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Dining Services

Welcome to the Chaminade Dining Program!

A variety of dining options and locations are available on the Chaminade campus. We also offer meal plans for on-campus and off-campus residents, as well as commuting students.

Please visit the Chaminade University Campus Dish for additional information.

Meal Plans (2024–2025 Academic Year)

Food services are available for students living in campus housing. Residents of Hale Lokelani, Hale Pohaku and Kieffer Hall are required to purchase a meal plan. This is part of the contract as a condition of residing in these halls. Since the rooms do not have kitchens, no personal cooking is allowed in residence halls for safety and sanitation reasons. Students in these residence halls may choose from these plans:

  • (A) Hula
  • (B) Mahalo
  • (C) Aloha

If no meal plan is chosen, students will automatically be placed on the (A) Hula meal plan for the semester.

Students living in our Waialae Avenue apartment complex may choose to sign up for any of the meal plans listed below, however, it is not required.

Debit Dollars are a set amount of declining balance funds which students may purchase and load onto their Chaminade ID card. Each time a food purchase is made in one of the campus dining locations, the cost is subtracted from the balance on the student’s account. Debit Dollars may be used in the P.O.D and Silversword Cafe and area available for purchase to all students, faculty, and staff.

Plan A – Hula ($3,010/semester)
  • 10 meals per week
  • $150 Debit Dollars
  • 2 guest meals
Plan B – Mahalo ($4,115/semester)
  • 14 meals per week
  • $150 Debit Dollars
  • 2 guest meals
Plan C – Aloha ($4,340/semester)
  • Unlimited*
  • $150 Debit Dollars
  • 5 guest meals

*All Unlimited All-Access member meal plan periods consist of our conventional meal period hours as well as an additional unlimited period.

Additional Meal Plan Information:

  • Unlimited meal plans are non-transferable–these meal plans may only be used by the plan holder and cannot be used for guests of the plan holder.
  • The plan holder must have his or her meal card (Chaminade ID) to enter the dining facility.
  • Residential unlimited meal plans expire at the end of each semester.
  • Unlimited meals are intended to be eaten within the dining facility.  Anyone taking a meal “to go” may not return until the following meal period.

For more information, read our Meal Plan FAQs.

Additional Dining Information:

These plans allow students unlimited access to the dining facility.  The meal plan holder needs to check in each time they enter but may return as many times throughout the day.

Commuter Student Meal Plans (2024–2025 Academic Year)

Living off-campus doesn’t mean you have to hassle with shopping, cooking and cleaning after lunch. With a block meal plan, you have value, variety and convenience. It’s flexible and works right with your schedule. An off-campus student has the option to purchase a block of meals to eat at the Silversword Cafe during breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Block meal plans also come with Debit Dollars to spend at both the P.O.D. Market and the Silversword Cafe.

80 Block Plan ($1,385/semester)
  • 80 block meals/semester
  • $150 debit dollars
45 Block Plan ($660/semester)
  • 45 block meals/semester
  • $40 debit dollars

Dining Facilities

The P.O.D. Market

Come and enjoy your meals on our open-air patio. Try a classic sub sandwich or wrap from the popular P.O.D. Market featuring gourmet sandwiches and flavorful salads and side dishes. Wake up with a piping hot cup of our gourmet coffee. We offer a full breakfast menu daily (meal plan breakfast option) and hot entrees at lunch and dinner. We feature convenient express grab-and-go bentos, musubis, salads, yogurt parfaits and splashes of cool drinks to refresh you. The P.O.D. Market accepts cash, credit card and Debit Dollars.

Hours of Operation

P.O.D. is open Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM – 7 PM
Breakfast: Monday-Friday, 7:30 – 10 AM
Lunch: Monday-Friday, 11 AM – 2 PM

Please go to Chaminade University Campus Dish for current hours of this facility. Abbreviated schedule during Christmas, Spring, and Summer Breaks.

The Silversword Cafe

The Silversword Cafe is home to the freshest flavors on campus! We offer an exciting dining program for you. Daily lunches, dinners and our weekend brunches feature traditional “all-you-care-to-eat” meals, live cooking action, variety, value, and convenience at Tredtin Hall. Come and explore the wide variety of options at each meal for lunch, dinner or weekend brunch.

The Silversword Cafe is open to the entire campus community.  Join us for our theme dining meals and special culinary events. Visit the Campus Dish website for menus, meal plans or more information.

Hours of Operation

Breakfast: Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 10 AM
Lunch: Monday – Friday, 11 AM – 2 PM
Dinner: Monday-Friday, 5-8 PM
Brunch: Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM-2 PM

Please go to Chaminade University Campus Dish for the current hours of this facility. Closed during Christmas, Spring, and Summer Breaks. No meal plan service is available over Spring Break.

At the Silversword Cafe, you can pay with your weekly meal plan allowance, Debit Dollars or you may pay with cash or credit card. Meal plan meals are not transferable, and ID cards are necessary for admission if you are not paying with cash. Debit Dollars are available for everyone to purchase at the Dining Services Office at Tredtin Hall. We offer up to a 15% bonus on Debit Dollar purchases, depending on your investment in the plan. Debit Dollars can be added to your meal card at any time to supplement your meal plan. Debit Dollars and meal plans can be utilized in the Silversword Cafe and the P.O.D. Market during business hours.

Please go to Chaminade University Campus Dish for current hours of this facility.

All Dining facilities are closed during Christmas, Spring, and Summer Breaks.