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If you’re a student in Liverpool, Plymouth, Southampton, or Cardiff, we asked you to tell us about your favourite bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and cafes. Almost 400 of you got in touch to let us know what you thought of your local student spots, and we listened to what you said: awarding the top locations with our Seal of Approval.

So if you’re studying in one of these cities, all you have to do is look out for one of the banners below, and you’ll be onto a winning student spot – you considered some venues to be so good that they made it into the list twice, so keep an eye out for those...

Here are the winners, arranged by city:

Liverpool

Top 5 Bars and Pubs

  1. McCooleys
  2. Bar CaVa
  3. The Merchant
  4. Heebie Jeebies
  5. The Brookhouse

Top 5 Restaurants

  1. Love thy Neighbour
  2. Down the Hatch
  3. American Pizza Slice
  4. Bakchich
  5. Baltic Market

Top 5 Cafes

  1. Leaf
  2. Bold Street Coffee
  3. 92 Degrees
  4. Barley And Beans
  5. Love thy Neighbour

Top 5 Nightclubs

  1. Heebie Jeebies
  2. LEVEL
  3. Baa Bar
  4. Soho
  5. Ink

Plymouth

Top 5 Bars and Pubs

  1. Switch
  2. Pryzm
  3. Fresher and Professor
  4. Roundabout
  5. Union Rooms

Top 5 Restaurants

  1. Caffeine Club
  2. Hubbox
  3. Mr Wok
  4. Jake’s
  5. Barbican Pasta Bar

Top 5 Cafes

  1. Prime
  2. Boston Tea Party
  3. Jake’s
  4. Drake’s Kitchen
  5. The Original Pasty House

Top 5 Nightclubs

  1. Fever and Boutique
  2. OMG
  3. Union Rooms
  4. Pryzm
  5. Air

Southampton

Top 5 Bars and Pubs

  1. The Standing Order
  2. Mitre
  3. The Hobbit
  4. Sobar
  5. Bedford Arms

Top 5 Restaurants

  1. 7 Bone Burger Co.
  2. Shanghai 1841
  3. Cabana
  4. Sakura
  5. Cosmo

Top 5 Cafes

  1. Mettricks Coffee
  2. Coffee #1
  3. Halladay’s Tea Rooms
  4. Second Cup
  5. Buddah Lounge

Top 5 Nightclubs

  1. Oceana
  2. Switch
  3. Jesters
  4. Café Parfait
  5. The Edge

Cardiff

Top 5 Bars and Pubs

  1. Woodville
  2. Live Lounge
  3. Buffalo
  4. The Flora
  5. Gassy’s

Top 5 Restaurants

  1. Zero Degrees
  2. Spicy Hut
  3. Bagel & Burger Kitchen
  4. Fattoush
  5. Elegano

Top 5 Cafes

  1. Barker’s Tea House
  2. Coffee No. 1
  3. The Early Bird
  4. Stag Coffee
  5. 200 Degrees

Top 5 Nightclubs

  1. Pryzm
  2. Live Lounge
  3. Clwb Ifor Bach
  4. Pulse
  5. Soda

If you’re looking to get the best student experience in one of these cities, then you’ll have to try out some of these great venues – all voted by you as the best student spots where you go to uni.

We’d love to hear about your thoughts on our survey results. Do you agree or disagree? Is there anywhere else that you think should get the Seal of Approval? Tweet us at @comelivewithus and let us know your thoughts, and if you’re on the lookout for somewhere to live while you explore one of these amazing student cities, take a look at the accommodation that we offer.