Food Services

We are concerned with

Your health and well-being - we are committed to supporting your health and well-being. All of our menus include healthy options and diets. We prioritize the use of fresh, seasonal and nutritious products, which are prepared daily by our team

Your education - we provide you with the dietary details of all dishes, in order to be able to make balanced choices

The planet - we are committed to eradicating the use of plastic, reducing waste and reducing agri-food circuits, using local suppliers and efficient use of resources

Your opinion  - we value your feedback and wants to interact with you. Leave your opinion and your ideas, in suggestions and comments.

Food Units

The SASULisboa have 9 Refectories distributed in the Campus of Universidade de Lisboa with capacity for about 3,505 places. In addition to the meal service, the Food Units provide study spaces with access to network points and Wi-Fi connections.

The complete meal includes:

• bread
• soup
• main dish
• dessert (sweet, fruit or yogurt)
• drink (water, juice or tea)

The main dish can be chosen among meat or fish and vegetarian dish. A diet dish is available by appointment.

For more detailed information, you can consult the page dedicated to each of the Food Units.

Access and Functioning

The following public have access to SASULisboa Food Units:

• The Academic Community of ULisboa, after duly proven of its link to the University: students, staff, teachers, researchers, research fellows, visitors and collaborators invited.
• Others, after proven that they are duly authorized.

Meal Payment

Payment for meals at the Food Units allocated to SASULisboa is made as follows: 

1. Units under direct management:
   Through the Universidade de Lisboa Identification Card (Caixa IU Card), purchase of a meal ticket or cash. (For planning and control reasons, the meal ticket is valid on the day it is purchased).
2. Concessionary units:
   Cash payment.

In compliance with the "General Data Protection Regulations", in order to start using the University of Lisbon Identification Card for payments of SAS services, users should request their user registration on the SASULisboa website, following the steps:

1. On the home page of the SASULISBOA website, under "User Support", click on "Registration Request";
2. Mark your consent options and click "Next";
3. Fill in the fields provided with your data and "Submit".

Notes:

• If the user's registration is automatically detected, registration is immediately valid. Otherwise, the interested party will have to submit a document proving the link to ULisboa.
• If the user has marked the field of consent, the identification card is searched in the academic database of the faculty at the time of registration. If it is detected, the card is immediately activated. Otherwise, the user must go to one of the Food Units "Cantina Velha" or IST/Alameda and associate it in the place.

Hygiene and Food Safety

In terms of food hygiene and safety, all Food Units have implemented a HACCP System (Hygiene and Food Safety System), aided by other standards or Code of Good Practice

In this context, in addition to internal actions, the Food Units are subject to external audits, carried out monthly, including samples for microbiological control of confectionery, utensils and surfaces.

Prices

In order to harmonize procedures, and in order to facilitate students' access to this indirect social support, the Social Action Council determined:

• Price of Social Meal, paid through Caixa IU Card, for students enrolled at the University of Lisbon, regardless of the cycle they attend: € 2.70;
• Price of Social Meal, for students and other authorized users, paid in cash: € 4.10.