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The Dining Room
270 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401, United States
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Review №1

I cant tell you how appreciative I am for the dining room. Before I found a job I was there because they feed the homeless. Their food is so good. Ive eaten at a few soup kitchens and its been ok but their food tastes like restaurant food. The while staff is super friendly. If your hungry and need a bite to eat when your downtown its Tuesday through Friday at noon. I think they go on till 130 maybe 2. The food is delicious, you wont regret it!

Ar
Review №2

Was amazing best meal we had in weeks. Very nice staff.

Ja
Review №3

Quality and nutritious food prepared and served with love. You wont leave hungry!

L
Review №4

So nice clean great food & most of the time live banjo type music or piano ❤

Tr
Review №5

For the homeless people only restaurant for the homeless who never have to pay,, now serving takeout mon thru Thurs 12noon til 1:30pm

De
Review №6

This place is run with love! They strive to give Diners a good meal served with a side of dignity. Everyone who walks through those doors is an amazing individual, customers and volunteers alike!!

Na
Review №7

Super Awesome! Set up like a restaurant. Sit down with overhead lamps at the booths. Good food, refreshments brought to your table, coffee. All free. Amazing.

Mi
Review №8

Available for people who dont have access to meals. Meal is free. My first time there and it was good. They made me feel comfortable as I was having some anxiety. Its a nice place. Volunteers are very friendly. Im glad the dining room is available to the public.

Jo
Review №9

Free lunches for anyone struggling on the streets or low income. Families with children do not wait in line. Monday thru Thursday Noon until 2:40 or first 300 people. Great food. Vegetarian options are available

Ke
Review №10

Like the Eugene mission, the food served here is 100 percent free. But you must sign in and register every so often, you must wait outside in the unforgiving elements with dumb smokers until your numbers are called so you can enter to eat, you can only eat whatever meal they serve you and seconds on any meal youve had are prohibited

St
Review №11

Excellent food, the price is right, and the best servers of any restaurant. The lines are long though! I’d recommend The Dining Room both to eat at and volunteer.

Da
Review №12

Love every one of the volunteers and staff

Pa
Review №13

There is nowhere nicer for a meal if you happen to be indigent or transient in Eugene. The staff is lovely, kind, and very accommodating. Thank you for providing a meal with dignity in an environment that strips it of us daily.

Sh
Review №14

The dining room is run by food for Lane County. It is a wonderful place to go, if youre hungry and need a free meal. The food is delicious. Theyre only open a few days a week a few hours a day. Contact food for Lane County for more information.

Ro
Review №15

This place is so good. The people who are helping are great. I use to volunteer there 14 yrs ago. One of the best free meals around Eugene.

Ab
Review №16

Good place when youre down on your luck. They are very friendly and the food is good too. I really like this place.

Mi
Review №17

For the Homeless nice warm meal ..

Ad
Review №18

Lovely people very nice to everyone !, Good ❤️.

Ry
Review №19

Love the diner...staff is the above and beyond helping team!! Josie the cordnator is the best lady you will ever meet.. Big Jesse the cook is one of thecoolest guys you will ever meet and Angie, bless your heart lady. Love your face and her betty boop voice is to die for! Truthfully they help soo many people and in my opinion they do not get enough recognition!!

Ja
Review №20

Food for Lane County providing fresh and hot food with restaurant style table service. Free lunches Monday through Thursday, 12 to 3 pm.v

Do
Review №21

No matter what, I can always count on a good meal and a sincere smile at the Dinner, along with good live music and ambience.I appreciate them as I piece my life together.Thank you Dinner,dominic:

Jo
Review №22

Better than good people busy doing great works. Serving all by preparing & serving with a wait staff. Really good free meals ! well over 300 free meals mon. thru thurs. 12:00pm. to 2:30 pm.

Fa
Review №23

The people are so kind feeding the homeless they loved my dog and Care genuinely about the peoples well being

Lu
Review №24

I eat there 4 times a week with good people.

Gu
Review №25

I absolutely love this place good food, friendly service, nice music and I like reading all the new and different people

Da
Review №26

Great group and a good hot meal for those who need one. There is a limit that they serve so early is better. I think they let you start queing up about 1130.

Sn
Review №27

Everyone is very nice n if you are hungery you will not leave hungery. Great food all the time. And its free... I love everyone there they are super nice....

BD
Review №28

They always provide great food to the homeless, with excellent service. They treat us with respect; as if were paying customers.

Fa
Review №29

This is not a restaurant. It is however, a place for people in need and the homeless. They treat everyone with dignity regardless of appearance or social status. One can also volunteer to help.

Br
Review №30

Good free food in a restaurant environment.their motto iswere here to serve you

Ch
Review №31

I volunteer for the Diningroom 3 days a week. I think its a great place to have healthy and respectful meal for no charge. Operated by Food for Lane County.

bo
Review №32

Its nice to have a place that treats u like a regular restaurant. Thank u for caring enough about the homeless to serve us.

Gu
Review №33

The people that work here are the most big-hearted wonderful people Ive ever met and it gives people that wouldnt usually have a chance to eat a restaurant meal a chance and to get treated like a human being

Jo
Review №34

This is a food service provided by and operated by Food For Lane County. The dining room provides hot meals 4 days a week, 12-3 Mon thru Thurs to any one thats in need of a delicious healthy meal. The homeless community us their primary demographic, but many retires are among the regular guests . There is table service, cloth napkins, often a lone musician plying his instrument with delightful melodies. The staff is volunteers, and the most respectful, and attentive that youre going to find anywhere! Once Peter Defazio served myself and my friend Richard Penny sloppy Joes when he was in town and doing some volunteer work. Then, he returned and offered salt and pepper! I was sure to thank him for all he does for the people of Oregon!

Mi
Review №35

Best food sites around. The volunteers are top notch!!

St
Review №36

Dining with dignity is more than a motto here. Best place for a great meal and friendly faces....and its free.

An
Review №37

A great service for the homeless. I love volunteering here.

Ch
Review №38

Junkie paradox y paradise. No such thing as a free lunch.

Jo
Review №39

It was good but not enough black hair in food. I could only find 1 hair in my food😤

Sh
Review №40

An amazing place with a great purpose!

Ke
Review №41

Great food and service, some of the nicest people you will ever meet.

El
Review №42

Its a nice healthy place to eat for free, offers food and drinks to anyone in need

Ho
Review №43

Can not find the words to really say how great they are....thank you

Gl
Review №44

Great place to eat the service is always good and it is free to everyone in need of a hot meal

Ke
Review №45

Great Food & service

Ja
Review №46

The whole thing is Amazing ! The food, is for truly hungry people whom love every bit of it. Thank you light bringers.

Mi
Review №47

Great meal and the price is right.

Ch
Review №48

What a blessed place......the folks there are awsome as well as the food.

De
Review №49

Very nice people that run the place and good food and very respectful servers

Sh
Review №50

Great people and great food

Jo
Review №51

Nice volunteers, but the food isnt usually very good. Its a free dinner so you pretty much get what you pay for.

ze
Review №52

Great place to take your significant homeless other out on a date LOL good food good service

Su
Review №53

Want to help the homeless? Volunteer at the Dining Hall, managed by Food for Lane County, and meet other wonderful volunteers!

Jo
Review №54

What are the best soup kitchen type places in the country so make sure youre there prior to 1:30 or so sometimes too cant get fed past otherwise its great vegetarian and average American diet options only open from Thursday through Friday from 12 to 3 and cuts out when 250 people are rich

Ma
Review №55

They offer free food at 12am to anyone whos hungry

Ho
Review №56

Best place in town these people who have gone out for the way to work and fix the homeless a meal. Are god sent. Thanks

bo
Review №57

I love the coffee and ppl there

Je
Review №58

They are very helpful and the food is awesome.

Gl
Review №59

This is a place to eat for the homeless and low income people for free and include a drink and dessert, give it a try and see the food is great and service is friendly

Bo
Review №60

Very good food, very pleasant atmosphere!

Pa
Review №61

Kind people humble surroundings overall good impression!

Ru
Review №62

Make you feel like a person. Rare for homeless and travelers.

JR
Review №63

Awesome healthy food served really fast in a restaurant style

Bl
Review №64

A great place too go and hang out

Jo
Review №65

Good place to eat when you dont have money !

Ki
Review №66

Very interesting and theres entertainment!

Er
Review №67

Outstanding loving service, by Josey and staff.

Ke
Review №68

Great free lunches set in a restaurant style (quite small, come early, by noon due to wait) for the poor and homeless of Eugene. Staff are super kind.

Bi
Review №69

A place where the homeless are treated with respect.

In
Review №70

Humble servants and the food always so good. Thank you for all you do

Ho
Review №71

Been coming to the dinning room for about 12 years now and it has been a big big help to everyoneThat come here GOOD PEOPLE

Ro
Review №72

This is a place for homeless and low income people. Its free, but you have to wait to get in. The food is really REALLY good and the servers are delightful.

bi
Review №73

The food is not so good, but an atmosphere of humanity permeates the place. I dont feel alone or homeless when I eat there.

Am
Review №74

Great community outreach program womderful people

Ni
Review №75

The wait staff always been wonderful!.

Ca
Review №76

Nourishing, Body and soul.

Je
Review №77

Had little to no food available towards end and didnt have all of the courses it is supposed to have

Ph
Review №78

Mmm mmm free food

To
Review №79

Nice place and the price is right !

ge
Review №80

Good people with big hearts

Dr
Review №81

We will eat here promise I wont stop to find you the the day we first have a date together ha ha

Pr
Review №82

I love all the volunteers good food

Ra
Review №83

Great food lovely people

Su
Review №84

It is a shame that they can not have meals on the weekends for people. Being homeless is hard an looking for your next meal can be depressing.

Pa
Review №85

Great damn thing.

Be
Review №86

THEY SERVE GOOD FOOD

Ca
Review №87

Amazing service to the community

Ch
Review №88

Its a great place to eat at

Jo
Review №89

Great place.

To
Review №90

Very nice experience.

Ro
Review №91

They treat the down and out like family!

Ja
Review №92

The atmosphere was fun

Sk
Review №93

Great service s

Aa
Review №94

Dont wast your time .....its not worth the long wait in line.

Tr
Review №95

Great food

Ro
Review №96

Good people in the house

Ry
Review №97

Wow!! Bum life

Ra
Review №98

Not diabetic friendly stuff here.

Le
Review №99

The food was healthy and the service is friendly

St
Review №100

Thank you!

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  • Address:270 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401, United States
  • Phone:+1 541-284-1340
Categories
  • Diner
  • Restaurant
Working hours
  • Monday:12–2:45PM
  • Tuesday:12–2:45PM
  • Wednesday:12–2:45PM
  • Thursday:Closed
  • Friday:Closed
  • Saturday:Closed
  • Sunday:12–2:45PM
Service options
  • Takeout:Yes
  • Delivery:No
Highlights
  • Great coffee:Yes
Popular for
  • Lunch:Yes
  • Solo dining:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
Offerings
  • Coffee:Yes
  • Comfort food:Yes
  • Healthy options:Yes
  • Quick bite:Yes
  • Vegetarian options:Yes
Dining options
  • Dessert:Yes
Amenities
  • High chairs:Yes
Atmosphere
  • Casual:Yes
  • Cozy:Yes
Crowd
  • Groups:Yes
Planning
  • Usually a wait:Yes
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