Not very good. But not very bad, either.
Written: Oct 06 '00
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Pros: Some flexibility allowed with how your meal plan is used. A lot of variety, also.
Cons: The food is fairly bland a lot of the time. Looming risk of Health Code Violations from the past.
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| schroeder360's Full Review: Johns Hopkins University |
I am a Freshman at Johns Hopkins and was very much under the impression before I arrived here that the food was going to be less than edible. Although the food is hardly delicious, it is really not that terrible. I have heard the horror stories of one of the dining halls being shut down because of having rats and about a dozen other health code violations, but the entire system has been redone.
The food comes in a variety of ways, from a buffet-style cafeteria at Wolman Station, to fast food from Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, among others. There is always something different being served, so variety is not a problem, and everything appears very sanitary, although I haven't actually been in the kitchen, one of which has already caught on fire twice so far this year (see, at least you know they are cooking the food!). To whom it may concern, however, their macaroni salad from the salad bar is, dare I say, very good.
The meal plan, actually, is where I have the most beef (no pun intended) with the entire service. You are FORCED for the first two years to have a meal plan. As a freshman, you must purchase either the 14-meal-per-week plan or the 19-meal-per-week plan. This seems like quite a monopolizing act on the part of the Dining Service and University, and it is. But what are you going to do? If the food from the dining halls is just too terrible to stomach, then you can use the equivalent value of the meal (actually, it is hardly equivalent. For example, a dinner would cost a non-meal-plan person $7.50, but they only give you credit for $4.50) at one of the several mini-mart style stores, where the prices are nearly doubled. $1.99 for Frappuccinos, $1.89 for Sobe, and $4.99 for a box of cereal. This is the best way, I think, since most of the time I'm just too busy to take time out to go to one of the dining halls and eat. I can meal equiv (as it is called) some junk food, and then snack on it while I study.
You will hear a lot of horror stories about Hopkins food, but that is true of a lot of colleges, also. Don't decide on a school solely for its food... Hopkins is surrounded by a lot of very good restaurants, though. Plus, the education available here is much more savory an offer than most colleges can give, anyway.
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