Fresh Food Company/Dining Hall - Mobile, Alabama

Diala Bouriaque

I feel like the food here is never all that good for you, though I do like the taste of most the foods. Even the healthy eating selections feel slightly unhealthy. I have left with my stomach bothering me quite a few times. Though I'll give credit to the cafeteria for finally adding vegan options (though I'm not vegan myself, I'll eat from the vegan station sometimes). I also hate how they give us food in small portions, like we're not in elementary school anymore. I understand trying to not cause overweight issues, but I always leave the cafeteria feeling hungry after 3 hours, and that's a bigger issue to me, especially that I deal with bad hunger pains. This place never fills me up, so sometimes, I'll eat in my dorm or get food elsewhere. Last thing I'll say, I actually love some of the staff here, some of them can make the students laugh and brighten up their day. Some could care less that the students are there, and they are just there to work and get their next paycheck. I'll also give credit that they hire people with disabilities, because they also need a job like the rest of us.

David Copeland

Stopped by to visit our son and wanted to see how the food was. For the two of us it was just a tad over $12, but that wasn’t the best part. It’s AYCE and offered plenty of variety…including endless chocolate milk!!?
This is NOT your typical cafeteria fare either. While the standard burger, hot dog and pizza offerings are available there is so much more. Beverage options are so numerous and even a few healthy water options were in sight, cucumber and orange.
Overall, this was a very pleasant surprise and we’re happy to know he’ll eat very well.

Sarah l

As a freshman, the dining hall is great if you have no money and need some quick food, and that's about it. The food is almost inedible at times, the staff, with the except of maybe 2 or 3, are rude and cold, and don't really care if you make a special request. And there are ALWAYS flies. No matter where you eat in there, you will always have a fly buzzing around your plate, and they've been there so long, even if you swat them away, they are unfazed. It's disgusting, the menu is inconsistent, the food is nasty, and for how much you have to pay if you want a meal plan to even get the CHANCE to eat there without spending $10 just to see what they have, you'd think they'd be more caring about the atmosphere. Plus, when schools comes to visit and they eat at the dining hall, the staff treat them 20x better than they treat us. The kids that spent $5 to eat there get better treatment that then students who spend around $1500 per semester for a meal plan. Disappointing, don't waste your time.

Kevin Zheng

If you go to south I highly recommend finding a way to not get the meal plan whether that be moving off campus or whatever. It is an absolute ripoff as the cheapest plan is 2000$ a semester. They have the worst foods I have had in mobile and half the time they don’t even have food. There are times I go into this place just looking for something to satisfy my hunger as I do not want to go out to eat or cook something myself but most of the time I end up leaving hungry. I can say with confidence that in the 2 years I’ve been at south the meal plan is the worst 8000$ I’ve spent.

Eric Draven

Unless you can eat hamburgers or pizza everyday, 9 times out of 10 the food is so bad I wouldn’t give it to my dog. Every now and then you’ll come across something that actually tastes good, but as far as nutrition goes...you can forget it. There’s a handful of people on the staff that are actually nice, the rest sigh and roll their eyes if you ask them to do the smallest task. This place needs new management NOW!

Deetra La'Rue

I took my students on a Graduate Tour here to view the campus, and our overall experience was awesome! They enjoyed the dining hall and the wide variety of choices you could choose from. They had everything from pizza, to hamburgers, vegan food and the list continues to grow. The food was very good and I wish I were a student there, so I could eat there often.

Garrett Moore

This place serves some of the worst excuses for food I've ever eaten. On more than one occasion they cut a meatball in half , put it in half of a hotdog bun and call it a sandwich. Their grilled cheeses are not even grilled. They're just cheese on bread so they can churn them out faster. Even if the food were better, I still would not enjoy coming here. The staff, with very few notable exceptions, are the absolute rudest human beings I have ever encountered. They act like us students are the ones responsible for their miserable jobs and take it out on us. Even at the worst fast food joints I've been, I still felt like I was treated as a human. At the dining hall, I feel like I'm treated like cattle.

Addendum:

After posting this review, in the time span of under 2 months I have found one piece of tape in my drinking glass and two pieces of cardboard in my food. Any retail restaurant would be shut down for these practices.

J Groot

Staff that is hired is....questionable. Some are nice but a good handfull will give you a side eye or jip you on your portions for no reason.
Food choices day by day are very slim. Compared to other colleges, this cafeteria is very subpar