Roomy student buffet dining hall with American standards plus veggie & halal diet options. Based on 277 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.7 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ No takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
207 Beyer Ct, Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-0082
Website: https://www.dining.iastate.edu/location/union-drive-marketplace-2-2/farmers-market/
Hours
| Sunday | 9 AM–7:30 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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6:30 AM–7:30 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 6:30 AM–7:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 6:30 AM–7:30 PM |
| Thursday | 6:30 AM–7:30 PM |
| Friday | 6:30 AM–7:30 PM |
| Saturday | 9 AM–7:30 PM |
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Reviews
Day Fly
Poor selection and quality of food. Rude nanager did not allow me to walk out with a banana even though I pay so much for the meal plan.
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James Burke
Last semester the food was consistently not too bad. This semester, though it’s rare to find anything worth eating. It’s very apparent that there’s been a decrease in quality and taste of the food. My friends and I have started going to Friley Windows for all meals during the week.
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A Thelen
Don’t be deceived eating here once and thinking it’s good. Return for a week and you’ll quickly find that the place lacks quality control. The employees constantly put out food that does not look appealing as if they expect us to eat it. . . And we know darn well the employees serving it wouldn’t easy it themselves.
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MDaniel
Best place of student restaurant in ISU!
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Ameya Sandim
There is a good variety of food available here. They had Sushi Fridays till last semester (Fall 2020), don’t know about the next semesters. The desserts include cookies and different kinds of brownies or cakes which are very tasty. Love the place
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Kyle Miller
“We have to feed like a million college students, if we create enough food to literally bury them regardless of quality, they’ll be happy, right?” – UDCC management (for real though, busiest place to eat on campus but still pretty good. Except the pizza, it’s 1/3 crust and only okay because even they can’t screw up pizza)
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Rolf Anderson
Certainly not as bad as people would have you believe. The selection is decent and there usually is more than enough food. The ice cream machine tends to be broken, and service is lazy (what do you expect from college students?). Go to seasons.
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Christophe PETIT
Very disappointed with the cleaning above at the buffet and the way the managers control the employees with no right to talk to nobody formally as students. The place is run with halal food and no kosher products available there. It is very difficult to find hardly any organic foods nor any really healthy food because of the quantity instead of the quantity. My two cents is: go to Subway or no Hy-Vee and eat at home(take the time to do so). Very unhappy people
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Nick Steffensmeier
I really do not like this building. It is horribly layed out. The food in the dining center is never very good. They also end up serving the same type of meat/fish. So, there’s no variety of choices.
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Justin S
This is one of the best dining halls Iowa State University has to offer. It is probably the largest of the dining halls, so there are typically a lot of options to choose from. The food is usually quite fresh, and they often times have good menu items. However, you can check on ISU dining’s website to see if they have something good for any particular day. It’s nice to note that they are one of the two dining halls open on the weekend. Overall, Union Drive Marketplace is very good.
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