Meal plans for first-year students begins with brunch on Friday, August 25 and September 2 for returning students.

Please visit our hours of operations page.

Staff information for our dining halls are listed for each location at dining.princeton.edu/where-eat. You may also contact us through our department email at [email protected].

First-year and sophomore students are automatically assigned the Unlimited Meal Plan for fall and spring semesters.

Juniors and seniors have the option to purchase a meal plan if they wish.

Graduate students living in the Graduate College are required to select a meal plan.

Graduate students living in apartments have the option to purchase a meal plan if they wish.

Meal plan options can be found on our Meal Plan page.

Available meal plan options can be found on our Meal Plan page.

Fall meal plans will begin with breakfast on Friday, August 25, 2023 for first-years, and the Saturday prior to the start of classes, September 2, 2023, for all other students.

Meal plans end for the fall term after dinner on Friday, December 22, 2023.

For each meal, a daily, rotating menu will be served. Each dining hall serves its own, unique menu, usually consisting of a hot entree station, grill items, and a salad bar. Some dining halls may offer action stations, pizza stations, or both.

When available, menus can be found on our website, here.

The undergraduate unlimited and Block 105 meal plans, and the graduate unlimited and graduate block 105 meal plans remain active for fall recess periods. During recess, one brunch and one dinner swipe are allowed daily (re-entry is not permitted). Dining hall hours and open locations will be posted on our website.

Students without a meal plan have two meal plan options during recess:

1) The Traditional Recess Meal Plan includes two meals daily (not unlimited meal swipes); brunch and dinner. The plan fee is $220. A prorated fee will be charged if you register after recess has begun.

2) The Block 5 Meal Plan allows for a total of 5 meals during recess for a cost of $81.00.

In either case, a student must register with Campus Dining if they are planning to take meals during a recess. Registration information is announced via e-mail and posted to the website before each recess.

Guest meals, meal exchange, and two extra meal per week programs are not available during recess periods.

Juniors and seniors without a meal plan may use the Two Extra Meals program. Regardless of whether or not juniors and seniors purchase a meal plan, they are given two extra meals per week, Sunday brunch to Saturday dinner, to be used in a residential college dining hall beginning September 11, 2023. Two Extra Meal program cannot be used for seders at the Center for Jewish Life, for Lunch to Go, Late Meal, or at Procter Hall in the Graduate College.

Members of the University community without a meal plan — including students, faculty and staff — may eat in any dining hall at current single meal rates with a student charge, Paw Points, Tower Cards (purchased at TigerCard office), or a department charge. Cash or credit cards cannot be used for dining hall meals.

You will need to show your TigerCard to gain access to the dining halls. Be sure to let the card checker know which method you are choosing so that your account will be charged properly.

Meal plan changes that result in a decrease or drop may be made once in the fall before September 29 by contacting The Service Point at [email protected] or logging into https://connectprinceton.atriumcampus.com/

Changes resulting in an increase in a meal plan may be made at any time logging into ConnectPrinceton.atriumcampus.com

See Terms and Policies for additional details.

If you have a food allergy or a special dietary need, please contact our Registered Dietitian, Puneet Sethi, RDN at [email protected]. 

Each dining hall has a culinary team who takes pride and passion in preparing nutritious meals for each member of the Princeton community. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to Campus Dining by emailing [email protected].

Yes, halal options will be available in the residential dining halls and at the Frist Food Gallery.

Campus Dining chefs or managers are available to answer questions or you can email Campus Dining at [email protected].

Yes, the Center for Jewish Life will be open and kosher meals can be ordered to the dining halls 24 hours in advance. Please contact the manager of the dining hall from where you are picking your meal up from.