Panther Dining Hall — Restaurant in Melbourne

Go Panthers. We have been attending the International dinner series since 2016. It is not only a delightful dinner experience, but also a wonderful way for the various cultures attending the institution to showcase their heritage. We missed it during CoVid and its return on September 21, 2022 showcased how important an event is to the community. We arrived at 5:30 to a line of about 50 students and non-students, like us, to experience a taste of Delhi, India. When we left , about an hour later, there was still a line. The wait was about 15 minutes to get to the cafeteria serving line, where the food was hot and aromatic. From butter chicken, aloo gobi, lamb biryani, and naan our taste buds were tingling. There's plenty of seating. The students are very considerate of our senior, slower paced presence in their chaotic flow and fast pace. The dining hall maintains their normal menu during this event, pizza, burgers, subs, but also rotisserie chicken, meatloaf, mashed potatoes and numerous vegetable, salad, and dessert choices. There is a dessert specific to the international menu and for India that is gulab jamun. A favorite of mine, it is a milk solids and flour small fried ball soaked in a sweet liquid container saffron and cardamom. All of the foods at the dining hall are also available to the public attending the International dinner. I heartily recommended attending the series, which will next go to Mexico on 11/2, England on 2/1/23, and finally stop at Thailand on 3/8/23. They also have a great Mother's Day...

Like most fast food restaurant, Florida Tech Dining Hall is more about quantity over quality with most of the foods. I can understand the fact of serving over thousands of students during peak hours, but the quality of the foods just goes down.

Sometimes, they will serve a good breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and other times, they will "serve" this: 🤷🏾‍♂️ (probably add more concerning photos in the future)

The salad bar is a bit concerning with the dressings being mixed with each other because of students mistakes and the greens that they put out to eat is already brown.

Also, the grill area is a great example of the "quantity over quality" by the fact that in non-peak hours, a chef (disclosing their appearance) will sometimes forget my orders and give the people behind me their orders first. I can understand the forgetness but I been waiting more than 15 minutes. (Students will "steal" your food if you don't come back in time for it if the student and you order the same thing.)

(But I will say that it is very frustrating that in the beginning of the school year, they made the best tasting cheesy grits EVER with shrimp. NOW ITS SO BAD THAT I CANT EVEN EAT IT LIKE OH MY GOD. AND THEY DID IT THREE...

Suggest you do not get the cafeteria meal plan if you think of coming here. They change their primary meal every night, with some things offered each night such as roasted chicken and some sort of potatoes. But unless u enjoy eating the same thing everyday, you should be warned that their evening meals are trash. Their lunches are ok as they change up alot and arnt things children eat. But beware, you will pay for meals like, grilled cheese, hot dogs, taco meat (taco bell quality), tater tots (yes they seriously make just tater tots as a primary meal). They used to have decent meals every evening, things that actually take time and effort to make like Thanksgiving style meals, multiple kinds of sandwiches you could get like pulled pork or sloppy joe, and international meals. But unless u enjoy paying to eat something that a 12 year old can throw together in 10 minutes, I suggest you don't eat here. The restraunts on campus offer many options compared to their lackluster service and quality of food. I'm sorry but paying 2,000$ to be served a .50 cent hotdogs 5 times a month, or a grilled cheese 5 times a month, or literally only potatoes in whatever form they make, is not worth it to...