My daughter grew up eating my cooking, so by comparison she thought the food in the dining halls was great. Most kids weren’t wild about it because their mothers were much better cooks. So I prepared my children well for college! She has no dietary restrictions and ate mostly at Lakeside Dining and Fresh Foods (in the Ferguson center). She liked almost everything at both of them and was perfectly happy to eat 7 days a week in the dining halls as a freshman. She may be the exception, though. Most kids I know, no matter what college they’re attending, complain about the dining hall food.
I found this thread that you might find helpful. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-alabama/1393178-gluten-free-dining.html