Chartwells at Southern Utah University

SUU has a contract that all on campus catering is through Chartwells. It's really too bad, but Chartwells is not amazing. Their food is not too die from, but it certainly is nothing to die for either. They taste cheap, bottom line, like really crumby dining. For example, their pizzas taste just like Little Caesars pizza. You'll eat it if available but never will you be asking for it. The University needs to find a new vendor.
1 7 years ago (30-04-2018)

Chartwell's has come a long way recently and to anyone who has had a less-than-great experience in the past, I would ask them to give Chartwell's another try. They recently catered a fundraiser dinner for the local women's crisis center that was superb. They donated all of the preparation work, and charged the center only for food actually served. They offered five main course options that included two types of steak, chicken, pasta, and salmon, three soup or salad options, and three desserts. All were excellent! I was so impressed with the generosity and the quality of the fundraiser meal, and am excited to work with them again on this event next year.
5 8 years ago (15-03-2017)

Everything they sell is extremely overpriced. I know for a fact they purchase a lot of their food from the local Lin's market and sell it for almost $1 more than they purchased it for. I wish SUU would get a different contract for food service because Chartwells is the worst!
1 8 years ago (27-04-2017)

I recently attended a conference in Cedar City and these were the folks that catered the dinner. The first thing I thought when seeing the spread was why would anyone hire college home - economic students to cater a professional event? Now I don't know if the college students actually prepared the meal, but it certainly looked like it. Most of the items served seemed to be from frozen or comercial food products. For example, the 'house salad' was nothing more than a bagged iceberg lettuce salad that has the standard shaved carotts and purple cabbage - and then the catering company added a top layer of cucumber slices and cherry tomatoes; and only one dressing choice- ranch. Just very plain and not what I would expect from a professional. Mashed potatoes were bland. Rolls were from a bag. Corn on the cob appeared to be frozen, not fresh (did not look good so I did not eat it). Buttermilk fried chicken could have been made fresh but it was not very good and was mushy (not crispy) when served. The chefs choice desert was a cheesecake that could have come from Costco (not saying it was but that is what it looked like) and there were a lot of uneaten portions left on the tables. The service was good. No complaints there. But the food really needs some improvement.
2 8 years ago (29-08-2016)