<p>The food options available at CMU look pretty good - there's Indian, Chinese, Sushi, Gullifty's, etc. It seems better than many schools that just have a dining hall approach. What are people's experiences? Are there schools that are way better?</p>
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<p>Heh. While cmu dining certainly isn’t terrible, you’ll get sick of it quite quickly. ASIANA IS TERRIBLE BTW DO NOT EAT THERE.</p>
<p>The best food is probably resnick and contains indian and sushi, but you’ll figure it out quickly enough. don’t sweat it too much.</p>
<p>A lot of the people here come from upper middle class backgrounds (or higher?) so there taste buds are used to greatness. I hear people complain about the food like it’s garbage.</p>
<p>I’m not picky. The food is fine. Don’t expect gourmet, but the food isn’t too shabby either. After a few months I’m sure you’ll get tired of some things (totally normal) but it’s decent food nevertheless.</p>
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<p>The food’s not horrible, but the fact that there’s very little option on what to eat -other- than campus food means that after fresh/sophomore year you’ll be dying for alternative options.</p>
<p>I didn’t come from a family that ate out much, but my parents made homemade meals almost every night, so going to dining hall stuff was a pretty rough transition. It was especially tiring after living in dorms my sophomore year and having to stay on a full meal plan. :(</p>
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<p>Just think, there was a time when the only better food on campus was Ginger’s and The O (They used to have a branch in the UC. Late-night block to get a bacon cheeseburger and fries was possibly the best thing ever.).</p>
<p>@completelykate - I’m not part of the upperclass part of LI lol. Rule of thumb is that wealth increases the farther out on the Island you are, and I’m as far west as you can get without being within one of NYC’s boroughs…</p>
<p>And the Asiana thing…eh. I never heard of it until I stumbled upon it randomly end of Fall semester. It tasted amazing since it was nice to eat something DIFFERENT, but trying to eat it in the spring semester just made me stop halfway and wonder why I wasted a block…</p>
<p>I suggest you choose a meal plan with the greatest flex dollars and least planned meals. One of the perks of CMU is that it’s in an urban setting. If you get bored with what’s offered, there are food trucks by the soccer field, and lots of restaurants within walking distance on Oakland’s Craig Street, Forbes Avenue, and Atwood Street (where you’ll mingle with Pitt students). And you’re minutes away on a PAT bus (free for CMU students) to Shadyside’s Walnut Street; Squirrel Hill’s Murray Avenue and Forbes Avenue; East Liberty’s Penn Avenue, and the South Side’s Carson Street. you’ll find a wide variety of choices (sushi to crepes to pizza to gourmet burgers to Asian, French, Japanese, Mediterranean, Indian, American fine dining). Do a Web search, and you’ll see what I mean. Getting off campus on occasion can be a nice break from your studies. When you’re swamped, Skibo Cafe in the UC offers decent fare and it’s open early/late.</p>
<p>You definitely won’t starve.</p>