Pentland Hills Reviews
UC Riverside
Reviews Summary
Pentland Hills offers a unique dorm experience with private bathrooms shared among a small number of hallmates, ensuring a higher level of cleanliness and privacy. The dorm's suite-style layout fosters a more secluded environment, making it ideal for students who prefer a quieter living space. Residents appreciate the cozy and social lounge areas equipped with kitchen amenities, promoting interaction among peers. While some find the rooms to be on the smaller side, the community spirit and well-maintained facilities enhance the overall living experience. With convenient access to dining halls and campus buildings, Pentland Hills provides a balance between social engagement and personal space, creating a comfortable transition for incoming students.
Private Bathrooms
Quiet Environment
Suite Style
When students lived here
Freshman
Junior
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I think its a cool place to be in and I lived here for more than a year and its a very good place that is it
Everyone here keeps to themselves. Halls are separated by gender and there’s only 4 or 5 rooms per hall. Hallway doors need to be closed so there is not much intermingling. Also does not have its own dining hall but it takes the same amount of time to walk to AI, Lothian, and Glen Mor. Probably my favorite thing about this dorm is how private the restrooms are.
Honestly it was a nice place to live as a first year. The location could have been worse trying to walk to some classes on campus based on distance. The kitchen never worked and I still have a vivid memory trying to boil water on the stove for 45 minutes until I realized that it was never on to begin with. Lots of great memories made with people in the building 9/10 experience
It’s hard to be social as the dorms are suite style, and the rooms are on the smaller side with high ceilings, but the bathrooms are private which is nice.
Pentland hills is a good dorm building because the lounge areas provide you with a refrigerator and microwave and sink. While these are also offered in your own dorm room, the lounge area has a seating area that can fit groups of people. It is cozy and quiet most of the time, yet also social at the same time. It was the perfect scenario for my first year and made me comfortable in this transition.
I liked having private bathrooms and it was pretty peaceful most days, just pretty boring compared to Lothian or AI
Pentland Hills is more of a private resident hall with individuals bathrooms and showers, smaller suites (10 people each), a common lounge, & only 2 stories. You’re in the middle of both dining halls and have easy routes to the buildings for classes. The only con is the walk to the gym :/
If you and your roommate(s) can agree on certain rules and all, the room can look cute and tidy. My window was hard to open though. ^^
The room is nice but it's nothing game changing. It's nice for going to glascow if you like eating there but besides that everything else is normal.
It's fine for fitting most people's needs. Nothing special, though. Everything is functional, the bathrooms are a little old and crusty (peeling areas). The showers are finnicky.
