The Spice Kitchen at Feast - UCLA 9.2/10 -- Review: another good day to a bruin ladies and gentlemen! This place is usually a giant hit or miss. when it hits, BRO! Its bussalicious. My god this place is heavenly. Even their kimchi goes crazy here. Im eating good quality kimchi in a dining hall everyone! The portions here are small but just grab more than one plate cuz why not! The cookies here are good and the dessert is always solid. The gabli is freaking bomb. The rice is bomb. The vegetables are bomb. The pork belly is bomb. Wow UCLA! The Korean food here is crazy, it definitely takes care of your asian food cravings. Lets go ucla wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Sean and I think this place is bomb so its facts. read more

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I think they took a bribe from JRIC Fusion Center to dose my food with an upper. Beware if you are on a watch list I wouldn't eat here and if someone takes you here and is acting sketchy. I think they put something in the rice they gave me and the person I was with avoided it. read more

Feast at Rieber is one of my favorite dining halls at UCLA. It has a great variety and a great selection of different Asian foods. However, I like some foods more than others, such as the rice dishes instead of the soup ones served (as they could use more flavor). I enjoy Feast's late-night options, such as the SPAM Musubi and the Sushi Bake. However, they are only offered during late-night Feast and not during regular dining hours (lunch and dinner). The seating inside is nice, and the layout is spacious. The drink dispensers at this location are not the best and are inconsistent regarding which one has a good drink, since different ones work sometimes, whereas others do not. read more

Feast At Rieber - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Edible for sure, enjoyable is questionable. I did eat it, but at what cost ? Chicken was so dry it scratched my throat and it had a weird aftertaste. Hmmmmmmm ..? Curry and udon were fine, but the best part was the fried onions they bought. Toppings bar was a nice touch. Potstickers were oddly green, but surprisingly good. It did scratch my mouth a bit. There was a potato salad--interesting addition that tasted like nothing. Somehow they blanched the spinach to the point that it lost all flavor. Overall, a very unique experience. My friends say they enjoyed the water. Go bruins ***UBDATE 10-24-23**** Yum. I take it back. Perhaps there was a learning curve. Pretty good. read more

Feast At Rieber - Dry chicken - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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It definitely is a feast up in here. You have to make that trek up the stairs but it might be worth it over the other dining halls. I came on a day in which they had korean chili sauced chicken, kimchi fried rice, shrimp in a light sauce, pork baos, and stir fried glass noodles. Of all the dishes I loved the chicken and the stir fried glass noodles. The chicken was tender and the flavor tasted very authentic to the flavoring you would get at a Korean restaurant. Same for the glass noodles. They had the right texture, the right sesame oil taste, and it was the perfect portion for a tasting. In addition to the entrees, they have salad and other toppings such as kimchi and papaya salad on the side. Finally, you can't skip the desserts. Cookies, cakes, malasadas, curry chocolate mousse! Yes curry. Be adventurous and try it out. Props to a dining hall for trying to mix things up! Feast is probably the better dining halls on the Hill but you can't go wrong with any of them. UCLA Res Hall Dining is #1 in the country according to Town & Country! Anyone can pay for around $10 to the meal but if you happen to have a friend living up there, be friendly and ask him/her to swipe you in. You won't be disappointed! read more

Feast At Rieber - Bao, Kimchee fried rice, chicken, stir fried glass noodles, Shrimp in lobster sauce - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Pretty decent vegan options for lunches and dinners however breakfast is WASTE OF TIME!!! The only thing to eat are hashbrowns, apples and oranges and, as they suggest, peanut butter. There's actually a plan that's put in place for people with a special diet in these situations. Per their policy, the chef is supposed to cook u a meal. I know this to be true because I've worked these programs before; however, the only person on the manag team that adheres to this policy Robert. Everyone else will avoid you. I don't ask anymore. It is what it is for breakfast. read more

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Korean Royal Tteokbokki Rice Cake! Pineapple Dole Whip! Thai Fried Plantain with Spices Flatbread! Princess Blueberry Bar! Six Pan Asian Feast stations: Bruin Wok, Iron Grill, Spice Kitchen, Greens and More, Stone Oven and Sweets! Am I at a fancy Vegas buffet or a classy Asian restuarant with a awesome variety? Nope, I'm at the Feast At Rieber! The Feast At Rieber is one of UCLA's newer residential dining halls. It has a Pan Asian theme and each day, the dining hall offers different cusine from the regions of China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Indea, Philippines, India and Hawaii. I lived in the dorms for four years while at UCLA but definitely do not remember dorm food being as amazing as this! Now don't get me wrong, the food back then was pretty good but the food now at Feast is a "feast!" I love that they go all out to serve authentic dishes. To have Korean Royal Tteokbokki Rice and Korean Yakgwa Honey cake for dorm food just amazes me! It was really good too! From the savory dish to the sweet treats, everything was pretty much on point. One of the best things too was the price! $11 for dinner! What a deal!! I walked out whith a mango dole whip in my hand and could not help just think of how more awesome UCLA is now! Great school and delciious food, how can I not be a proud Bruin Alumni? ;) I mean where else can you get a world class education and eat world class cusine. UCLA! Woohoo! read more

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There were so many kinds of food here, I'm sure you would have a nice time. European cuisine must be the most popular meal Pasta always did a good job read more

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Coming to UCLA or live near the campus? Doing a little research about our dining halls? I'm here to help you out! Feast is my favorite dining hall on campus and I love eating at Feast for lunch. Even when I only have an hour between classes, I would walk back to the dorms just to eat at this dining hall. Everyday for lunch, they would have some kind of noodle dish and I'm a big fan. It's hard to choose a favorite, but I would say pho on Wednesday is definitely up there! Besides noodles, they have three kinds of banh mi everyday! The pork and chicken are amazing! Soups include hot and spicy and egg drop soup! Their skinny fries are also a favorite of mine! In addition to having a different noodle dish each day of the week, they also have different everyday drinks! Each of them are extremely refreshing about a long walk to grab lunch from campus. My favorite drinks are Thai tea, mock tai, and Calpico! Finally, lets not forget about the ice cream cone you can take to go! The flavors are all refreshing, especially on a hot summer day! The flavor of the ice cream in the picture is Lemon Whip! But I also love the ginger and green tea flavors! read more

Feast At Rieber - Lemon Whip Ice Cream - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Honestly, I was so happy with my experience I'm going to swing to five stars. I came here with friends during a Friday night last week. I'd never eaten at dining halls on my own campus and hadn't really explored what UCLA had to offer, even though I work onsite. Coming here was so eye opening to how amazing the quality of their food was compared to my own alumni. The only downside was the walk up was awful, I imagine UCLA students all have amazing thighs from doing that incline. I got swiped in by a friend, which made it $11.50 vs the regular $15.50, take note of that. I mean for a big group outing this place is so worth it. Lots of tables and really nice views from their big glass windows. Whether a small outing or a big one it's certainly a nice environment to enjoy a dinner. The way this place operates is somewhat of a buffet style. Put a plate/something down on the table to let others know that's your spot and then go and grab food. The downside to their system is how small the portions can be. Most people seem to try to ask for extra or they just get back in line, but don't be shocked like me. You can seriously see the workers attempting to provide a meager portion of something so as to not give out too much. They aren't trying to be stingy, but this is what allows them to feed everyone so quickly, as well as provide accurate nutritional information. They offer salads, meat with veggies, veggie bowls, dumplings, tacos, soft serve ice cream and an assortment of condiments to go along with your dishes. Honestly everything I had was fantastic. I tried beef dumplings, their korean fusion taco, beef teriyaki bowl, tofu, salad bar and their soft serve green tea ice cream and was impressed with everything! You can just taste that the quality is so much higher than other dining halls (at least from my experience) and to be only paying 11.50, it feels like a steal. I'd certainly come back to this place, but would also like to give the other dining halls a try as well. Sample a bit of everything and get back into lines where portions may be small. It's definitely a fun place to have a casual dinner with friends! read more

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168. Let me just put this out there: UCLA dining hall food is one of the best in the nation. This means a lot because I'm a Cal Bear-- and we're pretty much better in everything (let's be real). First off, if this place is going to be called FEAST, those serving sizes should be a tad bigger. I know they're most likely trying to keep things small to not let food go to waste, but this is coming from a small girl. I wonder how the athletes manage. They're probably going back for fourths and fifths. This is one serving for yakitori beef (http://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=AeGI79gzBYwHl9U_0VTGAA&userid=qEdxnnadZ2tcU9JOXjnGdw) for a 6'1'' guy, who probably has a bigger stomach than I do. Probably. Some of their dishes are too salty and/or saucy. A lot of the food looked good, but didn't taste as good as it looked. If you're a prospective student, don't worry. There are other dining halls on campus. And they're probably better than this one. read more

The food is definitely delicious. The day I came they had ramen with the side of butter corns and bean sprouts foe dinner. They also had bibimbap, polish sausage sandwich, different soups such as egg drop, miso, congee. Indian naan was served with different chutneys, sauces and pickles. I was so impressed with the lemon whip. It tastes almost like the Adorable Snowman Frosted Treats in California Adventure. read more

Feast At Rieber - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

UCLA has the best dining commons food, hands down. 1. I love that UCLA has a dining hall just for Asian food. 2. They have dishes that cater to vegetarians and vegans. I had mock duck noodle soup! 3. They have a little cart full of banchan. The fish cake and bean sprout ones are my favorite. 4. Don't forget to get a cone of green tea ice cream on your way out! read more

An oasis in a desert of lackluster dorm food. Everything is modern and spankin' new. Your breath will easily be taken away the moment you step in. This is no cafeteria....it's a freaking gorgeous ass restaurant. Okay, but looks aren't everything, right? That's where Rieber reaches perfection. THE FOOD IS LEGIT. AND IT'S ASIAN FOOD. YEH YUH. Heaven. Rieber, you make all the other girls look like shit. You are a sexy, upscale loungey paradise with flat screen TVs and house music. You are what every dining hall ever hoped to be. 5 stars easily. read more

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Decorations: granite tables, music of the themed day, booths, fancy bowls, etc. (looks like restaurant). They add to the mood by playing news from different countries and Korean dramas on tvs even though sometimes weird children puppet shows have appeared. Food: Being Asian, I was pleasantly surprised that the food was pretty good! I was expecting panda express style but rendezvous has already got that covered. They have different themes everyday: Vietnamese and Indian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Thai. My favorite dish is the tuna sashimi seaweed flatbread. Some other favorites include: short rib, ramen, duck soup, spicy shrimp sushi, and samosas. Their daily staples seem to include some type of curry, fries, sandwich, and a rice/noodle option. They also have this great sesame ginger dressing for salads as well as an array of side dishes such a kimchi, bean sprouts, radish, pickles etc. The downside is that portions are small and many servers do not let you get extra servings unless you go back in line; I (along with other students) usually have to get 2-3 servings of one dish, which results in long lines. They recently started having 'themed' days for new years and similar events. Desserts: Hit or miss. Hits: mango coconut sticky rice and custard buns. Misses: non-chewy mochi, Thai Romit (I can't even find a description of this dessert on google?!) anything glazed with green or abnormal colored sauce. They used to have a good hot tea selection (Bird Pick) but replaced it with a cheaper, less flavorful brand. Drinks: Do not get the pandan or tamarind. The Thai tea and Vietnamese coffee are pretty good but rarely served from what I've experienced. They also have barley tea, ginger, and chai tea sometimes. Now open for both lunch and dinner. Overall, I am impressed! Good place to eat if you are craving asian food :) read more

Feast At Rieber - Mango sticky rice!! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

If you're feeling like you need an asian food fix - this is the spot for you! Everything served here is asian cuisine. They have a mixture of japanese, korean, chinese, vietnamese and thai foods. noteworthy: spicy fried tofu and eggplant - lightly fried with just enough spice to give it that extra kick shitake mushroom burger- with cabbage, onions and a light thousand like dressing - thick enough mushroom to cover the bun green tea ice cream - just how they serve it in Japan with a dispenser! very creamy and just enough of the matcha taste without being overpowering orange guava juice - did not expect to find this here and was delighted to see it! great compliment to my meal and tastes just like Hawaiian sun! pass: stir fry beef w/bell peppers - beef is on the chewy side and a little red on the inside and there are no bell peppers - just onions read more

Feast At Rieber - Stir fry beef, spicy tofu with eggplant & shitake burger - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

UCLA really tries hard to cater to the Asian student population here, especially Feast. What really caught my attention when they played Jay Chou- Tornado. Feast also played a lot of Asian pop as well. I went here to eat and they had salmon and tuna nigiri. Fried pork chop, and honey walnut shrimp. The downside is that Feast is extremely crowded but that's a good thing! It just shows how good UCLA hospitality is. read more

Feast At Rieber - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

This place was pretty crowded but then again, it was dinnertime at 6pm on a Tuesday on a college campus at UCLA and it was raining outside. My daughter and her friends had gotten there a little early so that they can get a bigger table to seat all of us together - we were a group of 10. With a swipe of your card, it is a ALL YOU CAN EAT smorgasbord of yumminess. There was a station for: salads, soups, rice (brown and white), noodles, sauces, garlic fries, teriyaki chicken and teriyaki chicken sandwiches, pepper beef, naan bread?, fruits and desserts. There are multiple stations for drinks situated throughout the dining hall (soda, milk, tea - hot and cold, and coffee/hot chocolate/latte/espresso machines). Portions are a little small but you can keep coming back for more as many times as you want. So for me, the portion is just right. I can see where these college students can gain the "freshman 15" when you're offered all of this every night. Everything was very good. read more

Feast At Rieber - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The food is too sweet, too salty and too greasy most of the time. The recipies are rarely authentic and the quality of the meats and fish is terrible. Too fast-foody to eat there everyday. Additionally, the music is loud and aggressive. I usually leave the dining hall feeling hungry still, because the food is just so saturated in sauce and salt that I can't eat too much of it, and feel unsatisfied. Update: just had lunch there and absorbed 3x the daily dose in sodium in one meal read more

Feast At Rieber - Chicken samosas - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Great place to have Asian food on campus hehe. There are special events from time to time, and the line will just be super long... read more

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This is by far the fanciest dining hall that UCLA has to offer. When I enter, the elevator musac, marble floors and flat screen TVs scream class, class, class. I'm so glad that the decision was made to spend the change so that students living on the hill can finally have somewhere decent to brunch in their pajamas. Portion control? Screw that, this is a buffet and we came to EAT! There's nothing sensible about standing in a line for 20 minutes just to get two cubes of tofu with three strips of bell pepper. Although if you are dieting, the salad bar is an appropriate choice as those lousy yet stylish tongs can only pick up one piece of spinach at a time and forget trying to pick up the edamame with them. So the food here is good but just because the 'F' in Feast is some sort of calligraphic font and the dishes are square and asiany-looking doesn't mean that the food is very authentic. The food served here is really just the american food served at the other dining halls in disguise: instead of calling it pizza, they call it flatbread. I may be wrong but I think that Asians like to eat diner. Why is this place only open for lunch? Oh and lastly, the wifi doesn't work here. read more

Feast At Rieber - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

This is the best dining that I have ever went to. I can't believe a dining hall like this exist. With a swipe with a summer conference card and $3 you can get quality food. There are rotating dishes each day based on the Asian cuisine which add a lot of variety to the meals. I will definitely go back here every week. Monday - Korean/Japanese Tuesday - Chinese/Japanese or Indian Wednesday - Hawaiian/Thai Thursday - Chinese/Vietnamese Friday - Korean/Japanese read more

Feast At Rieber - The Vietnamese dessert at Rieber - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The best place to "Save your asian palate". As an asian i got to say this place makes me feel back at home read more

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Feast is one of the four dining commons at UCLA. Feast is different from the other three because it has a theme. Asian inspired food, all the time. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Philippines, and more all pop up on a rotational basis at this hall. It has a great location for those at the top of the hill, but it does have the most selective food. Most of the Asian and international students eat here for reasons that make sense. I think that Feast is fun and consistent. Always interesting food, and staples of chicken thigh and fries. Rice and green tea soft serve a plenty. One could see why some are turned off to the theme of the hall because it is more of an acquired taste than the other more homestyle dining options. read more

Feast is a genuinely amazing dining experience. And no, there's no "for a dining hall" in that sentence. Yes, a lot of the dishes take creative liberties to avoid offending a non-Asian palette. But regardless of what you think about fried chicken banh mi and Thai creme brulee, a lot of these fusion dishes here are tasty. Nobody seems to mind -- I know I went for seconds. Don't kill me, but I found that some of the "real" Asian food is arguably better than what you'll find at some actual Asian restaurants. The fried rice wasn't the flashiest thing at my table, but so far it's the best, or at least most memorable, thing I've eaten on this campus. It's rich without excessive complexity, and it's vegetarian too! Unbelievable. Other standouts include catfish over steamed rice and bittermelon pork soup. Not everything's perfect though. Some of the basmati rice in my paneer dish was dried out, which isn't a huge deal but isn't something that should ever happen. I mean, all you really have to do is keep the stuff in the rice cooker -- what's going on? I also had this gross sauce-drenched hot dog topped with spinach and onions. Is this a play on those hot dog breads you find at Asian bakeries? Take that crap off the menu rotation forever. This is far and away the best dining hall at UCLA. If this is our sinister plan to attract more international students, I'm on board. read more

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Feast is the superior dining hall at ucla way better than de neve and covel, bplate is decent too but not as good as feast. Too many favorite Asian foods there even though sometimes they do over season some foods, for the most part it's pretty consistent . read more

Feast At Rieber - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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5/5 stars for a dining hall. This is nicer than most restaurants I've been to. Pros -Great decor/seating -Good food, although some of it is pretty obviously re-hashed dining hall food Cons -Music can get too loud. It adapts to the noise of the room so the louder the room gets, the louder the music. Perpetual cycle of yelling. -Line to get in went fast, but it was structured like a club complete with a bouncer outside with a headset communicating to people inside when to let people in. Overall, it was a great experience for a dining hall. Food is good, decor is great--wish the music was a little read more

Feast At Rieber - Desert at feast. Coconut Tapioca pudding (so good), sweet potato pie, cherry turnover and coconut frozen yogurt - Asian Fusion Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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I must say that UCLA has tried its best to provide Asian food to students, especially given that UCLA has a decent amount of Asian students. However, the food here is far from authentic to say the least, and it is often a hit or miss. Regardless, I think they did a decent job in making "Asian-inspired" food and making it relatively delicious. However, saying that this is an authentic Asian dining hall is equivalent to saying that Panda Express is authentic Chinese food. read more

Having lived in Hedrick Summit, one of the furthest dormitories from the rest of the dining areas, I have had my fair share of Feast. Let me just share for the record, Feast has gotten much better since my first visit in 2014. Where else can you find a dining hall dedicated serving to Vietnamese pho, Korean rice cakes, Japanese ramen, and Asian food in general? While admittedly the dishes aren't the most authentic, I'd say they're pretty good for what they are. Sometimes Feast is a little salty, and the consistency between days is a bit spotty. Still, the quality of the food from day to day is reasonably good. In terms of service, there isn't much to say because most of it is self serve besides the cashier and people who spoon the food into the bowls. There have been times when I've somehow gotten only 1-2 pieces of chicken in a bowl of chicken fried rice, however. Would I recommend paying the $10 if you don't have a swipe? Ehh. It honestly depends on the day so check the menu because it is constantly changing. I would probably go for Tuesday lunch because they serve Pho. Is it the greatest pho I've had? No. But is it pretty good for beef noodle soup? Definitely. Fun fact: they play Asian music so that's cool. read more

It's simple really. The UC is out of money so they are trying to get more international students to come here and pay out of state tuition. How do they do that? By opening a dining hall with some BOMBASS Asian food. They closed the old rieber dining hall (food was really crappy back then anyways), remodeled it to look like a Vegas buffet, bought some new fancy plates and named it RIEBER FEAST (the Chinese looking F in Feast validates it's Asian-ness). Oh, guess where all the international students stay during the summer? That's right: Rieber Hall. I got to try Rieber Feast today and it was sooo delicious (for Dorm food anyways). Of course its not "real/authentic" Asian cuisine but its pretty good for what it is. Portions were kind of small but that's probably because they think that Asians eat very little (or maybe they're trying to make you feel like a fatty because you got 12 plates). We used to have to walk all the way to Hedrick to get some mediocre Asian food but Feast blows it out of the water. Of course, I might be biased because I live in the apartments and eat ramen every day now. All the construction I had to endure while living in the dorms is slowly starting to pay off... and I won't be able to enjoy it :( No really though, most people in the dorms in the past 3 years ago had to wake up to DRILLING at 8am every morning... just so YOU can enjoy this wonderful Asian goodness. Anyone with 14P or 19P want to swipe in a poor, starving senior? Message me. read more

THIS IS A MESSAGE TO THE MANAGEMENT: I came to your restaurant with my family for the first time. Given the long walk, I let them seat and went to grab the food for them. Beside the communication problem and language barrier that I faced, but can deal with, this is what I faced: 1- I grabbed two plates with pizza slices on them and combined them in one plate and gave the empty plate to the lady (pizza section NEVER SMILE lady) to serve me another slice in it. She look at me with an angry face and assumed that i am going to leave it there. She asked me to take the (dirty) plate with me. I tried to explain to her that.... But she told me again, take the empty plate WITH YOU ==== Offensive or defensive communication is not good for business. 2-The meat slice last was super stupid to think that by myself will eat the 5 pieces of meat I got. She look at me and said eww. If I wasn't busy taking care of my family, I may dealt with her differently, but my son was next to me and I didn't want to me him see how people can be awful and stupid. ==== How about using your brain and see that I can't eat that myself, and just focus on the job you are paid to do so that you deserve what you will get paid in the end of the week. I don't want to use profanity, but you really deserve some guys. You deserve the bad reviews you got already about the food's quality. Suggestions that are imminent for the success of your business: 1- Ask your stuff to leave their judgement and the way they see things outside of your business and just focus on the service and the job they are doing. 2- Teach them how to smile. It's free, yet super important, especially when they don't understand what's the client is asking. 3- Teach them how to be courteous and don't have bad attitude or temper with your clients. Those are all easy steps for the success of your establishment. For now, you have zero star from me because I paid for a service and was not treated as well as what I paid for. I encourage everyone who had problems with those guys to post their reviews. YOUR ESTABLISHMENT IS NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY. read more

Man, have things changed at Rieber dining hall. It's been at least 7 years since I've been back so when my mentee offered to meet up for a meal at Rieber, how could I say no? The remodeled look and new theming at Feast is superb. It all complements the food they are serving and the look feels like it belongs in the now than the previous 90s look. Right before you even enter the door, I noticed they had changed out the old lockers, so you no longer need to fish for a token and can just throw your stuff in the locker, select a 4-digit code, lock it, and be on your merry way for gluttony. Inside, other than the visual changes, the portion size is also smaller and the use of trays are discouraged. First off, yes, portion sizes are maybe half or a third of what they used to serve. I like this because sometimes your eyes are just larger than your tummy and you just want a taste and not a full blown entree size. The only downside is that when they're serving anything popular, you have to line up multiple times to get your fill of it. The day I came, one of the stations was serving Taiwanese beef noodle soup. The portion was enough for 3 bites and the line for this stayed steady at 8 people deep, so to get enough bowls equal to a regular portion, it may take a couple of trips. Memorable food items I sampled that day include: fried onion pancake (chong you bing), something that looks like a beef roll with egg but without the beef, curry chicken with steamed rice, and milk tea (!! happiness !!). The only downside that would probably be resolved after you get used to it is when you bus your plates, bowls and silverware. Coming from the generation (say it ain't so! it hasn't been that long!) that was so used to putting everything on a tray, it was a stacking and carrying challenge to take all my used items in one trip. And I didn't make it in one trip. It took me two! The bowls (both square and round), plates, drink cups, etc. did not stack and fit nicely together, so rather than giving a show to everyone and earning their applause when I would've dropped something on my first return trip to Rieber in years, I opted to look slightly foolish and go to the bussing area twice. If I ever have the chance to return to Feast, lesson learned to be mindful of the plates and bowls I use for later stacking purposes (no amount of Tetris skills will help with these slippery suckers)! read more

Feast can be excellent, although a rare occasion, but it can also be disappointing on multiple levels, which is the most common occurrence. FYI this is a UCLA dining hall. Pros: - The people who swipe you in sometimes speak to you in different languages! - When it's good, it's really good. I'm talking sashimi, avocado, fried rice, etc. - Unique desserts from other countries - Cool themes like anime night and Chinese New Year - Vegetables - Unique ice cream flavors and something resembling dole whip, or so I've heard - Beautiful space with modern fixtures and Asian-influenced decor Cons: - Too salty a lot of the time - Too much sauce most of the time - Desserts are sometimes gross. Taste bad and are inauthentic. - Bowls are heavy. - Soups look weird. I've never tried any so maybe they're good though. - Small portions Ultimately, my reviews go both ways in terms of being positive and negative because that's what Feast is: a gamble in which you never know what kind of menu you're going to get. read more

The best dining hall at UCLA, period. De Neve and Covel used to be the hot spots, but now, its all about FEAST. Man, compared to what Reiber dining hall USED to be (American cafeteria style food like hamburgers and pizza), walking into Feast was an entirely new experience. For one, chrysanthemum tea as a beverage? AMAZING. Each corner has its own ethnic dish. I went on a Friday, so it was Korean and Japanese. Boy was it delicious! My friend and I decided to get a bit of everything and share, just so we can get a taste over everything without overindulging/ wasting food. The cuisines change everyday, so there are dozens of new dishes worth trying. BTW, its no longer cool to carry trays anymore because the fancy vegas style bowls are made for stacking! This is more eco friendly, cos then you'll carry less bowls = save water and waste less food! Its so easy to overindulge when youre in the dining halls. So, grabbing only what your hands can carry is a great method to lower our carbon footprint. Overall, the food is beyond amazing. It draws similarities to wicked spoon in vegas. Definitely my favorite dining hall at UCLA by far. Can it get better than this? I dont think so :) Also, for non-UCLAers, here's a little factoid: UCLA campus food is ranked #2 in the nation, second to a culinary school! We sure are spoiled. read more

Both me and my wife went to UCLA, upon hearing about this new Asian restaurant at the dorm, we decided to go there for lunch one Friday just to relive our good old college days. This place, I tell you, is just too good to be true! First off, we had a little problem with my wife's UCLA meal card at the check-in, we had to go back to the Rieber front desk a couple times and they still couldn't figure out what the problem was, but the staff at Feast was patient and helpful, and the manager there, Oliver (at first I thought he was a student worker), was incredible with his customer service, and he really saved the day. I was very impressed by how he handled his customers, and this is a dorm! He puts the service that I've gotten in much nicer establishments to shame! I think the food was great for the price (what $7.50 for all-you-can-eat?!), and the concept was ingenious, different types of Asian food every meal! We tried a little bit of everything, the dynamite over rice, the grilled chicken sandwich were particularly good. read more

YES YES and YES! This is probably the most amazing dining hall at UCLA! This must be the place they really earn their reputation for being number ONE in the country for college food fare! Had dinner here with my son and only wish I could go back every day like he can! MANY Extremely healthy fresh options available whilst YUMMY at the same time! Deserves 10 stars! read more

Am I seriously writing a review on a dining hall? You bet I am. Unfortunately for me, the year I move out of the dorms is when they decide to finish this swanky Rieber dining hall and showcase how much money UCLA Food and Dining has. Outside electronic lockers, which are a lot more convenient and cooler than the ones in the other dining halls. Fancy booths and chic tableware and as much as I like the tableware, they are so much more difficult to stack plates. The cups are really cool though, plus one for them. Food here is really good for a dining hall, but nothing out of the ordinary in my opinion if you were to find it elsewhere. Maybe it's because I haven't gone when they had really good food? People rave to me about the days where they have Japanese and Hawaiian cuisine, but I've yet to try Feast when they serve Hawaiian food. I've tried their days with Vietnamese, Indian, Japanese, and Korean. All the food is of course Asian and not too bad for being non-authentic. Who would have thought that they're serve pho, ramen, and the likes...and actually not do a bad job? My personal favorite would be when they have Japanese food. The thing I have against Feast is that they may be geared too much towards the Asian crowd. What if I wasn't a fan of Asian food or just wanted to try it one day and decide that I didn't like what they were serving? Their alternatives aren't very diverse, even the salad bar lacks balsamic vinegar and only have Asian toppings and dressings. I mean, it's cool that the whole dining hall is Asian-themed and gives you a full dining experience, but if it just so happens you're not feeling the food for a specific day, there's no staple grilled cheese, burgers, pizza, or a normal salad to fall back on. Do really fancy how they have drinks that match the themed days here and the POG (Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava), yum. Lines are a pain though, but Feast stopped limiting the amount of people entering and the lines have died down. Waiting for the food is a little longer than expected, especially when you don't receive that large of a portion. If they were open for dinner, I'd like this place a lot more. Some of the food I feel is geared more as dinner than lunch. But not bad at all. Really good for a dining hall, but personally would still prefer Covel out of all of them. read more

This is the only Asian dining restaurant on UCLA campus but unfortunately it's quite bad. The serving sizes are ridiculously small and you have to go back in line multiple times just to get a decent amount of food. The food is also horribly cooked most of the time and not very good tasting. For authentic Asian food, this place doesn't even compare. It's like panda express saying it serves Chinese food. Most of the food is pre-cooked already and just simply heated up at the restaurant so quality isn't that great. The only thing that is decent is the green tea ice cream and sometimes even then, the flavoring is off or it's so soft, it just collapses right away. Oh and this place apparently doesn't have the ability to control the volume on the music they are playing?!? The volume is supposedly automatically adjusted by a computer based on noise levels detected by microphone placed throughout the restaurant. This place's music is also student suggested?!? I'm sure UCLA students even though many are from different parts of the world, have better taste in music than the stuff Feast plays. read more

Pros: Nice interior design and setup. Relatively good green tea ice cream 'Good' desserts Cons: Very crowded.. With Asians... Extremely small serving size (at least it's AYCE) Does not taste like real asian food. Sorry it's not even close. I guess I will be the person to start flaming. Nice try on attempting to resemble the taste of actual asian food because it doesn't. I really dont see why people like this place. Heck, even Rendevouz tastes much better than Feast. It's just an over-praised and overhyped dining hall. If you want Asian food, just go down to ktown, little tokyo, or if you dont have a ride just go down to westwood for much better asian food. If you don't want to spend money, just stick with covel or de neve. read more

Small portions. Getting up and waiting in lines for every dish gets a tad old. That's about the only complaint I have with Feast. I'm a Trojan; you can say any negative thing you want about UCLA and I'll probably nod and laugh but I will shake my head if you say their campus is ugly and I will fight you if you say anything bad about their food. Does Feast have authentic Asian food? No, it never tries to be that, but the shrimp shu mai is tender and juicy, the egg rolls are soft and tasty and fresh, and the seaweed soup even is a tad oily but whatever, it's so freaking good. I inhaled it. The rice noodles with bok choy--it tasted of the beef and some salt and soy sauce and that's it. The green onion pancakes are baked instead of fried, but still carbalicious deliciousness. As my previous reviews might show, my allergy to peanuts weighs heavily on me, but the sous chef here, Michael, walked me around the ENTIRE place and pointed out where peanuts are. He made a point of assuring me that Feast staff themselves don't use peanuts. He did point out that some of the salad dressings had peanuts, so he told me not to use any of them; if I wanted salad dressing, I should just find him and ask him to make me some. I mean, come on, that's amazing customer service at a help-yourself-buffet. Bruins, you might have chosen the wrong place for an education (I tease) but dang if you're not fed well in your years at UCLA, and served by some great people. read more