food is bad, very unfornate to stay at davis. submit uc transfer applications. best advice. Can you endure the odor of them? I think I will vomit after smelling that odor.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
ClementIV
As a former student, I love coming here to grab a bite and reminisce about my time at UCD. Always great food and nice atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jacqueline Pham (Kitty)
My go to dining common just don’t go at odd hours like at 4 pm
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
Jack Green
Good experience with my kid who is sophomore.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elena Troncoso
It is a good place to eat if you leave in tercero. The desert are good and have reasonable portions of food for each sections. It get really loud if you get there when lunch starts but it starts to quiet down after a while. The place is clean and there is always a staff member cleaning the tables as soon as someone leaves. There is always a place to sit.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Rina Ghandehari
Loud. Gross. However, this dining hall has the best food on campus in my opinion. However, it is SO repetitive. SOOOO repetitive. There are often lots of food items that I cannot eat, such as shellfish and pork.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
昱
We have a great time here!There are a lot of choices for our meals.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Matthew Becker
food is bad, very unfornate to stay at davis. submit uc transfer applications. best advice.
Novak J
Tercero Dining Commons is peak UC Davis: overhyped, overpriced, and underwhelming. It looks sleek on the outside, but inside it’s crowded, chaotic, and bland. The food? Repetitive, low-quality, and barely worth what they charge. It’s less about feeding students and more about selling a campus “experience” that doesn’t exist.
Like everything else at Davis, it’s branding over substance. They push flashy campaigns while ignoring real feedback. Honest criticism gets shut down, not addressed. The focus isn’t on improving student life — it’s on maintaining the illusion.
Tercero isn’t a community space — it’s a cafeteria dressed up for a brochure. Another hollow corner of a campus that cares more about image than impact.
Maria Ivanova
Great vegan options. I was very happy with my meals during the conference. It would be great to have more vegan options for sweets, unsweetened plant milks, and vegan butter for toasts.
Tercero Dining Commons is just another overpriced and overrated dining hall at UC Davis. The food is bland and repetitive, and it feels like they’re not even trying to provide a decent meal. Just another cash grab that doesn’t care about students. UC Davis can do better, but they just don’t.
jj pp
this is more about the tercero market. rude employees. girl was glued to her phone. didn’t ask for student id. i scanned my three items and she rudely said to scan one of them again ( i was charged for one more item than i purchased). i didn’t want to go in and argue with her for $4 but still 😭 super rude. would not go back again.
christopher barnett
Dining hall food, super bad staff is friendly
Elliot Garza
PLSPPLZPZLZPLZPZLSPZLS BRING BACK THE MEUNDO. I HAD IT YESTERDAY FOR THE HISPANIC THING AND IT WAS SO GOOD. YUMMY YUM YUM BRINH IT
food is bad, very unfornate to stay at davis. submit uc transfer applications. best advice. Can you endure the odor of them? I think I will vomit after smelling that odor.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
As a former student, I love coming here to grab a bite and reminisce about my time at UCD. Always great food and nice atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My go to dining common just don’t go at odd hours like at 4 pm
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
Good experience with my kid who is sophomore.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It is a good place to eat if you leave in tercero. The desert are good and have reasonable portions of food for each sections. It get really loud if you get there when lunch starts but it starts to quiet down after a while. The place is clean and there is always a staff member cleaning the tables as soon as someone leaves. There is always a place to sit.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Loud. Gross. However, this dining hall has the best food on campus in my opinion. However, it is SO repetitive. SOOOO repetitive. There are often lots of food items that I cannot eat, such as shellfish and pork.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
We have a great time here!There are a lot of choices for our meals.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
food is bad, very unfornate to stay at davis. submit uc transfer applications. best advice.
Tercero Dining Commons is peak UC Davis: overhyped, overpriced, and underwhelming. It looks sleek on the outside, but inside it’s crowded, chaotic, and bland. The food? Repetitive, low-quality, and barely worth what they charge. It’s less about feeding students and more about selling a campus “experience” that doesn’t exist.
Like everything else at Davis, it’s branding over substance. They push flashy campaigns while ignoring real feedback. Honest criticism gets shut down, not addressed. The focus isn’t on improving student life — it’s on maintaining the illusion.
Tercero isn’t a community space — it’s a cafeteria dressed up for a brochure. Another hollow corner of a campus that cares more about image than impact.
Great vegan options. I was very happy with my meals during the conference. It would be great to have more vegan options for sweets, unsweetened plant milks, and vegan butter for toasts.
Restaurantji Recommends
Tercero Dining Commons is just another overpriced and overrated dining hall at UC Davis. The food is bland and repetitive, and it feels like they’re not even trying to provide a decent meal. Just another cash grab that doesn’t care about students. UC Davis can do better, but they just don’t.
this is more about the tercero market. rude employees. girl was glued to her phone. didn’t ask for student id. i scanned my three items and she rudely said to scan one of them again ( i was charged for one more item than i purchased). i didn’t want to go in and argue with her for $4 but still 😭 super rude. would not go back again.
Dining hall food, super bad staff is friendly
PLSPPLZPZLZPLZPZLSPZLS BRING BACK THE MEUNDO. I HAD IT YESTERDAY FOR THE HISPANIC THING AND IT WAS SO GOOD. YUMMY YUM YUM BRINH IT
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, Waffle
The food is Marvelous darlin..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad Bar
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