# UCSC Dining - Menu — Menus for UCSC dining halls

> UCSC dining hall menus with nutrition, ingredients, and future previews. (iPhone/iPad app by Chai Jie.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ucsc-dining-menu/id1479214104 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Chai Jie](https://appshunter.io/developer/1479214103)
- Category: Food & Drink, Reference
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.63/5 from 306 App Store ratings · 12 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2019-09-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-17
- Monetization: ad-supported
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ucsc-dining-menu/id1479214104/reviews.md

## What is UCSC Dining?

Menu app for UCSC Dining halls: 

 - Includes 5 dining halls for ten colleges
 - Provides dining hall menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night
 - Explore the menu from cafés on campus
 - Search for your favorite food across all dining halls
 - Find more information about nutrition facts, ingredients, and allergens
 - Preview future menus

* Data provided by UCSC Dining. Due to the dynamic nature of the current situation, menus may change without notice. You may find item substitutions in the dining halls that are not reflected online.

## Key features

- Dining hall menus
- Nutrition facts
- Ingredient information
- Allergen details
- Future menu previews
- Food search across halls

## Recent user reviews (10 of 12)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ucsc-dining-menu/id1479214104/reviews.md

### 1/5 — 6

*2025-10-04, version 5.0*

7

### 5/5 — Goated

*2025-04-17, version 5.0*

Ts does not pmo

### 4/5 — Very good

*2024-04-18, version 5.0*

Very good app to know what food is available at the dining halls. By the way, you should update it to add Owl’s nest(cafe at kresge dorms) and also also allow us to see nutritional value for items from the cafes

### 1/5 — Don't trust this app for opening hours!

*2023-12-14, version 5.0*

It seems that the hours for are hard coded in. Porter is open 7 am to 7 pm on weekdays in the 2023-24 school year. They are longer open until 11 pm nor on weekends. Rachel Carson/Oakes is now open and no longer closed for renovations. Do not trust this app for hours

### 2/5 — No Waffles!!!!

*2022-12-05, version 4.0.1*

It said there would be waffles. It lied, and now the shadows grow long as the promise of a brighter breakfast sinks into the tumultuous sea.

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2022-03-13, version 4.0.1*

This app is so clutch. I love Ryan Chai

### 5/5 — Great App

*2021-11-30, version 4.0.1*

Super impressed with the app. Makes life so easy and everything is so easy to use.

### 5/5 — Great

*2019-11-19, version 4.0.0*

Great app. There should be an option to search by food and it would tell you which dining hall will serve that within the week.

### 5/5 — amazing

*2019-11-05, version 4.0.0*

This app is amazing, I don’t have to go to dinning hall to check menu

### 2/5 — “Ad banner to keep me motivated”

*2019-10-05, version 3.2.0*

What a bunch of bologna.

## Frequently asked questions about UCSC Dining

### What information does this app provide about UCSC dining?

This app provides detailed menus for all five UCSC dining halls, covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night meals. It also offers information on nutrition facts, ingredients, and allergens for each food item. You can even preview future menus.

### Can I search for specific food items across all UCSC dining halls?

Yes, the app allows you to search for your favorite food items across all dining halls. This makes it easy to find what you're craving no matter which campus dining location you plan to visit.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to download and use. It is supported by advertisements, which are displayed within the application.

### What if the menu in the dining hall is different from what's shown in the app?

The app's data is provided by UCSC Dining. However, due to the dynamic nature of food service, menus may change without notice, and item substitutions may occur in the dining halls that are not immediately reflected online.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0 — 2023-05-02

1. Search feature is finally here! Now you can find your favorite food across the campus to see which dining hall will serve them and when.
2. Built from the ground up with SwiftUI. Smaller package, more features, and better experience.
3. Added more information about dining hall hours and café locations.

### 4.0.1 — 2019-12-05

Fixed the crashing problem when viewing the perk cafe menu.

### 4.0.0 — 2019-10-19

1. Café menus are finally here
2. Animations are now available on iOS 11 and 12

### 3.2.0 — 2019-10-05

Sorry guys but ad banner will be added from this version. This is the only way to keep motivating me to improve this app. If you don’t want the ad, you can still keep using the old version. Thanks for understanding. ps: cafe menus and new UI transition will be added in next version!

### 3.1.0 — 2019-10-01

!. No more waiting: menus will be loaded faster than previous version
2. No more extra tapping: now supports automatic meal tab

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