choice.
    By the time you are through, (which means over 2 Mb – and in Kenya 20 minutes later) your desired film is halfway its showing time and your appetite for an enjoyable film is slightly dented by the frustration of waiting for the next page on your computer screen.

    The Nu-Metro website is something for computer freaks (who are not in need of cinema) and not the average user who uses internet as a source of information.
    This website is of low functionality though the artwork could be admired however this is a matter of taste.

    A quick overview of all films on-show in Nairobi (with links if you desire more information) can be find on the highly functional website acyon.eu (and free of charge)

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  6. Hi Jan,

    Welcome to ChickAboutTown!

    Thanks for sharing about acyon.eu. I checked it out, and it’s true, it’s quite user friendly.

    Readers, now you know! 🙂

    Biche

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  10. thank you so much for the site…i’m sure it would be very helpful IF it was still there. since nu metro’s recent merge with silverbird, the site says it is unavailable BUT says to “click here” if you want to go to the silverbird site.

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    1. Hi Bex,

      Welcome to ChickAboutTown!

      Thanks for the update! I will definitely put a note at the top of the post pointing out the change.

      Biche

      Reply

  11. Hi,

    Been having the same problem with these kenyan cinema’s. They really need to style up. Good stuff silverbird is setting the bar much higher.

    I’d just finished making a post on it at Gotissuez.com before i stumbled across your link on the blog – A Nairobian’s Perspective.

    Here’s a copy of the same post I made on that blog about Gotissuez – sorry to copy/paste it on both blogs.

    I’ve included your help in a site we’ve been working on, GotIssuez.com. Its a new form of market research where we give consumers an opportunity to air their issuez against companies, their products, services and customer care.

    There’s also a Gift Gallery that acts much like an auction, but rather than cash, you bid using points gained from your activity on the site (making posts, making comments to posts, having comments made on your posts, etc) – and the gifts are real 🙂

    check it out,
    and thanks again!

    Tony,
    GotIssuez.

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    1. Hi Tony,

      Welcome to ChickAboutTown!

      Cool site you’ve got there. I’ve just registered and will lurk around a little more. Thanks for sharing.

      Biche

      Reply

    1. Hi Folake,

      Welcome to ChickAboutTown!

      Unfortunately, I have never heard of the book and have no clue about where to get books in Lagos. Can anyone else help, Folake?

      Biche

      Reply

  13. Hi i have been following the whole nu metro silverbird saga for a while and it seems the cinemas have reverted back to nu metro, and dont have a website to check what movies are opening or how to contact them.Do you know how to contact them for movie info?

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  14. http://www.numetro.com which you put in your blog actually takes you to personal records. However if you put a hyphen between nu and metro then it works. Not being totally savvy with searching I found it after ages of trying to figure out why it wasn’t working. Just thought you may want to know as I often visit your site and like the fact you are easy to follow and thorough. As a short term contract visitor to Kenya, you are a godsend for me 🙂

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  15. Hi Ed and Janinia,

    To both of you, welcome to ChickAboutTown!

    Ed–Sorry, but no, I don’t know how to contact them for movie information. Does anyone else here?

    Janina–Thanks for the correction. Unfortunately, I was not able to find the website you were talking about. Could you possibly post the address here? I tried the hyphen, but it didn’t work for me. Thanks for the kudos; I am glad my blog has been useful to you! 🙂

    Reply

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