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Average Meal Plan Cost $5320 per year
Freshman Meal Plan Required? Yes

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Some Mawrters marvel over the quality and quantity of foods offered in the campus’s three dining halls, while others argue that none of the choices offered by Dining Services are appetizing. Judging by the awards our cuisine has won, the food is not too shabby. The main meat courses are rarely the tastiest, but Mawrters tend to get very creative concocting delicacies of their own with the ingredients in the salad bar, which offers cold pasta, fruit, beans, and a wide range of dressings, and few leave the dining room hungry. Quesadillas, panini sandwiches, and fajitas are all popular dinner dishes that students can design themselves and are offered on a weekly basis. The theme dinners and holiday dinners usually get compliments. Students attribute the good food to the small quantities prepared in each kitchen and the close interaction between students and the dining staff. The food at Uncommon Grounds is a convenient place to pick up a turkey sandwich if you miss lunch or dinner.

Dining Services is giving students a few more options regarding how many meals you can pay for. Instead of requiring everyone on the meal plan to pay for unlimited all-you-can-eat meals, there will be partial meal plans available for non-freshmen. Despite these adaptations to students eating habits, most students are likely to continue to make the dining hall a popular place for dining and socializing.

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Campus Dining at Bryn Mawr College

fpilacik

'09

Physics

4.6
A

Dining Halls Are Fantastic

The dining halls are all surprisingly good. While they do have a rotating menu, so things will get repeated, the quality and taste is superb.

Jan 24, 2012

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Campus Dining at Bryn Mawr College

SeeMmmJay

'15

Economics

4.2
A-

Yummy Food

There are two dining halls on campus and the food is stellar. There is a lot of variety of food available even though the student population is small. Only problem is that the dining halls close kind of early in the evening on the weekends.

Jan 05, 2012

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Campus Dining at Bryn Mawr College

Mawrtyr1852

'13

Psychology Studies

3.8
B+

College Food

Unfortunately, the campus has reduced the options to only two dining halls. They're never open past 8pm, but there's a small cash eatery in the campus center or the Lusty Cup cafe in the library for late-night study fixes. Overall the food is decent, healthy and accomodating, with more vegan options than any other school I've been to. You don't have to worry about choosing a meal plan freshman year; everyone starts on unlimited. (They all cost the same, but other plans give you different options in terms of guest passes, etc.)

Jul 03, 2010

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24-Hour Dining None
Off-Campus Places to Use Flex Money Sharples Dining Hall on Swarthmore's campus
Special Options Co-Op Houses
Did You Know?

In addition to Bryn Mawr’s own dining halls, students with regular meal plans can also eat at the nearby dining halls of Swarthmore and Haverford.

All freshmen employed on campus work in the dining halls. This includes the three main dining halls, the on-campus bed and breakfast called Wyndham, and Uncommon Grounds.

If you want a different kind of cereal or salad dressing or want to praise the new recipe for spinach cheese bake, write it on the napkin board. Messages to the dining hall staff can be written on napkins and posted on one of the three napkin boards. All messages are read and answered.

Bring your favorite recipes from home and enter BMCDS’s (Bryn Mawr College Dining Service) Taste of Home competition.

Dining Halls & Campus RestaurantsWhat's This?

Erdman Hall
Location: Far west of campus
Food: Breakfast, deli, hot line, salad bar, desserts, vegetarian
Hours: Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.–11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–7 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m.–9:30 a.m., 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–7 p.m.

Haffner Hall
Location: On the west side of Rockefeller Hall
Food: Pizza, Mexican, grab ‘n go, desserts, healthy, vegan
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

The Lusty Cup Café
Location: Canaday Library
Food: Coffee, tea, pastries
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 8 p.m.–12 a.m.

Rhoads Hall
Location: Between Goodheart Hall and Lake Vickers
Food: Breakfast, deli, hot line, salad bar, desserts, vegan
Hours: Monday–Thursday 12 a.m.–2 p.m., 5:30 p.m.–8 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.–2 p.m.

Uncommon Grounds
Location: Campus Center
Food: Coffee, tea, pastries
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 8 p.m.–12 a.m.

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