Institute for Advanced Study

What a beautiful historic building with incredible grounds to match. I can only imagine how gorgeous this looks in the fall and winter. Photo opportunities abound around the building and the pond in the back. A great place to relax and read a book.

It is hard to say anything new about this world core of culture, science and civilization. Absolutely magnificent place to be.

It is where Great scientists meet and talk. The place that has changed the world. Furthermore, Golden Globe movie Oppenheimer had some shots here. Proud of being New Jerseyan!

All I know is that Einstein was here! The surroundings are serene. I walked around the campus and it is quite beautiful. Institute woods is adjacent to the office buildings and is beautiful. But in summers they are infested with killer mosquitos. Go inside without insect repellent at your own risk. You have been warned! The institute pond is beautiful and great way to unwind, sitting on a chair and doing nothing. The finance guys seem to have contributed because I saw a Simons Hall and a Bloomberg Hall!

Beautiful grounds on campus and off. I could smell the heavy water in the pond! Lol. An array of trails which are well kept and respected by those who use them.

Surreal place to be. Considering the brightest mind walked along those paths

Amazing staff, beautiful campus, incredible food and faculty of the highest level. Great place all around.

One of the most fantastic places in science-fuelled Princeton.

While Princeton University is busy painting their Ivied laurels orange and black, there's another citadel of academic and intellectual excellence in the area that has at times made the Tigers on Nassau Street look like a community college. I am of course speaking in hushed, reverential tones about the Institute for Advanced Study quietly doing their think tank thing at One Einstein Way. Founded in 1930 by renown educator Abe Flexner with an endowment from the retail scions of the Bamberger family, their initial goal was to spirit away Germany's best scientists from the Third Reich and more currently, to collect and place the finest minds in science, mathematics, humanities et al, in an isolated and immersive intellectual environment - giving these true masters of the universe a place to come ponder and ruminate about research they might like to pursue without the distraction of teaching class or the publish or perish burdens of mainstream academia. Albert Einstein was their first fellow and the list of "faculty" is no less luminous to the present day. The resulting list of groundbreaking insights and awards for scholarship is beyond impressive. As far as I can tell there are no tours but the building itself is as impressively foreboding as you would expect. For whatever reason I like knowing that it's here and with all due respect, helps to keep the community college rabble at Princeton University on their toes.

Came here for some lunch. The grounds are spectacular, I can see why people come here to study and learn super esoteric things like if a neutron gets it on with a proton (maybe they'll let me apply with such similes like that!). But seriously, enter the area, and you'll just feel smarter, or really really stupid. But let's get to the important part - the cafeteria. The lunch here was insane for a cafeteria style place. The pork chop I was given looked like it was made in a real restaurant. The variety was quite fantastic (sandwiches, soups, desserts, etc). I'm not sure about the price though, my boss paid. I would say it wasn't that much. At least I hope so. Hey, why don't you go, pay, and tell me how much it was. Gracias!

Beautiful campus to visit. However, workshop participants act very entitled, rude, and unkind. Not a very collaborative workshop environment. Also, there are not enough seats for participants, even as people need to register and pay. Unpleasant experience. Some talks are good, while others are just repeats.

Note: You have to have an IAS Card to eat here, so not open to the public. This is my favorite place to grab lunch. Delicious food and deserts. Good value for the money. And it is beautiful.

Love love love Best eatery in town and fantastic atmosphere Grounds amazing and wonderful to take a stroll before lunch piling up the appetite because the portions are very generous Only 4 stars as they use too much cheap peanut oil for frying - those days are passé. Some good olive oil would bringit up just a notch