Dining - Salad Bar

About Dining Services

Quality, variety, sound nutrition, and student input are the cornerstones of our award-winning board plan program.

Our Mission

To provide a personalized college dining experience, embodying superior culinary standards and service while nurturing the well-being of our community through the thoughtful curation of sustainable, healthy, and delicious food options.

We are committed to fostering a more harmonious relationship between nourishment and environment, enriching campus life for the Bryn Mawr College community.

Program Highlights

A variety of pastas plus meat, vegetarian, and vegan sauces.

Available at lunch and dinner with vegan selections included (at New Dorm Dining Hall).

Featuring fresh-baked cookies, cakes, pies, soft-serve yogurt, and a delicious array of vegan options.

  • An extensive selection of more than 40 items made fresh daily.

A selection of juices, sodas, teas, and milk featuring Fair Trade Coffees, as well as Bryn Mawr favorites like cappuccino.

Monotony breakers and special events are added yearly to excite the program.

With fresh culinary creativity, we plan award-winning themed meals that have been the winners of eight Loyal Horton Awards.

Variety is the key; from a "breakfast bar" to a "make your own" stir-fry, we offer a different specialty bar each night (Erdman).

  • Some dining halls use surveys to determine music selections played during meal times.
  • The meal plan features a six-week menu cycle constantly revised via student input.
  • Student surveys determine cereal, beverage, and salad dressings offered at each dining hall.
  • Easily communicate with Dining Services through napkin notes, "e-meal," the Dining Forum, and surveys.

Bryn Mawr College Dining Services is committed to equal access and welcomes individuals with disabilities to our facilities. If you need to request any accommodation to meet your specific needs at any of our facilities, please let any staff member know, and we'll be happy to assist you. 

Add convenience to that list with students enjoying the flexibility of unlimited access to Bryn Mawr's two dining halls, which together feature almost continuous service from breakfast through dinner on Monday through Friday.

The Cafes are great places to get a cup of coffee or a quick cafe-style snack or meal during the day. At night, they are open well after the dining halls close for students who crave a late-night snack.

Awards and Accolades

2022 Princeton Review

 Great Campus Food 

2020 Princeton Review

Ranked #17 for Best Campus Food

2019 Princeton Review

Ranked #10 for Best Campus Food

2017 Princeton Review

Ranked #10 for Best Campus Food
 

2016 Princeton Review

Ranked #9 for Best Campus Food
 

2015 Princeton Review

Ranked #8 for Best Campus Food
 

2015-16 Peta2 Vegan Report Card

Graded A
 

2014 Princeton Review

Ranked #10 for Best Campus Food
 

2014-15 Peta2 Vegan Report Card

Graded A
 

2013 Princeton Review

Ranked #9 for Best Campus Food  
 

2012 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award:

HONORABLE MENTION-Catering- Special Event
 

2012 Princeton Review

Ranked #4 for Best Campus Food    
 

2011 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award:

SILVER-Residence Dining – Theme Dinner 2011
 

2011 hercampus.com

Ranked #6 in "Top 10 College Dining Halls"

2011 Princeton Review

Ranked #8 for Best Campus Food

 

2010 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award:

SILVER-Residence Dining – Theme Dinner 2010
 
 

2010 Princeton Review

Ranked #8 for Best Campus Food    
 
 

2010 Parents and Colleges

Ranked #6 for Best College Eats
 
 

2009 Princeton Review

Ranked #7 for Best Campus Food  
 

2008 Princeton Review

Ranked #16 for Best Campus Food  
 
 

2007 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award

BRONZE– Residence Hall – Single standalone concept
 
 

2007 Princeton Review

Ranked #4 for Best Campus Food
 

2006 Princeton Review

Ranked #13 for Best Campus Food  
 

2005 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award

  • Grand Prize– Residence Hall – Theme dinner
  • Gold – Residence Hall – Theme dinner

 
 

2005 Princeton Review

Ranked #13 for Best Campus Food
 
 

2004 Princeton Review

Ranked #8 for Best Campus Food
 
 

2003 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award

  • Grand Prize – Residence Hall – Standard Menu
  • First Place – Residence Hall – Standard Menu
  • Grand Prize– Residence Hall – Theme dinner
  • First place – Residence Hall – Theme dinner
  • Second place – Residence Hall – Theme dinner

2003 Princeton Review

Ranked #7 for Best Campus Food
 
 

2002 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award

  • First Place – Residence Hall – Theme dinner
  • Third Place – Residence Hall – Special event

2002 Princeton Review

Ranked #7 for Quality of Life: Great Food
 

2001 NACUFS Loyal E. Horton Dining Award

Third Place – Residence Hall – Theme Dinner
 

2001 Princeton Review

Ranked #17 for Quality of Life: Great Food
 

2000 Princeton Review

Ranked #17 for Quality of Life: Great Food
 

1999 Princeton Review

Ranked #16 for Quality of Life: Great Food
 

1989 Restaurant & Institutions Magazine

 Ivy Award Winner

Erdman Dining Hall

Contact Us

Dining Services

Richard Clow
Assistant Director
Dining Services
emeal@brynmawr.edu
(610) 526-7400

Erdman Dining Hall
(610) 526-7411

New Dorm Dining Hall
(610) 526-7408