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Santa Clara University - Campus DiningCollege Prowler3.85
Comparable Schools'
Campus Dining Grades:
Quick StatsFreshman Meal Plan Requirement
Yes
Average Meal Plan Cost
Included in combined room and board cost that ranges from $9,300-$14,130.
Off-Campus Places to Use Flex Money
- Blondie's Frozen Yogurt & Ice Cream
- Chilli's
- Chipotle Mexican Grill
- City Lights Expresso
- Cramer's Bagels
- Deedee's Homestyle Indian Buffet
- Fast Pizza Delivery
- Flex points can be used at:
- Frozo's
- Hatcho Japanese Cuisine
- Henry's Fresh Mexican Grill
- Joao's Restaurant
- Mio Vicino
- Mission City Coffee Roasting Co.
- Mondo Burrito
- Neto's
- Papa John's
- Pluto's
- Quiznos
- Round Table Pizza
- Sara's Kitchen
- Seniores Pizza
- Smoke Eaters
- Stuft Pizza
- Subway
- Taco Bell
- Togo's
- Wahoo's Fish Tacos
- Wrap This! Mediterranean Cuisine
- Yum Yum Tree
Student Favorites
- Mission City Coffee Roasting Co.
Special Options
- In addition to the standard Resident Meal Plan, students (or parents) can put money into a Santa Clara Flex Account. If a student has Flex money, he or she can use their Access (student ID) Card to pay for food at any of the places listed above. Flex money can also be used to print from campus computers, buy snacks from vending machines, or to buy books, supplies, and clothes at the book store.
College Prowler Take
All students living on campus (this means you, freshmen) receive a dining plan as part—a rather large part—of their housing costs. Every quarter, the student receives dining points that can be used to buy food in the cafeteria, the Bronco, the Cellar Market, and a few other places. This is a lot more than most students who eat two meals a day on campus will need, even though the food is high priced. The catch is that at the end of the quarter, you can only carry over or be refunded about $60 of that money. So often times students will go on Cellar market shopping sprees at the end of the quarter to spend the extra money. They may not even really want some of the stuff, but since they’re not getting the money back anyway, what the hell? Quality-wise, the food is much better than most college cafeterias. There are several stations (a burger grill, an Italian station, a vegetarian station) that each have a permanent menu and lunch and dinner specials every day. This provides a much better variety than most cafeterias offer, but to regular diners, the specials will start looking familiar fairly quickly. The Bronco, which is open much later than the cafeteria, also serves food, mainly of the pizza, nacho, and fried varieties—not as healthy, but essential for any student from time to time. 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:  |
I stop by the Mission Bakery stand...
I stop by the Mission Bakery stand on my way to class every morning to grab a bagel and some orange juice or coffee. It’s not bad, and it’s very convenient. |
Anonymous says: |
Bronco food is a late-night guilty...
Bronco food is a late-night guilty pleasure. It’s all terrible for you, but it’s nice to take a break from studying and chow down on greasy pizza and chicken strips or a big sundae sometimes. |
Anonymous says: |
Benson overall is not bad. It gets...
Benson overall is not bad. It gets a bad rap because you have to eat it every day, but as far as college food goes, it’s pretty good. There is a lot of variety each day, although one bad burrito and you may never go back. |
Anonymous says: |
Bon Appetite provides a quality...
Bon Appetite provides a quality product that tends to go unappreciated until students move off campus and realize they don’t have easy access to it anymore. However, there are a wide variety of restaurants that students can use their Flex money at, which is convenient and satisfactory. |
Anonymous says: |
The food on campus is overall of a...
The food on campus is overall of a high quality, but it is becoming more and more expensive each year. There is a main dining hall where most freshmen and sophomores eat because they have dining plans. However, for those that live off campus, there are many more price conscious options. There is also a market that sells many nonperishable items and frozen goods. There is an emphasis on junk food, but there are some more health conscious options. A place similar to Jamba Juice, which makes food to go, smoothies, and coffee, is also on campus. It is popular, but expensive. The service we get for the food we pay for is good. |
Interested in
Santa Clara?
Dining Halls
Sunstream Cafe
Coffee, salads, sandwiches, snacks
Learning Commons, Technology Center, and Library
Monday–Thursday 9:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m., Friday 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m.
Market Square
Deli, grill, home-style, Italian, Latin, made-to-order, vegetarian
Benson Memorial Center
Monday–Thursday 7 a.m.–8 p.m., Friday 7 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday 10:30 a.m.–7 p.m., Sunday 10:30 a.m.–8 p.m.
Mission Bakery
Coffee, gourmet bistro
Benson Memorial Center
Monday 7 a.m.–12 a.m., Tuesday–Friday 7 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–9 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.–11 p.m.
Cadence Cyber Cafe
Dinner entrees, paninis, salads,
Lucas Hall
Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
The Bronco
Pizza, subs
Benson Memorial Center
Tuesday, Thursday 9 p.m.–12:45 a.m., Wednesday, Friday–Saturday 9 p.m.–1:45 a.m.
Cellar Market
Deli meats, produce, snacks
Benson Memorial Center, lower level
Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–12 a.m., Friday–Saturday 11 p.m.–8 p.m.
Did You Know?The Benson Center cafeteria offers dishes for vegetarian and vegan students every day.
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