dining halls, options around campus and more

with Chick-fil-A, Panda Express, Mondo Subs and Starbucks. There are also other restaurants on campus like AzzA Cafe, Pink’s Pizza and more. Many of these locations offer meal exchanges, and you can always use your Cougar Cash.

Oh and don’t forget, we also have access to dining robots on campus that can deliver your food from various on-campus eateries directly to you.

As of now, we’re allowed to get take out from the dining hall, so you can keep various sauces, condiments and seasonings in your dorm to enhance your meal according to your taste. I love relish on hot dogs, so I always make sure to keep some in my fridge for when the dining hall has hot dogs.

It’s OK to buy food outside of UH dining

Because we’ve paid a lot of money for our meal plans, we feel like we have to use them all the time. While you should prioritize using your meal plan, you shouldn’t feel bad if you just want to order some takeout or get some chips from the vending machine.

Our restaurant options on campus are pretty good, but we don’t have everything, and sometimes you’re just craving some Olive Garden or Sonic. It’s important to use your meal plan, but there’s nothing wrong with splurging on some DoorDash every now and then. Just don’t make a huge habit of it, and your bank account will thank you. While you might find yourself still missing your mom’s cooking, as I know I have when living on campus, following these tips helped me have a better time with oncampus meals, and will hopefully help you too.