Fariborz Maseeh Hall — Local services in Cambridge

I called this dormitory home for four years. A historic building renovated into a undergraduate dormitory. Location is great, rooms are clean if not overly sterile. Suffers from its lackluster dining hall that gives hundreds of people food poisoning each year. Only one tiny student-accessible kitchen in the basement where 500 residents clamor for access to the two ovens/sinks/microwaves. Workout room is likewise an afterthought thrown in to put in a checkmark, though the proximity of the Z-center helps with...

The lady at the desk was very rude and soulless when a delivery driver asked to use the restroom. I don’t see a reason why he would be denied access to it. These workers don’t have a designated place to use one and many...

The most hotelly of the MIT dorms. Beware the dining hall; food contamination and other health code violations are...