Mensa Academica — Restaurant in Aachen

Mensa Academica offers a cheap and healthy meal to anyone (who is in possession of a guest card or RWTH-BluCard). It is clean and the service is nice.

The reason why I gave only 3 stars is the food itself. Of course, you cant expect a five star meal for as little as 2,10€. There are just a few vegetarian Meals though, that actually taste good. Most of them contain noodles and pizza, no. 1 and 2 Students "homecooking"-meals. It's not the quality of the food though, it's the picasso-esque combinations that make me leave and get a Döner instead once or twice a week. That's for the real bad stuff.

Theres also the barable "stuff your stomach and don't vomit"- Food, tastes just as it sounds.

Once or twice a week, theres actually tasty food, which is a joy to see on the menu, smell and eat. Most of those dishes are, as said, Pizza and Pasta. Dont...

The best place for students. There are numerous varieties of food on a given day ranging from a filling meal to a refreshing snack. The menu is not routine and repeated only after long intervals. The meals are well balanced with a main course, sauce and vegetables/salad. Eventhough it's quite busy on some days of the week (depending on the menu), most of the times the flow is well managed. The best part is the dessert and fish varieties on Friday. Nevertheless, Glühwein stall is open only during Christmas and similarly ice-cream parlor only during summer. :/

Note: pay attention to the offers such as "happy hour deals" which are advertised from time to time to save few bucks. You can also find them on the official website or at the entrance of...

Food is amazing (especially desserts), so demand is high...but queue management is the absolute worst here. You'd either find yourself waiting right next to a stranger having their meal or getting foreign clothes / people / bag straps out of your lunch. Understandably, the only areas where this doesn't happen are packed with chairs, tables, or students. It's probably a nightmare for anyone with walking impediments, but aside from these architectural problems, it's all good. Depending on the meal plan I would sometimes prefer a place where I can...