Varsity Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great food, awesome service."
• "The tikka masala was great."
• "Really good value for money, their food is surprisingly good and their desserts are almost to die for."
• "At Varsity food is always top, never dull. Some dishes can actually make a grown man full and happy."
• "The food is delicious, with a variety of vegetarian options."
• "The chicken Tikka was good, and they are known for their wings."
• "The food was really good, with a nice selection of real ales."

Cons:

• "Worst pub meal ever; dirty sticky tables, cutlery dirty sent it back with offhand waitress, steak virtually inedible."
• "The food is really not that great, compared to other pubs."
• "Good beer, awful food.. From freezer to microwave to dirty plate."
• "Food aweful and way over priced, I would not feed my own family what they served up."
• "Though tasty, the portion sizes, for a university local, were a bit mean for the cost."
• "Food was terrible even when they replaced it staff were rude."
• "Poor quality food (eaten here on several occasions)."

Service

Pros:

• "Facilities clean and staff are friendly."
• "Great service from the staff food was lovely."
• "The staff are great and so personable and chatty, especially the gaffer, always manages to make even the most gloomy afternoon fun and bright."
• "Megan made the visit very pleasurable."
• "The staff are lovely and friendly- nothing was too much trouble."
• "Staff friendly enough and the place was nice and clean."
• "Lovely welcoming staff, very tasty breakfast."

Cons:

• "Very poor indeed. Awful service the male behind the bar who I believe is the owner is very rude and has a terrible attitude offering extremely poor customer service."
• "Had to wait 15 mins for someone to clean the dirty dishes from our table once we arrived."
• "Have been going to Varsity for the past few years and have experienced awful, rude customer service SO many times."
• "Staff seemed largely disinterested and pretty hatful of customers."
• "Person who took our order was abrupt and unfriendly."
• "Waiter was very snotty and unfriendly to us."
• "The people working behind the bar seemed more interested in talking to each other rather than taking the order."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The prices aren't that high. This place is completely worth it, I recommend!"
• "We love going to The Varsity. Great value for money and always good honest food."
• "Definitely worth your time if you're in the area."
• "They have always had good real ale hear you can tell they look after their beer and the food was spot on for what you expect."
• "The wings are very value for $$."
• "Honestly for prices in Warwick, this is good value."
• "The food was delicious & great value."

Cons:

• "£2.50 for a glass of lemonade seemed a bit steep to me."
• "A Stonegate pub. A good selection of draught beers, good atmosphere. However, In recent months, the food prices have increased for reduced portion sizes that no longer represent value for money."
• "As for the food, it's totally overpriced for the value they serve."
• "Small portion size and not worth the price."
• "Food quality is not these high prices worth."
• "Quite expensive, especially considering its by a university full of students wanting medium quality food for less."
• "The food is totally overpriced for the value they serve."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Great place to hang out. The ambience is great."
• "Lovely pub. Location is great for Warwick Uni."
• "Atmosphere is very relaxed and all about having a good, social time."
• "Nice environment and decor, good place to socialise for Warwick Uni Students and also motorbike friendly."
• "The atmosphere was amazing and bubbly."
• "The ambiance is great. Good place to be with family on a Sunday lunch."
• "Great venue - nicely redecorated, spacious but with cosy corners too."

Cons:

• "Average drinks, tables are always dirty staff and management don't seem to care and just fling drinks on floor."
• "Varsity as a chain just isn't as good as it was when I was at uni. Students need to affordably carb load, the menu isn't good for it as much anymore. It's bougie."
• "The food quality has seriously gone down hill."
• "It's such a shame that this beautiful place is going to ruin by the attitude of one bald middle-aged man walking around bossy."
• "However the service is awful, especially tall bald man who was standing at bar."
• "The hygiene condition was horrible."
• "You also have to pay for the pub car park but there are no signs that you have to pay."

Staff Attitude

Pros:

• "The staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff extremely friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were polite and very helpful."
• "Staffs were friendly and gave us a good service."
• "Spoke to one of the chefs... he was very friendly."
• "The landlord runs a very good pub and his staff are very friendly, attentive and helpful."
• "The staff is friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Woman with short brown hair has an awful attitude."
• "Waiter was very snotty and unfriendly to us."
• "The white male man serving at the bar either hates his life or is racist. He was miserable and rude in his manner."
• "She has a bad attitude, probably because I came alone, and she felt that she can vent her dissatisfaction on me."
• "Then this portly bald middle aged man came through the bar a member of staff I guessed. Then I over heard him talking to other staff in such an horrible pompous arrogant disreptible way."
• "Found the bar staff to be rude especially the fat guy."
• "Very rude staff. I came here for lunch with my wife and daughter, who is studying at the university."