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Campus Dining

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Average Meal Plan Cost $4970 per year
Freshman Meal Plan Required? Yes
Student Favorites
  • The Original Hot Dog Shop
  • Si Señor
  • Taste of India

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

All but the most optimistic students have problems with campus dining. Fixing the dining situation is a big problem for the University, and an even bigger hassle for the students—campus dining consists of individual campus-run restaurants rather than large, central dining halls. The meal plan provides you with two ways to pay: by blocks or DineXtra. A block is a unit of credit that’s good for one whole meal. The other way to pay, DineXtra, works like cash; it can be used at all dining services locations, as well as four off-campus restaurants. The average meal will cost about $7. Freshmen are required to be on the meal plan, and most are unhappy with it. Fortunately, students can structure their meal plan to provide themselves with the most flexibility by choosing how much money to allot to block units and how much money to allot to DineXtra.

The most disappointing thing about eating on campus is the high price for little food. The food isn’t all bad. A dining hall would be nice, but the lack of one means that CMU students don’t have to suffer through cafeteria-style food. Asiana, Taste of India and Si Señor offer some delicious dishes, as well as add some cultural flair to an otherwise boring menu. For freshman year, the meal plan is bearable, but after that, most students stay off campus when grabbing a bite to eat.
 

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Campus Dining at Carnegie Mellon University

slanden

'15

Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

3.5
B

Lots of Variety...At First

When you first get to CMU, you're overwhelmed by choices of eating venues, but as the semester wears on the food quality generally starts seeming worse and worse and you really do just get bored...but compared to other schools it's not bad.

Jan 18, 2012

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Campus Dining at Carnegie Mellon University

ShadowMod

'14

Computer Science

0.0
F

Carnegie Mellon Does Not Care About Its Dining.

The food at CMU is sick joke. Not much more that can be said about that.

The meal plan is mandatory freshman year, but after the first year most students drop the meal plan.

Jan 08, 2012

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Campus Dining at Carnegie Mellon University

gju

'15

International Studies and Government

3.8
B+

Decent.

The great thing is, CMU has lots of different, "restaurant-style" eateries, so if you get tired of one place, you can eat at a different location. It's not like one central dining hall that gets old after a while, but one full semester of only-campus food can drive anyone nuts.

Dec 24, 2011

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24-Hour Dining None
Off-Campus Places to Use Flex Money
  • The Original Hot Dog Shop
  • Si Señor
  • Taste of India
Special Options Many students choose to eat at privately-owned trucks parked next to the athletic fields. These trucks offer Chinese, Thai, Mediterranean, Mexican, and Indian food at a low price and remain to be one of the most popular options around campus.
Did You Know?

Ever go traying? When it snows, CMU kids will steal the cafeteria trays and use them to go sled riding on the hills behind Donner Hall and in Schenley Park.

Dining Halls & Campus RestaurantsWhat's This?

Andy’s
Location: UC
Food: wraps, smoothies
Hours: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m.

Asiana
Location: Newell-Simon
Food: Chinese
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Barista Café
Location: UC
Food: Coffee/bakery
Hours: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Bento Bowl
Location: UC
Food: Asian
Hours: Monday–Thursday 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

CK’s Pretzels
Location: UC
Food: Pretzels, cookies, and shakes
Hours: Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

East Street Deli
Location: UC
Food: Sandwiches/breakfast
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–2 p.m., 5 p.m.–8 p.m.

Evgefstos
Location: UC
Food: Mediterranean, vegan, and vegetarian
Hours: Monday–Friday 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

Ginger’s Coffeehouse
Location: Baker Hall and Purnell Center
Food: Coffee, sandwiches
Hours: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m.(Purnell closes at 3 p.m. on Fridays)

Ginger’s Deli
Location: Posner Hall
Food: Sandwiches/soups
Hours: Monday–Thursday 8 a.m.–7 p.m., Friday 8 a.m.–3 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Grab n’ Go
Location: UC
Food: Drinks, fruit, chips
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 2 p.m.–8 p.m.

Highlander Café
Location: Resnick House
Food: All-you-can-eat, home-cooked foods, salad station, pizza station, deli
Hours: Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–10 a.m., 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m., 4 p.m.–7 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m., 4 p.m.–7 p.m.

Kosher Korner
Location: UC
Food: Kosher meals
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 2 p.m.–8 p.m.

La Prima
Location: Wean Hall
Food: Drinks, sandwiches, cookies, muffins
Hours: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

Main Street Market
Location: Newell-Simon
Food: Salads, sandwiches, pizza, soup
Hours: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–3 p.m.

The Original Hot Dog Shop
Location: UC
Food: Fries, subs, hot dogs
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–2 a.m.

Pennes International Marketplace
Location: UC
Food: Home-cooked meals
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Pepperazi
Location: UC
Food: Italian
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

Schatz All-You-Care-to-Eat
Location: UC
Food: chicken, Stir-fry
Hours: Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m., 5 p.m.–8 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m., Saturday–Sunday 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m.

Schatz Dining Hall
Location: UC
Food: Buffet-style
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Showcase Salads
Location: UC
Food: Made-to-go salads
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 2 p.m.–8 p.m.

Si Señor
Location: UC
Food: Southwest/Mexican
Hours: Daily 11 a.m.–10 p.m.

Skibo Coffeehouse
Location: UC
Food: Coffee, pastries
Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–11 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 8 a.m.–11 p.m.

Taste of India
Location: Resnik House
Food: Indian
Hours: Monday–Friday 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Taste of India
Location: 4902 Forbes Avenue
Food: Indian
Hours: Daily 5 p.m.–9 p.m.

The Underground
Location: Morewood E-Tower
Food: Sandwiches, soups
Hours: Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–11 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 9 a.m.–11 p.m.

The Zebra Lounge
Location: College of Fine Arts
Food: Coffee, cookies
Hours: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

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