Berkshie dining hall in Amherst

Wonderful staff, wonderful variety, locally (even campus) sourced food.

Just fantastic! Had heard before coming here that UMass has the best dining service in the country, and boy I was not disappointed. The amount of options available will leave you spoilt for choice. There are tons of vegetarian options too. The food is cooked and tastes well. And the ambience is good too, nice and quiet. All in all a great place to have a meal!

Great place .nice food and amazing staff

Great food, nice variety and friendly atmosphere.

Best place to eat and work

Best dining hall on the University of Massachusetts. With a wide variety of foods and excellent staff that are always smiling, Franklin feels like home. Whether you're meeting up with friends or grabbing a quiet breakfast alone, Frank is the place to be. While it aesthetically may not be the newest or flashiest dining hall, it's dependability and consistency make it number one.

Start of the new school year and again Umass Amherst ranked #1 college food for the third year in a row by Princeton Review. There is a large selection of foods with vegan and veggie options, gluten free and kosher food. Great Asian selection as well as nori rolls. Deli bar, Italian section and 10 feet of fresh salad bar

Better than worcester

Franklin is a very nice older venue. The food is amazing and offers plenty of choices - including hard serve ice cream.

Some of you might be aware that, it has been consistently winning no.1 university dining hall in US. And the award is not unjust, although I haven't tried dining halls of other universities but I definitely hear stories of them from my friends studying in various universities. It certainly is the best. They have so much variety every day that it becomes hard to choose. Whether ,you are a vegan, looking for gluten free food, pan Asian options, Italian ,Asian ,deli , desserts or whatever, you'll find just about anything. One of the best sushi, I had here. Best part is, most of the raw material, they grow on their own university farms with the help of students from their agriculture department. I love coming here.

Excellent buffet food!

Best dining hall, especially for gluten free! Russ takes care to help me create whatever I'm craving.

Great food selection for all types of likes and tastes. Options for Gluten free, Vegan, and Kosher.

Great breakfast but the dinners are just ok. Nothing special

Awesome food with a lot of options

It's good but only 3/4 of how good Worcester dining commons is!

Amazing trees and greenhouse

I read that Umass Amherst has the best rated dining program in the entire USA, and after trying the food here I can confirm that. there are way too many options, and lot of healthy , locally sourced or grown locally food options. they even have a vegetable garden right outside the dining hall. they offer options for folks with dietary restrictions .

Decent food, but the tables were kind of dirty. If you go you should go early to avoid long lines and messy tables. Of course this could be due to move in day craziness, but I do only have the single data point.

Probably the best dinning hall in the campus. I would give 5 starts for the food being healthy and all, but when it comes to taste I had give 1 star.

The best dining management i ever seen.... they need to include some indian food also to perfect it

The people are fantastic and the food is out of this world.

As far as a college dining hall goes, it was pretty exceptional

Solid food well rounded selection

They claim to be the #1 dining but its not....limited menu and items for Muslims....

It is one among the best dining commons at Umass, they have excellent stir fry, it is a must try. But there are no late night options which makes it hard to get a snack at midnight. Apart from the stir fry it doesn't match that well with Hampshire

Excellent food. Here for student orientation. So many options!

I wish my own University had food this good when I went. So many options without lowering quality.

Great food, professional service

Of the UMass dining commons, it is my least favourite. But the omelet crew is incredible. They remember the regulars and are so friendly

Consistently great, reliable food. Less variety than Worcester dining, but worth the stop if you're in the vicinity.

Definitely deserves the Best University Dining award!

The funnest and funkiest of the Dining Commons. It may not be pretty, but the people are awesome. Plus, they have the best stir fry on the entire campus. If only they stayed open later.

Awesome food here! Deli sandwiches are the best

Best campus food on the planet

I love the food as well as the stir fry, but I wish the supervisor spoke to the employee about his headphones in the back instead of out in the open because that's completely unprofessional. Especially if #UMassDining is #1.

Fantastic variety of food, all top notch!

Always great. The best music and food of any of the dcs. Dont let yourself get caught alive anywhere else.

Wide variety of various foods with an omelette bar, vegan and gluten free options. Soft ice cream too!

This dining is one of the best places in amherst to eat. Their lomein and sandwiches are great. The staff are very very nice and welcoming. The quality of food is not very good, but it is delicious. The pizza and fries are a little oily and salty. Sometimes they have sushi, and it is very good. The California role tastes very good. They have parking spaces available in the back of dining, and usually you can park your car easily.

Went here on a field trip. Pretty good food. If you're like me and you pick schools off of there dining experience, go for it! 😂

Grill sandwiches are to die for. Other food is mediocre. Many choices, but I am from the South and like soul food. Hardly see any down home cooking. No collard greens, no Mac and cheese or potato salad. Also no fried chicken or pork chops.

Great food selection, healthy and tasty 8n a clean bright environment with a friendly staff. Way to go!

Better than worcester worse than berk en hamp. As of 2019-2020. Only DH w/grilled cheese everday.

The stir fry was amazing

I miss it and I love it. Much variety of food. Well cooked. Many beverages. Sweet desserts. You also get ice-cream!!

The food was great as usual

I was a lost visitor in UMASS on Sunday doing a dry run to find my assigned parking lot and the building where I am to give a speech on Wednesday. I am so glad I did that. I could fine neither. Being a Sunday so much was closed. I did not find a security person. I stopped at the Stockbridge House thinking a restaurant employee could help. But it too was locked. Students walking were very kind but weren't familiar with parking lot numbers nor this obscure building. Alas the dining hall was open. There students couldn't do enough for me. I was outside again and able to walk directly to where I will need to me. Maybe not the kind of review you expect for a dining hall, but I was very pleased.

Great stir fry bar, and reasonable selection selection. Tasty dessert and spacious seating, while students are away.

Good for grab and go. Also has a garden if you want to eat outside.