A variety of vegan and vegetarian options can be found throughout USC Hospitality venues, including Residential Dining venues, USC Village Dining Hall, Parkside and Everybody’s Kitchen. All vegan and vegetarian menu items in Residential Dining are labeled.

Halal: Tutor Café offers halal Indian cuisine. Dining Dollars and credit/debit cards are accepted here. The Residential Dining Halls serve a variety of dishes with halal friendly ingredients and are labeled on the online menus/menu boards. For more information please view the 'Halal Friendly Dining at USC' document at https://hospitality.usc.edu/dietitian/ .

Kosher: The USC Village Dining Hall offers pre-packaged Glatt kosher meals and Tablet K vegan/vegetarian kosher meals as part of the meal plan.  Please contact the Registered Dietitian for more information. https://hospitality.usc.edu/ask-the-dietician/

Please contact our Registered Dietitian for questions regarding ingredients by visiting: https://hospitality.usc.edu/ask-the-dietitian/

Yes, all guests are welcome to eat at Parkside Grill, the USC Village Dining Hall at the USC Village and EVerybody’s Kitchen. Dining dollars, meal swipes, discretionary, credit/debit cards are accepted.

If a student on a meal plan cannot visit the Residential Dining eateries due to illness such as the flu, they may request a BRATS meal to be delivered to their dorm. Meals are available seven days a week, Monday through Friday 7:30am-9pm; Saturdays and Sundays 11am-9pm.

BRATS stands for banana, rice, applesauce, toast, and soup.  Access the flyer under the 'Menus & Nutrition' tab on the USC Hospitality website. https://hospitality.usc.edu/

If eating-in at any of the three dining halls, food is self-serve, all-you-care-to-eat.

Yes! You may use a Residential Meal Swipe for 1 to-go meal per day on the unlimited meal plans.  Those on plans with a fixed number of meal swipes, or alotted amount of Dining Dollars, may use as many of their swipes or dollars as they wish for  to-go meals. First step is to download the USEFULL app and set up an account.  Tell the cashier that you would like a to-go meal.  Take the reusable beverage cup and bowl and fill them up.  Close the containers and exit the facility.  To return the containers, bring them to any of the 3 dining halls, scan the barcodes on the iPad, then drop them into the bins. All containers must be returned within 48 hours of checking out in order to avoid a late charge.  Dining Dollars, Discretionary Dollars, and credit/debit may also be used to purchase a to-go meal.

Residential Dining Meal Swipes may be used at EVK, Parkside and the USC Village Dining Hall. Campus Center Meal Swipes may be used for special combo meals at all locations at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center, with the exception of Panda Express.

Dining Dollars are accepted at all USC Hospitality retail cafes located on campus. Dining Dollars are also accepted at TacoTaco, Starbucks and Panda Express over at the HSC campus.

Sophomores, juniors, and seniors living in USC Housing apartments must have the apartment plan at a minimum, which consists of 40 meal swipes and $150 dining dollars per semester. These meal swipes and dining dollars will be invaluable to you around midterms, finals, and project times when you just don’t have time to cook. We know that the demands of college are stressful! We are here to take a little of the stress off your plate by nourishing you so you can concentrate on your studies.

All three dining halls participate in EcoMondays, in which all menus are red meat free.  Proteins included are poultry, seafood, vegan and vegetarian options. Please check the online menus to see what is being served on the day of your visit: https://hospitality.usc.edu/residential-dining-menus/

No, you are not locked into the same meal plan for the entire school year. If you would like to change to a different plan in the Spring, you are welcome to do so. Please be mindful of the deadlines to make changes during each semester. The Meal Plan change deadline for Fall 2024 is September 3rd and the deadline for Spring 2025 is January 23rd. Meal Plan changes can be made online via the USCard website at mycard.usc.edu/.

Dining Dollars are funds attached to the Trojan, Apartment and Community Meal Plans, or as part of separate Dining Dollar Blocks, and are only used at USC Hospitality venues that do not serve alcohol. Dining Dollar Blocks are purchased at a 10% discount to you. Discretionary Dollars are not part of a meal plan and are simply your own funds that may be added to you USCard vis the USCard website at any time. They can be used for dining at any USC Hospitality location, the USC Bookstore and many other places on campus. Please see this complete list at https://mycard.usc.edu/accepted-locations/.

USC Hospitality can accommodate a wide variety of special dietary needs. Residential Dining labels menu items for the top 8 allergens, sesame and pork, in addition to vegan and vegetarian. Parkside is a peanut/nut sensitive facility as well.  If you have celiac disease/gluten intolerance, a food allergy, or other medical issue that impacts eating, please contact the Registered Dietitian well before the semester begins so that she can advise you on which dining venue will best accommodate your needs: http://hospitality.usc.edu/ask-the-dietitian/.

If you require the Allergen Awareness Zone at Parkside, the Gluten Awareness Zone at EVK, or our order ahead protocol at any of our 3 dining halls please contact the Registered Dietitian to start the registration process as soon as possible. Please note that despite taking every precaution, we cannot guarantee that our items are 100% free of trace amounts of peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, fish, shellfish or other allergens.

Yes! You may choose to purchase the Cardinal, Trojan, Community 25 or 50 plans, or a block of $250 or $500 Dining Dollars. Please visit the USCard website to purchase a meal plan http://mycard.usc.edu/

The only location where Dining Dollars, Residential Meal Swipes, and Discretionary Dollars are accepted at the USC Village is at the USC Village Dining Hall. Target, Trader Joe’s, FedEx and all of the cafes at the Village are independent and not operated by USC. Some of the cafes do accept Discretionary dollars. Please visit the USCard website for a full list of locations: https://mycard.usc.edu/accepted-locations/

With the USC Campus Dining mobile ordering app, guests are be able to order and pay for food on the app and simply pick it up when it is ready, without having to wait in line. Look for "Transact mobile ordering" in the Apple store or Google Play and sign up with your USC email address.

The Trojan Plan offers 60 Residential Meal Swipes for the 3 dining halls per semester, but is mostly a declining balance plan where the cash value of meals is deducted from a large bank of Dining Dollars. These Dining Dollars may be used at any on-campus quick service cafe, coffee shop, or dining hall operated by USC Hospitality. If a student is using Dining Dollars to pay for entry to a dining hall, the amount deducted is $12.99 for breakfast, $17.39 for lunch, and $17.59 for dinner.

Dining Dollars that are attached to the Trojan Plan, Apartment Plan, and Dining Dollar Blocks do not roll over and are not refunded. However, students may choose to donate any unused Dining Dollars to a USC program that assists food insecure USC students. Dining Dollars attached to the Community 25 and 50 Plans DO roll over from the Fall into the Spring semester only.

Yes, please contact the Student Basic Needs office at basicneeds@usc.edu Their website is: https://studentbasicneeds.usc.edu/

Yes! Any student may purchase a $250 or $500 Dining Dollar Block at a 10% discount at any time during the semester.  Please note that these Dining Dollars do not roll over from semester to semester.

Absolutely! At the end of each semester, we provide an opportunity to donate Dining Dollars to USC Student Basic Needs programs that support USC students experiencing food insecurity.

All 3 of our Residential Dining Halls are open 7 days per week. Please visit the hours of operations page for business hours https://hospitality.usc.edu/hours-of-operation/

Contact hospsys@usc.edu provide the last 4 digits of credit card, date and transaction amount

Yes, in our retail cafes, take-out packaging including bowls, cups, plates and service ware are made from a variety of plant-based materials and are compostable.  Our Residential Dining Halls use plastic-free reusable containers. To learn more about our reusable container program, please visit https://www.usefull.us/

Yes, USC Hospitality takes achieving the Zero Waste Initiative seriously; actively working to reduce single use plastics with our packaging; working with our vendors (i.e., coke and others) on reducing single use plastic bottles; assessing and reducing our carbon footprint within our supply chain and sustainable food purchases.

Yes, USC Hospitality partners with the St. Francis Center as the official food rescue partner. They recover prepared food daily from all dining halls, special events and our University Club.

Our kitchen stewards place pre and post-consumer food waste in our onsite composting bins, which are later picked up by our city franchised waste hauler. The hauler then transports to City permitted composting facilities.

More than 40% of all food purchased by USC Hospitality comes from sustainable sources and we are increasing this number every year. For more information, please visit: https://green.usc.edu/programs/procurement/

Yes, bring your clean, reusable mug to any of the following locations and receive $0.10 off of your beverage:  Starbucks at Trojan Grounds, Coffee Bean & Tea leaf, Tutor Hall Café, Cafe Annenberg, Literatea, Popovich, and Law Cafe

There is metered parking on the street in front of the Lab and there is also parking available at the USC Hotel parking available without fee (2 Hour Maximum) when mentioning the Lab at the parking booth.

We accept all major credit cards except for Discover.

Yes, for further information such as pricing, availability and options, please email: private.events@usc.edu or call our main line at 213-740-5956

Yes, of course. However we do ask that anyone not yet of 21 years of age do not sit at our bar top. We will happily get you a table.

Enter through the front drive way of USC Hotel, and proceed until the end of drive way. Make a right to enter our parking structure (PS2). The structure is located off Figueroa between Jefferson and Exposition.

No, Dining Dollars are only accepted at USC Hospitality locations on campus. we currently only accept Credit Card, Internal Requisition, or Discretionary Cards.

Yes , please contact us at: 213 -743-2077.

We deliver to the USC campus area and The Row area.

For information about private events, please contact private.events@usc.edu

You can contact our security department at the USC Hotel 213-748-4141 and ask to be transferred to our lost and found.

You can call the USC hotel @ 213-748-4141 and ask to be transferred to our accounting department.

Our parking structure is run by USC transportation. The normal charge is $20.00 and please note rate may change for special events.