Latitude Restaurant - Davis (CA)

5 /5 Haiyan Chen: At Latitude, you’re likely to find sushi, ramen, flavorful stir-fries, seafood, Asian snacks, and more. In contrast, the other three dining commons (Segundo, Tercero, and Cuarto) are more like traditional American college cafeterias, with menus featuring pizza, salads, grilled meats, pasta, and standard American breakfast/dinner options. Their selection of Asian or international dishes is noticeably less extensive than Latitude’s.

1 /5 Carlos Sinner: Latitude Restaurant looks nice on the surface, but the food is bland, overpriced, and often poorly prepared. It’s cafeteria-level quality dressed up to seem like something more — much like UC Davis itself. There’s a lot of hype, but when it comes down to the actual experience, it’s a major letdown. If this restaurant is supposed to reflect the campus’s global, progressive image, it’s doing a poor job. Save your money — both at this spot and, frankly, at the school if youre expecting top-tier standards.

1 /5 Gary Osterloh: Latitude Restaurant ends up being a frustrating experience. While the space looks fine and the branding suggests quality, the food and value don’t deliver. Execution feels lazy, prices feel inflated for what you get, and nothing about the experience stands out in a positive way. It’s functional at best and disappointing overall. What makes it more irritating is how closely it mirrors my broader impression of UC Davis. Much like the restaurant, the campus appears polished on the surface but feels hollow underneath. Compared with other UC schools—UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara—Davis lacks the same level of rigor, talent density, and outcome-driven culture. There’s also an underlying atmosphere that prioritizes politics, hierarchy, and performative agreement over merit or substance. Progress often seems tied less to quality or competence and more to navigating bureaucracy, signaling the “right” attitudes, and pleasing the right people. For motivated or capable individuals, that environment can feel stifling rather than empowering. Latitude isn’t just underwhelming food—it’s symbolic of a place that settles for mediocrity while rewarding optics and compliance. In a UC system where stronger, more demanding environments exist, this one simply doesn’t justify the time, money, or expectations.

5 /5 Jacqueline Bogard: Latitude, a U.C. Davis dining hall restaurant, probably has something for everyone. Very good food. As the name implies, pick a continent and your food destination: Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, South America, etc. For a fixed price (very reasonable, lunch $14.50 for non-students, less on a meal plan). All you can eat & drink in house, or to go (one container + drink). I dare you to eat the entire world.

1 /5 liu kaxim: Its too salty, too light and too spicy. I hope they have tasted these dishes before they are released.