<p>How good is the food at Rice?</p>
<p>I really like it. Of all the schools at which I've eaten (including the infamous Cornell), I'd have to say I thought that Rice had the best food.</p>
<p>I will point out that the colleges that share serveries (Brown, Jones, Martel, Wiess, and Hanszen) have better food than Sid, Will Rice, Lovett, and Baker, but even the food at those ones is pretty decent in my opinion. Also, if you're sick of the food at your own college, you can eat wherever you want. Mealplans are all-you-can-eat meals, which is nice, and there are vegetarian options everywhere (and most of the vegetarian food is very high-quality, too).</p>
<p>I've heard that at the individual college serveries, it's a bit difficult for vegetarians to find much more than pasta or salad, but I think at North or South (that is, the serveries shared by Brown/Jones/Martel and Wiess/Hanszen), there are many more options. </p>
<p>Overall I've been pleased with the food. I'm at an individual servery (Baker), and there have been only a few times that there's been "little to choose from" by my standards (I'm not picky, but I'm extremely health-concious, so I won't take anything fried or oily or salty or pizza), and even then, there's a decent salad bar, so it's ok. There's always plenty of milk (of many varieties) which makes me happy. Oh, AND they usually serve Marshmallow Mateys (generic (but much better b/c they're pirate themed) Lucky Charms). </p>
<p>And it's true, if you don't mind walking a little, you can eat anywhere you want on campus. If you are absolutely tired of the servery food and can't take another meal in a row from there, you can go to the student center and purchase (read: use mom and dad's money that's loaded onto your student ID) a sandwich or smoothie from the food places there.</p>
<p>So this is really long, but I really like food.</p>
<p>Yeah, there are vegetarian options everywhere, but the vegetarian options lack variety (i.e. choosing between an overcooked vegetable of the day vs. the salad bar vs. make-yourself-a-sandwich every night for two weeks before a good vegetarian entree comes along).</p>
<p>Do you feel that only two meals on Saturday and Sunday are not enough?</p>
<p>Well, the idea is that we get a chance to get out and eat somewhere in Houston...most of the time there ends up being an event on Saturday night that has free food anyway, otherwise Chipotle's is cheap and within walking distance. On Sundays, everyone sleeps until lunchtime anyway.</p>
<p>I would also add that the quality of food on the weekends tends to decline...they don't seem to keep their A-squad on for this shift. It's still not too bad, though.</p>
<p>I like the food for the most part. I'm at one of the non-shared serveries, which tends to have the same quality food as North and South Serveries (or occasionally even higher, since it's not quite as mass-produced) though without quite the variety. There's always the occasional night of nothing looking tempting, in which case you hit the salad or sandwich bar or ask one of the chefs to grill a burger. </p>
<p>I'd say that almost no one notices the lack of Sunday breakfast. Even if you're an early riser, you grab some yogurt or a bagel on Saturday, which should tide you over until 11:30. They had Saturday dinner last semester, but I found that I, along with most of my friends, ended up using it primarily as a snack before going out to a later dinner. In my opinion, getting off campus for dinner once a week isn't too bad of an idea anyway - Houston has great dining options.</p>
<p>No... I definitely notice the lack of breakfast on Sundays. I wake up "early" to go to church, so I have my own packets of oatmeal that I make. I'm actually kinda sad about there not being any Saturday dinner, but I'm learning to cook that way, so I guess it's alright.</p>