Crossroads — Restaurant in Berkeley

[Legal disclaimer: The following post was written by a junior transfer student in the University of California, Berkeley, and is not meant to represent the university’s opinion, but rather the opinion of the individual.] Crossroads, not to be conflated with the Crossroads Trading Post which shares a similar name and in the same city, has excellent food, exactly contrary to popular dining hall stereotypical belief. I heard it being called Xroads, but that could be just internal jargon found in the napkin holder. They also call it Croads in Unit 1. was trivially and vacuously excellent (you serve yourself, no one serves you here other than having to use your Cal 1 card as fiat currency and payment). Atmosphere was excellent too. The staff even remind you to get another plate if you get too much. Pricing is fair. It is highly unlikely you can ever get a satiable lunch for $10 and dinner for $11 at nearby adjacent restaurant properties. Unfortunately, Google is not compatible with me putting flex dollars in the amount spent per person, so I had to go with visitor pricing for that one to better assist the general public. For recommendations for visiting this place, may I suggest getting the grill item early in lunch? If you get the grill item late, a queue suddenly materializes out of nowhere, and it can stretch all the way to the allergen friendly section. Also, try going there during dinner if you care to spend one extra flex dollar or $2. Anyways, I am now writing this review because my meal plan is depleted of flex dollars and I have no intentions of refilling my flex dollar balance at this time. Also, takeout is permitted, but limited to fruit or dessert. As for delivery, I wish Crossroads would deliver. Thank you for reading this review. Be sure to leave an upvote if this actually helped! Also, do you know that most five-star reviews are short? Mine is long, showing the effort that I put into this review and it was not generated by a bot striving to inflate the restaurant’s rating. I do not want to violate any platform’s Terms of Service, nor that I intend to in the near future.

Also, Google rated my review as detailed. I think it may be the most detailed review...

Two days ago I went to Crossroads for dinner and late night. I ate the main meal they were serving for dinner, and then during late night I ate their chicken wings. Early in the morning around 5 am next day I woke up with painful stabbing sensations in my stomach, and threw up all over the bathroom. I thought it was maybe just my stomach upset so I went back to bed, but at 7:30 am I threw up again. I couldn't even drink water without feeling nauseous and having to puke. I was very dehydrated and came down with a fever, so I went to the Tang Center later that day. The doctor who saw me said that a lot of kids had been coming in with these similar symptoms, and that it could be something called Norovirus. This is a highly contagious virus that can spread by consuming contaminated food. Since the only place I eat a day before was at crossroads, I am wondering if it was something in their food. I ended up almost passing out in my room due to the dehydration after coming back from the Tang Center, and it took my roommate some effort to wake me up. Because of the symptoms and upset stomach, I wasn't able to keep any fluids down and my fever rose to 102.5 degrees. This has been really stressful because I had to skip my midterm today. All I will say is that my personal experience has not been good. The food choices are also not very good. It would be nice if they have more options in the food and include dishes from...

It's mid. Some people would say it's good, but I pity the sadness they must be experiencing at home. They don't even know what "good" is.

No seasoning to be found. I understand people have their dietary needs. But that doesn't mean the food has to be sad.

Also why is the rice always hard???

Breakfast/Brunch is actually kinda good. Mostly because you can make your own waffles sometimes. The brisket for dinner was also pretty good.

It's packed a lot of the time if you go during their "peak" hours. Basically...very, very long lines. I'd go to dinner within the last hour and a half of service because it's a mess at times.

Overall, the place is kind of meh. But it's food, and it comes with the meal plan, which means I don't have to cook. Definitely not the worst thing I could possibly eat. But you'd probably get sick of eating there every day, especially if you come from a family that's actually good at cooking.

If your mom burns and underseasons everything she touches, you might genuinely...