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Campus Dining

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Quick Stats

Meal Plan Available? Yes
Average Meals/Week 16
Average Meal Plan Cost $4894 per year
Freshman Meal Plan Required? Yes
Student Favorites
  • Bishop Café
  • Trattoria Pizza

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Food at Ohio Wesleyan is hit or miss. At times, it can rival mom’s home cookin’, but other times, you swear they forgot the main ingredient—or to even cook it at all! The Hamilton-Williams Campus Center offers three meal times per day and many different food options. There is a small bakery that offers delicious fresh muffins, bagels, and every drink imaginable. Thomson (no “p”!) Residence Hall offers Thomson Convenience Store, a small but hugely overpriced convenience store. It does come in handy, though, as it offers Gatorade, Ramen noodles, and other midnight snacks that can be paid for with food points. Bishop Café is the number-one spot to go for lunch. Smith Dining Hall offers buffet-style dining and a brunch on the weekends, but the food is often less than satisfactory. Finally, the fraternities each pay their own chef to cook for them. Visitors are often welcome to meals at the frats, so if you are not in one, it pays to have friends who are!

The biggest complaint about campus dining is that students cannot use their food points at any off-campus restaurants. Students would like the option to take a break from campus food, but with the current policy, that is a pricey alternative. One cannot argue that for a small school, a good number of dining options do exist. The University is always trying to improve their selection, and even added a sushi bar in 2004 that has become very popular with students. No matter what you are craving, there should be a place that can suit your needs.

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Campus Dining at Ohio Wesleyan University

erikazi

'14

Environmental Studies

3.5
B

OWU Grub

Ohio Wesleyan food can vary from delicious to mediocre depending on where you go and when. Usually Smith Dining Hall during lunch is superior, however when dinner comes around (when Smith is most popular because of its location in the middle of the residential side of campus) the food options are sub par. You will certainly never go hungry here, except around 4-5pm when there are no food options during the school week. Also, if you are a picky eater, you will find less options when it comes to food, but if you keep your options open you'll be satisfied. This is no five star restaurant, it is college food. And Chartwells does a decent job at this.

Sep 14, 2011

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Campus Dining at Ohio Wesleyan University

smcaskey

'14

Zoology and Entomology

3.1
B-

Taste

There is a good variety of foods, but not all of them are very good. Lots have little taste. The food that tastes good is usually a lot more expensive. But, when it comes to college, this seems to be the norm...

Sep 11, 2011

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Campus Dining at Ohio Wesleyan University

NSodemba

'15

Biological Sciences

3.5
B

Food

I really like the food here. On campus there are an assortiment of dining halls that all serve really good food i think. the problem is that the cheaper dining halls have worse tasting food while the better ones cost more of your meal plans. There are a lot of restaurants around here and theres always some cheap place to eat (and the amount of food is huge) if you get tired of the halls

Aug 27, 2011

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Student Survey Poll ResultsWhat's This?

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24-Hour Dining None
Off-Campus Places to Use Flex Money None
Special Options SendMunchies is a program that will send snacks to students based on orders from their parents or friends. This can be especially valuable during finals or busy times when the average bedtime is 3 a.m.
Did You Know?

There is an Ohio Wesleyan tradition of a free midnight breakfast before finals where the dean or president of the University can sometimes be found.

Dining Halls & Campus RestaurantsWhat's This?

Bishop Bakery
Location: First floor Ham-Wil
Food: Coffee and baked goods
Hours: Monday–Thursday 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Friday 7 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

Bishop Café
Location: First floor Ham-Wil
Food: Sandella’s wraps, salads, and soups
Hours: Monday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Friday 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Sunday 5 p.m.–9:30 p.m.

Hamilton-Williams Food Court
Location: First floor of Ham-Wil
Food: Grill, sushi, sandwiches, crepes, desserts
Hours: Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–8 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Ritazza Coffee Cart
Location: University Hall and the science center
Food: Coffee, baked goods, sandwiches, and salads
Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Smith Dining Hall
Location: Smith Dormitory
Food: Buffet-style
Hours: Monday–Friday 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.–7 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday 2 p.m.–4 p.m., 4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Thomson Convenience Store
Location: Between Welch and Thomson dormitories
Food: Milk, bread, candy, and so forth
Hours: Monday–Thursday 12 p.m.–1 a.m.; Friday 12 p.m.–8 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday 12 p.m.–4 p.m., 4:30 p.m.–8 p.m.

Trattoria Pizza
Location: Welch Hall
Food: Pizza, subs, wings, and salads
Hours: Monday–Thursday 6 p.m.–12 a.m., Friday 6 p.m.–11 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 5 p.m.–12 a.m.

Welch Café Pizza
Location: Welch Hall
Food: Pasta, wraps, grill items, and desserts
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 5:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.

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