Hands down the best university dining hall I’ve ever experienced. Open to the public at $16 for adults and ~$7 for kids, it’s an absolute steal considering the quality and scale. The space is massive and beautifully designed, even equipped with a “Discovery Kitchen” for live courses and cooking demos.
The food stations are incredibly diverse: halal, West Side Grill, East Side Market, North End Pizza and Pasta, salad bar, dessert bar, fruit bar, yogurt bar, ice cream (from Cornell Dairy!), and more. Even in summer break, with some stations closed, the options were overwhelming in the best way.
Highlights: • The pizza was top notch – fresh from wood-fired ovens. • Blueberry and banana yogurt? Dreamy. • The grilled fish was surprisingly delicious. • Tater tots and salad bar were far above average – packed with thoughtful toppings like artichoke, chickpeas, beets, and tuna salad. • Desserts were solid; the brownie was rich, and we had fun making waffles ourselves. • The ice cream options, while not mind-blowing, are generous and fun to explore (and hey, it’s Cornell Dairy).
If I were a student here, I’d never want to eat off-campus. Absolute envy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Javier
One of the best dining halls at Cornell. Lots of options and the pizza is the best on campus.
Athena Blitz
Great selection, and beautiful setting. A real treat!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Teng Ren
Best dinning hall in US universities. Totally blown away by the quality and variety of the foods. I had the best pizza in America so far. There are red pizza, white pizza, all kinds of toppings, and the crust is made perfect, all freshly from the real fire oven. Price is also very reasonable. All foods are made to high quality restaurants standards.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jing Zhao
My favorite dining hall, employee meal choice during the week is the best! My favorite is the chicken and the salad bar.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salads
Michele Minervini
Good quality food. Huge variety.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Harisankar Nayak
Great place for people in campus, great price.
Kiro Chen
Great new freshmen dining hall
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salads, Pepperoni Pizza, Western Omelette \u0026 Pancakes
Wilson Carter
The food is not as tasty as people have been bragging about, and some staff members are emotionless.
My daughter works at Cornell University and we often meet her here for lunch or dinner. If you have any experience with university dining anywhere, this is the equivalent of a five star university dining hall . If you were on the Cornell campus, this is definitely worth a try.
Food: 5
일상남
Visiting my alma mater after 17 years, the meal with my family at Morrison Hall was truly moving. I was especially surprised to find that Dave, a staff member from Cornell Dining whom I used to see during my time at school, is still working there. The quality of the food was still excellent, and the prices were great as well. I’m proud of Cornell for maintaining such outstanding facilities.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
avap238
This has to be one of the best, if not the best, dining hall at Cornell University. It is open to the public, and diners can simply pay upfront and then enter the cafeteria. There is an extensive salad bar, pizza station, and even a Halal food area that is strictly maintained. The highlight of this dining hall has got to be the Mongolian stirfry station where you select the vegetables and protein and they cook it for you on the spot. As a future upgrade, I would love to see a malatang option added onto the stir-fry station.
Marco Parvel
The food is good the way I like it, mostly the pizza, there are good employees I worked with there. Especially Christina Jung is one of nicest, friendliest pizza cooks I have seen in Cornell dining.
Awesome dining hall on Cornell’s north campus.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hands down the best university dining hall I’ve ever experienced. Open to the public at $16 for adults and ~$7 for kids, it’s an absolute steal considering the quality and scale. The space is massive and beautifully designed, even equipped with a “Discovery Kitchen” for live courses and cooking demos.
The food stations are incredibly diverse: halal, West Side Grill, East Side Market, North End Pizza and Pasta, salad bar, dessert bar, fruit bar, yogurt bar, ice cream (from Cornell Dairy!), and more. Even in summer break, with some stations closed, the options were overwhelming in the best way.
Highlights:
• The pizza was top notch – fresh from wood-fired ovens.
• Blueberry and banana yogurt? Dreamy.
• The grilled fish was surprisingly delicious.
• Tater tots and salad bar were far above average – packed with thoughtful toppings like artichoke, chickpeas, beets, and tuna salad.
• Desserts were solid; the brownie was rich, and we had fun making waffles ourselves.
• The ice cream options, while not mind-blowing, are generous and fun to explore (and hey, it’s Cornell Dairy).
If I were a student here, I’d never want to eat off-campus. Absolute envy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best dining halls at Cornell. Lots of options and the pizza is the best on campus.
Great selection, and beautiful setting. A real treat!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best dinning hall in US universities. Totally blown away by the quality and variety of the foods. I had the best pizza in America so far. There are red pizza, white pizza, all kinds of toppings, and the crust is made perfect, all freshly from the real fire oven. Price is also very reasonable.
All foods are made to high quality restaurants standards.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My favorite dining hall, employee meal choice during the week is the best! My favorite is the chicken and the salad bar.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salads
Good quality food. Huge variety.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great place for people in campus, great price.
Great new freshmen dining hall
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salads, Pepperoni Pizza, Western Omelette \u0026 Pancakes
The food is not as tasty as people have been bragging about, and some staff members are emotionless.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
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Excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rotisserie Chicken
My daughter works at Cornell University and we often meet her here for lunch or dinner. If you have any experience with university dining anywhere, this is the equivalent of a five star university dining hall . If you were on the Cornell campus, this is definitely worth a try.
Food: 5
Visiting my alma mater after 17 years, the meal with my family at Morrison Hall was truly moving. I was especially surprised to find that Dave, a staff member from Cornell Dining whom I used to see during my time at school, is still working there. The quality of the food was still excellent, and the prices were great as well. I’m proud of Cornell for maintaining such outstanding facilities.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This has to be one of the best, if not the best, dining hall at Cornell University. It is open to the public, and diners can simply pay upfront and then enter the cafeteria. There is an extensive salad bar, pizza station, and even a Halal food area that is strictly maintained. The highlight of this dining hall has got to be the Mongolian stirfry station where you select the vegetables and protein and they cook it for you on the spot. As a future upgrade, I would love to see a malatang option added onto the stir-fry station.
The food is good the way I like it, mostly the pizza, there are good employees I worked with there. Especially Christina Jung is one of nicest, friendliest pizza cooks I have seen in Cornell dining.
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pepperoni Pizza, Rotisserie Chicken
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