43 Area Mess Hall

"How could this random little chow hall stack up against the rest? Two words: cucumber water. EDIT: As of 2022 there is no longer cucumber water. The rating still stands though as the chicken breast is usually tasty and not cooked to death. Re-EDIT: 2023 Cucumber water is back baby!"

"Simply put, everyone who works here deserves to be fired IMMEDIATELY. Only one of the doors work for some reason. Fire hazard? Every single time I’ve ever gotten chicken, it’s been beyond dry or severely undercooked. Rice is regularly raw. I can’t even comprehend how someone can serve the food to people and maintain a clear conscience. Everything is styrofoam, plastic or paper. So wasteful. I’ve been to a handful of chow halls and I’ve NEVER been to a chow hall that has worse food or service. I don’t write reviews often but this place is just wildly terrible."

"I have never been a huge fan of 43 area chow hall having been stationed here since 2020 ( I still freshly remember them having once regularly served raw fish or overcooked chicken). But this lady behind the counter today Ms. Christina ignored me asking politely 3 times for no rice and still gave me some and looked me dead in the eyes afterwards daring me to do something. I don't know why I'm paying hundreds of dollars per month for these disrespectful clowns."

"worst chow hall. chewy chicken (lets not get started on the raw potatoes, and frozen french toast, or the hair you might find in your food on a consistent basis), they have the worst sodexo staff compared to many, and cant make up their minds on how they operate. they have it set up one way, and then the next second they have it another way. DONT expect to be given a reasonable portion of food, theyre really stingy, and roll your eyes at you when they have to do their job, especially the old dude there. tl;dr dont expect to be treated like youre not a burden. incredibly unprofessional."

"The chowhall needs some changing in the way they serve to go chows. I was just there and I had a to go tray. I got 3 peices of beef and broccoli. I went back to get another 3 peices of beef but the lady said I couldn't do that if I had a to go tray, but if I ate THERE in the chow hall I can come back up to get as many plates as I want. I don't get the reason behind that. I don't understand the logic behind that. Please tell me the reason behind the rules of to go trays please. Lastly I know 3 peices of small beef and a scoop of broccoli isn't going to fill any Marine up."