I met a friend for lunch at Lirra Lirra and was a bit disappointed with the lack of range. It's a good setting and can cater for quite a lot of people, but the preprepared rolls and sandwiches were a little dry and uninspiring. Given the prices, you expect more.

Approximate cost: $8

How can a cafe run out of food by lunch time? There is a very limited selection and you have to snap it up by about 10.30am otherwise there is nothing left. The food is less than palatable and the same pre made rolls and muffins are offered day after day after day. The cooked meals are usually a oily or congealed mass of indeterminable origin and have absolutely no flavour. Great for a coffee and maybe a wine or beer but honestly, BYO food.

Approximate cost: $10

Lirra Lirra is the Waite Campus Cafe for the University of Adelaide. It used to prepare nice food with good portion sizes and at decent prices, but have recently come under new management. With this new management, the prices have increased, the quality of food has decreased, and the portion sizes have also decreased. I paid around $12 for fish and chips and received two tiny fish (about 6 mouthfulls), and a small handfull of chips - I was very unsatisfied afterward. Their schnitzels are often OK, but even then I've had several examples of small or overcooked schnitzels... and I wish they wouldn't put them on the chips! Oh well, if you're at the Waite campus, where else are you going to go?

Approximate cost: $12