Reviews - Carson Dining Hall
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On the University of Oregon campus, Carson delivers a cafeteria-style buffet that often outperforms expectations: clean, varied daily offerings, salad and sandwich bars, and a strong value for meal-plan students. Fried Fridays draw crowds, and staff generally keep food fresh. Shortcomings include repetitive weekly rotations, inconsistent quality, spotty allergen labeling, occasional shortages during peak service, and wary pricing for cash diners. Overall, a solid student-focused option if you weigh convenience and variety against variable execution.
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Last update : 30.08.2025
Carson dining was always a hit or miss. The all you can eat buffet is a good deal, if the food is good. 1/2 the time it was either just not great, or there would be almost nothing available. Pizza very mid. You really have to check the menu before going in to decide if it's worth it or not, which it can be (but isn't always). Food: 3 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4
You can't trust the allergen labels at Carson!! For example, if something contains cheese it won't be labeled as containing milk, which I learned the hard way. I've seen them leave out other labels as well. Food: 3 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 3 Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Dietary restrictions: Inaccurate allergen labels
Last update : 12.04.2025
It's a college cafeteria. They're in it for the . Pay an arm and a leg for the curriculum then get ripped off on food thats mediocre at best.
Carson is good until you have the Carson Limited Meal plan. In my opinion, it is a good meal plan but beware, just like most of my friends with the plan (and me), we are getting sick of the food. They repeat the same food every week. Tuesdays are alwaystaco Tuesdays, Friday is fried chicken and sandwiches and so on. It repeats. Most of us are just eating the pizza every mealtime because you can't really trust the chicken.
I think it was good for all students who need food so they don't have to cook for themselves.. thank u all Chef's and attendees who tke care of the kids while they're all away from home ??
Carson is way too expensive for what they serve. I arrived there in the middle of the lunch special to soon realize they were out of the main course. This was after my girlfriend and I had paid for our meals. The rest of the options were lackluster, sowe decided to ask for a refund. When we went up to ask, the manager was very rude and said that there usually wasn?t much leftat this time anyway. I then asked why that was not expressed to us before we paid. She then finally caved and refunded one ofour meals and told us to leave and this whole ordeal happened before we ate anything from our plates. Overall I feel totallyripped off and I won?t be dining here again.
Carson is enjoyable, but I've found that the Carson Limited Meal Plan has its downsides. While I think it’s a decent meal plan overall, be warned: many of my friends who are on the plan, including myself, have started to feel unwell from the food. The menu tends to repeat every week. Tuesdays are always reserved for Taco Tuesdays, Fridays feature roasted chicken and sandwiches, and so on. This repetition can get tiresome. A lot of us end up opting for pizza each time because we’re hesitant to trust the chicken.
Last update : 06.05.2023
Great food, great service and ok music. Sometimes I don't like the music choice for eating.
The food here is actually pretty good, being that it's the most cafeteria-like dining hall on campus. The hours of service are a little odd, though, and there are awkward breaks between meal times, during which there is not much food available. There's always plenty of seating, even at peak times. Everything is usually very clean, too. It may be somewhat expensive (with a point-based meal plan), but it's worth it most of the time.
Good value if you have a meal plan. Not so much with cash. Decent food and a good selection. Always a salad bar, sandwich bar, fruit and yoghurt, cereal and soup as well as desserts. Two main non vegetarian meals as well as one that is change on a rotation with slight changes each term. Lots of dunk choices, hot and cold. And fried Fridays for lunch each week has amazing chicken tenders and curly fries.
Food is very hit or miss. There are some delicious sounding foods that they advertise, but when you actually serve yourself the food, you kind of see how eh it really is. For example, they were serving Indian food. The chicken was not terrible, but felt like they got cheap discount grocery chicken and added some americanized sauce to it. Fridays are dope though since they have chicken tenders and curly fries with grilled cheese. Also, you can be healthy here if you really want to. Finally, for students its a great place! I remember being in a dorm with meal points and being able to save a lot of points by eating here constantly. Other than that, most days the $8-11 (forgot how much pretty sure its $10) isn't really worth it.


