Oberlin College
- Campus Dining

Repetetive

its good stuff, but it gets old really fast. also, the meal plan is kinda bulls***. oh well, c'est la vie.

Good All Around!

Everyone can find the way to eat that makes them happiest. There is a huge number of Co-ops on campus that students can join, and the food is WONDERFUL in the co-ops. They're not always the cleanest of places, but the group works by consensus and so the food is most often coming from sustainable sources. Most co-ops are vegetarian as well, and there is pizza night in all the co-ops on Fridays! The campus dining is also good. People don't appreciate it, but there is always a great number of vegetarian options and meat options, and there is a yummy pizza bar every night as well as a rotating station that has a special meal. (This dining hall is all you can eat). The salad bar is also pretty extensive and has interesting different produce. DeCaf is the place where you can buy food a la carte, and it's great. The fruit smoothies are perfect for a warm spring day spent on the quad, and the sandwiches are designed by you to perfection, with lots of options. The Rathskellar also provides another dining option (though much less popular) where you can go with your professors. Dascomb has a la carte food which is fine, but not great. And there is also the dining hall in African Heritage house that has soul food which is delicious, and amazing desserts! They also have great produces sometimes, I once had a whole mango there. Great food all around!

Average but Lots of Options

The bad news is that the food at the two main dining halls is not that great. They do the greasy food fine, but healthier options are really hit or miss (and usually miss). Occasionally there will be good days, like a tortellini bar (or the holy grail, mac and cheese AND waffle fries). It's also a big pain that you MUST buy at least 5 meals per week unless you are in a co-op, and they're rather overpriced.

The good news is that there are a lot of options. When you get sick of the two main dining halls, there is another open for dinners; there are two cafes on campus; there is a lot of delicious food off-campus. And best of all, the co-op system consists of 9 dining co-ops that each have a personality and style of cooking. If you're lucky enough to get in to a co-op, you put in a few weekly hours of cooking/cleaning/administrating for a really cheap board bill, 19 homemade meals per week, and the opportunity to help make all the rules and elect all the positions. If you elect the right cooks, the food will be great.