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Campus Dining Grades:
Quick StatsFreshman Meal Plan Requirement
Yes
Off-Campus Places to Use Meal Plan
- Cappy’s Pizza by the Commuter Rail
Average Meal Plan Cost
$4,900 per year
Student Favorites
- Einstein’s Bagels
- The Stein
- Usdan Boulevard
Other Options
- Chum’s serves coffee and Lizzy’s ice cream. The POD market is a great place to stock up on snacks and drinks.
College Prowler Take
The food at Brandeis is edible, but it’s nothing to rave about. Brandeis dining consists of only a handful of options. Sherman is broken down into kosher and non-kosher sides, and both are all-you-can-eat. The food here is only good if you keep kosher, if you’re really hungry, or if you have meals instead of points as a dining plan. Usdan is an à la carte dining area that is open during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Upstairs from Usdan is the Boulevard, which is open late. The food here is good, but the selection rarely, if ever, changes. Aramark, which runs the dining services, is very hesitant, it seems, to give the students what they pay for. Points can also be used at Einstein’s Bagels in the Shapiro Campus Center and at the POD market, the tremendously overpriced convenience store on campus. The last dining area is the Stein, an on-campus restaurant this is definitely the best option on campus, but it's only worth it if you have points. After 10 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, the Stein turns into Ollie’s Eatery, which offers a limited menu of expensive breakfast foods and very tasty shakes. All in all, most students find the dining a rip-off but say the food is okay. As long as can eat out often, find something you really like, or get a place with a kitchen, you certainly won’t starve. Students Speak Out
Love your school more than free food? Hate your school more than term papers?
Somewhere in between? Show the world what YOU think of YOUR school:
BraHV says: Brandeis University 2014 History  |
The food is awful. The only thing...
The food is awful. The only thing they do reasonably well is breakfast. The best place to eat is Ollie's, the late-night diner. It is always amazing. Besides that, the food is mediocre, and the meat is undercooked half the time.
Campus Dining: March 16, 2009
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Brass says: Brandeis University 2013 Philosophy and Religion |
The food on campus is decent, but...
The food on campus is decent, but everything is controlled by Aramark, so essentially, the school sold its soul to the devil. They tried to fool us by opening up a Quiznos, but everyone knows that Aramark supplies Quiznos. Supposedly, it's said the wife of someone in Aramark is on the school board, so it does not seem like change will occur, at least not anytime soon. Knowing that they have a monopoly, prices consistently rise, yet the quality and quantity of food does not change.
Campus Dining: March 16, 2009
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BraIL says: Brandeis University 2013 Social Sciences |
Food is pretty decent. The dining...
Food is pretty decent. The dining hall is good—it serves all kinds of food, including sushi, vegan, and lots of hummus.
Campus Dining: March 16, 2009
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BraRU says: Brandeis University 2015 Other |
Usdan is usually alright, and...
Usdan is usually alright, and Sherman is okay if you have a meal plan reliant on meals because you can take as much food as you want. But you can't be picky, or you have to really know your way around to find tasty gems. I tend to just buy things from the C-Store, but that can be pricey sometimes if you don't manage well.
Campus Dining: March 03, 2009
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BraAH says: Brandeis University 2015 Law and Legal Studies |
Brandeis has below-average dining....
Brandeis has below-average dining. With an awful all-you-can-eat buffet, you are sometimes not sure what you are eating. Considering the size of the student body, the other dining hall is not half bad. It could definitely use improvements, but the variation includes Mexican, Japanese, American grill, and pastas. Ollie's Eatery is a good late-night dining spot. It's open until 2 a.m. and has good pancakes and milkshakes.
Campus Dining: February 13, 2009
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Dining Halls
Cholmondeley’s
Appetizers, coffee, ice cream
Ground floor of the Castle
Einstein Bros Bagels
Bagels, coffee, sandwiches
Shapiro
Monday–Thursday 8 a.m.–2 a.m., Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.–2 a.m.
Faculty Club
Deluxe salad bar, restaurant food
Wien Faculty Center
Monday–Friday 12 p.m.–2 p.m.
Provisions on Demand (POD) Market
Coffee, snacks
Usdan Student Center
Monday–Thursday 9:30 a.m.–2 a.m., Friday 9:30 a.m.–12 a.m., Saturday 1 p.m.–12 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m.
Quiznos
Subs
Usdan Student Center
Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–12 a.m.
Sherman Dining Hall
All-you-can-eat kosher and non-kosher food
Sherman Student Center
Monday–Thursday 7 a.m.–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.–8 p.m., Friday 7 a.m.–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 12 a.m.–7 p.m., 8:30 a.m.–10 p.m.
Stein
Mostly bar food
Sherman Student Center
Monday–Wednesday 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., 5 p.m.–9 p.m., Thursday 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., 5 p.m.–12:30 a.m., Friday 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., 5 p.m.–12 a.m., Saturday 5 p.m.–12 a.m., Sunday 5 p.m.–9 p.m.
Usdan Boulevard
American
Usdan Student Center
Monday–Thursday 11 a.m.–12 a.m., Friday 11 a.m.–8 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.–12 a.m.
Usdan Café
All types
Usdan Student Center
Monday–Thursday 8 a.m.–10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., 4:45 p.m.–8 p.m., Friday 8 a.m.–10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m.–7 p.m.
Did You Know?Half of Sherman Dining Hall is completely kosher, while kosher salads and sandwiches are available in Usdan. Recently, there has been a huge effort to provide more vegan options, and so far most vegan students are satisfied.
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