College Nine/John R. Lewis Dining Hall — Local services in Santa Cruz

Arguably the best dining hall on campus. Doesn't necessarily mean the food is spectacular, but you get your money's worth and if you have to choose a dining hall on campus, this is usually the best bet. Good array of food. You can count on there always being pizza, cereal, soup, and a salad bar. Also always an option of fruit and pastry. The rest of the menu switches out. Seating can be hard to find but is usually okay, especially when they open up the MPR for additional seating. Is open the longest and most often out of all the dining...

Sullen young people serving edible but bland food. All you can eat buffet for low-income students. The fruits, the salad bar, and the soup are probably saving lives as I have seen students going hungry in Santa Cruz. There're different stations for different kind of cuisine, beverages, desserts etc. Pizzas--usually three different kinds-- seem to be favorite with students as are array of deep fried foods. There are piles of fresh bread I have seen people making their own sandwiches and walking off with supplies...

Their food is like.... Pretty lame for the price you pay. Don't come between 11-12, 4-5, 8-9 unless you only want to eat Pizza.

The staff here I'll listen to you though. If you have a question, complaint or concern, they will take it into consideration and sometimes change things, which is awesome! I really have to give them props for that.

Their breakfast is usually okay. Food on the weekends I'd much better than weekday foods.

There's always a salad bar and a sandwich station, so you can...