Pizza, Greek fare & comfort foods draw a student crowd to this veteran diner hung with memorabilia. Based on 234 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.6 stars. Price $$
Address:
1511 University Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (434) 977-2710
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Amber Bennington
College Inn is an amazing and cozy place to dine. They literally have tons of options (even for a vegetarian) and the prices are great. We felt very welcomed there’s tons of sports history on the walls.
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Hayley Green
Extremely disappointed with the quality of the food, if you can call it that, that we received on Sunday evening. We ordered $83 worth of food and literally non of it was edible. I am not picky when it comes to late night pizza joints. My only request is that it’s edible, which College Inn definitely wasn’t. I ordered two orders of mozzarella sticks and some fried pickles. Both dishes were complete rubber and void of flavor. The chicken sub was so soggy and I’m honestly wondering if it was microwaved or contained old chicken due to how rubbery and dry the chicken was. And our pizza, oh lord that pizza… Now I LOVE ricotta and white chicken pizzas. I saw that they had one on the menu so decided that it was perfect and right up my alley. Well, it was right up my alley to food poisoning. The chicken was again rubber, the cheese was inedible and separated from itself like it had been baked earlier in the day and then reheated again. After eating one bite of that pizza, I could tell that something on it had gone sour and I nor my husband could eat it. We ended up throwing out everything which was a huge disappointment as again, IT WAS $83! Hopefully this was a fluke for this restaurants sake, but I feel completely ripped off and wasteful since I could have flushed the money down the toilet and been happier.
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K M
Giving 5 stars for customer service on my delivery order. They were out of the kind of drink I wanted, so they called and told me what was available. I get that every now and then things are out of stock, and I 100% respected and appreciated that they called me to get my opinion on what I’d like to be done in the situation! There’ve been times in the past with delivery orders elsewhere when things out of stock are just substituted randomly, so the extra step in this case to make sure I got something I wanted stood out to me. Good job College Inn.
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Laura Weiss
I always went here with my fiance when he came to pick me up to go home for the weekend – because of the wings. The wings are totally delicious, but everything else is meh. Don’t go here if you’re expecting something amazing, the food here will clearly hold you over but it lacks flavor and just tastes… kind of microwaved and processed. I’ve had their pasta and it doesn’t taste like the best pasta I’ve ever had. It’s like they just threw together the noodles and sauce and that was it, no seasoning or anything. You are better off going somewhere else. I’m by no means saying they’re a horrible place, their food is definitely okay if you’re looking for just normal American food to tie over your appetite. The prices are okay too. They’re usually not always busy so your food gets made in time and it’s not a slow wait time at all – plus, when it’s not busy, it’s super quiet which is great!
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Maliki Marley
I’m a local and I’ve been eating here for years with that said I’m aware of the occasional mistake with food being made and they’re always quick to fix the issue. My problem is with the customer service or lack thereof. I recently placed and order and had the man literally laugh in my ear for saying I would not like to tip on the card before hanging up in my ear resulting in me almost calling back to cancel my order. I work in retail and customer service skills can make or break a business and needless to say the person they choose to have answering their phones just cost them a customer (I prefer to tip cash so the drivers don’t have to wait but I don’t feel that was the person who’s answering the phone lines place to decide to laugh because they felt I may have not been tipping the driver)
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Cat Dav
Fabulous pizza!! My nephew absolutely loved it! Delivery was a little wait…almost 1 hour, but nephew ordered at 845pm on a Monday eve..( busy time for delivery. No problem..understood! I have been eating here on/off for 30 yrs!!
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SagiCat Crafts
I had been a loyal regular customer for over a year. I would have food delivered to my work place. The past few times I’ve ordered, customer service has been steadily declining. I would add extra onto my amount for the tip and while food was in route, I would get a call from there asking if I want to leave another tip for the driver and told that they forgot to ask me. Tonight, I was in a patient’s room and couldn’t answer my phone right away. I got a message 5 minutes later that my food was left on the bench. I go outside and my order is not there. I called them and I’m told there is nothing that can be done and that the “driver can’t wait” for an indiscriminant amount of time. So they want to charge me for food not received. In the past, they made sure they reached me and drove off once I got my food. A man I spoke to this evening was basically mocking me and telling me to “take it up with the owners”…..I’m done with College Inn until if/when their customer service improves again.
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Cindy Bullard
Ordered delivery, prompt and driver very nice. We found prices to be reasonable. Breaded chicken salad was huge. Chicken was a little dry but everything else was very fresh. Roast beef sub was very good altho could use a little more meat. Onion rings were crispy and very flavorful. We’d try them again.
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David Gross
A member of the staff was extremely rude and combative. The place was empty. My family and I apparently were not patient enough to wait the required significant amount of time to be seated. (I thought no one was working host(es)). We seated ourselves and got in a big to-do over it. I was walked to the,wait to be seated sign like a child then was challenged to provide exactly how long we waited down to seconds! We had enough and got up and left. Did not try the food but based on other reviews it’s better we didn’t. My suggestion is anywhere but here.
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John Moore
I go here for lunch about once a week. The food is pretty good, not amazing, but I’ve never had a bad meal here. The wait staff is very friendly and efficient. I would recommend the gyro or the chicken tender salad (it’s huge!). Their pizza is just ok. This is probably the least expensive sit down restaurant on the corner and likely the oldest. Definitely the best value for your buck on the corner..you won’t be disappointed.
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