Eating in Imperial (Imperial College, University of London in general)

Member Name: jrtpixie

Product:	Imperial College, University of London in general
Date:	08/10/00 (556 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap food abounds

Disadvantages: Not very good.

Imperial College is loaded with places you can find good cheap food. Except its not good. And its not even exceptionally cheap, either.

The union sells food in DaVinci's during lunch and dinner hours. 12-2pm and about 6-9pm. It's cheap - you can get a rice and curry for £1.25, and top it up with the beer of your choice from the adjoining bar. However, all union food is bad. All of it. I mean this.

For breakfast and lunch, you can use the junior common room, located on the walkway (just ask any random student where it is) which sells a variety of prepackaged sandwiches, crisps, chocolate, drinks, etc, but also does a selection of hot food - chips, pasta, etc. This costs about 3 or 4 pounds for, say, a piece of chicken, some chips and a can of carbonated beverage. You can get your food for less, though.

The main dining hall, the entrance to which is near the queens tower, sells a larger variety of the same stuff, minus the prepackaged sandwiches. Reminds me of a school cafeteria. Its alright though.

Finally, theres Basics, the pizza place nestled in under Southside Halls. £2.50 will buy you a small portion of pasta, £4 will buy you a nice pizza for one, and two people + drinks can be managed for under £10. Also, they do this really nice chocolate cake thing for dessert - £1.50. If you are a student of imperial college, flash your swipecard/union card and get VAT off your food, although they do also happily feed non students and lost tourists.



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