All meal plans are honored at the four eating locations on campus.

Sarah Lawrence College's main dining room is located in Bates. Bates Dining Room is open for lunch and dinner on weekdays and is open for brunch and dinner on weekends.

The Health Food Bar, located adjacent to Bates Dining room, is open for lunch and dinner on weekdays.

The Siegel Center is open from 7:30 a.m. until 2 a.m. during the week and from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. on the weekends.

The Atrium Cafe is open on weekdays.

Meals served in the Bates Dining room are cafeteria style with unlimited refills. Meals in the Health Food Bar, the Siegel Center and the Atrium Cafe are served à la carte, on a cash basis, and the meal plans provide a cash equivalency (by meal) in these locations.

Location hours and meal plan equivalencies are listed in the Student Handbook. All first-year resident students must participate in Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 2 or Meal Plan 2A.

Plan 1: $2,480 per semester

This is the complete meal plan. It includes every meal offered: breakfast, lunch and dinner weekdays, and brunch and dinner on weekends. Provided the student expects to eat breakfast during the week, this is the best value. This plan is priced assuming that no student eats every possible meal.

Plan 2: $2,174 per semester

This plan offers the student lunch and dinner weekdays and brunch and dinner on the weekends. This is the minimum plan required for first year resident students. This plan is also priced assuming that no student eats every possible meal. In the past, a majority of our students have chosen to select this plan.

Plan 2A: $2,174 per semester

This plan offers the student any 10 meals a week. In addition this plan includes $300 of FlikKa$h©* per semester. Like the other plans you can use this plan in any of the three eating locations. Resident first year students are allowed to select this plan.

Plan 3: $1,489 per semester

This plan allows the student to eat any seven (7) meals during the week. In addition, this plan includes $100 of FlikKa$h©* per semester that can be used in any of the three eating locations. This plan offers great flexibility and is priced assuming that there will not be any missed meals.

Plan 4: $746 per semester

This plan allows the student to eat any three (3) meals during the week. In addition, this plan includes the $100 of FlikKa$h©* per semester that can be used in any of the three eating locations. This plan offers great flexibility and is priced assuming that there will not be any missed meals.

*FlikKa$h© does not transfer from semester to semester and is nonrefundable.