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Arthur's Guide
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Image We understand that a hospital stay can sometimes be difficult and overwhelming. Children's Hospital Boston offers many amenities to patients and families that we hope will make your stay more comfortable, and enable you to focus on the health of your child.
Food Services
  • 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. Learn more.

  • Room Service
    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. Room service hours: Daily, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Phone: 617-355-FOOD

    Please check with your child's nurse before bringing your child food from outside the hospital.

  • Cafe at Children's
    The Cafe at Children's offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hot meals and light alternatives are available. Choices include our Theme Station where you can assemble your own meal, daily Entree special, Pizzeria Uno Pizza, a daily pasta special as well as a salad bar, deli, grill and wrap sandwich station. Check the menu to see what is available each day. The Cafe is located in the Farley Basement and is open Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Weekends and holidays, 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Learn more.

    Free milk for kids under 12 with purchase.

  • Au Bon Pain
    Au Bon Pain, a bakery-cafe located in the Main Lobby, serves soups, sandwiches, salads, coffee and baked goods. It is located in the Main Lobby and is open Sunday - Thursday: 24 hours a day; Friday and Saturday: closed at 11:00pm. Phone: 617-734-0451

  • 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, call Reception and Information Services at 617-355-6201 or visit the Information Desk in the Main Lobby.

Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)
For your convenience, two ATMs are located in the Fegan Building on Fegan Plaza. From the Main Lobby, take the large staircase or the Main Lobby elevator and walk straight ahead (toward the Farley and Fegan signs). The ATMs are on the right and left.

Additional ATMs are located across the street at 333 Longwood Avenue, and next door in the Galleria.

The hospital cashiers sells stamp and can give change. They are located on the first floor of the Farley building, past the Center for Families.

CVS Pharmacy
Located in the Main Lobby to the left of Au Bon Pain and behind the main Information Desk, CVS offers a full-service pharmacy, as well as a selection of personal care items, over-the-counter medications, cosmetics, film, batteries, magazines and other items for your convenience. CVS is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Phone: (617) 975-3500. CVS.com
Gift Shop
Image Stop by our gift shop, Trinkets and Treasures, and bring your favorite patient a gift to remind them how much they're loved. We have a diverse range of toys and games to put a smile on their face. Learn more
Sleeping
We can provide in-room sleeping accomodations for parents or guardians who wish to stay with a child overnight. We can also provide listings of hotels, special accomodations and more for your convenience. Learn more
Chapel
Image The Interfaith Chapel, located on Farley 1 near the Center for Families, is always open. Chaplains representing a variety of faiths, including Islam, Judaism, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, are available 24 hours a day to offer spiritual and emotional support to your child and family, with consideration given to your family's religious tradition and primary language. Learn more
Prouty Garden
Image Located behind the Farley/Pavillion building, the Prouty Garden offers a serene and playful escape from the pace inside our hospital. It's the perfect getaway for patient and caretaker.
Patient Entertainment Center
Image From music to laughter, games to stories, you can find some of the best medicine for the spirit in our Patient Entertainment Center. The PEC is located in the Main hospital building to the right of the top of the Main Lobby stairs, and directly in front of the Main Lobby elevator. Learn more
Center for Families
We know how important information is to parents. You'll find it all -- from the medical to the navigational -- at the Center for Families. Learn more
Internet/Wireless Access
Friends, family and colleagues are never more than a click away thanks to wireless high-speed Internet access in every in-patient room. Learn more
Patient Websites
Image Let friends and family know how your child's care is progressing with your own free and easy-to-use Web page. Learn more
Library
Research any medical topic using the same resources that our physicians and other healthcare professionals use. Learn more
Arthur's Guide to Children's Hospital Boston
Image Join Arthur and his friends on a school field trip to our hospital and say hello to our staff! The goal of the guide is to answer some of your child's questions about coming to the hospital and to help prepare both you and your child for the visit. Read Arthur's reports to find out what it's like to come in for a doctor visit, a pre-op visit or a hospital stay. We came up with some great games and other fun stuff, too.
Playground
A new playground is now open at Children's! It is located in Fegan Plaza. Learn more.
Art Galleries
There are six art galleries at Children's which are located on the lobby level and 1st floor surrounding our Patient Entertainment Center (PEC). In addition to the Main Gallery in the main lobby there is the Au Bon Pain Gallery, "Designing the Future" exhibit, Kool Kidz Cases, International Gallery and Animation Gallery. Gallery exhibits rotate frequently so kids and families can check out the new art whenever they're here.

Learn more about our exciting art exhibits and programming.

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