Seasons Marketplace — Restaurant in Ames

Honestly I'm pretty sure that anyone who rated this place highly either has Stockholm syndrome or went there once during orientation. It's the same stuff every day. Anything worth eating is a once a month event. I can thing of more times I've gotten nauseous while going there than times I've enjoyed it. Literally thrown up from seasons before. It's an awful feeling to swipe in and regret it, because you'd be better off just leaving then getting what you paid for. And what's even worse is the fact that if something looks good there is a 50/50 chance it's burned or cold, sometimes both. During orientation they advertise rice crispy bars as being a thing you can find anywhere on campus but, it's just not the case. I haven't seen a single one since I came here other than the ones they offer for 2 dollars on the main floor of my dorm building. I though being isolated from my friends and living in a one room apartment with a random stranger would be bad but, no one could have prepared me for Seasons Marketplace. I can't enjoy food anymore from anywhere, this place has conditioned me to genuinely dislike eating. Could be worse...

Unless you plan on living off pizza and pasta during your time here at Iowa state seasons marketplace is absolutely terrible, everything is deep fried and sodium loaded , for example the “wood grill” has ribs with 3,210 mg of sodium per serving …. (You’re meant to consume 2000mg max a day) the food is very unappetizing and the menus are very often misleading, often having things listed not available, and the only thing that would be somewhat macro nutrient friendly the “bonsias “ has been closed for 3 weeks straight. If you’re planning on eating after 7 30 pm forget it , unless … like I mentioned you would like to live off burned pizza and stale pasta. It’s ridiculous that students pay a mandatory $2,000 for a meal plan for which most days has next to nothing nutritious. As a first year student I don’t plan on returning next year to live on campus, I hope they are able to make some changes and idk maybe have things that are actually beneficial to someone’s health rather than attempting to give people kidney stones with the insane amounts of sodium in the...

Seasons is definately one of the best dining halls at Iowa State. It is a relatively large hall, do there are usually tons of options when eating there. The buffet usually contains desirable dishes, but sometimes is just average. Definately check the ISU dining before going, to see if they have dishes you're interested in. Also, my opinion is that they have the best pizza of any other hall, which is a plus. They also have WORKING ice cream machines, and a whole ice cream topping center if you're into sweets. Also, it's nice to not thar Seasons is one of the two dining centers that are open throughout the whole weekend.Overall, seasons is one of the best dining halls,...