Pines

9545 Scholars Dr N, La Jolla
(858) 534-5167

Recent Reviews

Partha Shankar

Food is good but service can get really overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Pines is in the middle of campus so a lot of people go there. Most times is easier to order well in advance.Vegetarian options: Not too many but there's at least a small variety

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Tony Wu

As a second year student, Pines is one of the more chillaxed dining hall with the best comfort food. I always go for hEAT and order 1) chicken fried rice, 2) Korean pork yum yum bowl, 3) oyakodon chicken, or 4) mapo tofu noodle (not pictured). Toasted is good too, but since this dining hall is at the center of Muir, there’s easy access to a market. Nothing out of this world, but its reliable selection makes it the ideal cafeteria.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Autumn Y Ngoc

A lot of tasty food, but very unfriendly to vegan and people with allergy. None of the food have individual labels. Some stations have a screen showing the food items names and allergy labels, BUT the list is not updated and not accurate. For example, They write that they have vegan eggs ans tofu scramble but they actually don’t. None of the desserts have allergy labels — I ask a few staff but they also don’t know.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 2

Brian Won

It's a college dorm cafeteria. Food is edible, perhaps decent variety but not much to it. Bus your own dishes. I mean what can you expect?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Manueru

This place is okay. It's okay to eat there it doesn't have the best food, but it has its options of food at least also they threat you okay but I noticed that some plates are not cleaned

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Chicken Tenders and Fries

Aarav Masrani

Overpriced, undercooked, distasteful food

Ceylanka Hu

I debated giving it a 4 or 5 star. It's a nice place to eat, but no more than that. I had some recommendations from someone, and they were good. Aside from those few dishes the ones I randomly decided to try were okay. Prices ranged from $9-$14 depending on what I ate.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lorainne O.

Specifically the Triton Grill. Never got my order . 2 hours past still wasn't ready. Please hire more workers. Bad service was actually going to die of hunger. Went to Oceanview and they had my food ready so fast . I even ordered a triton2go box and never got it so I cant get my $5 back. My five dollars is gone . This place is homophobic .

Claire Healy

Food choices was on point at Pines. Great college dining experience with background music

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Sean

Food is tolerable

Andrew Lin

Grilled chicken breast: if you add enough ketchup it tastes ok lol.Avocado toast: surprised with the toppings on it, but even that couldn't hide the fact that the avocado tasted like water.Service was great though, props to the students

Bridgette Walker

I have yet to have a bad meal here, though some of the food can be a bit plain. It's understandable because they have to cater to such a large and varied population. I really like how they have the rotating dinner specials in addition to their regular menu. They have surprisingly good biscuits.

JAMES RIESENHUBER

I take care of our wonderful students.Best Pizza BBQ chicken.

El Kario

food quality is pretty good, but the prices are inflated and the menu becomes tiring quickly.

Kayani Melanson

The sushi is pretty good, everything else is just ok unless it’s an event going on, and they have NO idea what poutine is

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