Places to Eat
Ordering Food from the Menu for Your Child
Food for Parents, Caregivers, and Visitors
The patient’s family and visitors may bring food for themselves or buy it from the hospital cafeteria or nearby restaurants. If you need help getting food while your child is in the hospital, ask your nurse to call a social worker. If you choose to bring food from home, you can use the family lounge on the Main Building’s second, third, fourth, or fifth floor to store and prepare food. There is a microwave and sink in each lounge.
- Food stored in the refrigerators must be labeled with your name and date.
- Food older than one week will be thrown away on Fridays when the refrigerator is cleaned.
Family Food Bags with ready-to-eat food is available in each hospital unit. If you cannot get enough food at any time while your child is in the hospital, ask your child’s nurse for a free food bag. There are also food bags and coffee and tea in the Family Resource Center.
California Children’s Services Food Vouchers are available from the social worker for current CCS clients. If you have questions about CCS, please ask to speak to a social worker.
Stanford Children’s Food Vouchers worth $10 are available for purchase from the cashier in the Harvest Café. You can use these vouchers to have food delivered to your child’s room. Place an order by calling the number on the front of the menu in your child’s room. The $10 guest meal includes one entrée, two sides, one fruit or dessert, and one beverage.
Stanford Children’s Grubhub App can be downloaded from the App Store on your mobile device. Open the Grubhub app and search for LPCH. You can purchase a guest meal for $10 and order from the menu in the room. They will call to confirm the order, then deliver the tray to your child’s room.
The Harvest Café is on the first floor of the Main Building. The Café has seating indoors or outdoors, in the Dunlevie Garden. Open every day from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Stanford University Hospital Cafeteria is on the first floor of Stanford University Hospital, 500 Pasteur Drive (called 500P). This option is available for take-out only. Open every day from 6:00 a.m. to Midnight on weekdays, 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Market Square Cafeteria is in the first-floor hallway of Stanford University Hospital, 300 Pasteur Drive (called 300P). Open every weekday for lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. but closed on weekends and holidays.
The PERK Coffee Cart is on the first floor of Stanford University Hospital (called 300P), near the Pediatric Emergency Department, behind the Market Square Cafeteria. Open Monday to Friday, from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Vending Machines with Snacks, Drinks, and To-Go Food can be found on the first floor of the Main Building, across from the Harvest Café, behind the Women’s restroom. Vending machines are also at Stanford University Hospital, near the Pediatric Emergency Department, along the back hallway, behind the Perk Coffee Cart.
Food Delivery is an option. Have it delivered to the hospital address and tell them which building you’re in. Pick up your food at the entrance to the correct building at the food delivery table.
Meal Vouchers for Breastfeeding Mothers are for parents breastfeeding their hospitalized child. These vouchers can be used at the Harvest Café. Ask your nurse to contact Social Work.