For the quality of the food this place is extremely overpriced.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Ezra Hyde
Ah man, the Dirty J. Starting my second semester and my return to The Junction was greeted with an assortment of some of the most unappetizing and disappointing “food” I have ever laid my eyes upon. Somehow the sustenance has gotten worse.I write this review after eating a “meal” that consisted of watermelon chunks, orange jello, and Froot Loops, because that was the only food they were serving tonight that seemed edible. I sat there, beneath the glaring hospital lights, looking around at my fellow Utah State Aggies who were trying their best to create meals out of the abominations that were pouring out of the kitchen. I stared down at my Dinner from Hell, silently berating myself for not rushing to The Marketplace before they closed. How dare they?How dare they force freshman, who just want to live on campus, to shell out hundreds and even thousands of dollars on a meal plan where you are forced to choose between the most mediocre place on earth, or a cafeteria similar to the one that Omar Abdel-Rahman eats at in the ADX-Florence maximum security prison.Betsy Cantwell, PLEASE allocate more than $3 from the Universities yearly budget to Food Services. It’s the least you could do after making us spend upwards of $2000 on this meal plan.I leave 1 star and not zero because Taco Tuesday got heat fr. Tuesdays I love The Junction, every other day I loathe it. Eat at The Marketplace if you can. It ranges from extremely average to pretty good.Unlike The Junction which ranges from pig slop to edible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
James Pickell
This place is literally Junk Junction from Fortnite
Benson Marshall
Poor food, very expensive for what you get with the student meal plan.
Food: 1
Elena Rodriguez
Where do I even begin with The Junction? This culinary disaster disguises itself as a restaurant on our college campus, preying on innocent students who are forced into buying a mandatory meal plan. If I could give this place negative stars, I would do it in a heartbeat.Let's talk about the ambiance, or should I say lack thereof. The Junction manages to achieve the perfect blend of sterile hospital cafeteria and abandoned psych ward. The harsh, unyielding lighting overhead adds a touch of horror movie ambiance, setting the stage for the stomach-churning experience that awaits anyone foolish enough to step inside.Now, onto the food – or rather, the abominations they dare to serve and call meals. I wouldn't feed The Junction's offerings to my worst enemy's pet rock. The menu boasts a selection of tasteless slop that could only be concocted by someone with a profound disdain for both flavor and nutrition. I have encountered more satisfying meals in a prison mess hall, and at least there, the inmates have the excuse of punishment.The mandatory bulk meal plan is the icing on this rancid cake. Students are coerced into shelling out their hard-earned money for a minimum of 110 meals per semester, effectively chaining them to a diet of despair. It's a financial black hole, sucking up funds that could be better spent on literally anything else – even a lifetime supply of instant noodles would be a gourmet upgrade.The Junction is not just a culinary abomination; it's a stain on the very fabric of campus life. The only positive aspect of this establishment is that it serves as a cautionary tale for future generations of students who may one day find themselves unwittingly enrolled in a gastronomic nightmare.In conclusion, avoid The Junction like the plague unless you have a masochistic desire to subject your taste buds to an unending parade of mediocrity. It's a shame that such a pitiful excuse for a restaurant continues to exist on our campus, preying on the vulnerable hunger of students who deserve far better.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jason Borgholthaus
If I could give a zero star review i would. No place has ever committed this kinda of assault to my intentional tract. Whoever cooked the food needs to take salt 1050 because i’ve never had such bland tasting trash. The workers are so slow and can’t even keep up with a line of 10 people.I’d recommend skipping the hours on the toilet and just settle for taco bell. Their food is u healthy and outright unsafe. The brutality of the cooks makes me cry in my pillow night after night. This place is criminal. If you got a food inspector in here you’d find hundreds of violations in just minutes. The dining room is filthy to say the least. The floors are browned from the uncleaned carpet and the smell of sour milk resonates throughout the building. Every-time i sit down on a chair i wonder what is going to stick to my butt when i stand up.Additionally i’ve had many racist experiences being a minority in the junction. Many times I have gotten to the front of the line and the workers will deny me the same amount of food that the white man in front of me received. Something needs to be done about this place asap. This is not okay. Students should not be forced to eat in such a hostile environment. Spending over $10 on a meal here is a joke. The only problem is that nobody is laughing.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
G. Lopez
The Junction is an absolutely pathetic excuse of a restaurant. They rely on forcing students in on campus housing to buy overpriced meal plans, and thus have no incentive to make good food. They don’t care about customer satisfaction in the slightest. The food is almost always terrible. Terrible is an understatement. It’s a freaking joke. If this was a real restaurant they would go out of business because of how pitiful the food, service, and cleanliness is. Most of the employees are incompetent. They don’t have any sense of urgency or pride in their cooking. PLEASE DO NOT BUY A MEAL PLAN!! You will regret it!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
AutoloadingFreedom
If I could give this place 0 stars I would. It is a disgrace to college food markets. Also, the hours are incorrect. I just went there because everywhere else on campus said it was supposed to be open (including this app), but it was closed. Just a disappointment.
BiggieYT
Have found actual mold in my food on several
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
Josh Liddell
Not only do they let me down, but they let me down consistently. Food is not good. Don't go here unless you have a required meal plan and even then I recommend going to the marketplace instead.
If you don’t live on campus, don’t buy a meal plan. It would genuinely be cheaper to go to Chick-fil-a for breakfast, lunch, and dinner than to go to the Junction (currently over $10/meal). For a university cafeteria, the food is fine. Chicken is often raw and sometimes they like to experiment and fail miserably (eg gingerbread pancakes). Like it better than the marketplace. Breakfast is decent and lemon chicken on Sundays is my favorite. If you want to avoid gross cafeteria food, go for the omelette/pasta station or make a sandwich. Very expensive for what it is.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Ryan Staiger
I can’t eat essentially anywhere on USU’s campus without having a bad stomach later and the Junction is the worse. The food sucks, the fruit isn’t good, and the chips are bendy and stale. 0/10 all around, so many of my friends have felt sick after eating there.
Steve Brown
I wear a Fitbit and count calories. I went to the Junction ~once~, and it went like this: I asked the girl who swiped my ID card if there were calories posted for the food inside and she said something about "posting calories causes eating disorders." I asked a server if she happened to know how many calories where in the food she was serving and she (kindly) responded that she had no idea.As someone who uses the Fitbit app to meticulously track his calories, this place just isn't useful to me. I'm currently pulling teeth to try to get a meal plan exemption. Wish me luck.Btw, there are three stations inside the Junction: a place to make sandwiches and two other places that serve prepared dishes. The sandwich place didn't look particularly appetizing. I didn't get a good look at the prepared food.Oh, and the atmosphere is "cafeteria-esque." It's a little place on a college campus; don't expect much.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Hunter Reece
I had bad service overall and the food I come in for says it will be open online, then I come in and I’ve then wasted one of my meals off my meal plan because all that they have is under-cooked Asian food or dry meat.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Olivia Pinson
Most housing on campus requires a meal plan, and if you’re in a tiny dorm like I am, you really have no way to make your own food. This food isn’t Michelin-star good, but it’s pretty decent. I’ve had worse from Olive Garden. It’s not mom’s home cooking, but it’s better than eating instant ramen 24/7. Much better. Great balance of different options (though I will say the drink options tend to run out fast).Dietary restrictions: There’s always a gluten-free option available as far as I could tell (although the food is prepared in the same kitchen as foods containing gluten).
For the quality of the food this place is extremely overpriced.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Ah man, the Dirty J. Starting my second semester and my return to The Junction was greeted with an assortment of some of the most unappetizing and disappointing “food” I have ever laid my eyes upon. Somehow the sustenance has gotten worse.I write this review after eating a “meal” that consisted of watermelon chunks, orange jello, and Froot Loops, because that was the only food they were serving tonight that seemed edible. I sat there, beneath the glaring hospital lights, looking around at my fellow Utah State Aggies who were trying their best to create meals out of the abominations that were pouring out of the kitchen. I stared down at my Dinner from Hell, silently berating myself for not rushing to The Marketplace before they closed. How dare they?How dare they force freshman, who just want to live on campus, to shell out hundreds and even thousands of dollars on a meal plan where you are forced to choose between the most mediocre place on earth, or a cafeteria similar to the one that Omar Abdel-Rahman eats at in the ADX-Florence maximum security prison.Betsy Cantwell, PLEASE allocate more than $3 from the Universities yearly budget to Food Services. It’s the least you could do after making us spend upwards of $2000 on this meal plan.I leave 1 star and not zero because Taco Tuesday got heat fr. Tuesdays I love The Junction, every other day I loathe it. Eat at The Marketplace if you can. It ranges from extremely average to pretty good.Unlike The Junction which ranges from pig slop to edible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
This place is literally Junk Junction from Fortnite
Poor food, very expensive for what you get with the student meal plan.
Food: 1
Where do I even begin with The Junction? This culinary disaster disguises itself as a restaurant on our college campus, preying on innocent students who are forced into buying a mandatory meal plan. If I could give this place negative stars, I would do it in a heartbeat.Let's talk about the ambiance, or should I say lack thereof. The Junction manages to achieve the perfect blend of sterile hospital cafeteria and abandoned psych ward. The harsh, unyielding lighting overhead adds a touch of horror movie ambiance, setting the stage for the stomach-churning experience that awaits anyone foolish enough to step inside.Now, onto the food – or rather, the abominations they dare to serve and call meals. I wouldn't feed The Junction's offerings to my worst enemy's pet rock. The menu boasts a selection of tasteless slop that could only be concocted by someone with a profound disdain for both flavor and nutrition. I have encountered more satisfying meals in a prison mess hall, and at least there, the inmates have the excuse of punishment.The mandatory bulk meal plan is the icing on this rancid cake. Students are coerced into shelling out their hard-earned money for a minimum of 110 meals per semester, effectively chaining them to a diet of despair. It's a financial black hole, sucking up funds that could be better spent on literally anything else – even a lifetime supply of instant noodles would be a gourmet upgrade.The Junction is not just a culinary abomination; it's a stain on the very fabric of campus life. The only positive aspect of this establishment is that it serves as a cautionary tale for future generations of students who may one day find themselves unwittingly enrolled in a gastronomic nightmare.In conclusion, avoid The Junction like the plague unless you have a masochistic desire to subject your taste buds to an unending parade of mediocrity. It's a shame that such a pitiful excuse for a restaurant continues to exist on our campus, preying on the vulnerable hunger of students who deserve far better.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
If I could give a zero star review i would. No place has ever committed this kinda of assault to my intentional tract. Whoever cooked the food needs to take salt 1050 because i’ve never had such bland tasting trash. The workers are so slow and can’t even keep up with a line of 10 people.I’d recommend skipping the hours on the toilet and just settle for taco bell. Their food is u healthy and outright unsafe. The brutality of the cooks makes me cry in my pillow night after night. This place is criminal. If you got a food inspector in here you’d find hundreds of violations in just minutes. The dining room is filthy to say the least. The floors are browned from the uncleaned carpet and the smell of sour milk resonates throughout the building. Every-time i sit down on a chair i wonder what is going to stick to my butt when i stand up.Additionally i’ve had many racist experiences being a minority in the junction. Many times I have gotten to the front of the line and the workers will deny me the same amount of food that the white man in front of me received. Something needs to be done about this place asap. This is not okay. Students should not be forced to eat in such a hostile environment. Spending over $10 on a meal here is a joke. The only problem is that nobody is laughing.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The Junction is an absolutely pathetic excuse of a restaurant. They rely on forcing students in on campus housing to buy overpriced meal plans, and thus have no incentive to make good food. They don’t care about customer satisfaction in the slightest. The food is almost always terrible. Terrible is an understatement. It’s a freaking joke. If this was a real restaurant they would go out of business because of how pitiful the food, service, and cleanliness is. Most of the employees are incompetent. They don’t have any sense of urgency or pride in their cooking. PLEASE DO NOT BUY A MEAL PLAN!! You will regret it!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
If I could give this place 0 stars I would. It is a disgrace to college food markets. Also, the hours are incorrect. I just went there because everywhere else on campus said it was supposed to be open (including this app), but it was closed. Just a disappointment.
Have found actual mold in my food on several
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
Not only do they let me down, but they let me down consistently. Food is not good. Don't go here unless you have a required meal plan and even then I recommend going to the marketplace instead.
Restaurantji Recommends
If you don’t live on campus, don’t buy a meal plan. It would genuinely be cheaper to go to Chick-fil-a for breakfast, lunch, and dinner than to go to the Junction (currently over $10/meal). For a university cafeteria, the food is fine. Chicken is often raw and sometimes they like to experiment and fail miserably (eg gingerbread pancakes). Like it better than the marketplace. Breakfast is decent and lemon chicken on Sundays is my favorite. If you want to avoid gross cafeteria food, go for the omelette/pasta station or make a sandwich. Very expensive for what it is.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
I can’t eat essentially anywhere on USU’s campus without having a bad stomach later and the Junction is the worse. The food sucks, the fruit isn’t good, and the chips are bendy and stale. 0/10 all around, so many of my friends have felt sick after eating there.
I wear a Fitbit and count calories. I went to the Junction ~once~, and it went like this: I asked the girl who swiped my ID card if there were calories posted for the food inside and she said something about "posting calories causes eating disorders." I asked a server if she happened to know how many calories where in the food she was serving and she (kindly) responded that she had no idea.As someone who uses the Fitbit app to meticulously track his calories, this place just isn't useful to me. I'm currently pulling teeth to try to get a meal plan exemption. Wish me luck.Btw, there are three stations inside the Junction: a place to make sandwiches and two other places that serve prepared dishes. The sandwich place didn't look particularly appetizing. I didn't get a good look at the prepared food.Oh, and the atmosphere is "cafeteria-esque." It's a little place on a college campus; don't expect much.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
I had bad service overall and the food I come in for says it will be open online, then I come in and I’ve then wasted one of my meals off my meal plan because all that they have is under-cooked Asian food or dry meat.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Most housing on campus requires a meal plan, and if you’re in a tiny dorm like I am, you really have no way to make your own food. This food isn’t Michelin-star good, but it’s pretty decent. I’ve had worse from Olive Garden. It’s not mom’s home cooking, but it’s better than eating instant ramen 24/7. Much better. Great balance of different options (though I will say the drink options tend to run out fast).Dietary restrictions: There’s always a gluten-free option available as far as I could tell (although the food is prepared in the same kitchen as foods containing gluten).
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5