For Patients and Families

Cafe at Children's

Open Monday to Friday, 6:30 to 11 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 6:30 to 11 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Located in the Farley basement

The Cafe at Children's offers hot meals and light alternatives for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Choices include our Theme Cuisine Station where you can watch your meal being prepared, our daily Entree special, Fresh Hot Pizzas & Toasted Subs, as well as an extensive Salad Bar, Deli, Grill and Wrap Sandwich stations. Free milk for kids under 12 with purchase.

Room service

Open daily, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Phone: 617-355-FOOD

Our in-room food service for patients features a room service style menu. A limited selection of kosher and Halal meals are available for patients with restricted diets. Please ask your child's nurse for help in ordering these meals. Check with your child's nurse before bringing your child food from outside the hospital.

Au Bon Pain

Open Sunday through Thursday, 24 hours a day
Friday and Saturday, closed at 11 p.m.
Phone: 617-734-0451
Located in the main lobby

Au Bon Pain, a bakery-café, serves soups, sandwiches, salads, coffee and baked goods.

Nutrition services for patients

Registered dietitians and diet technicians provide high-quality nutritional care to all patients and arrange for any special meals physicians have ordered for your child. You may discuss your child's food preferences, food allergies and special dietary needs with a hospital dietitian, diet technician or your child's nurse.

Other mealtime options

Many additional restaurants, delis and fast-food choices are available at the Longwood Galleria next door to Children's, elsewhere in the Longwood Avenue area, in Brookline Village and further east on Brookline Avenue. For information about these locations, click here or call Reception and Information Services at 617-355-6201 or visit the Information Desk in the Main Lobby.