students eating in canteen at Rosebery Hall

Catering

Catering in halls: Everything you need to know

By EllenComms 26 Oct 2023

What's on offer, opening hours, inviting friend over for dinner, taking your food away and being sustainable.

Scroll down to find out more about catering in your hall...

What's on offer

Your halls catering teams provide tasty, seasonal food which is of a high quality and we change the menu every week to ensure plenty of variety. Our halls catering always scores high in the accommodation satisfaction survey.

The halls weekly menu can be found on Halls Life and is updated every Monday during term time.

Opening hours

Our restaurants are open during term time generally between 2pm and 9pm and our friendly catering teams will ensure hot beverages are available.

Catering is provided during the following times:

Hall	Sunday to Friday	Saturday
Bankside House	5.00pm – 8.30pm	10.30am – 1.30pm
Rosebery Hall	5.30pm – 8.30pm	11am – 1pm
Passfield Hall	5.30pm – 8pm	11am – 1pm
Carr-Saunders Hall	6pm – 8pm	11am – 1pm

Inviting friends over for dinner

Your friends are welcome to have dinner with us. You just need to simply purchase a guest dinner voucher for £7 from reception and present this to the catering staff at your hall.

Taking your food away

We always encourage students to eat together in the dining hall as this creates a stronger sense of community. However, we know you'll sometimes need to eat in your room or grab and go so you're welcome to take food away from the canteen. To do this simply bring your reusable food container the night before to the restaurant - takeaways can be collected up to 30 minutes after dinner service from Monday to Friday.

Food sustainability

We do everything we can to minimise food waste, so we kindly ask that you only take what you need. However, you're more than welcome to request seconds towards the end of the catering service (usually around 8.30pm). Some of our halls also measure food waste and you're encourage to place anything left on your plate in the our designated food waste bins. These food waste bins weigh and analyse your food waste which contribute towards the School's sustainability targets.