If the Ritz had a cafeteria, it would have the look and feel of The Orleans Room. Loyola’s dining room has a pleasant, chic atmosphere that is more reminiscent of a high-end hotel than a college student center, and even when it is packed with students, the noise level is not overpowering. This is the perfect place to come for lunch with a professor or a small group of friends halfway through the school day. The Orleans room has one of the best salad bars, complete with three types of salad, a hundred topping options, fresh fruit(pinapple, strawberries, honeydew, cantaloupe, apples, oranges, and bananas), and pre-prepped salad options(usually, it’s ceasar salad, greek salad, and some kind of pasta salad, but it changes.) The other statsions include Pizza, Sandwich(their chicken salad is to die for), Grill(burgers, chicken sandwiches, grilled cheese, etc.), Comfort(usually home-cookin type food here), and Vegan(the BEST African curry in town), and an amazing dessert bar, complete with 12 different flavors of Blue Bell Ice Cream. I have no shame in admitting that I overeat EVERY time I go here… I dare you not to. Monday — Friday: 7:00am — 10:00am; 11:30am — 2:30pm; 5pm-8pm Saturday & Sunday: 11:30am — 2:30pm; 5pm –8pm