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Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wraps, Pizzas, Cupcakes, Feta Cheese Pizza, Primavera Pizza, Fresh Fruit Tray, Fruits and Salads, Baguette, Egg Potato and Pancake, Chicken Sprouts Beans, Cold Chocolate Milk, Chicken Rice and Chicken Burger, Cauliflower Rice and Chicken, Cookies, Salad Bar
Abhisheik Patangey
Best buffet in Gainesville
Max Lin
Used to love this place until a staff come and tell me I am not supposed to grab “much” food because they need to feed other people. I am a cyclist and I train a lot, so I do need a lot of food to fuel me. This sounds like I didn’t pay for my meal. I guess I am not included in the group that they are supposed to feed. And I guess this place just doesn’t welcome people who eat “too much”. If you can’t provide the service you are supposed to provide, why not just stop running the business? Very disappointed.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Toby Mo
Some black ladies have awful service and neglect you, the white lady who stands at the front desk is impatient sometimes, but most of staffs are excellent and they will interpret to you details, what I remember clearly is an old man at ice cream portion, he is very nice
Jamie Gentry
Service is terrible and the food quality has gone down since they took over the contract for the campus. I'm not one to complain, but after a full semester of this, I've had enough. I won't be eating on campus or using a meal plan anymore. This morning I couldn't get anyone to even take my order because, once again, the kiosks were malfunctioning for campus cards. You know, the only way to pay using your meal plan. I stood there for 30 minutes trying to get the lady to help me as a line formed behind me. When she did acknowledge me, she rudely brushed me off. I didn't even get to finish my sentence. That was the final straw. I've watched an employee in the dining hall knock a students plate out of their hands and not even bother to apologize or replace their food. They had to stand in the 30 minute line, again. I've had serving sizes cut in half because they didn't bother to make more before the lunch rush. Supply and staffing issues have been rampant since day one. They even had entire stores in the union training the staff on the first day of semester lunch rush. I waited an hour and a half for one hamburger. Ketchup was an up charge. Their lack of planning and lack of care for students is ridiculous. Do not buy any of the meal plans or you'll be stuck paying more per meal and stuck with staff that treat you like cattle if they don't just flat out ignore you.
Daniel Johnson
I honestly don't know where the negative comments are from. First off they just opened in September of 2024. New everything. All older comments are not for this place but the place before. This is a buffet style, on campus dining hall. I wasn't expecting a 5 star meal here but was pleasantly surprised. First it's all you can eat buffet style for 10 and change, lunch and dinner and 2 bucks lower for breakfast. Items are chef prepared with various stations in a circle fashion with a fresh salad bar, rice bowl area, cereal bar and waffle area, juice area, desert, pizza and pasta, sandwiches and much more depending on the time of day. Best selection is dinner after 6 but a great selection mid day as well. Its open to the public but as it's on campus parking is very limited. Is it Vegas quality buffet, no but its not supposed to be. For a student eatery it's definitely a 10. Beats the hell out of what we had when I was in school. Great food, ruby the manager was super sweet, clean and well staffed. Great place and did I mention the price.. unbeatable at 10 bucks.
SilverLinkX
It's a buffet place but the food options are not good.
Sofia K.
The plates and silverware are so dirty which is not good bc everyone is sick or is getting sick.The food is meh which is expected but pink chicken and uncooked rice like really those things can be fixed and should be
Mosunmola Adeojo
I don't know about this place. They have lots of food and the buffet is worth it BUT, the grime, dirt, unclean utensils, the prospect of contracting cholera/diarrhea, the propensity for a staff to handle food "unhygenically" are all reasons why I do not feel comfortable visiting this place. Went there to use a voucher.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Chris Cambion
Went a few years ago with friends. Decent food, nice staff, ok
I am a student with several dietary restrictions. I can always count on the Pure Eats station. Alex, Angela, Chef Sarah, Chef Janie, Angela, Chef Mark, Chef James, Chef John, and everyone else are always willing to go above and beyond to make sure I get a diverse and enjoyable diet during my time here at UF. I could not have a better situation here at Broward, especially because I thought I would need to buy an apartment and cook my own food in order to eat as a student. I cannot express my thanks enough for all they do.Vegetarian options: Vegan and vegetarian options at pure eats.Wheelchair accessibility: Accessible with buttons to open doors, and everyone is willing to help out anyway.Dietary restrictions: Pure Eats is free from the top 9 allergens and gluten with absolutely no cross-contamination.
建辉
This place is getting much worse than it used to be in the last semester. The meat, no matter in which station, is always being cooked. That means the lines are extremely long and many people can't even get any meat at all. If students do not have enough protein, they will be d*** and weak. Further, they do not serve any yoghurt anymore, while they used to have strawberry and vanilla yoghurt in the previous semesters. The milk station doesn't have fat free milk any more. And the milk they are serving is always out of order. Always. I ended up eating my cereal with Diet Pepsi.
George Barrow
Chef Janie at True Balance made delicious beans and taco meat with cilantro sauce on top. Additionally, David's Fried and grilled chicken tenders are always exceptional.
seskelle
Got raw chicken
Nien-Wen Hu
Based on the price, the food quality was relatively delicious. There were at least 3-4 options of entrees. You can always find a good pizza and a nice chicken burger. The fruits were very fresh. My favorite part is that they got organic soy milk here and several kinds of cereals.
Foods freshness features flavors fakeless finding fadeless futures favors
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wraps, Pizzas, Cupcakes, Feta Cheese Pizza, Primavera Pizza, Fresh Fruit Tray, Fruits and Salads, Baguette, Egg Potato and Pancake, Chicken Sprouts Beans, Cold Chocolate Milk, Chicken Rice and Chicken Burger, Cauliflower Rice and Chicken, Cookies, Salad Bar
Best buffet in Gainesville
Used to love this place until a staff come and tell me I am not supposed to grab “much” food because they need to feed other people. I am a cyclist and I train a lot, so I do need a lot of food to fuel me. This sounds like I didn’t pay for my meal. I guess I am not included in the group that they are supposed to feed. And I guess this place just doesn’t welcome people who eat “too much”. If you can’t provide the service you are supposed to provide, why not just stop running the business? Very disappointed.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Some black ladies have awful service and neglect you, the white lady who stands at the front desk is impatient sometimes, but most of staffs are excellent and they will interpret to you details, what I remember clearly is an old man at ice cream portion, he is very nice
Service is terrible and the food quality has gone down since they took over the contract for the campus. I'm not one to complain, but after a full semester of this, I've had enough. I won't be eating on campus or using a meal plan anymore. This morning I couldn't get anyone to even take my order because, once again, the kiosks were malfunctioning for campus cards. You know, the only way to pay using your meal plan. I stood there for 30 minutes trying to get the lady to help me as a line formed behind me. When she did acknowledge me, she rudely brushed me off. I didn't even get to finish my sentence. That was the final straw. I've watched an employee in the dining hall knock a students plate out of their hands and not even bother to apologize or replace their food. They had to stand in the 30 minute line, again. I've had serving sizes cut in half because they didn't bother to make more before the lunch rush. Supply and staffing issues have been rampant since day one. They even had entire stores in the union training the staff on the first day of semester lunch rush. I waited an hour and a half for one hamburger. Ketchup was an up charge. Their lack of planning and lack of care for students is ridiculous. Do not buy any of the meal plans or you'll be stuck paying more per meal and stuck with staff that treat you like cattle if they don't just flat out ignore you.
I honestly don't know where the negative comments are from. First off they just opened in September of 2024. New everything. All older comments are not for this place but the place before. This is a buffet style, on campus dining hall. I wasn't expecting a 5 star meal here but was pleasantly surprised. First it's all you can eat buffet style for 10 and change, lunch and dinner and 2 bucks lower for breakfast. Items are chef prepared with various stations in a circle fashion with a fresh salad bar, rice bowl area, cereal bar and waffle area, juice area, desert, pizza and pasta, sandwiches and much more depending on the time of day. Best selection is dinner after 6 but a great selection mid day as well. Its open to the public but as it's on campus parking is very limited. Is it Vegas quality buffet, no but its not supposed to be. For a student eatery it's definitely a 10. Beats the hell out of what we had when I was in school. Great food, ruby the manager was super sweet, clean and well staffed. Great place and did I mention the price.. unbeatable at 10 bucks.
It's a buffet place but the food options are not good.
The plates and silverware are so dirty which is not good bc everyone is sick or is getting sick.The food is meh which is expected but pink chicken and uncooked rice like really those things can be fixed and should be
I don't know about this place. They have lots of food and the buffet is worth it BUT, the grime, dirt, unclean utensils, the prospect of contracting cholera/diarrhea, the propensity for a staff to handle food "unhygenically" are all reasons why I do not feel comfortable visiting this place. Went there to use a voucher.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Went a few years ago with friends. Decent food, nice staff, ok
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
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I am a student with several dietary restrictions. I can always count on the Pure Eats station. Alex, Angela, Chef Sarah, Chef Janie, Angela, Chef Mark, Chef James, Chef John, and everyone else are always willing to go above and beyond to make sure I get a diverse and enjoyable diet during my time here at UF. I could not have a better situation here at Broward, especially because I thought I would need to buy an apartment and cook my own food in order to eat as a student. I cannot express my thanks enough for all they do.Vegetarian options: Vegan and vegetarian options at pure eats.Wheelchair accessibility: Accessible with buttons to open doors, and everyone is willing to help out anyway.Dietary restrictions: Pure Eats is free from the top 9 allergens and gluten with absolutely no cross-contamination.
This place is getting much worse than it used to be in the last semester. The meat, no matter in which station, is always being cooked. That means the lines are extremely long and many people can't even get any meat at all. If students do not have enough protein, they will be d*** and weak. Further, they do not serve any yoghurt anymore, while they used to have strawberry and vanilla yoghurt in the previous semesters. The milk station doesn't have fat free milk any more. And the milk they are serving is always out of order. Always. I ended up eating my cereal with Diet Pepsi.
Chef Janie at True Balance made delicious beans and taco meat with cilantro sauce on top. Additionally, David's Fried and grilled chicken tenders are always exceptional.
Got raw chicken
Based on the price, the food quality was relatively delicious. There were at least 3-4 options of entrees. You can always find a good pizza and a nice chicken burger. The fruits were very fresh. My favorite part is that they got organic soy milk here and several kinds of cereals.