Dining halls, cafeterias, snack bars: Hungry scholars and scientists, students, and employees have numerous choices in Dahlem, Düppel, and Lankwitz with a total of nine facilities run by the Studierendenwerk Berlin (Berlin Student Union). When Freie Universität started teaching in the winter semester of 1948/1949, a wooden shed serving as a canteen provided meals for students and faculty. At the beginning of the 1950s, the architects Hermann Fehling and Peter Pfankuch were commissioned with a new building, which was opened in March 1953 at Van't Hoff Strasse 6, Mensa I. Today, the Mensa Shokudo is located there, serving Japanese-inspired food created according to its fusion concept.

• Website of the Studierendenwerk
• Article in campus.leben about the campus dining hall, Mensa I, posted March 15, 2023 (in German)