I spend this summer at UCB for a summer session. I live in Unit 2, which is really close to Crossroads, so it is a good choice for me. It is a buffet which serves many kinds of American food including meat, rice, noodles, salad, fries, burgers, sandwiches, and some kinds of world flavor as well. It also has all common kinds of beverage, desserts, ice creams and so on. Every time you would find yourself really full even you have told yourself to eat less.. The taste is not that fantastic, but it is good.The cafe itself is very clean, and the service is nice.The staff is really friendly and enthusiastic. The only thing I want to complain is that the place is always crowded, and sometimes the fruits are not enough for everybody. The sauce is always used up too, instead of putting more in the machine on time. After all, I will always visit Crossroads as long as I am living here. read more

Food is average. Multiple friends and I got stomach problems. The only nice thing is that one employee is very nice and welcoming all the time. He asks you how your day's going. However, another employee is very rude. Seems like she hates her job. This time she made me feel that I don't worth a thing, and it's just my money that is important. read more

Croads is not terrible... most of the time. Tonight however, I was looking forward to mac and cheese. Once I got here, mac and cheese?? No where to be found! Instead this "chicken". Chicken??? More like breadcrumbs! I want my swipe back. (Disclaimer: i still and always will love cal dining staff. Go bears thanks oski) read more

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Dinner today was god tier. Had smoked salmon, risotto, roasted duck and cabbage. They were, without exception, delicious.

Crossroads sets the bar high in the realm of truly mediocre dining experiences. From its culturally invalid cuisines to its laissez faire style of food service, Crossroads is the perfect spot to take that special someone for whom you both loath and despise. That is unless you have a meal plan and Crossroads is the closest dining establishment that accepts your hogwash currency. For if that is the case, the joke is on you. read more

Obviously the food isn't going to be AMAZING, because it's dorm food; however, considering the fact that these people have to cook for so many thousands of college students every week. I end up eating at Crossroads about 5-7 times a week and it never disappoints. There are always good options so nothing ever really gets too old. My favorite is the korean french fries. There are options for all kinds of diets: vegan, kosher, vegetarian, etc. There is always a pizza station and kind of an Asian fusion station that always has something new. There's also a couple of stations that have more american food and fries. The salad bar is one of my favorites too! It's got delicious and fresh ingredients. I always like to use my meal points at Crossroads. And for non-Cal students, I'm pretty sure the prices are $10 for breakfast, $11 for lunch and $12 for dinner. Yay crossroads and go bears! read more

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Timeline of taste for crossroad: Week 0-2: Delicious! Pizza every single day, holy crap!! Eat as much as I want every meal?! COLLEGE IS AWESEOME! Week 2-30: Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh super salty mystery meat again and weird "Indian food" (brown paste with peas), I guess I'm having a slice of terrible pizza and a bowl of Cheerios for dinner again. Sophomore year and beyond: FRESHMAN! TAKE ME TO LATE NIGHT! read more

Crossroads is a university dining hall not a restaurant, so take food with a pinch of salt. They have hot food stations with pasta, pizza, Asian and oriental dishes, sometimes fried race. Also a salad bar, dessert counter and an ice cream machine. Quality borders on average to below average, with overly salty food, and lack of space for seating. Has an interesting industrial kitchen style vibe which isn't to my liking. However it is cheap and affordable, so works for college students! read more

The Stages You Experience: Week 1 - Oh my! The food here is pretty good. Glad I got a meal plan. Week 3 - This still tastes okay. Week 5 - Meh Week 8 - OMG I am never eating this stuff again. Week 10 - Did you know that Crossroads serves prison grade meat?? Week 17 - Why did I buy a meal plan? I have way too many points. Guess I'll head over to Bear Market and buy random, overpriced snacks. read more

I appreciate the variety of options Crossroads tries to provide, but the food just ends up tasting the same after a while. Not that everything is similar -- there certainly is variety -- but not enough to get students to wipe their plates clean all the time. The only time I find myself clearing my plate is with the more palatable (unhealthier) options. I wish they would add more variety to the other healthier options, such as the vegan section (BearFit). The salad bar has since been my go-to. Also, hours are not very convenient, but maybe this is just for me. They close from 10-11 which is the only time I can go grab breakfast, so I am often left hungry or resorting to the Den, which is more expensive. Same with weekend hours. Students need to eat and we all have very different schedules. read more

The fine establishment we call Crossroads dot dot dot. Been eating here for the past four year, entering my fifth soon. Let's get it straight, Xroads is convenient for busy folks. The options do become repetitive once you're here for quite awhile. They do try spicing up the menu every now and then (Fall 2014 was their worst menu cycling out of my years here). A huge xroads snob since I have a free meal plan and force myself to eat here as often to save money. People do complain too much about it. It's a DC after all. Based on convenient and taste, it's not that bad. Have to assume take out from Asian Ghetto is probably either as or even more unhealthy than xroads. Nothing to rave about, but for the prime location next to Unit 1, xroads delivers. read more

Where to begin? The broccoli at this fine establishment is a goddamn masterpiece. The steaming methodology, salting, and saucing is on point. The garlic is a clarion call to food mastery. Gordon Ramsey should take notes. When I stuff my face full of crossroad's organic, fair trade, non-GMO vegetables, my heart ascends to heaven. 10/10. Fucking masterpiece. read more

Me and my friends joke that croads (crossroads) is "mostly edible" which is very indicative of the food here.

Although I am giving this a mediocre rating, this is on the scale compared to actual eating establishment. In terms of dorm food, this place was a five. I seriously think people complain about it just because it everyone else does. Once you are out of your first semester, "Oh I hate Crossroads, the food sucks and I hate it". Oh really? What glamorous menus are you cooking up at home or making in the hot pot in your dorm? Nothing beats a homecooked meal, but in the life of student smack dab in the middle of a midterm-saturated semester, this place is perfect. I loved going to the salad bar, getting a big salad with all the fixings, so I can feel good about the 32 oz. soft-serve yogurt I was about to devour later, complete with Oreo toppings (might have stopped having those)... I never really went for the "blue plate" items since they all kind of looked, well, subpar. But the place will not mess up a sandwich, soup, salad, or cereal. Which happens to be pretty much all I eat. Also the Fire & Ice asian section always seems to be serving something delicious, including the oh-so-needed orange chicken fix. 5 stars for dorm food, 3 stars for actual food. I'm tempted to give this 4 stars though because they did, at one point, serve the AAA-burger (or some name along those lines) which comprised of a hamburger beef patty in between a half-sliced donut. With cheese. COME ON! read more

I feel kind of bad giving Crossroads 1 star, but in the end it sort of deserves it. If it weren't for meal points, no one would ever step foot in this place, which says a lot. I'll just cover some highlights: Pizza: The pizza is terrible. Honestly some of the worst I've ever had. It tastes like cardboard. Little Cesar's is distinguishably better. Main dishes: Most of the time the main meat dishes are uninspired and bland. Usually they aren't inedible, just unenjoyable. Themed nights/dishes: These can seriously be the worst. They are really bad with ethnic food. Lowlights include gumbo that actually made me want to throw up, chow mien drowned in soy sauce, and curry pizza. Brunch: They have an omelet bar, which is nice. Problem is it can often take 30+ minutes to get an omelet, which is ridiculous. That, and it can be really disappointing when the omelet chef is bad that day and totally screws up your omelet (happens enough to make it really annoying). Late night: Late night is cool, I guess. The food's okay for the most part. Nothing better than GBC. Late night as a separate entity gets 3/5 for me. read more

$11 for all you can eat apples and soda? No thanks. Cook some food or give a discount

Crossroads is the most frequently restaurant I eat in Berkeley. Everyday when I finish my class, I will come here to enjoy some food. The environment is quite good and you can listen to some beautiful music while eating. And there are different types of food, rice, pizza, burger, also a lot of fresh fruits. And the price is substantial. Really a good choice for having food!!! read more

I mean what more can you ask for? The food is decent (edible).... always a variety, all you can eat!!!!! you can even take stuff to stock up your kitchen cabinets. I mean really, what is there not to like about this place? It is kind of pricey if you don't eat all that much though. Not mentioning any names, but I know people who've stocked up on cups, plates, silverware, produce, dairy, cereal... ghetto??? yes... smart??? I think so. read more

This spot was really, really romantic. I went there with my roommate and sparks flew. Crossroads truly is a place fir star crossed lovers meet. read more

Came here countless times to use up points on my meal plan. The food is what you would expect at a college dining hall -- fairy mediocre. Crossroads usually has a wide variety of selections to choose from, which is a plus. It's also opened for late night, which is very convenient for grabbing a midnight snack. read more

bottom line: food sucks. they try to get creative with their cuisine by mixing odd things together. yogurt sauce potatoes? harry's dad's bath tub chili? i know there's been budget cuts, but that's no excuse to serve us live stock feed... when in doubt, go with the salad bar. late night is good! the staff gets really anal about people sitting at the ends of the tables, so don't do it. apparently, it's a fire hazard. the dish washing crew in the back be hella slappin' tho! always sounds like a party up in there! read more

This is probably my least favorite place in town. It looks like a prison and tastes like or one too. There is nothing that has driven me more into my infinite state of crippling depression than spending every meal in the plastic chairs and metal tables that remind me of everything that is wrong in the world. The only thing smaller than my will to live is their portion sizes. The best part of this sad place is the fake fruit, which they recently removed. If I could give it 0 stars I would. Unless you are looking for a place to push you over the edge, a place that will finally bring you to the desperate state of ending your own life, then please never come here. Ever. Also, they are always out of knives which is unfortunate because of how much this place makes me want to stab myself. ( ; ;) read more

Why are we reviewing crossroads? If you are a freshman student, you gotta do it. But, honestly, if you are visiting Berkeley, do not eat here. Berkeley has so many superior culinary offerings! read more

5 people working and only 1 was nice! Donna was soooooooooo awesome. Too bad that she had to be surrounded by attitude.

I went to a rowing camp at UC Berkeley, and we came to this restaurant three times a day and I thought this place would be an "All You Can Eat Buffet", but it was not. The food portions were small, the plates were tiny, and they often ran out of drinks. For example, I served myself a drink from the Passion Fruit Drink Machine, it got mixed up with orange juice that tasted more like orange water. Now don't get my started on these food portions. The portions were for somebody that is trying to lose weight. I burned 3,000-5,000 calories a day, and they couldn't serve a hungry young man like me. The staff have a lot to learn about serving food to rowers and other college athletes. read more

What's not to like about this place? The food is fresh and displayed nicely. The salad bar freshness and numerous options are better than most restaurants. We came on a Sunday morning after visiting my niece who attends Cal. There was a crepe bar with a choice of toppings, make your own sandwich bar, and a nice variety of baked goods, including vegan chocolate chip scones! I was impressed with the cleanliness of the eating areas and the food sections. Especially considering the amount of students that come through. We paid $8 for our meal and that is a bargain! I wish dorm food was like this when I was in college! read more

Bad dining hall; sure there is a lot of variety, but they repeat things every week or multiple times in a week that it all lacks any long term variety. The international flavors section only varies between Mexican and Asian themed food, and occasionally a potato bar. Surely there are more 'world flavors' than that? No good. read more

Noisy and the food is kinda plopped on your plate. I prefer cafe 3

so now they are charging 50 cents if you get your food to go...?! i actually had some random man come after me to make sure they re-swiped my card for the extra 50-freaking cents. (its not like they ask if its for here or to go.) the biodegradable to-go box and cup they give you is so sad. the cup is 8 ounces and bends almost immediately once you fill it with liquid to ensure an embarrassing spill or leak. the box is small: fine if you dont want to gain the freshman 15 but awful for your budget; the amount of food you get for the points/money if you take it to go is NOT worth it. they do have a better selection of fro-yo... like mango! and cones! and oreo toppings are back. they are pretty bad about updating signs when they run out of things. like if the sign says couscous, it will probably be pilaf, if it says lime bar, it will probably be cheesecake. their summer selection sucks balls... its the same grilled cheese, grilled ham and cheese, meat and over-steamed vegetable selection. plus they have fewer hours and no late night. ugh. its a pretty clean place, though, and well-lit with a salad and cereal bar. read more

This place has a lot of variety but their food is just quantity over quality. I would prefer eating at another place if you could for its price. The "ramen" I got was just cold hard noodles mixed in with a soggy chicken with lukewarm miso soup. The miso soup was also overbearing with too much powder. I wouldn't come here again . read more

This place deserves zero stars. The food is rarely good, and they have the nerve to serve waffles for dinner. They also run out of food (who runs out of rice...?) Avoid the chicken covered in tomato slop, fish tacos, oily Asian dishes, runny eggs, O'Brien potatoes, and... wait... just avoid Crossroads all together. AVOID HOLIDAY MEALS FOR YOUR LIFE. For some Indian holiday, they shut down all but one of the meal stations. The line wrapped around and around; it took me 30 minutes to get my food. If you want to use your meal points on something good, walk to Cafe 3 or Ramona's and save yourself from Crossroads, the place where UC Berkeley intersects with hell. read more

I don't know where all the negative flap about this place is coming from. We must have some really finicky eaters on campus! This is a DAMN good dining hall with great variety, excellent organic salad bar, fantastic weekend brunches, fair-trade coffee, etc. Overall, the food quality ranges from excellent to decent--at its worst, the food is still decent and edible. Nothing I've had "sucks". But I guess if you're used to dining in 5-star restaurants and had your own personal gourmet chef cooking for you, then yes, you could probably find something to bitch about here. read more

Ah Crossroads, what a throwback to the good ol' days. I can still remember toting that black tray around (do they even have those anymore?) and piling up on the fine, nondescript vegetarian cuisine. Usually some super thick-cut zucchini and a variation on rice. Two stars are for the brunch they used to serve (scrambled eggs, tater tots) and for the mythical blueberry cheesecake that I had the good fortune of having at dinner during my first week at Cal. And then, I never saw it again. On some days I think that the cheesecake was too good to be true, and that I must have just dreamt about it while actually chomping down on a vegan lemon bar. The third star is simply for the memories. I can't help but feel an ache in my chest when I pass by during dinnertime these days. Lucky freshman with meal points- I can't afford to pay 9 dollars for a bad dinner. read more

Crossroads is a pretty good dining hall. It gives me a large selection of food, is cheap, and I can always eat healthy.

All you can eat dining hall located between the Unit 1 residence and the Channing Bowditch apartments. This place offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night options, although I've only had dinner here so far. Dinner will cost you around $8 (or 10 meal plan points). The food isn't fine dining but it's all you can eat and there's a wide variety (pizza, hot and cold entrees, salad bar, etc.). After two years of craving this kind of dining option, I'm just happy it's close to my apartment building. Be warned it's usually pretty packed all day because of it's proximity to campus and the Unit 1 building with all the residents who have a meal plan included with their housing. read more

Great salad bar, meaty/fried dishes are good, but needs to work on more variety of cooked veggies. I became very tired of having zucchinis every single day. read more

The variety of food here is impressive. Almost 5-6 entrees to choose from for every meal. Italian, French, Indian, Chinese, Korean cuisine all available here. Just by looking at the menu you might think this is a 5 star dining establishment but the good life stops here. The problem with having so much of so many different foods is that quality would inevitably take a hit. And the quality of this place is in the dumps. All the food you thought looked so savoury on paper tastes bland/salty/outright-disgusting. The only decent food served here would be the frozen yogurt and the oatmeal (neither of which is made here). And the coffee machines are always empty. The problem doesn't end there. Some of the staff here take students as a joke and simply hate them in general. As far as customer service goes, don't expect any. A much better alternative to this terrible place is Cafe3 a couple blocks down. Much better food and the machines are always filled. read more

Merptastic selections at late night. Friend swiped me in for a few cookies and a milk. If you're going late at night, you're pretty much going a-la-carté and it's greasy basic stuff like chicken tenders. You can just forget about vegetarian options. The steel and starkness of the interior design is kinda depressing especially in the dark blue of a Berkeley late evening, almost a Dirty Harry kind of vintage vibe; you could practically hear the smooth restrained crime jazz whilst walking through. read more

The best restaurants are able to meet any demand given by their patrons. Crossroads exceeds this standard by not only matching any and all requests, but also demanding more of her people. This place is a labor of love between Drake and Cal, and a place I am proud to call home. read more

They need the cashiers to have a minimum of 50.00 in small bills to make change. They never have change , and don't tell your cashier trainee they don't except cash wtf?. If your a business then act like one. Pizza doe is gross and mushy under the suace. I just eat the top and chuck the dow in the trash. They need to do thin crust style. Breakfast and brunch Good, lunch/dinner so so, ok. a bit understaffed on the whipped cream maple syrup refill job. 9/17/2016 the line for the omelet bar was so long and i did not want to wait for everyone to have theres cooked before it was my turn so i had to skip it. Usually u can find 3 to 4 things that are good. at lunch or dinner. Sandwich bar, salad, and maybe 1 1/2 other main dish. ice cream dessert needs new matchines to actually chill the ice cream from melting to fast a brief moment after it lands in your bowl. / get a better brand that taste natural. regarding lunch and dinner, they should focus on quality and shrink the quantity, and hire a local chefs who do the few mains really good. Prepackaged food just doesnt taste so good. read more