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
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