The White Spot

What an outstanding fantastic college burger joint!!! The white spot is an iconic restaurant on the University of Virginia corner catering to late night college revelry and hung over students..

The service is quick and efficient with only a few menu items available. This is a paper plate, Styrofoam cup greasy spoon, hamburger joint, and it gives up to a reputation with the Gus burger being king a single patty cheeseburger topped with an egg a must have well at the University of Virginia.

The White Spot is a UVA staple. It's great to grab some quick food and it feels like their kitchen is always open! It's super popular for their late night snacks and you will probably catch tons of kids enjoying their Gus Burgers and cheesy fries and onion rings around 3am on any weekend. The hectic vibes are where it's at. Also they have some fun merch that every UVA fan should grab before heading out of town. My parents even started coming here regularly. I've only ever enjoyed these delicacies in the late hours of the evening, so who knows how accurate my rating of the food would be. However, the vibes are 10/10

Come for the Gus Burger

Great, late-night college food. The Gus Burger is really what it's known for. The egg on a burger is available pretty much everywhere at this point, but I remember hearing that this was one of the first places to do it! Worth a stop late at night.

Came here with friends after a night out. The inside of the place is gross and not clean. And the burger and fries were not good at all. The egg was very overcooked, and the burger meat tasted bad in our orders. For 10 dollars, you can get a much better burger and fries combo anywhere else. The only redeeming factor about this place is that it's open late. But so is Christian's. And even if you're not craving pizza, you're better off going there for late night food instead.

Eh, the food was alright. Its a greasy spoon diner, nothing too fancy if that's what you like. If what you want is cheap food and decent quality, this could a good spot (see what I did there?) for your. I tried out their grilled cheese and turkey sandwich.

It's clear that the real star of the menu is the Gus Burger. I didn't know this, so can't comment on its flavor. Maybe try it out when you come here. The turkey and cheese sandwich was just okay. Bread was toasted, they did offer crispy veggies, and the turkey was standard. The price was around $8. Not bad but could be cheaper.

The cheese fries were surprisingly good. Your meal comes with a choice of s few different sides (mainly French fries or home fries, onion rings for an up charge I believe). The sauce was not too plasticy and genuinely flavorful. Overall, good. The employees are super quick and efficient, but the place can get pretty packed. All in all, not a bad spot to stop by for a cheap meal.

We sat at the bar for breakfast. The staff was nice, my omelette was good (Western Omelette with bacon instead of ham). The diet coke was a little syrup-y and my toast wasn't super warm. But, it was a cheap meal, and I had no real complaints.
I would have returned a different day to try the burgers that people rave about if I had been staying in town longer.

Great good for cheap prepared right in front of you, exactly what it needs to be. Very nice guy.

Cool spot. Close to the hospital, which was why we were here. Good greasy cheeseburger and fries. Nothing fancy, but it really has an old time, been around forever kinda of feel.

We came for a late lunch in a weekday, and were the only ones in the place. So it was quiet and noT crowded.

I placed an order online, something I've done a few times before for White Spot. When we arrived to pick up our meal, the staff member there refused to give us the food we had already paid for online. We had screenshots with timestamps to prove when and what we ordered and that it was already paid for, but the staff member refused to even look at it, claiming something about it not coming through on his computer. Over the past week I reached out to the establishment a handful of times and I've received no response, nor have I received a refund ($30!). Their food is good but the service is trash.

The Gus burger is a classic, but what this place is known for is cheap, greasy food, relatively quick. Most of the time if you're heading to White Spot it's after a night out, and it's great that they have late hours and keep food going. Their prices are a little wild, they once charged my $4 for a water, but when there's one choice of night bites you've gotta pay what they'd like. Stop here if you've had a night out and need to grab some food, but maybe not the best place for a lunch or dinner on the Corner.