Food Services

UH Mānoa Food Services is a self-funded program responsible for the daily operations of food service vendors on campus including food trucks, campus-wide vending, and Paradise Palms Cafe eateries. We will be using the information from this survey to make future decisions and better serve the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa community.

We appreciate your time in completing this survey, which should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. Your email is required to begin the survey, but will not be included in the data collected.

You make take the survey here:  http://www.surveyshare.com/s/AYA6H3B through Friday, May 18, 2018.

Note: Dining services at the Campus Center, Hemenway Hall and Residence Halls are managed separately by Student Affairs.

Enjoy Dunkin' Donuts at Paradise Palms Café

The new Dunkin' Donuts will celebrate the UH Mānoa grand opening with giveaways, samples and a sweepstakes. [full article]

UH Mānoa Food Services is a self-funded program responsible for the daily operations of food service vendors on campus including food trucks, campus-wide vending, and Paradise Palms Cafe eateries.

In an effort to continue to provide services and options that suit our University of Hawai'i at Mānoa community needs, we would appreciate your time to give us your input via a survey.  The survey should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. Your email is required to begin the survey but will not be included in the data collected. Feedback gathered from this survey will guide us in making future decisions and help us to better serve the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa community. 

Please access the survey here:  http://www.surveyshare.com/s/AYASWTB by Friday, April 14.

After you've completed the survey, you may enter to win one of five cases of Monster Energy or a Coke product.

Note: Dining services at the Campus Center, Hemenway Hall and Residence Halls are managed separately by Student Affairs.

*E-mail is required for contest entry. Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents of Hawaii who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner.

Food Services is pleased to announce that Coca-Cola products are now available throughout the UH Mānoa campus at retail outlets, cafeterias including Paradise Palms, the bookstore and at sporting event venues. Coca-Cola products are also available anytime via vending machines located throughout the UH Mānoa campus.

Coca-Cola was recently awarded the beverage rights and beverage vending concessions contract for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa campus. The contract is a multi-year contract that supplies the University with new equipment, financial support, and a supply of product that will be used for campus events.

We want to thank our partners at Pepsi for their support of the University and Food Services during the past 24 years. We would also like to thank the many individuals that were involved in the contracting and transition process.

Finally, we appreciate the patience of the University community during this transition.

Please take 10-15 minutes to complete our annual customer survey. You may take the survey here: http://www.surveyshare.com/s/AYAMVID.

The survey will be available through May 31, 2016.

We cordially invite you to attend Paradise Palms Open House on Wednesday, March 9, 2:00pm to 4:00pm - download invitation for more information. Please RSVP for the open house here.

Dec 25, 2015 Christmas
Jan 1, 2016 New Year's Day

UH Manoa Food Services appreciates your customer feedback on our daily operations and food vendors such as food trucks, campus-wide vending, and Paradise Palms Cafe eateries. Please take 10-15 minutes to complete our annual customer survey. Your answers will be used to by Food Services in its ongoing efforts to provide quality service to the UH Manoa community.

You may take the survey here: http://www.surveyshare.com/s/AYAYTAC.

The survey will be available through June 12, 2015.

May 25, 2015 Memorial Day
June 11, 2015 King Kamehameha Day
July 3, 2015 Independence Day (Observed)
August 21, 2015 Statehood Day

May 26, 2014 (Memorial Day)
June 11, 2014 (King Kamehameha Day)
July 4, 2014 (Independence Day)
August 15, 2014 (Statehood Day)

Campus Services’ Food Services program would appreciate your assistance in completing a survey to evaluate our programs and current vendors. The information gathered from these annual surveys is used by Food Services in its ongoing efforts to provide quality service to the UH Mānoa community.

The survey can be found at http://www.surveyshare.com/s/AYAAC3D.

It will be available online until Friday, May 31, 2014.

Links to the survey can also be found on Food Services’ Facebook page http://www.fb.com/UHMFoodSvc.

(Note that Student Affairs and its vendor Sodexo, not Food Services, provide the dining services in Residence Halls, at Campus Center, and at Bale.)

May 28, 2013 (Memorial Day)
June 11, 2013 (King Kamehameha Day)
July 4, 2013 (Independence Day)
August 6, 2013 (Statehood Day)

Campus Services’ Food Services program would appreciate your assistance in completing a survey to evaluate our programs and current vendors. The information gathered from these annual surveys is used by Food Services in its ongoing efforts to provide quality service to the UH Mānoa community.

The survey can be found at http://www.surveyshare.com/s/AQAI7SC.

It will be available online until Friday, May 31, 2013.

Links to the survey can also be found on Food Services’ Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/foodUHM.

(Note that Student Affairs and its vendor Sodexo, not Food Services, provide the dining services in Residence Halls, at Campus Center, and at Bale.)

FRIENDS! Click here to play our FOOD FRIENDZY Sweepstakes! Share with a friend for extra entry points.

This week's prize: one of TEN smoothies from Honolulu Gourmet.

Tune in for new prizes in weeks of March 11 and 18. Must use your hawaii.edu email to enter.

BC Burrito located at Saunders Hall has recently changed their name to Verde Kaimukī. They're still serving up delicious, made-to-order burritos with great affordable prices. Go check them out!

Return to Paradise!

Come celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of Paradise Palms Café on Tuesday, August 28.  There’ll be food sampling, music from Island 98.5, and prize drawings every fifteen minutes between 7:30am – 9am and 11am – 1pm. Enter to win one of:

Twenty gift certificates for a free yogurt from Honolulu Gourmet

Five $20 gift vouchers from India Café

Ten $20 gift certificates from L& L

Ten $20 gift cards from Panda Express

Five $20 gift vouchers from Super Gyros

Coffee catering for a department or student group (up to 20 people) from The Curb

One free coffee per business day for the rest of the Fall semester from The Curb

A new iPad (16 GB, retina display) donated by Pepsico and AMP Energy

Entry forms available for pick up from any Paradise Palms vendor starting August 22, but must be submitted on August 28 only, before 12:30pm.

Winners may win one prize only and need not be present at the drawings to win. Winners will be contacted by email. Prizes will be forfeited if not claimed by September 14, 2012.

And all you Early Birds, check out The Curb's coffee tasting between 7:30am - 9am hours, and get a free muffin bite from Honolulu Gourmet.

Paradise Palms will be re-opening soon with an exciting new line-up (including a few familiar faces): Panda Express, Domino’s Pizza Express, Honolulu Gourmet, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, India Café Curry Express, Super Gyros, and The Curb. Keep checking back for more!

May 28, 2012 (Memorial Day)
June 11, 2012 (King Kamehameha Day)
July 4, 2012 (Independence Day)
August 17, 2012 (Statehood Day)

A new alternative for dining on the mauka Diamond Head side of campus while Paradise Palms is closed:

Da Spot will be barbecuing on the Paradise Palms lanai starting Monday, Feb. 6, from 10am - 2pm
(Da Spot will also continue serving their infamous smoothies at their regular location in the Sustainability Courtyard.)

Hours for the visiting food trucks on Maile Way:

Paradise Palms Café, the indoor/outdoor food court located next to Hamilton Library, will be temporarily suspending its operations after Friday, January 27. The venue will re-open under new management at a later date.

Starting Monday, January 30, and while Paradise Palms is closed during this transition period, Food Services will introduce several popular food trucks to the Mānoa campus, among them Momo Burger and The Curb. These food vendors will be located on Maile Way, mauka of Paradise Palms.

Other recent additions from Food Services are Le Crêpe Café at the Richardson School of Law and BC Burrito at Saunders Hall. They join established vendors Simply Ono, India Café, Papa Lucks, Govindas, Da Spot, Golden River Catering, and L & L Hawaiian Barbecue, as well as the dining options provided by Student Affairs at Campus Center and the residence halls.

For updates on the re-opening of Paradise Palms, check back here or become a Facebook fan.

Welcome back! Food Services and our wide variety of vendors are looking forward to an amazing Fall Semester.

Starting Monday, August 22nd, BC Burrito will join Food Services line up of vendors. They will be located at the recently renovated courtyard at Saunders Hall. BC Burrito will feature Mexican cuisine, have a commitment to sustainable practices, and has been featured on “Cheap Eats.” Overall, I feel that BC Burrito will round out the variety of choices available through our program.

The “Taste 5” promotion features BC Burrito and other selected vendors. By purchasing an item from any five of our eight select vendors, you will be entered to win some great prizes. Food Services and select vendors will be passing out the “Taste 5” cards. Get the “Taste 5” card stamped, each time you make a qualified purchase from a different vendor and return the card to any qualifying vendor prior September 10, 2011.

Participating vendors include BC Burrito, Da Spot, Golden River, Govinda’s, India Café, L&L, Papa Luck’s, and Simply Ono.