Dining

A focus on fresh, sustainable foods. Serving stations offering made-to-order dishes. An expanding array of green dining initiatives. Brown Dining offers more than just nourishment — its team provides a student-first approach to campus dining with a range of eateries to relax, meet with friends, study, and socialize. Brown Dining's mission is to provide high quality foods and services to all segments of the University while fostering a sense of community conducive to intellectual and personal growth.

Flexible meal plans are available. Students can choose from two all-you-care-to-eat dining halls — the venerable Sharpe Refectory (aka “the Ratty”) or the Verney-Woolley (or “V-Dub”) — as well as four campus restaurants, three coffee carts, and two convenience markets. View the Brown Dining Services map here.

The off-campus meal plan is reserved for students approved to live off-campus through University Residential Life. View all meal plan options here.

All meal plans come with meal credits, flex points, and guest passes. Your meal plan is in full effect for the academic year. There is a grace period that allows you to make changes to your Spring meal plan, however, cancellations are not permitted for the Spring semester.

A meal credit swipe allows you entry into either of the all-you-care-to-eat dining halls. A meal credit swipe can also be used at most of the a la carte restaurants or cafes. When used this way, your meal credit has a value or equivalency, which deducts from your total purchase.

Flex points are regarded as cash-on-hand built right into your meal plan. Accepted at any of the campus eateries, these dollar-for-dollar points help when you want to make that on-the-go purchase or when you don’t need the full value of your meal credit swipe.

Guest meals are for family and friends to share in and enjoy a Brown dining experience with you. They function as a meal credit swipe in either of the all-you-care-to-eat facilities.