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Campus Dining Grades:
Quick StatsFreshman Meal Plan Requirement
Yes - Freshmen are required to have at least 210 meals per semester. Options of 255 and 281 meals per semester are also available.
Off-Campus Places to Use Meal PlanAverage Meal Plan Cost
$1,610–$2,075 per semester
Student Favorites
- Deli lines and sushi bar on College Avenue
- Douglass Café
- Made-to-order strawberry, orange, or banana smoothies on Busch
- Pizzeria Uno
- Sbarro
- The Rock Cafe
- Specialty days offered at each of the dining halls
Other Options
- At the Douglass Student Center, you can swipe your card at the Douglass Café from 7 a.m.–10 a.m. for breakfast and from 4 p.m.–8 p.m. for dinner. You can also swipe your meal card at Pizzeria Uno from 4 p.m.–8 p.m. for dinner.
- At the Livingston Student Center, you can swipe your meal card at the Rock Café from 7 p.m.–10 a.m. for breakfast and at Sbarro from 4:30 p.m.–8 p.m. for dinner.
- On College Avenue, students can dine at the Rutgers Club, which was built in 1915. For one meal swipe and $2, students can enjoy a meal every Monday and Thursday from 5 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
College Prowler Take
A quick swipe of a Rutgers ID card grants students entry into any of the University’s dining halls, but whether there is edible food within is another story. For many students, meal plans often go to waste when fine dining is only a block away at College Avenue’s infamous grease trucks. For a mere $4.50, Rutgers students feast on foil-wrapped, grease-saturated sandwiches guaranteed to satisfy hunger or speed chances of an early heart attack. However, if you come to Rutgers and want to avoid the Freshman 15 (with the grease trucks near your residence hall, it is rumored to become the Freshman 30), healthy food is available at the five dining halls Monday through Friday from 7 a.m until 8 p.m, and on the weekends from 10 a.m until 7 p.m. For students with different eating styles, vegan and vegetarian lines are also present. Salad bars, fruits, and vegetables are also served daily, as well as dry cereal. Rutgers’s dining halls are not like eating at home, and it is easy to fall into the trap of eating burgers and fries everyday. Dining services host numerous “RU Eating Right” sessions in the dining halls to warn freshmen about the dangers of eating unhealthy. However, most students are satisfied with the dining halls because they all feature something that they would eat, even if it’s Cookie Crisp cereal or a crunchy peanut butter sandwich on white bread for dinner. 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:
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Go to Brower if you want prison...
Go to Brower if you want prison food. |
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Being an Italian American and...
Being an Italian American and having a mother born in the south of Italy, I can attest to quality cooking. Believe it or not, Rutgers food is top-notch and goes out of its way to ensure that each student takes advantage of dining services. They offer vegan and vegetarian stations, an amazing salad bar, and numerous main meals each day—even catering to those on low-carb diets! With a dining hall on each campus, you can gain that extra 15 pounds, and even more, with no problem. |
Anonymous says: |
The food is a natural laxative....
The food is a natural laxative. Buy a case of Pepto Bismol or Maalox. |
Anonymous says: |
What can you really expect of...
What can you really expect of college food—it’s nourishment. There are many dining halls to choose from, but the Busch dining hall being my favorite. |
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Too many people complain about the...
Too many people complain about the food, but I think it’s not so bad; just stay away from the dining hall on weekends. I don’t like the breakfast, but for lunch, they have a deli line, which is good. Dinner varies; sometimes, it’s good, and sometimes, you can’t decipher what the food is that they’re serving. |
Dining Halls
Brew Ha-Ha’s
Coffee, pastries, snacks
Douglass Student Center
Monday–Thursday 7:30 AM–11 PM, Friday 7:30 AM–3 PM
Brower Commons Dining Hall
Cafeteria-style variety
College Avenue Campus
Monday–Friday 7 AM–9 PM, Saturday–Sunday 9:30 AM–8 PM
Busch Dining Hall
Cafeteria-style variety
Busch Campus
Monday–Friday 7 AM–9 PM, Saturday–Sunday 9:30 AM–8 PM
Cooper Dining Hall
Cafeteria-style variety
Douglass Campus
Monday–Friday 7 AM–9 PM
Dudley’s
Variety
Food Science Building
Monday–Friday 7:30 AM–3 PM
Dunkin’ Donuts
Variety
Livingston Student Center
Monday–Thursday 7 AM–10 PM, Friday 7 AM–3 PM
Neilson Dining Hall
Cafeteria-style variety
Cook/Douglass
Monday–Friday 7 AM–9 PM, Saturday–Sunday 9:30 AM–8 PM
Sbarro
Italian, pizza
Livingston Student Center
Monday–Thursday 11 AM–11 PM, Friday 11 AM–12 AM
The Rock Café
Variety
Livingston Student Center
Monday–Thursday 9 AM–9 PM, Friday 9 AM–7 PM, Saturday 12 PM–12 AM, Sunday 5 PM–11 PM
Tillet Dining Hall
Cafeteria-style variety
Livingston Campus
Monday–Friday 7 AM–9 PM, Saturday–Sunday 9:30 AM–8 PM
Did You Know?To avoid the Freshman 15, Rutgers has organized an RU Healthy Dining Team that sets up tables in the dining halls to educate students on healthy eating habits. At the beginning of both semesters, students can take a survey about the dining halls and receive a $25 credit added to their RU Express accounts. Students can get a grease truck fat sandwich named after them by eating six sandwiches in 30 minutes. You can take out lunch and dinner at each of the four dining halls.
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