Canteen Food

boards1978

What do you think of the canteen food?
Do you think it has improved in the last year of so
What do you think of the prices

I think some days you can get ok dinners & more days its crap - bit on the expensive side too

What are your taughts?

Serpentine

I had dinner in there one time & I had potatoes veg & parsley sauce, the sauce was SOLID :eek:

Max_Damage

It can be hit or miss, sometimes it's good, other times it's bad.

Serpentine

Usually it's bad :mad: plus they reheat everything until it looks atrocious, like cheese on lasagne that ends up resembling lard :eek:

Pedrospuds

depends on what street ur talking . Im a pto for our canteen , you should consider electing one for yours

Linku

rumour has it that cathal brugha st. has amazing food due to the foody courses being there, can anyone confirm? not that i'd trek over from aungier st...

Naikon

The food in kevin street is generally reasonable, it's just the "dinners" can be dodgy sometimes. I got a "roast beef" dinner there the other day and it was a bit crap tbh:(. The food does appear to be reheated most of the time.

stepbar

When I was in Aungier St, the food was fairly sh1te TBH. I doubt it has changed.

Max_Damage

Naikon wrote: »

The food does appear to be reheated most of the time.

And probably re-used!

sunnyjim

I cant really argue with the prices, I get 2 big sausages and soup for like 2.10/2.40. Thats fairly decent.

As for quality - well, its ok food in general. If its a long day, I'd rather have something bulky and warm inside me* rather than something that adheres to Mr Atkins, Mr Quinn, Curves, GI or whatever crap people constrict themselves to, for twice or thrice the price!

Service is pretty fast here in Kevin Street, and you dont have to walk far for a seat.

I give it the thumbs up, above other canteens I've had to eat in over the years!

* = except for cocks, ya know.

Creamy Goodness

aungier street - their chips > kevin street.

take their chips into the frame and it's

aungier street < kevin street.

elementalwater

Linku wrote: »

rumour has it that cathal brugha st. has amazing food due to the foody courses being there, can anyone confirm? not that i'd trek over from aungier st...

The rumours are true!!!

The food is amazing for two reasons

1. Our canteen is not run by Campbell Catering, its run by the DIT themselves.

2. Because of the Culinary Arts courses that are run in DIT, all the food that is bought in for the classes is tax free, so they buy double and use it in the canteen aswell! So top notch food at low low prices.

As well as the canteen we have the two Silver Service student restaurants! 3 course meal for less than a tenner!!!

You should come up for dinner some time! Its quite tasty!

Jeapy

Whoever said the food in Kevin street is good must be mad! Curry sauce is watered down to nothing and then thickened with cornflour seemingly, absolutely disgusting! The soup tastes like, and im pretty sure it is, Knorr packet soup. The mashed potatoes are lumpy and the meat is certainly nothing to write home about! On the plus side, breakfast is pretty good although a bit greasy and the prices on the wall are NOT the prices you're charged at the counter.

Aungier Street Curry chips are just yum! The soup is very hit and miss but at 2 euro with a roll and soup, its not bad. I think its funny that theyve put up a poster sating theres no added salt or fat...the soup has a layer of oil on the top and is pretty salty! The dinners are over 5 euro and are def not worth it. Any dinners ive ever had were under or overcooked and portions are pretty measley-dont even bother askin for a little more! the filthy looks and pathetic bit extra they give you just makes it not even worth wasting your breath. some of the staff could do with better english too.

Overall, bring your own ftw!

Frankiestylee

Avoid the pizza I'd say... I made the rookie mistake of going for it today. Oh, it looked so very good, sitting there all illuminated, but once I got it on my plate I found it all dry and cardboardtastic. Ick.

aliqueenb

lol i don't go to dit but went to the canteen there cos i was doing work experience in national archives right beside dit canteen. its pretty nice i think but i didn't get a dinner though, haha it was quite scary eating there aggggh being only 16 and surrounded by college peeps hah

pop40

iv stopped eating in the aungier st canteen months ago. its gone from bad to worse. everything is doused in salt. and i know of two people who got food poisoning the same day when they had the chicken soup from the canteen.
the sandwich bar downstairs is decent though.

blackbelt

Jeapy wrote: »

Whoever said the food in Kevin street is good must be mad! Curry sauce is watered down to nothing and then thickened with cornflour seemingly, absolutely disgusting! The soup tastes like, and im pretty sure it is, Knorr packet soup. The mashed potatoes are lumpy and the meat is certainly nothing to write home about! On the plus side, breakfast is pretty good although a bit greasy and the prices on the wall are NOT the prices you're charged at the counter.

Aungier Street Curry chips are just yum! The soup is very hit and miss but at 2 euro with a roll and soup, its not bad. I think its funny that theyve put up a poster sating theres no added salt or fat...the soup has a layer of oil on the top and is pretty salty! The dinners are over 5 euro and are def not worth it. Any dinners ive ever had were under or overcooked and portions are pretty measley-dont even bother askin for a little more! the filthy looks and pathetic bit extra they give you just makes it not even worth wasting your breath. some of the staff could do with better english too.
Overall, bring your own ftw!

You can say that again brother.Especially the part on them giving scabby,measley portions.You want more veg and it becomes tiresome.Ask for gravy and you'll get a splash.Their food isn't bad but it isn't great either.Cheapest hot meal you can get is 2 sausages and 2 veg at 4.10.

The catering ass. serving the food must think there is a war going on.I suppose you could hardly blame them either though due to the fact that the catering company has strategically ordered in small plates and if you want more you get v little extra while the food is nearly falling off the plate.Its either that or you'd have to get another plate and another plate means another portion and thats extra.I stopped eating breakfast there whenever I leave the house on an empty stomach.Go to Sofias across the road.Their 5 euro student breakfast is really nice and you get a fry and a big pot of tea.

The staff/owner in Sofias is bang on.Thats why if I ever have breakfast near college,I go there.

iUseVi

Ah stop complaining! Depends on the food you order. Kevin St has some real dodgy stuff like burgers in brown water(gravy?):D:eek:

But theres some good stuff as well, the fish ain't bad and the chips there are a load better than in aungier st. But for the price you really can't complain, especially at breakfast.

Creamy Goodness

iUseVi wrote: »

Ah stop complaining! Depends on the food you order. Kevin St has some real dodgy stuff like burgers in brown water(gravy?):D:eek:

ahh so that's how you got leprosy, here's me thinking you went off to africa :pac:

yoyo

I had lasagne in kevin st canteen before and I have to admit, it didn't taste remotely like it , The food in DIT is hugely overpriced and thankfully there are other places you can go instead

Nick

Max_Damage

The food in DIT is hugely overpriced

I disagree. If it was any cheaper, it would be free, especially the fry-ups.

chickyfromcork

We have Brook Cateing on our site here in Cork since last April... worth checking out, previously with Aramark and Sodexo hmmm think we hit 3rd time lucky thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kellsred

chickyfromcork wrote: »

We have Brook Cateing on our site here in Cork since last April... worth checking out, previously with Aramark and Sodexo hmmm think we hit 3rd time lucky thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great news!
It's just a shame I only get an hour for my lunch, otherwise I'd defo make the return trip from Dub to Cork for it.....

_sparkie_

i have never eaten in kevin street but i agree with all the above, aungier street is not very good. good for me because i go to bolton street and the food is great, way better then the others especially mountjoy.
i think it is down to the country lads in bolton street, they eat good meals and they eat a lot of them.