<p>I'm confused; Is there or is there not an all-you-can-eat dining facility at Washu? When I visited, the places we ate (Bears Den and Dains) are a' la carte food court style. That seemed to make it difficult (lines at each station) and expensive to put together a complete meal - e.g. a salad and an entree with vegetables. Most people seemed to just just go limited, stir-fry or a burger, and not even try to put together a complete meal. I've read posts about a place called Centre Court, but it doesn't show on the dining services menu page Menus</a>, Locations & Hours | Dining Services | Washington University in St. Louis</p>
<p>No, there isn’t - everything is a la carte. Depending on where you eat, it may be more or less feasible to get a well-balanced meal, but it is possible at most stations. It a lot easier to balance your nutrition over the course of a day, rather than over a single meal.</p>
<p>There used to be a buffet for dinner on south 40 that was x dollars to get in, and then all you can eat. This was back when the Wohl Center was In existence instead of South 40 house. (ie it ended in 07 I believe).
Can’t recall the name; center court does sound familiar though.
But as Ryan said, there are no such options for regular meals (just brunch on weekends).</p>
<p>Man I miss center court…</p>
<p>But yeah, Weekend brunches (on the 40) are the only way to get unlimited now.</p>
<p>Does one point buy one dollar’s worth of food from the menu or is there some other ratio? e.g. Does a $5 footlong Subway = 5 points? I ask bc you receive fewer points than you spend dollars for a meal plan; e.g. Silver or Gold. Does a Silver plan last the whole year for most people?</p>
<p>Not sure if it’s everyone, but my freshman D runs out her Silver plan just about ten days before the semester ends (that’s 20 days for the whole year).</p>
<p>It’s a 1-to-1 ratio between meal points and $ values - it’s just that there is a constant flat overhead for each plan. I recommend getting the silver plan, not the gold, because you can always buy more points/use your campus card if you fall short, but if you have too many, then they’re wasted - they don’t carry over.</p>
<p>Hold on now. Unless they changed something, I thought there WASN’T a 1-to-1 ratio between meal points and dollar value.</p>
<p>Regardless, there has never been ANY reason to buy anything but the smallest meal plan available to you.</p>
<p>There isn’t? I’ve always been under the impression that each meal plan has the same $1000 dollar overhead (or thereabouts), but after that it’s a 1-to-1 ratio.</p>
<p>The overhead is the same for each plan, which means it is always best to buy the smallest plan, which is silver. You’re technically paying more per point, but there’s no additional cost to add on campus card points, so you can get as many additional points as you need. If you get a larger plan, there’s no way to recover unused points at the end of the year. I’ve currently got 114 points extra on the bronze plan, so silver should be more than enough for most people.</p>
<p>yeah, a lot of people have way too many meal points at the end of the year. and a lot of people run out early.</p>
<p>imo, i’m glad there’s no all-you-can-eat. the food quality usually sucks, and have limited hours. instead, we just really good options (that get kinda boring after two years).</p>
<p>People who don’t use all of of the meal plan must eat off campus with some frequency. The Silver Plan only allows for $13.03 a day. My son used his up both semesters of fresman year and he is not a big eater (but usually ate on campus). Still I agree with others that getting the smallest allowable plan is the best since they all have the same “overhead” and then each additional $1 costs $1. Any extra money needed can be put on the campus card, which carries over the balance from year to year and any balance is returned on graduation. Meal plan is used it or lose it each year. I had my son buy the Bronze plan for sophmore year knowing that I would add probably need to add additional money to his campus card at the end of each semester. But I can decide how much when we know how much will be needed. Both the meal plan and campus card are sales tax free. Other methods are taxable.</p>