Great cafe option in Children’s Hospital. Delicious fresh grill options and always has ready to eat prepared food options and great coffee.
Henry Meditz
Food was good. Prices were reasonable....
Tina F.
Great cafe option in Children's Hospital. Delicious fresh grill options and always has ready to eat prepared food options and great coffee.
Mike Roshaven
Wow. So you would expect hospital cafeteria food to be on par with prison, Navy, high school cafeteria, food kitchen, or other mass produced heavily processed junk. Well, be prepared for a completely different experience here.It seems they have a unique menu every single day! The soups appear and taste like they were actually made with ingredients that were mixed together and cooked to perfection right then and there. I think I had the best chili of my life there back in December 2021.They have a pizza oven that cranks out delicious pizzas.Their grill person can crank out just about any breakfast lunch or dinner item like an old pro. Their coffee actually has taste! And it’s a great taste, even better than the average DD or mermaid cup.Fresh prepared salads, side dishes, other hot and cold drinks (cappuccino?!?!), and generous portions forked over for very decent prices and excellent customer service, from the servers, to checkout/baristas, to the folks cleaning up tables after people bus their own trays.The joint is packed around mealtimes. Thank you for a place I’d go to just for the food, if I was in the area (which I hope not to be, given the bad memories usually associated with hospital experiences)Definitely eat here if you are hungry at the hospital.
Alyssa S.
Little cafe in the lobby of Hackensack Hospital. Lots of baked goods, a cute espresso machine, and a limited hot food menu. Latte was perfectly good, better than expected in a hospital cafeteria. The sign on the door promises free smiles, and they definitely deliver. Very friendly staff, which is much appreciated in a setting like this.
Kristin L.
It is what it is: A place for food and coffee in a children's hospital. You don't come here for gourmet cuisine; you're here because your kid is sick or might be sick or possibly has something wrong or you need to kill time and calm nerves with a hot cup of something before your kid's appointment. Or you work here. Nice selection of pastry items. Coffee is okay, not the worst, but it's the best of you have available, all things considered. The star of the show is the aquarium fish tank in the eating area. Very calming to just sit there and watch the blue tang and see how many itty bitty starfish you can find. Edited to add: The cranberry muffins are very good.
Den G.
To think I can go to a Hospital Cafe (aquarium Cafe) and enjoy a restaurant quality lunch! WOW! Brought my son who just loved playing with the Dory fish in the beautiful aquarium positioned in the center of the cafeteria. I had Calamari fri diavlo over spaghetti, my son had chicken fingers and fries! Then I had a Starbucks quality caramel machiatto and we split pound cake! Highly recommend if your at hackensack university medical center or just in the area!
Great cafe option in Children’s Hospital. Delicious fresh grill options and always has ready to eat prepared food options and great coffee.
Food was good. Prices were reasonable....
Great cafe option in Children's Hospital. Delicious fresh grill options and always has ready to eat prepared food options and great coffee.
Wow. So you would expect hospital cafeteria food to be on par with prison, Navy, high school cafeteria, food kitchen, or other mass produced heavily processed junk. Well, be prepared for a completely different experience here.It seems they have a unique menu every single day! The soups appear and taste like they were actually made with ingredients that were mixed together and cooked to perfection right then and there. I think I had the best chili of my life there back in December 2021.They have a pizza oven that cranks out delicious pizzas.Their grill person can crank out just about any breakfast lunch or dinner item like an old pro. Their coffee actually has taste! And it’s a great taste, even better than the average DD or mermaid cup.Fresh prepared salads, side dishes, other hot and cold drinks (cappuccino?!?!), and generous portions forked over for very decent prices and excellent customer service, from the servers, to checkout/baristas, to the folks cleaning up tables after people bus their own trays.The joint is packed around mealtimes. Thank you for a place I’d go to just for the food, if I was in the area (which I hope not to be, given the bad memories usually associated with hospital experiences)Definitely eat here if you are hungry at the hospital.
Little cafe in the lobby of Hackensack Hospital. Lots of baked goods, a cute espresso machine, and a limited hot food menu. Latte was perfectly good, better than expected in a hospital cafeteria. The sign on the door promises free smiles, and they definitely deliver. Very friendly staff, which is much appreciated in a setting like this.
It is what it is: A place for food and coffee in a children's hospital. You don't come here for gourmet cuisine; you're here because your kid is sick or might be sick or possibly has something wrong or you need to kill time and calm nerves with a hot cup of something before your kid's appointment. Or you work here. Nice selection of pastry items. Coffee is okay, not the worst, but it's the best of you have available, all things considered. The star of the show is the aquarium fish tank in the eating area. Very calming to just sit there and watch the blue tang and see how many itty bitty starfish you can find. Edited to add: The cranberry muffins are very good.
To think I can go to a Hospital Cafe (aquarium Cafe) and enjoy a restaurant quality lunch! WOW! Brought my son who just loved playing with the Dory fish in the beautiful aquarium positioned in the center of the cafeteria. I had Calamari fri diavlo over spaghetti, my son had chicken fingers and fries! Then I had a Starbucks quality caramel machiatto and we split pound cake! Highly recommend if your at hackensack university medical center or just in the area!
They run out of flavored decaf early
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