It’s possible to feast in the dorms
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For convenience and cost, you’ll probably eat most of your meals at on-campus dining halls.
Hungry?
Using university ID cards as a meal tickets, UI students can eat on campus at the two dormitory dining halls located in Burge and Hillcrest. In either location, students need to bring their IDs as swipe cards to get in for a buffet-style dinner.
All housing contracts must include a meal plan, except for residents living in a room with a kitchen. All other dorm residents must choose from a plan of either 20, 14, or 10 meals per week. Or, if living in a room with a kitchen, a five-meal-per-week plan is available.
A student may also charge a meal to her or his university bill using an ID if needed.
Although Burge is the larger of the two dining halls, both operate the same and mostly offer similar food selections — Mexican, sti-fry, grill, pizza — with vegetarian food available daily. Students with allergies need to contact a dining director individually to arrange for special meals, said Bob James, assistant manager at Burge Dining Hall.
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Extra services
By calling a front desk or 24-hour RA, students who are unable to eat in the dining hall may have a meal delivered to their room with a “Sick Trays” service.
An “On the Go” service also allows for busy students to pick up food at odd hours and get on with their packed day.
Most students find themselves dining with others at the tables or booths in either dormitory. They can take as much food as they desire, carrying plates and cups on a tray through food-court-style lines. Every day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner options are available. And it’s generally better to eat on the hour, if possible, given that those times aren’t when most of the students are getting out of classes.
Have a choice of where you want to eat? See menus for both here:
http://housing.uiowa.edu/departments/residentialdining/menus/index.html.
Students on dorm eating:
“I really like anything they make with shrimp here, such as the shrimp lasagna or shrimp tacos.”
— Mani Bloomingberg, UI student
“I’d recommend not getting the 20-meal-per-week plan. Nobody ever ends up eating that many meals in the dining hall each week, so it’s a waste of money.”
— Tom Ambat, UI student
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