Dining Services

Dining at UTRGV

UTRGV has a variety of food options on both campuses, so you don't have to worry about leaving campus to enjoy a delicious meal. With multiple locations around campus, these dining locations and restaurants will satisfy all your food cravings. If you want to skip the lines, take advantage of our GrubHub app and pick up food on campus on your way to class.

The Student Union food court on both campuses has a variety of meal options to choose from. You can also visit our dining hall where you can use your meal plans, VBucks, or dining dollars. UTRGV also has different cafe locations to make sure you get your daily dosage of coffee.

Vaquero Bucks, also known as VBucks, is a prepaid expense plan in which your V OneCard can be used for purchases at retail locations and food places throughout campus. Like Dining Dollars, they can be used to purchase meals. Unlike Dining Dollars, they can be used for beverage and snack vending, and retail goods at the Campus Stores.

All students residing on campus, or commuting to campus, can choose between the available meal plans each semester for on campus dining. Each plan outlines a specific number of meals to be used per week at the Edinburg Dining Hall only. In addition, each plan includes a declining amount of Dining Dollars that can be used at any food venue on the Brownsville and Edinburg campuses. For added convenience, qualified students can purchase a meal plan via the UTRGV GET portal and pay for it with their financial aid.

Don’t forget to check out our hours of operation before your next visit!

Residents with dietary restrictions need to make arrangements for meal accommodations with the Dining Service Director Gilbert Garza at gilbert.garza@sodexo.com.

Meal Plan Options

Resident Meal Plans
Commuter Meal Plans
Dining Dollars

EDINBURG DINING HALL - Fall 2023 & Spring 2024

Meal Plans are a requirement to living on-campus.

These plans are also available to Commuter Students, Faculty, & Staff.

Meal Swipes

Meal plan swipes can be used throughout the semester in the Edinburg Resident Dining hall for an all you care to eat meals during breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner meal periods. Vaqueros swipe their V OneCard when they walk into the hall and then they can have unlimited servings from the many food options as long as they remain in the facility.

MEAL PLANS	DINING DOLLARS	PRICE PER SEMESTER
17 Meals/Week	$50 Dining Dollars	$1,516/semester
14 Meals/Week	$75 Dining Dollars	$1,464/semester
10 Meals/Week	$100 Dining Dollars	$1,376/semester
7 Meals/Week	$100 Dining Dollars	$1,361/semester
5 Meals/Week *	$100 Dining Dollars	$950/semester
Unlimited Meals	$0 Dining Dollars	$1,817/semester
Unlimited Plus 25	$25 Dining Dollars	$1,842/semester
Unlimited Plus 50	$50 Dining Dollars	$1,867/semester
BLOCK MEAL PLANS
90 Meal Block	$200 Dining Dollars	$1,387/semester
115 Meal Block	$150 Dining Dollars	$1,484/semester
125 Meal Block	$100 Dining Dollars	$1,546/semester
RESIDENT APARTMENTS
Edinburg The Village Dining Dollars		$300/semester
Brownsville Casa Bella Dining Dollars		$200/semester

*The 5 Meals/Week plan is reserved for The Village Residents and Commuters only.

All rates are subject to change pending approval from UT System Office.

To purchase a Meal Plan through the V OneCard GET Portal, follow instructions in the How-to-Guide under "Purchase a Meal Plan" or call our offices at (956) 665-2224.

If you need more information, contact Campus Auxiliary Services at aux@utrgv.edu or call our offices at (956) 665-2224.

EDINBURG DINING HALL - Fall 2023 & Spring 2024

These Meal Plans are available to all Commuter Students, Faculty, & Staff.

Meal Swipes

MEAL PLANS	DINING DOLLARS	PRICE PER SEMESTER
17 Meals/Week	$50 Dining Dollars	$1,516/semester
14 Meals/Week	$75 Dining Dollars	$1,464/semester
10 Meals/Week	$100 Dining Dollars	$1,376/semester
7 Meals/Week	$100 Dining Dollars	$1,361/semester
5 Meals/Week	$100 Dining Dollars	$950/semester
Unlimited Meals	$0 Dining Dollars	$1,817/semester
Unlimited Plus 25	$25 Dining Dollars	$1,842/semester
Unlimited Plus 50	$50 Dining Dollars	$1,867/semester
BLOCK MEAL PLANS
50 Meal Block	$0 Dining Dollars	$449/semester
90 Meal Block	$200 Dining Dollars	$1,387/semester
115 Meal Block	$150 Dining Dollars	$1,484/semester
125 Meal Block	$100 Dining Dollars	$1,546/semester

All rates are subject to change pending approval from UT System Office.

To purchase a Block Meal Plan through the V OneCard GET Portal, follow instructions in the How-to-Guide under "Purchase a Meal Plan" or call our offices at (956) 665-2224.

If you need more information, contact Campus Auxiliary Services at aux@utrgv.edu or call our offices at (956) 665-2224.

Whether you’re running low on your meal plan, or you didn’t have a meal plan to start with, Dining Dollars are a convenient way to make your dining purchases. Dining Dollars are cash values included in most meal plans but can also be purchased separately to supplement your needs. They work like a pre-paid debit card with funds kept on your student ID card. Dining Dollars may be used at any on-campus dining location.

Dining Dollars will roll over from Fall to Spring within the same fiscal year purchased.

To purchase Dining Dollars through the V OneCard GET Portal, follow instructions in the How-to-Guide under "Add VBucks and Dining Dollars" or call our offices at (956) 665-2224.

If you need more information, contact Campus Auxiliary Services at aux@utrgv.edu or call our offices at (956) 665-2224.