<p>Hey just wanted everyone to know how bad the dining hall food is at UVA. Chicken is either burnt or raw. Overheard workers say that food in refrig is 10 day past expiration date. There have been bugs on milk machines, and on cookies. The food is not edible. Do not have to worry about freshman 15 because you will probably end up losing 20 pounds. UVA does nothing to fix this problem !!! </p>
<p>I’ve been eating in the dining halls for 10 years and have not found this to be the case.</p>
<p>I’m surprised you say they do “nothing to fix the problem”…have they ignored your attempts to contact them when you’ve had a problem? </p>
<p>And I think those were most likely raisins or chocolate chips on the cookies.</p>
<p>I have to laugh when I read these types of complaints about college food today. You have no idea how well off you are compared to Newcomb dining in the 1970’s. Like dorms without air conditioning…college food is part of the experience. </p>
<p>My son is 4th year and says the food has really improved since his first year. (He has a partial meal plan now).</p>
<p>The best part about eating at Newcomb was when it was closed on the weekends and we would order from the corner. :)) I also loved the fry bar until they took that away to have ‘healthier’ food. Haven’t eaten there since the remodel but it looks cool inside.</p>
<p>I’ve eaten at Runk, Newcomb, and Ohill at different times over the last year. I ate at all three as recently as 2 weeks ago. I thought the food was quite good and lots of choices. I’ve eaten there during orientation and family weekend, but I’ve also eaten at all three when we’ve dropped in at odd times of the year when parents are not expected to be around. The food is consistently good. One of my most memorable times was eating at Runk for brunch. On Saturday and Sundays the dining halls don’t open until 11am, so it’s brunch. There were omelettes to order, a waffle bar with ice cream, pancakes cooked on a grill right in front of you, a full salad bar with shredded chicken and boiled egg (sunflower seeds, cheese, mushrooms, etc), a deli sandwich station, soup, bagels and toast, cereal, pizza (2 kinds), spaghetti, stromboli, a broiled chicken cutlet, vegetables, fruit and cottage cheese and many choices to drink. My husband and I were blown away. We loved it particularly the stromboli. I asked my S if this was “normal” for brunch and he said it was. He told us the different dining halls also have themed meals from time to time. Runk recently had an “October Fest” featuring German food and he loved that. No beer though lol. Newcomb and Ohill have featured delicious stir fry to order station when I’ve eaten there. </p>
<p>^^^^^ My point exactly. In my day, Newcomb dinner usually consisted of a choice of meat or fish. “Brunch” was cold cereal and toast. The OP needs to quit his/her whining!!</p>
<p>^^^^ Concurring with all the above comments. I think the food is good. It’s tasty, there’s variety, and it’s not too hard to eat healthily. Especially at OHill - that salad bar is my (vegetarian) dream. I have no idea where op is getting their complaints from, but I just don’t find any of it to be true. </p>
<p>I will concur with the positive comments above. Son '18 has had no complaints about the food. We ate at Newcomb with him last weekend and food was good with lots of choices. He said that although people complain in his opinion the complaining is not warranted if people are not picky eaters who only eat a few options.</p>
<p>Not sure what motivates a person to create an account to anonymously make such a ridiculous post. We look forward to eatting at UVa. Our son ate well at home and eats better yet now that he is at Uva.</p>
<p>One last comment from me…if OP doesn’t like the food now, just wait until he graduates and has to fend for himself in the kitchen. He will certainly miss his meal plan then :)) </p>
<p>The food in the UVA dining halls is definitely always edible. I have never been served anything that was raw or otherwise obviously inedible.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t call it good (there’s usually something fine each day, but some days there isn’t) or reasonably priced (unless you buy a big enough plan that you’re eating every meal in the dining hall, swipes are about $11-$12 each, which is more than a better-tasting meal from the Corner), but I’ve never felt the dining hall was unsanitary.</p>
<p><a href=“http://datacenter.timesdispatch.com/health_inspections/reports/charlottesville-city/Va/restaurant/58380/uva-observatory-hall-residential-dining/”>http://datacenter.timesdispatch.com/health_inspections/reports/charlottesville-city/Va/restaurant/58380/uva-observatory-hall-residential-dining/</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://datacenter.timesdispatch.com/health_inspections/reports/charlottesville-city/Va/restaurant/54447/uva-runk-dining-hall/”>http://datacenter.timesdispatch.com/health_inspections/reports/charlottesville-city/Va/restaurant/54447/uva-runk-dining-hall/</a></p>
<p>If you care about this so much, then please bring it up with someone from dining. What are you trying to gain by complaining on CC? It won’t solve any perceived problems. </p>
<p>Here is the dining services contact information: <a href=“http://www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSMA/Virginia/ContactUs/”>http://www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSMA/Virginia/ContactUs/</a></p>
<p>Please keep us posted on what they have to say. UVa could certainly use more students interested in taking action regarding dining, instead of just complaining. </p>
<p>@logan94 - did you read those reports you linked? Did you check how those compared to other restaurants around Charlottesville? Facts can be dangerous things without a point of reference.</p>
<p>FYI, the “critical” violations (of which there were a max of 2 in each quarterly report) are things that may be per code, but would probably never cause you to discard food in your own home for those reasons. These reports actually seem amazingly positive for facilities that serve tens of thousands of meals every day. It helps to understand code violations, and their true severity. </p>
<p>You obviously have some bone to pick with the dining hall(s) - Valid or not, I would suggest you take it up with them personally.</p>
<p>I feel bad for the poor H.S. seniors considering UVa who reads the OP and thinks the dining situation is negative at UVa. It isn’t! The dining halls are bright and energetic places full of well prepared and varied foods and students that seem happy to be there. Two of the main dining facilities, O Hill and Newcome, are new and beautiful and the food is good! Our 2nd year son lives in an apartment and chose to keep the meal plan. By the way, there are plenty of non-dining hall options as well including many choices in small cafe type settings and even smoothie places and food trucks. I agree with grp2013. The dining facilities at UVa are clean, professionally managed and appealing places!</p>
<p>^^^^^ And there is always my favorite…serving breakfast, lunch and dinner!
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<p>Hah, if I followed food service assessments, there would be nothing to eat in DC. Every single restaurant around here has safety inspection issues, ranging from small ones similar to the ones in those reports to bigger ones like vermin. Unless you cook for yourself 24/7 and no processed/packaged foods, you’re bound to have something that’s been in a facility that has failed an inspection. And quite frankly, even at home you run the risk of food-poisoning yourself (which, I’m half surprised that I almost never get sick despite leaving stuff out or using 5-days-past-its-sell-by-date ground beef…oops)</p>