Courtyard Dining Hall

Great food with many options. If you are paying instead of an on campus meal plan it's definitely worth it.

Vegetarian options: Well labeled food and stocked salad bar

Dietary restrictions: Every food item is labeled with its allergen content and warnings

Parking: Parking is mostly unavailable to people without a parking pass except for one small paid lot that's kinda pricy

Kid-friendliness: 10/10 great for kids, pizza and chicken nuggets are always options

Wheelchair accessibility: Accessibility elevator, wheelchair ready tables, and wide walkways. I don't see using a wheelchair being an issue here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pepperoni Pizza, Carrots and Mashed Potatoes, Salad

killed my dog

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 4

killed my dog

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 4

Amazing dining hall, so many excellent choices!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Eggs and Sausage, Salad

The food is mediocre. The vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options are very limited.
The staff tending the food bars are not familiar with the ingredients.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Greatest Salad Bar in the Western NC area!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

never have anything on the menu, or goes out very quickly. if your gonna put it on the menu then have it before I go paying for nothing!

Poor variety and bland taste

Great place for the whole family

A dining hall of former glories. As a faculty member, I have been eating there occasionally for 10 years. It used to be so good, but each time I go it feels like some one has shaved a bit of here and a bit off there, to the point that the food options are far less, the quality is not attractive anymore, It seems that often no care is put into the cooked dishes (sometimes you get lucky). The desert station is gone, replaced by a salad bar which was needless as they had a perfectly good one that they closed. The healthy eating section once had a great choice of vegan food options now sits unused. The staff seem ok, but this seems to be more of a managerial or governance issue. The free kids dining on a Friday stopped this year, disappointing faculty with young families, and now the place seems half as busy.

This is one of the main dining halls at WCU, and I have visited a few times, twice for dinner and once for breakfast. My undergraduate institution had Aramark and I’ll admit, I miss it there. The layout of this dining hall was interesting, but there honestly wasn’t a lot of options. My last school had allergy-friendly foods like vegan products, and nutrition information was readily available for any food item with information cards. Plus there were more options for dessert like different types of cookies and cake, whereas this location only has one tray of baked goods out for dessert. The food itself is hit or miss, the quality can be lacking depending on the day. The staff are also hit or miss, but I understand that this is a difficult line of work so I don’t hold it against them. But, it’s an interesting place and be sure to check their menu to see if they have anything you like.

Not one item on the menu is certified gluten free. Even the hamburger patty has gluten in it.

On days the food is really good and other days it's just okay

Food is always hit or miss. Some days its good and others it is absolutely terrible.

pretty hit or miss food. the staff is almost always pleasant though!