The deal, in one page.

Anyone can browse Rate My Seat, read every rating, and look up any theatre without creating an account. That is the default and we intend to keep it that way.

To leave a rating, a comment, or a favourite, you sign in with Google. We use Google because it’s free for you, it stops most spam, and it means we don’t have to hold a password database. One rating per seat per account — if you re-rate, it overwrites.

You are responsible for keeping your Google account secure. If somebody gets into your Google account and posts under your name, email us and we’ll help you clean up.

Everything you write on Rate My Seat should be something you could say out loud in a foyer queue. Specifically:

• Honest. Only rate seats you’ve actually sat in. No coordinated ratings, no paid placements, no rating your own cinema into the top ten.
• Civil. No hate speech, no slurs, no harassment of staff or other reviewers. Complain about the chair, not the person in it.
• Yours. Don’t impersonate a cinema, a critic, an influencer, or another user. Don’t paste reviews from other websites.
• Legal. No defamation, no threats, no content that would land us or you in court. No spam, no malware links, no crypto pitches.
• Relevant. Rate the chair, not the film. If you hated the film, that’s fine, it just doesn’t belong in the seat’s review.

You keep the copyright to whatever you write on Rate My Seat. By posting it here you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to display that content on the site, on our social accounts, in search-engine previews, and in honest editorial writing about the service. The licence lasts for as long as the content stays on the site. Delete your account or the specific review and the licence ends for anything new — but anything already indexed or quoted elsewhere is out of our hands.

The site itself — the design, the code, the logo, the editorial copy — belongs to Rate My Seat and may not be copied, mirrored, or re-hosted without permission.

We may remove content that breaks the rules in §3, and if necessary close the account that posted it. For clear-cut cases (spam, abuse, threats) we act without notice. For borderline cases we’ll usually reach out first. You can also delete your own ratings any time from your profile, and you can close your whole account via the Delete button on the same page.

Rate My Seat is provided as-is. We work hard to keep the catalogue accurate and the site up, but cinema layouts change, chains rebrand, single-screens close, and our data will sometimes be a few weeks behind reality. Ratings are subjective opinions of community members, not objective facts. Do not rely on anything on this site for a decision that matters to your safety.

To the maximum extent allowed by law, we disclaim all implied warranties and we’re not liable for indirect or consequential losses arising out of your use of the site.

Rate My Seat shows Google AdSense ads on some pages. We have no control over which specific ads are shown and we do not endorse any advertiser. If you see an ad you think is fraudulent or inappropriate, email us with a screenshot and we’ll flag it with Google.

If we change these terms in a way that materially affects your rights, we’ll update the “last updated” date and put a notice on the homepage. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the new version. If you don’t, you can delete your account.

These terms are governed by the laws of India. If something goes wrong between us, please email first — most disputes die in a polite exchange at hello@ratemyseat.in. If informal resolution fails, the dispute will be settled by binding arbitration seated in India, conducted in English, under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Nothing in this clause stops either side from going to a court for an urgent injunction.

Questions about these terms go to hello@ratemyseat.in. The privacy policy is the companion document to this one.