Grand Circle at the Garrick Theatre

The top level: five rows, A to E, split by a centre aisle, and reached by stairs past its own bar. It suits anyone keeping the cost down. It's quite small, and being a small theatre you still feel close to the action even up here, so it's good value. The catch is the legroom.

Row by row, front to back

Row A. The front row has the least legroom on the level, and in the middle a metal bar at the centre aisle gets in the way of the view. Skip it if you're tall.

Rows B to D. Clear views of the whole stage. The same bar runs down the centre aisle through every row, so the two seats either side of the aisle look past it. Legroom is tight throughout, and tightest towards the middle of each row.

Row E. The back row, and a little roomier than the front for most people.

Where we'd put you, and what to avoid

Rows B to E, in the middle of either half of the row, away from the centre aisle and the ends. You see the whole stage for less than a seat downstairs.

Row A is the one to skip if legroom matters to you at all, since it has the least on the level. The seats either side of the centre aisle look past the metal bar that runs down it, and the very ends of every row lose the side of the stage to the curve of the circle and the Boxes, which is why they're marked as restricted.

Legroom is tight in almost every seat up here, and worst in row A. If you're over about 5ft 7, book the Stalls instead, or take an aisle seat.

Getting there, drinks and toilets

It's 25 steps up from the foyer to the Grand Circle bar, then 8 down into the seats, and there's no lift. The bar, called the Gold Bar, is on the way in, and the buggy park is there too. The Grand Circle has its own Ladies and Gents.