Lottie Nelson Dining Hall

This place is not family-friendly (for those visiting with families and have kids that are picky eaters) nor patron friendly. First, there are poor reviews posted here already, so the food is suspect. Second, the female cashier person is extremely unfriendly and has no customer service skills at all. Third, the cashier person won't allow a parent to come inside and look at the food to see the quality of it, or the variety of it (picky child eaters, beware) unless you pay for it first. In other words, their Messiah is worried we are going to rob them by tricking them into allowing entry and then eating the food and leaving without paying. No Jesus the Messiah, us parents are not going to eat and then run with our kids out the door. So that makes your whole "Jesus is the Messiah" message ver

I have never had a bad meal at Messiah College. I've been going there for 15 years for my church denomination's conference. Never a bad meal. And they keep improving. This year they had a stir fry station. Delicious! The desserts are amazing, the coffee is great and fair trade, and they offer lots of beverages, include calorie free vitamin water. Since they built the new Martin section, there is also plenty more space. If you want salad, they have it. Pizza, check. Deli sandwiches with all the fixings, they have that too. Oh, and they staff and student workers are very friendly. Every year I look forward to conference for many reasons, not least of which is getting to eat at Lottie. Over the last three years, my two oldest sons started attending Messiah as students, and they suspect that t

While the menu appears decent, all of the food is below average quality even for a cafeteria. Certain foods consistently leave you sick. When the menu says a foreign food, expect Lottie to do a very loose interpretation of that recipe. Meat such as beef is consistently overcooked, and pastas are consistently watery. In addition to the food being poorly prepared, I have experienced many issues with dinner and silverware being dirty, with chunks of food left on them. Even with a large selection of food, there is rarely anything that is decent. Just about the only things that Lottie can do right is the cereal and soft drinks, two items that they do not even make themselves. Overall I would say Messiah is a good college but do not let anyone tell you Lottie is decent. I would be genuinely sho

We have eaten several times with our family. We love it and reasonable.

Has some decent options for food certain days of the week. Lines can be a bit long, especially on Falcon-Fil-A day, which isn’t even the best meal. Good environment to hang out with friends and family, though.