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Campus Dining Grades:
Quick StatsFreshman Meal Plan Requirement
Yes
Off-Campus Places to Use Meal Plan
- Sharples Dining Hall on Swarthmore's campus
Average Meal Plan Cost
$1,985 per semester
College Prowler Take
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. 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:
Anonymous says:  |
The food is excellent. It’s on a...
The food is excellent. It’s on a six week rotation. You do not eat the same foods that often. It is highly, highly vegan and vegetarian friendly. There isn’t really anywhere else to eat but the dining halls. |
Anonymous says: |
The food on campus is, especially...
The food on campus is, especially for cafeteria food, amazing. It helps that we have three dining halls, so no one kitchen is cooking for more than about 500 people at a time. It does tend to get a bit erratic towards the end of the semester, and you end up with insanely good lasagna and tuna steaks that bounce when you drop them at the same meal. |
Anonymous says: |
The sesame tofu soup and chicken...
The sesame tofu soup and chicken fingers are to die for. I would choose Bryn Mawr just for the food. |
Anonymous says: |
The Dining Service staff members...
The Dining Service staff members really put a lot of effort into their job and are open to student input. Special themed dinners are very good. The café is good for snacks, and if you drink coffee, the Lusty Cup is excellent. |
Anonymous says: |
Bryn Mawr College Dining Services...
Bryn Mawr College Dining Services is one of the best departments on campus. They know what is going on with students and what students want. The staff is incredibly accommodating. If there is something that you would like to see in a dining hall, all you have to do is write a ‘napkin note’ and post it in one of the dining halls. Within a few days, one of the managers will have answered it and most likely fulfilled your request. The food is actually incredibly varied and good. |
Dining Halls
Erdman Hall
Breakfast, deli, hot line, salad bar, desserts, vegetarian
Far west of campus
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
Pizza, Mexican, grab ‘n go, desserts, healthy, vegan
On the west side of Rockefeller Hall
Daily 11 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Rhoads Hall
Breakfast, deli, hot line, salad bar, desserts, vegan
Between Goodheart Hall and Lake Vickers
Monday–Thursday 12 a.m.–2 p.m., 5:30 p.m.–8 p.m., Friday 12 a.m.–2 p.m.
The Lusty Cup Café
Coffee, tea, pastries
Canaday Library
Sunday–Thursday 8 p.m.–12 a.m.
Uncommon Grounds
Coffee, tea, pastries
Campus Center
Sunday–Thursday 8 p.m.–12 a.m.
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.
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