<p>eh, the churros were always super stale. better than nothing, i suppose.</p>
<p>...I hated the Fiesta Fridays at Rieber. FTL with way not authentic Mexican. </p>
<p>De Neve will have decent food at the Exhibition bar near the back of the restaurant. They also had tortillas (great PB&J) and corned beef (mmm) at the sandwich bar (as De Neve has the only good sandwich bar out of the halls). Covel was okay, but its pasta dishes got repetitive. Hedrick was surprisingly good, especially for Asian food. (the cook there was actually walking around, asking people how the food was.)</p>
<p>In general......</p>
<p>Covel/De Neve> Hedrick>>>>>Rieber</p>
<p>i liked covel best, but rarely ate there because it's a ***** to find seats (i usually eat with a large group) - so deneve was the usual for us.</p>
<p>basically the way it seems their budget works is spend a ton on covel and deneve and kind of **** over rieber and hedrick. but rieber is still better than hedrick.</p>
<p>covel is the best food because it's the flagship operation and where all the housing honchos eat. it's also the most crowded.</p>
<p>hedrick is the worst but it's the least crowded. they don't seem to give much thought or money into that place.</p>
<p>i think a lot of people from dykstra and de neve plazas gets tired of deneve and sunset village and rieber people gets tired of covel simply because they go there so much...</p>
<p>rendezvous.</p>
<p>nuff said.</p>
<p>Boelter, all I generally eat for dinner is chicken breast(s), prefer grilled over breaded, the main entree, and a heaping bowl of veggies. Oh yeah I just remembered, I only get stuff from the omelette place if it is pasta, never those weird stir fries. De neve never has JUST a salad for their main entree, at least not during dinner.. so I've never come across that problem. If that was the case for lunch though, I'd go for the sandwiches. I make HUGE sandwiches.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember when de neve had sliced mozzarella on top of tomatoe slices with a bit of red leaf/bibb lettuce and topped off with a drizzle of balsamic vinaigrette. THAT **** WAS DELICIOUS.</p>
<p>Rendezvous isn't a dining hall.</p>
<p>the best meals i've had at UCLA were when i was super baked at covel and deneve</p>
<p>is this thread making anyone else sick?</p>
<p>seriously, i can't think about dorm food, it just brings this nauseous feeling..</p>
<p>seconded...u_u</p>
<p>Being baked makes everything taste better. LOL</p>
<p>BTW how does bruincard and dining work? Do we just swipe in each time and choose anything we want like a buffet-style? How do the swipes work?</p>
<p>you swipe in order to gain entrance to the dining hall.</p>
<p>once in, pig out! ;)</p>
<p>so is it buffet all day?</p>
<p>well, dining halls are not open all day, but when it's open it's all you care to eat. </p>
<p>there are also restaurant-type things where a meal swipe gets you a particular meal combo (say, a sandwich bag of chips and drink for a swipe, or a smoothie for a swipe, or nachos and a drink). </p>
<p>main point: dining halls, buffet. restaurants (bruin cafe, rendezvous, puzzles, crossroads) have specific meal combos or items that you order.</p>
<p>yeah mrmoo exactly...even as a freshman, dorm food got repetitive real fast...and i had to resort to...EXTERNAL SUPPORT</p>
<p>who knows what sproul will specialize in? also..is the rumor about some new italian food place on campus such as rendezvous and puzzles style, true?</p>
<p>sproul won't specialize in anything. there IS no dining hall there.</p>
<p>i see. thanks liyana</p>