We offer a variety of selections daily to accommodate students’ needs. We realize every person has different preferences, and we strive to provide every student with healthy and enjoyable meal choices. An operation’s culture personifies and personalizes a team’s existence. It offers feeling, caring, emotion, enthusiasm and passion for its mission.
An Award Winning Team
Bates College Dining Services’ high standards and commitment to excellence have earned us recognition for a job well done!
2026: Niche, Rated #7 Best College Food Service!
2025: D3 Direct, Rated #1 D3 Dining Hall!
2025: Rated #6 food service in the nation by the Princeton Review!
2025: Niche, Rated #6 Best College Food Service!
2024: Niche, Rated #7 Best College Food Service!
2023: Niche, Rated #1 Best College Food Service !
2022: Niche, Rated #6 Best Food Service!
2021: Niche, Rated #10 Best Food Service!
2020: Niche, Rated #5 Best Food Service!
2016-2017: Niche, A+ for campus food!
2013-2017:Green Restaurant Association – 3 Star Certified
* The institution moved to AASHE (Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) Rating System for Sustainability. The AASHE Rating is TBD.
2009-2012:Green Restaurant Association – 2 Star Certified
2007:American Culinary Federation Maine Chapter, Inc. – Associate Member of the Year
2005:Princeton Review – #7 of 351 Colleges for Great Food!
2004:Princeton Review – #10 of 351 Colleges for Great Food!
2003:United States Environmental Protection Agency – Best Management Practices for our Composting Program
2002:Green Restaurant Association, Bates College Dining was the first College to become a member
2001:National Wildlife Federation – Leading School on their Report Card on Environmental Performance and Sustainability in Higher Education
2000:Stanton Environmental Award for Advancing the Goal of the Bates Green Action Plan
2000:Best of the Best Earth Day ReNew America National Award for Sustainability – category of waste prevention / recycling
1999:Special recipient of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Award for Environmental Leadership
1999:National Award for Sustainability – Recognized for best practices that encourage environmental sustainability by ReNew America and the President’s Council on Sustainable Development
1998: Recognized in “Greening the Ivory Tower” (MIT Press, 1998) a book by Sarah Hammond Creighton on best environmental practices among colleges, universities and other institutions.
