Ford Dining Court Review

Daddy Daniel's Diner is by far the best restaurant I've ever been to in my entire life. I would break my knees just to sniff the air and have a hint of Daddy Daniel's sauce.

Good salad bar. Excellent selection. Summer dinner ends way too early: 6:30.

This is my favorite dining court at Purdue. They have a large selection of great foods. They have really good pizza here and burgers here almost everyday. This is a good choice for picky and non-picky eaters. There s a lot of seating here but sometimes there might not be enough on the first level so there s a second level open sometimes.

Fried cardboard for the students living in the cardboard boxes next door. :D

There are better dining courts on campus with better selection of food. On the bright side, seating is good

For college dining court food, it's pretty darn good. Just wish they would label everything properly and consistently. Also sometimes the dishes are cooked entirely different. And on some occasions they make you use all disposable tableware.

I'd advise you all to skip on the meal plan. I've been to Purdue dining and multiple times gotten food poisoning, so have people I know.

Further, today is finals week, I live in Hawkins (really far from dining, on the other side of campus) and went to Ford Dining and realized I'd forgotten my card. No problem, right? I know my ID#.

Nope. Wouldn't allow me in. A friend offered to swipe for me and they said no.

If you'd like to starve during exam weeks for silly mistakes, go ahead and get a meal plan.

The food is decent food, but always lacking in quality. I suppose being a senior has bias since I've been eating the food for 3 years now, but let's just say I always search for an alternative to eating here. I also worked here, and their food prep and cleanliness is top quality, so at least they have that going for them.

Big dining court... Large spaces... Food is okay...

Always love getting a taste of Daddy Daniels's sweet meat in my mouth

Great place for the students to meet and enjoy their meals

It's pretty good. They have a make your own quesadilla bar that's good.

Welcome to Ford Dining court where mediocre has never felt so good. Our motto is "if we dont meet your expectations, lower your standards." We pretend our food is "chef inspired," when in reality our pizza crust is burnt to a crisp, our rice is undercooked, and our state-of-the-art Boiler-Q is full of lies and disappointment. Go to Wiley.

Decent dining hall but definitely my favorite atmosphere. I love the seating options that Ford has. They have the best salad bar on campus, hard serve ice cream and fresh made pizzas. I really wish they'd fix the wi-fi there though.

Great seating choices, but variable food quality and quantity. The menu changes often, so day to day variety is pretty good.

Good dining court with a wide selection of different foods, from BBQ to pizza to korean food.

Not a very good dining experience. They serve the same meal for lunch and dinner. I would recommend Earhart dining hall instead.

Second most consistent court imo, first being Wiley

Very convenient dining court for Cary Quad residents

When something new or different is available it is an excellent choice. Breakfast is tasteless however and the eggs tasted like paste. Definitely look at the menu before choosing to go here that day.

Really good food - and they've got something for everyone! Everyone seems to think their pizza is something special... uh, I don't know about that, but they're STIRFRYS are delicious! I also like the layout and it's pretty clean. There is also an upper seating area if the bottom half is full so you can always find a seat (especially if you have a group of people). Occasionally they list things on their online menu that they are not actually serving that day, but it's usually minor stuff.

Lots of comfort foods, well cooked burgers and an excellent variety of well made pizzas. Not particularly healthy foods offered, but they do have a salad bar with a decent variety of options

Food was OK. Place was messy... but it is full of college kids.

Amazing ambience and socializing spot, however the food is rather mediocre. Way too repetitive and limited especially for vegans/vegetarians. Also the to go dining option is way too low bang for buck.

Well organized. Helpful staff. Food was plentiful. Taste was bland.

The staff and students at Purdue have an EXCELLENT place to eat! Great food, nice people and several types of food to choose.

Tell them I sent you and get 25% off (no, all you'll get is a weird look).

Diverse choices of foods and a large capacity
Always has a back up plan: pizza

It's not bad... it's just not that good either.
Other dining courts are better in my opinion.

There are typically really great selections of foods. I really enjoy the salad bar and they have pretty decent pizza.

Probably the best dining court, the pizza is the best FOR SURE.

Food is ok and about average. Salad is qualified but the pizza is not so good as it looks like...

Great community. Great quality food. Vibrant space.

The only dining court is Ford everything else is nothing

For lunch, try to go on the hour or else you'll end up standing in line outside for about 10 minutes. Otherwise good food

Food is delicious and super fresh. Soooo many good options. Don't forget to take a piece of fruit on your way out!

Ford, or triple d as we boilers call it, is an amazing dining experience. 10/10 would recommend

This is the Purdue University dining location for visiting freshman and parents. Presents a variety of foods, is nice and clean. Great desserts section. But food cooked in volume can only be made to taste moderately good. Hence, only 3 stars out of 5.

As far as college cafeteria food goes, I think it would be tough to beat. Tons of choices. The food tastes pretty good for what it is.

Decent dining court. It has plenty of seating, so even during a rush period, you will get in and out relatively quickly.

A lot of selections for a dorm dinning court. However, it's still a dining court, so don't expect high end food. They don't have trays available, which makes it a little inconvenient to carry the food around.

Great Dining Court! They have great food, and it's a great place to work.

Not bad food they had lots of carrots and I like carrots

Great selection of food. Clean helpful staff. Easy to navigate. Plenty of seating.

First thing you should know, the eggs suck. They're palatable if you salt and pepper them and add ketchup or hot sauce to your preference.

Moving on, the food is quite hit or miss, but thanks to the ever present pizza, salad, and sandwich bars, you'll probably never go without something worth eating.

Here are the best things they server here in my opinion: Anything Mexican, Pasta, Tikka Masala, General Tao's, Thai Chicken Basil, and the Spicy Fried Chicken Breast.

Also, if you have no friends like me, there's a couple of great eating bars where you can sit alone and eat without looking like a loser or occupying an entire table.

Overall, if you're dorm or apartment is close to Ford, you can't go wrong picking it.

Daddy's has some of the best food on campus, although, Earhart or Hilly are def better

Marsha in the "On the go!" portion of this dining court is a no go for me. I tried to cash in my "on the go!" meal swipes at the end of the week. Combining my meal swipes with my roommate, we had a total of 64 items we could get. We pay a lot for this meal plan, so we went and what did we do? That's right. We picked out 64 items. We go to check out and 1. Marsha didn't believe that we had 64 items, why would I lie?
2. She made us put our food into piles and count out as there are a good 10 people behind us
3. When we were leaving she goes "don't do that again"
4. We will do this again because we deserve our 64 items at the end of each week
So thanks marsha for nothing

They were out of everything but burger. Burger was dry

Beautiful dining room on Purdue campus offers a wide range of five stars restaurant dining options to students. How great!

I love eating here! The food is generally really good. Sometimes it's hard to get a seat during busy hours.

Once we found it the layout is excellent, the seating is plentiful, and the food options pretty awesome.

The next part is to rate the process of getting to this location.

I am a wheelchair user and am used to no access situations.

This wasn't completely the case. But, is darn close. For one thing no actual direct access ramps exist to reach the Uninion.

Now not that the college doesn't know this already. 2020 is the year no excuses will prevent the ADA from finding issues and giving a typical 60 day grace to show actual good effort to resolving violations.

I don't mean oh look we scheduled fund drives and activites to raise money for the eventual repair or addiction to fix violations. I mean, actual construction and work is well under way to making the needed violations go away.

The ADA can fine from $75,000 up to $300,000 per violation and can charge any amount even on first time violations.

If what I read is correct recently the ADA upped the lower limit from $75,000 and raised it in preparation for 2020 to $115,000 and if that isn't bad enough a second violation is $150,000 up to $300,000.

1994 the ADA made clear that all public accessible areas, businesses, schools, governmental property and any private property that the public accesses regularly will be made barrier free. To make accessibly for all people possible.

The best idea is to get rid of as many stairs as possible replace them with ramps. This solves many issues.

Less falls and tripping. With that less cost for the college to cover in insurance.

As well as making it so much easier for all people to access places equally.

I think Stone Hall just redid a massive stair project and what a waste. Could have added a wheelchair ramp easy as pie with the space and distance to the sidewalk it has.

I would love to be asked to come and work with whomever department and people that do the access design and show them ways to save tons of money. And get it done the right way without having tp dig up newly installed stairs.

Every new stair project needs to be looked at as a way to get rid of the stairs and use a single surface to meet needs.

Not just one door with a ramp, as if an emergency happens to block it, how does the wheelchair user exit safely?

Oh, and the ADA goes from passive to being an active department that goes out looking for any and all issues.

Did you know 1/4 inch of sidewalk or any surface is a tripping hazard and is considered an access violation. Consider all the concrete spaces and now how may areas did the ground settle or have or shift.

I see a solution you already use. Recycled tire rubber walkways. Especially over areas that are always seeming to move.

This provides a smooth surface that is flexible enough to move with the ground and terrian.

Also, please for the love of God, paint blue handicap access lines to lead wheelchair users the correct way to places.

Also put signs to tell what floor is what in elevators. And, use signs to in elevators to alert users in wheelchairs what button is for accesible spaces.

I was at the college for 5 hours and figured out how I would make it way easier for wheelchair users to get around.

A fellow named Steve I think he was the Superintendent or just super! Everyone knew him it was great. He finally helped us find the floor and the proper elevator to get around Union.

Unless you live life from a wheelchair you will not understand how the design and layout of things fails for people like me.

It would be awesome to get a full scholarship to study putting theory of accessibility into actual practice.

As it is now I could file with the ADA several vibrations I found. I could also file a lawsuit and would win it based on my struggles today to access a building.

Instead of any of that, cool your jets. Would you ever consider a 49 year old fully disabled student on full scholarship? I would study engineering and the actual use of those theories as in both sides of the coin. It would be about ergonomic design of spaces used by the public. Just a thought.

There are various dining stations, but if you're like me with a dairy allergy, you're stuck with the salad bar or the mediocre Chinese food.