South Dining Hall

South Dining Hall

★★★★4.4(259 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

This iconic Notre Dame dining hall delivers the full all-you-can-eat buffet experience in a genuinely beautiful Hogwarts-like building, making it a worthwhile campus pilgrimage if you're visiting. The food quality has slipped noticeably over the past year though—expect inconsistent execution, frequent sellouts, and longer waits than reviews from even a few months back suggest. It's still solid for a university dining operation and worth experiencing once, but go in knowing the novelty of the setting matters as much as the meal itself.

What to expect

Classic coffee drinks done right. A slow-sit spot, good for meetings. Full breakfast and light food on the menu. Family friendly.

Full breakfastSlow sitFamily friendlyMeetingsLight foodTraditional drinks

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Hibye Hi
★★★★5 months ago

The quality of food has gone noticeably downhill compared to last year, and at this point it feels more like a pattern than a one-off bad week. Food consistently runs out and the wait times have become unreasonable. Even more concerning is the cleanliness. Dishes are regularly…

Eduardo Pineda
★★★★★6 years ago

This is an iconic Notre Dame experience, and you should eat here, at least once, if you want to experience the food on campus. It has some of the best chefs and cooks on campus to ensure that the thousands of visitors get a satisfactory meal. My only complaint is that the food…

Mark Checchia
★★★★★6 years ago

Great Notre Dame experience. Good food, wide selection. Efficient. Beautiful old building. Like Hogwarts, but no floating candles. Self service soft ice cream for dessert.

Dadpool 7613
★★★★★7 years ago

Thankyou for the tour... Students most accommodating to hockey teams bus tour.....haven't had such fresh food in a while... I left a map of the campus on google maps.... I really hope that helps.... The buildings are spectacular... Foundations are solid as universities spirit. 😎

Joey Prette
★★★★★8 years ago

The all you can eat style of this beautiful hall is wonderful. The food they put out, while not the absolute best, is very good for a University Dining Hall. The breakfast assortment of food includes fresh fruit and a variety of donuts, cereals and a rotation of hot foods like…

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