Colleges with best and worst dining halls

[Anonymous]

William and Mary much better now. New dining hall opening next year.

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Anonymous wrote:Williams's food is "a science experiment gone wrong" according to DC

Wish that I knew your DC ! Seems to have an analytical sense of humor.

[Anonymous]

UVA was the worst of the bunch that we toured.

[Anonymous]

Define what best is? My kid would say their school is the best because chik fila is right across the street and can eat it three meals a day.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was the worst of the bunch that we toured.

Where did you eat? Because the sheer number of places you can eat there is kind of staggering. There's one place in the student union that was chick-fil-a, sushi, and a ben& jerrys. There was a starbucks upstairs and another cafeteria. That was just one building.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was the worst of the bunch that we toured.

Where did you eat? Because the sheer number of places you can eat there is kind of staggering. There's one place in the student union that was chick-fil-a, sushi, and a ben& jerrys. There was a starbucks upstairs and another cafeteria. That was just one building.

I’m not the PP, but my DD says O Hill is really bad.

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UCLA, Bowdoin, and the 5Cs are all fantastic.

I thought Dartmouth was pretty good, but my DC thought otherwise.

Smith, Skidmore, and Williams were cromulent.

Swarthmore traditionally has a reputation for mediocre food, but the new dining hall seems to be getting good reviews. My DC liked it.

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Cornell

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA was the worst of the bunch that we toured.

Where did you eat? Because the sheer number of places you can eat there is kind of staggering. There's one place in the student union that was chick-fil-a, sushi, and a ben& jerrys. There was a starbucks upstairs and another cafeteria. That was just one building.

I’m not the PP, but my DD says O Hill is really bad.

I can believe Observatory Hill dining hall is bad, partly because UVa “saved money” by expanding it to its current gargantuan size. Military mess halls are smaller than the modern O Hill. UVa should have added another dining hall instead of doubling the size of O Hill. Way back, before it was doubled in size, their food was ok but not great.

The Newcomb Hall student dining room / student cafeteria (not the public one) is visibly better quality, despite having basically the same items on offer. Runk often is viewed as having the best student food…

[Anonymous]

Penn State food is terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin has jaw dropping food. DC visited the Claremont Colleges and students were choosing between Birria tacos, Pho, Steak and Pad Thai, which made me jealous

Tell me more about Bowdoin’s food. What do they serve? Or is it more the setting?

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Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin has jaw dropping food. DC visited the Claremont Colleges and students were choosing between Birria tacos, Pho, Steak and Pad Thai, which made me jealous

Tell me more about Bowdoin’s food. What do they serve? Or is it more the setting?

It's both. The dining hall has a very cozy vibe. When DC went, he had very good indian food, nashville chicken sandwiches, and gumbo. He said it was very normal food that you would eat, but elevated. They even have their own butcher shop!

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Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin has jaw dropping food. DC visited the Claremont Colleges and students were choosing between Birria tacos, Pho, Steak and Pad Thai, which made me jealous

Tell me more about Bowdoin’s food. What do they serve? Or is it more the setting?

Quick Google search got me a menu:
https://www.bowdoin.edu/dining/menus/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCLA, Bowdoin, and the 5Cs are all fantastic.

I thought Dartmouth was pretty good, but my DC thought otherwise.

Smith, Skidmore, and Williams were cromulent.

Swarthmore traditionally has a reputation for mediocre food, but the new dining hall seems to be getting good reviews. My DC liked it.

I wonder how a school as large as UCLA can have such good food? Why wouldn't everyone use their provider?

[Anonymous]

Claremont colleges