<p>Discuss which dining halls to go to, what dishes to avoid there, what is good</p>
<p>are there lectures/events with free food and what type</p>
<p>and how much should you expect to spend on food outside of the dining halls assuming you are a male with a hearty appetite</p>
<p>Thanks for making this thread!
Also how much would you spend on a normal meal ie lunch outside of the UVa campus? </p>
<p>I'm debating getting the Plus 15 or Unlimited because I don't know if I want to pay for more meals with the Plus 15.</p>
<p>Ohill: I think has the best food, overall. The stir fry is good, as are the sandwiches, pizza, and salad bars. The other stuff varies and is usually good to okay, but the stuff above is offered all the time so you'll never not find something to eat.</p>
<p>Runk: is apparently good, but I've never been. </p>
<p>Newcomb: is good too for lunch, they have the basic pasta, pizza, salads, sandwiches, and the others vary (hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, chicken, etc). Don't really do dinner there unless I'm in Clemons/Alderman, but I mostly study in Brown/Clark so I'm near Ohill. The best thing about Newcomb is that it's close to everything in Central Grounds, and is good enough to go there when I don't want to go anywhere else.</p>
<p>The various places that you can use PlusDollars at are all good. Below Ohill is Crossroads, where there's a really good sandwich place and Sabarro. In Newcomb at the Pav there's Pizza Hut, Chick Fila, sushie, and good sandwiches. The Range Cafe is really good too. </p>
<p>As for free food events, they're everywhere. It's just whether you really want to sit for an hour or so in some meeting/lecture just for food. A lot of interest meetings in the fall have free pizza or sandwiches or something, so it's worth going to see if the activity is cool, and if not, you got food.</p>
<p>As for outside spending, I wouldn't say more than $20 a week, max. Since you don't have a car, you're kind of limited to the Corner. Most places there you can spend $5-20, but around $10 for a decent meal. To get to Barracks, where there is Chipotle, Panara, etc, you need to either bus it or walk, both of which take awhile. So I'd say, for the Corner, $10/time.</p>
<p>I've heard many good things about that dumpling place. True or not?
How much would a steakhouse average?</p>
<p>Do you recommend switching to the plus 10 2nd semseter?
How early is breakfast?</p>
<p>The dumpling place is down on Downtown Mall. That's definitely a walk, or you have to take the trolley, either way it's a hike.
Steakhouses will be $20, easily.
And I know most people do Plus-15 first semester, plus-10 the next. Current first years would have more info on this...
And most dining info (times, locations, etc) can be found by googling "UVA dining"</p>
<p>Do most people eat 3 meals a day? If you do the Plus 15 you can only average 3 meals a day on the weekdays, but you have to buy stuff on the weekends. Would the the Unlimited be the most economical?</p>
<p>Any items that actually taaste really good at the dining hall and if so which ones and where?</p>
<p>The admission office gives the sushi stand in The Pav (Newcomb Hall, downstairs) a lot of business. It's darn good sushi for a dining hall and the folks who work that area are so nice that I've often toyed with writing an entire blog entry about them. :)
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If</a> someone mentions a place in this town, it's going to be good. There's little room for bad restaurants on the Downtown Mall. Rents are too high and word travels too quickly.</p>
<p>quick question. what's the best indian restaurant in town? (preferably cheap but I'm willing to pay if its good. :) )</p>
<p>The admission office gives the sushi stand in The Pav (Newcomb Hall, downstairs) a lot of business. It's darn good sushi for a dining hall and the folks who work that area are so nice that I've often toyed with writing an entire blog entry about them.</p>
<p>I assume this is not part of the dining plan, correct?</p>
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DB, I absolutely love Himalayan Fusion. The food is described as a mix of Tibetan, Nepalese, and Indian. I've never ordered anything that wasn't fantastic. The owner is from Darjeeling. Writing that makes me want their veggie korma. :)</p>
<p>Lots of people like Milan, too, but that's up on Rt. 29.
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Students use their cards in The Pav all the time, but just remember that The Pav isn't an "all-you-can-eat" dining all. The meal plan website should give you info about using your card in "a la carte" places like The Pav and the convenience stores.</p>
<p>All i got from the meal plan website is that the sushi is used through plus dollars? How big/expensive are servings?</p>
<p>The sushi packs look like the ones you see at the grocery store (well, grocery stores with sushi counters). The veggie packs have about 20 rolls in them, but the bigger rolls and sushi have different amounts in them.</p>
<p>I can't believe I just wrote about the number of rolls of sushi in a pack. :)</p>
<p>I'm sure you've seen weirder things being around college students.</p>
<p>collegehopeful, I think Dean J meant that in a light hearted way. (like haha I can't believe I'm writing about sushi rolls) I assumed the :) at the end was a dead give away. </p>
<p>and Dean J, is Himalayan Fusion the one near Downtown Mall? I went to one near there and I can't remember the name (all I remember is the food and it was good lol.)</p>
<p>Can you share the name of this place?:
"you can get these amazing dumplings at a little shop on the Downtown Mall."
I would like to try them next August..</p>
<p>What do the food places offer for people who don't meat (other than salads)?</p>
<p>There's pizza, pasta, and vegetarian dishes (they vary). Everything in the dining hall has a sign and it'll say "vegetarian" or nothing to signal dish types. I have a friend who eats regularly (almost daily) in the dining halls and she's vegetarian, and she never complains. She's a big fan of Ohill's chili, as well as veggie sandwiches, and some of the pastas.</p>
<p>Himalayan Fusion is on the Downtown Mall. They have the closest patio to the Charlottesville Pavilion, which makes it a great place to eat and hear the concerts going on down there.</p>
<p>The dumpling place is called "Marco & Lucca", but everyone just calls it the dumpling place or holds onto the old "dumpling window" from when it was in a tiny space on a side street. The owners are opening another shop in that old location (with different food).</p>
<p>Vegetarians or near vegetarians are so common these days that dining halls, regardless of where you go, will have plenty of appropriate options.</p>
<p>I have to warn you that veg options in the dining hall are extremely poor. You will almost have to stick with salad and a vegetarian pizza/burrito every day - well, at least in Newcomb.</p>