All students who live in residential housing are required to participate in the Minimum Dining Plan. This plan provides 5 meals per week and a total of $300 Flex Dollars per semester. Students have the option to upgrade from the Minimum Plan to any of the 4 available Dining Plans *.

* The Commuter Plan is not available to students living in residential housing.

Each Dining Plan has two components *, weekly meals and Flex Dollars. The weekly meals can be used to purchase an "Unlimited Choice" meal at Blazer Café and Commons Market or a combo meal at K-Lair Grill or Ovid's Café. Flex Dollars can be used at any of our 22 Dining Services locations on campus.

* The Commuter Plan does not include weekly meals.

The difference between the Dining Plan options is in the number of weekly meals and Flex Dollars offered:

In order to determine the best Dining Plan for you or your student, first you must determine how many meals will be consumed per week and how much flexibility in meal choices you or your student would like to have. Using the chart above, determine which plan suits your needs.

Weekly meals may be used at Blazer Café, Commons Market, K-Lair Grill or Ovid's Café, while Flex Dollars may be used at all 22 Dining Services locations.

Yes. The Commuter Flex Plan is exclusively for commuter and off campus students.

Each time you use your Dining Plan, the cash register display will show your remaining meals for that week.

You can use the Flex Dollars component of your Dining Plan to purchase meals at Blazer Café, Commons Market, K-Lair Grill and Ovid's Café. You can also use your Flex Dollars at any of the Dining Services locations.

Weekly meals do not accumulate or transfer to the following week.

All Dining Services locations accept cash, check, Visa^® or MasterCard^®.

Students may upgrade Dining Plans at any time during the semester. Downgrades to the Dining Plan may be made during the first three weeks of the fall and spring semesters and will received a pro-rated amount of money back.

Each time you use your WildCard Student ID to purchase a weekly meal, a computer program tracks how many meals you've used as well as how many meals you have left for the week. For Dining Services, the week starts with breakfast on Sunday and ends with dinner the following Saturday.

Missed meals cannot be accumulated or transferred to the next week.

The Flex Account operates like as a declining balance debit account. Flex Dollars are accepted at all 22 Dining Services facilities. Students have the flexibility to eat at any UK Dining facility at any time of the day. All residential Dining Plans include Flex Dollars. Monies in this account do not transfer from semester to semester.

Deposits can be made at the Dining & Plus Account Office located in Room 101 of the Student Center.

The Plus Account is an optional account that is widely used both on and off campus. Check out a full list of locations on the Plus Account web site. This account requires no minimum deposit and funds may be added in any whole dollar amount at any time during the semester at the following locations: online; the Dining & Plus Account Office; Student Billings and DART machines (in campus computing labs). All Plus Account monies may be carried forward or are refundable‚ less a $5 handling charge. This declining balance account is extremely versatile!

Plus Account funds may be added in any whole dollar amount at any time during the semester at the following locations: online; the Dining & Plus Account Office; Student Billings and DART machines (in campus computing labs).

If you lose your WildCard Student ID or it becomes damaged, report it immediately to the WildCard UKID Center located in Room 107 of the Student Center. A replacement charge of $20 will be accessed if your card is lost or stolen.

Every Dining Services location offers vegetarian and low-fat items. For a listing of these items‚ please contact the manager at your favorite Dining Services location. All Dining Services locations cook with trans fat-free oils.

The hours of operation during holidays and breaks vary from location to location. To get the latest hours of operation‚ check out your favorite Dining Services location web page! Can't find the information you're looking for there? Then head over to our contact information page to get a hold of a manager at your favorite Dining Services location!

If you are interested in applying for a job with Dining Services‚ just visit the Student Employment web site to fill-out an application!

Prior to coming to the University, you should contact Jacob Karnes at (859) 257-2754. Special meals can be prepared for you.

Prior to coming to the University, you should contact Jacob Karnes at (859) 257-2754. Special meals can be prepared for you.

If you have questions that are not answered on this web site, please send an email message to ContactukDining@lsv.uky.edu or call the Dining Servcies Admnistrative Office at (859) 257-6161.