Dining on Campus

Our campus dining facilities are open to be used by all students, faculty, staff and visitors from surrounding communities. 

Meal times at the Cypress Lake Dining Hall offer a wonderful opportunity to socialize and get to know other UL Lafayette students. You won’t want to miss it!

Campus Food Services is dedicated to providing the community and guests with high quality food and services in a variety of settings. We strive to utilize local products while operating in a sustainable manner.

Whether you need a cup of coffee, lunch on the go, or a wedding reception on campus, Campus Food Services in collaboration with Sodexo and the staff can accommodate all your dining, event and entertainment needs.

Campus Food Services provides multiple dining choices around campus, including many well-known retail establishments. Menu offerings and hours vary depending on the time of year. Up-to-date menus and hours can be found below:

  • Starbucks
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Smoothie King
  • University Club (12 p.m. - 2 p.m.)

Dining swipes can be used in the Cypress Lake Dining Hall and Cafe' Fleur de Lis during regularly scheduled mealtimes. Regular meal plan swipes are available on a per week basis and reset each week on Sunday.

Commuter meal plan swipes are good for the duration of the semester. All dining swipes must be used by the last day of each semester.

Declining Balance — often called DB around campus — is “real” dollars included with certain plans which can be utilized at all dining locations around campus.

DB is useful for retail establishments such as: 

  • Lagniappe Café
  • Café Fleur de Lis
  • Jazzman's
  • Ragin' Cajun Food Court
  • Smoothie King
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Starbucks
  • Viva La Waffle
  • Pizza Hut
  • Zeus
  • Starbucks
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Agave

You can also use DB as an alternative to a meal swipe or cash payment in the main dining hall if you have used your weekly allotment of meal swipes. DB can be used at any time during regularly scheduled hours. 

DB is accepted at Football, Baseball, and Softball concessions. 

Unused Declining Balance on ALL meal plans roll over each semester. If you are graduating or resigning from the University, you have 90 days to request a refund of your remaining declining balance dollars.