Mensa Bistro Templergraben — Restaurant in Aachen

I normally have lunch there. It has become purely vergatarian now. It is Ideal for the students. It's very cheap for them. You can pay only via your mensa card and there is a recharge machine outside. You can check your balance in the card too. There is a separate machine for that also. It also supports Relevo service so you can take your food in the Relevo box and can return the box by 15 days without paying anything. So basically you can choose to dine in or dine out. There is a "Mensa" App as well, where you can check the menu beforehand. For employees it is definitely not recommended. Since the price quality and quantity both don't match the price. It is surely overpriced for employees....

I started eating there expecting to save time for cooking so I can spend my time on studies. I thought food is lot healthy but it isn't. Compared to other Mensas this is horrible with limited options and using frozen food which actually gave me problem. When ever I eat at Mensa, my stomach got little upset in the evening and couldn't concentrate on my studies. Any hotel food or self cooking food is better. We expect fries to be fresh since we can't make it, but they also get the frozen ones to bake in oven which is not...

The fact that there are basically two meals options outside of the pre-made food is not optimal, especially for a mensa that is in the main university campus. I also had a discussion with the worker at the kasse because she was refusing to let me take a second meal after my first, saying that "each student is allowed one meal" which is something I never heard of throughout my education in Germany, I am not sure if this rule is true or she was just watching out for my...