Meal Plans

Dining Service Meal Plans

There are a total of eleven meal plans available for students to choose from. Freshman residents are required to participate in one of the Category IA or Category I Meal Plans. Upperclassman students living in residence halls are required to participate in one of the Category I or II Meal Plans. Subscription to special program meals is required of Taylor Residential College members. Category II is the minimum requirement of all Upper class students living in University Housing, except apartments.

How Your Meal Plan Works

Use your Lehigh University ID card at specific Dining Services locations to access your meal plan. There are three components to your meal plan to provide the maximum in flexibility and convenience:

  • Meal - All You Can Eat is available in three areas: University Center Cort Dining Room, Rathbone Dining Room, and Brodhead Dining Room. (Brodhead Dining Room is available to residents and guests only). All three locations offer All You Can Eat during each meal period. All Plans, including block plans are designed for one meal swipe by the plan holder per visit. Block plans however, will allow for multiple visits during the same meal period. Meal period is breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
  • Meals To-Go - Your student has the convenient option to get their meal to-go if they are in a hurry. They can enroll in Dining Services new Eco-Takeout program simply by requesting to do so at any of the following student restaurants: The Cort at Lower U.C., and Rathbone. The student may also choose to use the regular styrofoam to-go option. To learn more about our Eco-Takeout program, please visit our Sustainability page.
  • Dining Dollars - This declining balance account can be used exclusively at all Lehigh University Dining locations. Dining Dollars are non refundable, nontransferable, and will carry over from Fall semester to Spring semester only. (This is the only option in a Category V plan.)
  • Cash Equivalency - An option based on using a food value credit from unused Student Restaurant meals in designated Retail Locations on Campus. Some restrictions may apply depending on meal plan selection.

    2009-2010 Door Rates
      Breakfast Brunch Lunch Dinner Special
    Door Rates (Dining Hall) $5.85 $10.00 $10.00 $11.25 $12.25
    Cash Equivalency $3.25 $4.25 $4.25 $4.25 N/A

Category I* and II* plans function on a weekly basis and reset every Friday. Category III, IV, and V plans function on a semester basis. * The 225 and 150 block plans function on a semester basis.

 

Another available option is the GoldPlus account. GoldPlus can be used everywhere Dining Dollars are accepted, as well as hundreds of locations on and off campus.