Skip to content
Find my one

Savor Scout › Campuses › New Jersey › Camden, NJ › Rutgers University-Camden

Restaurants near campus

Restaurants near Rutgers University-Camden

Every place to eat within a mile of Rutgers University-Camden, closest first, including A Little Slice of New York, All Phazes Cafe and Friends Cafe.

Every place to eat within a mile of Rutgers

36 places, closest first. Distances are straight-line from the campus, so a walk runs a little longer.

Right by campus · about a 5-minute walk (9)

About a 10-minute walk · a quarter to half a mile (20)

A 10- to 20-minute walk · half a mile to a mile (7)

Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026), open places with a street address only. Hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout near Rutgers.

Can't decide between them? Say what you're craving and Savor Scout picks one near Camden, NJ.

The food scene around Rutgers

36places to eat within 1 mile
67%independent, not chains
2coffee shops and cafés

Open listings put 36 places to eat within 1 mile of Rutgers, 27 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile), and 2,633 within 3 miles. The most common: pizza (6), American (4) and Chinese (3). 2 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.

Where to walk: the streets with the most places to eat within 1 mile are Market St (8), Broadway (5) and Christopher Columbus Blvd (3).

What stands out around Rutgers is American and Chinese — types that are listed here at 3 to 3 times the national rate.

By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:

Pizza 6 American 4 Chinese 3 Ice cream 2 Coffee 2

Food guides for Rutgers

Pizza near Rutgers 6

Eating on a student budget near Rutgers

Cheap and bad overlap much less than price filters suggest. Of the places listed nearby, 2 are fast-food counters: the cheapest default, rarely the cheapest good meal. The value is usually in lunch specials, counter service, short menus and dishes built on rice, noodles, bread or beans. Where to eat when you're broke covers what to look for, or search cheap eats near Rutgers.

Need somewhere open right now? These listings do not carry live opening hours, and late at night a fair share of what is listed as open is not. The late-night guide covers how to check before you go, or search late-night food near Rutgers and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — Camden, NJ
  • Other names, current or former — Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The State University, Rutgers University, Rutgers U, Rutgers–Camden, Camden, Rutgers Camden
  • Setting — in a city
  • Size — 5,000 to 9,999 students
  • Type — Public four-year institution

Campus figures are from IPEDS, the US Department of Education's institutional survey. Size is reported as the survey's own bracket rather than an exact headcount, because that is what the public dataset gives and we would rather quote it than estimate.

Nearby cities

Guides worth reading

What to eat during finals week Where to eat when you're broke Where to eat late at night Where to take visiting family and friends Eating out with a dietary restriction

Questions about eating near Rutgers

What restaurants are near Rutgers?
A few to start with, nearest first: A Little Slice of New York (pizza, 0.1 mi), Friends Cafe (asian fusion, 0.1 mi), Camden Diner (diner, 0.2 mi), LesbiVeggies (vegetarian, 0.2 mi) and Latin American Restaurant (latin american, 0.2 mi). They are chosen local-first, then listed by distance; a starting point, not a ranking.
How many places to eat are near Rutgers?
Open map listings put 36 places to eat within 1 mile, 27 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 2,633 within 3 miles. About 67% are independent rather than chains; 2 are coffee shops or cafés and 2 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near Rutgers?
The busiest streets are Market St (8 places), Broadway (5 places) and Christopher Columbus Blvd (3 places).
What kind of food is near Rutgers?
The most common types are pizza (6), American (4) and Chinese (3). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: American and Chinese.

Nearby campuses

Comparing schools, or eating with friends across town? These are the closest campuses to Rutgers.

Other Rutgers University campuses