University V Grills

Put up in the precinct, University V Grills, may have been really popular with students of yester-​year, but nowadays, its never really that full at all.
I came into here while I was sorting out my boring bank problems at the Natwest adjacent to it. They do cheap food of burgers, panninis and jacket potatoes. I had an overflowing jacket potato and I was very pleased with it!
The place definately needs an uplift and some novelty to it. It gives an aura of boredom and lazyness and that’s not what people look for.

Not to be confused with outdoor pursuits cretin Bear Grylls or the concept of versus, University V Grills is a café that I have thrice walked into and only on one of those occasions have ordered food from. As it is my quest to uncover the best greasy spoons in Manchester I knew that I would one day have to eat at this establishment I had always been put off by a combination of word of mouth, gut instinct and the stomach wrenching smell that comes off this place.
I can say now with some authority that this place is bad. The fry up is, as has been Unilocaled before, cheap but awful. There was a film of grease on my beans and the sausage had wilted like a Victorian lady in a tight corset. My friend, despite my best efforts, bought a burger which he paid for once at the till, and then three or four more times in the toilet later. Avoid coming to University V Grills if you possibly can. If you can’t try not to touch any of the surfaces with your bare hands.

Yes. Time spent here is inversely proportional to your life expectancy. There is also a direct correlation between avoiding this place and enjoying the rest of your day. Having said that, there is slight correlation between the consumption of one of their fry-​ups and (very) momentary happiness.
For me its just too unhealthy. Even as a big fry-​up lover its too greasy and grim I’m afraid. There is zero effort put into organization and likewise no effor to reduce /​drain off excess oils and greases.
With a couple of decent fry-​ups available nearby I don’t particularly recommend this one. Trof is not far away and though it is much more expensive it does a beautiful breakfast. If you want to keep it cheap go to Gemini Café a few minutes down the road, and enjoy a good greasy fry-​up that’s just not too over-​charged with cholesterol.
Only go there if you all you care about is a cheap big breakfast and you want to write off the rest of the day.

Despite being called University V Grills, this place has little to do with the university other than being near it. It serves the requisite fry ups and artery-​clogging fodder you would expect from this sort of café, which makes it a rather tempting proposition, I must admit.
Whether you would want to go in or not depends rather a lot on your general feelings towards this element of the food table. If you have a heart attack just by looking in, then turn on your heel because it only gets worse. If, like me, you’re a glutton for cardiovascular punishment you’ll find a cheap and relatively tasty café which offers a surprisingly large number of items to choose from.

The cheapetest most greasiest spoon known to man, or at least the population of the student village. University grills is all about the filthy fry up for breakfast and the oily burger lunch. For the more health conscious this place can be a disaster zone only serving to remind them of what’s wrong with the modern man’s food fetishes. Saying that though they do have a greek section that does nice humus and salads.
For those who couldn’t care it’s a cheap spot to have a good lunch. I to be honest sit in the middle of these two camps, I’ll happily eat there if it saves me a bob or two but I might eat some fruit when I get out again. You decide.

I probably knocked around 10 years off my life expectancy from hanging out here. Lovely greasy full English breakfasts and bacon baguettes. I’d have to give it 4 stars just because we secretly loved the place, although, thinking back — would I go there now?!

Greasy spoon with a greek twist. As well as your ham chips and eggs (not to mention very decent breakfasts!) you can also get greek salad, houmous, souvlaki etc. There is a sit down area and a handy snack bar too. Overall not bad and very popular with the students.
Arguably the best feature is that each wall features at least 1 framed picture (the same picture) of the owner and his family standing outside the café alongside Robbie Coltrane circa 1972.