UCLA Housing & Dining Guide: Affordable Living & Flavorful Meals on Campus

Navigating UCLA’s vibrant campus means finding not just a place to live, but a community where housing and dining meet convenience, quality, and affordability.

From residence halls to graduate apartments, UCLA offers diverse housing solutions tailored to students, faculty, and staff. With properties like Residence Hall 1 and the Westwood Lofts, residents enjoy modern amenities, secure access, and proximity to dining facilities—ensuring seamless daily life amid academic demands.

UCLA Dining Services delivers excellence through diverse options—from quick bites in the Student Center Cafeteria to chef-curated meals at The Good Food Market. With diverse dietary choices, sustainable sourcing, and late-night snack access, dining supports both health and social connection across campus.

Beyond UCLA’s gates, Westwood’s restaurant scene enriches the community with farm-to-table cafes, international eateries, and cozy coffee shops. Areas like Westwood Village and Santa Monica offer walkable dining adventures, blending local flavor with convenience for students and residents alike.

Finding the perfect balance between housing and dining at UCLA means embracing a lifestyle where food and shelter support thriving, not just survival. Discover your ideal living space and savor meals that inspire—because great days start with great choices, both inside and outside campus walls.

UCLA Dining is comprised of more than 600 team members who work to provide the very best food, service and guest experience each day. Each brings a wealth of experience and a desire to make the student experience a memorable one. UCLA Dining offers a range of dining options for students, faculty, staff, and guests, including three all-you-care-to-eat residential restaurants and five quick-service locations.

You can use your meal plan, BruinCard Easy Pay, or credit cards at most locations, except for cash or credit cards at the residential restaurants. UCLA Dining Services' meal plans are designed to make your life easier while providing convenient, healthy, and delicious options! On. UCLA Dining offers 10 distinct dining establishments, local and sustainable ingredients, and global cuisines to serve 15,500 students each day.

Find dining locations, hours, menus, events, and more on the official website. Learn about the benefits of living on campus at UCLA, where you can access academic resources, social activities and diverse dining options. Explore the residential community, amenities, location and dining options on the Hill.

attach_money Housing Rates restaurant_menu Dining Menus build Maintenance Request computer. Find out how much individual meals cost at different UCLA dining locations, such as residential restaurants, boutique restaurants, and theme dinners. Compare prices for students, staff, guests, and visitors with or without meal plans.

Dining Locations Summer UCLA Dining offers a variety of dining options for students, faculty, staff and guests. This summer we currently have two all-you-care-to-eat residential restaurants conveniently located in Rieber Hall and Carnesale Commons. You may also choose from our quick-service restaurant, Rendezvous which is located in Rieber Court.

Home Contact UCLA Dining Services strives to make your experience with us as enjoyable as possible. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Our dining managers are always on duty in each restaurant to address immediate concerns or questions, so please don't hesitate to contact them.

You can also complete our online Customer Feedback Form for all our dining locations, including our quick. Please visit the "Ask Housing" link below. You'll find answers to almost every question you may have about Dining and Housing Services.

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