Food, Drink and CoffeeFood
1. Monash is comparatively isolated to other universities (like that
TAFE down in Parkville), so, you either eat on or around campus or bring your own food. More on these later.
2. The administration has published a guide to all the food places on campus, it's definitely worth a read ([http://fsd.monash.edu.au/files/dining-at-monash-2014.pdf). If you want a more visual look check out the lost on campus website (
http://lostoncampus.com.au/monash/clayton).
3. There is a wide variety of food ranging from sushi to fish and chips to kebabs, you should be able to at least find a few things you like.
4. That said, the food is decently expensive ranging from
~$7-12 for a proper meal.
5. Most dietary requirements should be OK. There are a fair few halal places, not sure about kosher but i assume they're around too. If you're a vegetarian (like me) you might find the options kinda meh but there's still plenty. If i do eat on campus, i usually go to meeting point. It's an asian style place where you can choose a few dishes to have on rice. They usually have at least 2-3 vegetarian dishes. There's the standard cafe style sandwiches and stuff.
6. Most of the food places are localised to the
campus centre. There are a fair few also scattered around under both the major libraries, there's a food/cafe place under the Menzies and theres cinque lire all the way at the back of campus.
7. There's a milk bar and an asian store so you might be also able to pick up snacks there. There's also a pharmacy if you want to live off jelly beans.
8. Pretty much around the corner from the campus is a Maccas (although apparently they raised their prices to cancel out the MSA discount). Also closeish to the campus is a nandos (check the nandos website). Near huntingdale station (where most of you will get off) is a subway. If you're willing to venture into Clayton (which is probably a bus ride or a train trip down the line) there are a fair few more shops there, you probably won't be doing this on a regular basis though.
9. There's various points for hot water around the campus and there are a few microwaves around.
10. IF you join the MSA (which i recommend as a filthy unionist, only $20)
you get discounts on various food places and on the Maccas near campus (
http://monashstudentassociation.com/Services/New-Student-Information/Food). To break even on your membership cost, you probably would only need to spend a few hundred on food throughout the entire year (it may sound like a lot but 10 meals or 20-30 coffees winds up being about $100). Keep in mind club membership is also discounted (or free) for MSA members and event tickets tend to be cheaper as well.
11. The MSA also has free food on certain days and clubs also will have BBQ's throughout the year (you usually need to be a club member to take advantage of these though).
12. IF you're at campus late, inside both libraries are food vending machines and the Matheson *MIGHT* have a coffee machine, i don't remember.
Drink1. Drinking is fine and accepted around campus, it's totally normal for people to hand out beer with the BBQ's on campus.
2. There are only two places that i know of that serve alcohol: Sir Johns, the union bar upstairs (20% union discount), occasionally they have special nights. The other is the cafe under the Menzies, Taste Baguette; during happy hour they have ~$10 jugs which is a pretty good deal.
Coffee1. There's like 10+ different places to get coffee around campus, you're definitely spoiled for choice. Pretty much any of these places will be better than your standard nescafe.
2. The lines are often a good indication of how good the place is. The place with the longest lines and the place i usually go to is artichoke and whitebait.
3. Some places take MSA cards so you might get a discount if you're in the union.
4. They also obviously sell your usual assortment of cakes, sandwiches, etc.
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