University of Liverpool: Carnatic Halls of Residence

What an absolute joke of a place.
Disgracefully slow services, my room constantly moulds and the staff do little to sort this problem out, as well as failing to understand that it is a health issue, but it seems not to matter.
An awful waste of money for £140 a week considering you have to get the bus every single day to uni adding to the costs. Whilst it is catered, it really is not worth it. The same shoddy food every night, I feel as though my insides are slowly dying from the intake of this disgusting food.
Liverpool Uni claims to have put in millions of pounds into improving its accommodation and whilst this is true on campus where they get flat screen TVs, modern rooms etc. (although, they don’t get the delicious Carnatic food). This investment is certainly not felt at Carnatic, where flats like even basic common rooms, other than a shared one in a tiny room between about 5 different blocks or something ridiculous. This I feel is crucial as it would help with socialising with new people but alas you are stuck with ageing rooms that seem to be crumbling apart.
My advice for anyone going to the Uni of Liverpool and who gets this is their accommodation is this. Don’t bother, it will ruin the experience and waste your money.

Made up of six halls: Salisbury Hall, Morton House, Lady Mountford House, Dale Hall, Rankin Hall & McNair Hall, Carnatic is a buzzing first year Halls of Residence for the The University of Liverpool and with over 1000 students living on site it’s pretty manic! It’s all rather basic in 60s style and some halls are in better nick than others but long live Morton D Block!
From personal experience, I was on a floor of 12 and we had a small kitchen (catered halls) and 3 showers between us. We just had the basic room with no living area in our block but some like Salisbury had common rooms.
Carni bar. Well, what can I say? I spent most of the year in here with my mates (no living room remember?) Must. Stay. Away. From. Bar! Oh what the heck, it’s on campus…
It’s cheap and they have a DJ (Davey C) on a Friday, cheesy. They also televised all the footy matches.
Anyway, as far as the food goes, the breakfast was good, and you could get a full English everyday if your heart so desired. And all evening meals were 3 course, (not saying they were great quality, mind!) We always looked forward to pizza night, let’s put it that way! Expect queues though!
They have their own health centre and laundrette and pool table etc.
The green which was the centre to the surrounding halls was always packed in summer with people out ‘revising’ in the sun, playing footy, doing BBQs and generally larking about. Even though there was a bit of the Blitz spirit about it in comparison to the Greenbank Halls up the road (cue bus journey slating and rivalry) it was the cheapest (I think the prices have gone up a little since my time here around £105 per week now all inc.) and well, I loved every minute of it!

Having been a former student at the University of Liverpool, I haven’t actually lived at the Halls of Residence which is based off-​campus at another location not too far from the University.
If you have lived at the Halls or planning to, then it is fairly convenient to travel to and from because there is a University Halls bus operated by Arriva that provides a student service; this will only take about 15 minutes from Halls to University. Plus they run quite frequently to ensure you get to lecture on time!
I have lived at Halls during a summer school once (just 4 days) and it was at the Carnatic. The room I was given was 007 (I will always remember that)! From what I remember, the single room was small and a bit dated looking with a basin and wardrobe for clothes. Quite basic really and a little noisy at night as you’ll always get a rowdy student or two galavanting along the corridor.
If I were to choose my accomodation, then I would probably pay a little more for my preferences as they do offer a wide range of different halls nearby. One advantage if you stay at halls, is that is catered for saving you that hassle of cooking but they do have self-​catered if you prefer. The food you pay for is plain and simple but a bit better than School meals!
On the site, there is a pleasant and quiet atmosphere plus a large lawn where you can lay and enjoy the sun. There are laundry facilities, cash points and Halls tutors on-​site if you need them.
Overall, most students tend to spend their first year at Halls which is all good and well as it gives you a chance to settle down and save on costs as well.

The Carnatic Halls are part of the University of Liverpool, and are can be booked as a conference venue by outside organisations.
The Halls actually make a very good such venue given it’s actually part of a University. I’ve been to a couple of events there and found there to be plenty of space for big audiences as well as smaller ‘break-​out’ areas nearby. The food is acceptable (although it’s nothing particularly special) and there’s sufficient parking. It’s also set in a very pleasant part of the city.
I can’t comment on what the prices are like as I didn’t book the venue myself, but I would imagine it should be cheaper than an equivalent hotel — and thus would represent good value, for it’s not a bad place for a business gathering at all.