251 North Dining Hall

251 North Dining Hall is... interesting. Here are some pros and cons about this dining hall: Pros: Hours During the Weekday 251 let's people in until 10 pm on weekdays, and actually closes at around 10:30 pm. This allows students with later classes to still be able to grab a meal, which is pretty great. Less People Another great thing about 251 is that it is typically less crowded, which allows people who don't like too crowded of spaces to have a nice place to eat a meal. This also means more seats available and thus less walking around for a place to sit for eating. Food Bars There is a burger bar where burgers are grilled fresh and to order. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there is a salad bar where one can pick the ingredients they want in the salad and their choice of dressi

This is my favorite dining hall at UMD, and it's also the smallest. There is no chance you won't find a table, and it's not too loud or bright in there. They have a smaller selection of food, but they still have a make your own salad bar, burgers, halal, Italian, and a rotating selection of Jamaican, Haitian, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, and Southern food. It's really good food too, they've had swordfish multiple times, a delicacy!

The cafeteria is always clean and well-organized. Food choices are varied, portions are generous, and everything tastes fresh. A convenient and reliable place for a good meal.

This place is great for free Maryland dairy. Opening hours are flexible for late students, as they’re open until 10 PM MON-THURS. Warning: they close at 8 PM from FRI-SUN. Breakfast here is satisfactory, with a plethora of options from cereal to pancakes to waffles to fruits to eggs to occasional muffins. Sadly, I can’t say the same for dinner. Don’t get me wrong, they have many options such as a salad bar, Italian food, burger section, and some foreign food (usually rotates between Levantine, Indian, and Oriental). However, the pizzas are thick and lack variety, and the pastas also lack variety. Also, the foreign food is not as tasty as other cafeterias. Furthermore, the burger bar stopped providing Vegan burgers in spring 2025, and those burgers were delicious. Having lived in Denton

251 is a very ok dining hall. The food options are ok, but it's never super crowded and the burgers and ice cream make up for it.