Stanford Hospital and Clinics Market Square Cafeteria

Two things I don’t recommend: Eating yellow snow and ordering the meat lasagna from the Stanford Hospital Cafeteria. Both, wont end well.
I know it’s a hospital but out of all the options, this was left and I expected almost microwave dinner quality. What I received was jailhouse quality.
Meat lasagna included just that… meat. 5 layers of pure ground beef. That’s it! No ricotta, no cheese on top. Just lasagna and ground beef with an overly salty marina sauce poured on top.
Never. Again.

I always eat here whenever I have to come to Stanford as it’s definitely something to look forward to while at the hospital. The food here is fantastic compared to what chain restaurants such as Subway, Togo’s, Denny’s McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King etc puts out while being healthier too. The make it yourself sandwiches are excellent as I had one for the first time here the other day which was a turkey and cheese on a sourdough roll. It was a good sized one while being less than $ 5. Other things that are great here are the grass fed cheeseburgers, the french fries, the salad bar, the broccoli and cheese soup and the non spicy chili. I can’t wait to be back here again!

As far as Hospital Cafeteria food goes I’ve never seen better.
Grill has excellent options.
Be careful with the salad bar it’s all by weight and the blue plate special is usually too expensive for what it is.

I’ll keep it brief only because I don’t think I want to become a Regular or the Duke of this place. It’s a medical facility and I’m here just visiting family so my review comes from the perspective of a healthy guest.
I’ve seen nothing but friendly, professional staff. Everybody so far has been helpful and duty conscious.
The amenities for guests are pretty good. Massages, to places to walk, to free coffee.
The menu for the patients looks outstanding. Restaurant quality. There’s lots of options. The café for the guests is also quite good. Many options, very good food, plenty of choices even for those healthy conscious looking for the protein infusions every few hours. Apparently there’s other places to eat on campus but I’ve yet to make it out of the pavilions yet of the main hospital.
Sticking to my point of keeping it brief, this place is top notch quality care. This isn’t just a trauma hospital, it’s a full facility. If I were sick and in need of the best of the best, I’d come here.
On a side note, it doesn’t smell like a hospital. Air is a little dry but I don’t notice anything that gives this place away as a medical facility. I’ve been to other hospitals and you know that scent. Not here. Nothing.
Time to take another walk and go explore some more. This facility is massive.

We live in Vegas but have been here for almost two months after my brother got transferred to their ICU. Out of all the restaurants we have tried, the hospital café surprisingly is in the top five place we have eaten. It is well priced, fresh, and offers a variety of food. Very impressed. I normally get the grilled cheese and their soups. The pizza tastes like plastic but their olive rosemary potatoes are AMAZING.

Horrible pain management. Relative yelled for pain medication and got a security guard threatened her. Not recommended

Cafeteria at my work. Pretty pricey but good quality food and a lot to choose from. Sometimes there are long lines but they go down fast. The cafeteria staff could be nicer and there seems to never be enough seats. However there are cute seating areas outside for employees.

All party-​Friendly Cafeteria. You have all kinds of options from brown rice sushi to a double bacon cheeseburger. They use local ingredients when possible and sustainable foods.
This is your best option for variety in the hospital, second best in the SOM if you include Nexus at the Clark Center.
Fair prices, healthy eats, obliging staff, and variety– what more could you ask for?

I have had epilepsy since I was eleven years old. I am now 35. Since my diagnosis 24 years ago, I have seen numerous neurologists in multiple cities and states from the east coast to the west coast. Many of these neurologists were listed as «experts in neurology» and one was even a senior professor of neuroscience at a prestigious university with an award winning department.
Every neurologist I have ever seen — every single one — had the same method of treatment. Medication. It had become so much a part of my life that I could predict with near perfect accuracy what the neurologist would say and do. «Walk like a duck, walk on your toes, now on your heels…» then, without fail, they’d «adjust» my meds, order blood work and have me come back in six months.
In those six months between visits my «levels» would be destroyed and I’d have breakthrough seizures. I had so many seizures that I had completely given up hope of ever having a normal life — one that was seizure free. I had resigned myself to always being exhausted, either from my medications, or from my breakthrough seizures — or from both.
It was mentally crushing to know that this would be my life.
It wasn’t until 2012, when I moved to California and, eventually wound up a patient of Dr. Josef Parvizi that an alternative treatment plan was presented to me.
To give some context, since 2010, I had begun to have breakthrough seizures in the evening/​early morning hours. The events occurred nearly every night (often several times a night) and were becoming increasingly violent. A typical «event» would involve me thrashing about suddenly, seizing up and, on occasion, falling out of bed. After a long discussion with my wife, who was pregnant, and many sustained injuries to myself, I decided to go to the experts at Stanford.
My doctor was, Dr. Josef Parvizi.
Dr. Parvizi was very friendly from the moment I met him. He was thorough, asked more questions than any doctor I had previously seen and, in general, approached my treatment with much more forethought and care than any previous neurologist I had seen in my 24 years of having the disorder.
I won’t go into the details of every visit with Dr. Parvizi and his staff but will say that they are excellent in every aspect. What I will say, and what I’d like to focus on, is the treatment plan Dr. Parvizi and his staff came up with.
No one… not any doctor, nurse or surgeon I had ever seen since being diagnosed with epilepsy ever suggested that I could have a life free of seizures. No one, until Dr. Parvizi. He suggested that I consider a surgical option — that I was a prime candidate for the procedure. I was initially reluctant for obvious reasons. I spoke with family, my wife, my brother (who is himself a medical doctor) and gave the whole thing a great deal of consideration.
In the end I opted to proceed.
Dr. Parvizi then enlisted Dr. Lawrence M Shuer who would performed the actual surgery. Dr. Shuer, like Dr. Parvizi, was extremely friendly and thorough. He approached my procedure methodically — answered both my questions, and my wife’s questions. He even provided links to my wife so she could research and see the procedure herself online. He alleviated my fears without dismissing them. He was in a word, amazing.
These two doctors (Dr. Parvizi and Dr. Shuer) did for me what no doctor, hospital, or medical professional could do in 24 long years of living with epilepsy.
They cured me.
As I write this I have very strong and profound gratitude to both of these medical professionals and their unrivaled staff. I have been seizure free since my craniotomy on December 12^th, 2013. I have to say that the words you are reading cannot in any way express the significance this has had on my life — both personally and professionally.
I am seizure free. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night thrashing. My wife does not fear that I will mistakenly hit her while having a seizure. Since my surgery she has not had to hold me to prevent my falling out of bed. I have not had a single seizure since my craniotomy.
Professionally, I am no longer exhausted due to lack of sleep. I feel focused, and have experienced no loss in productivity. In fact, my most recent performance review (held on 5÷20÷15) exceeded the expectations of my manager and boss. In fact, I am being presented with an employment award this year for my outstanding performance as a technology consultant.
I cannot express in words how grateful I am to both Dr. Parvizi and Dr. Shuer for what they’ve done for me. The surgery itself was rough — no doubt. But I would do it again in a heartbeat — however, only if Dr. Parvizi and Dr. Shuer were my doctors.
Quite simply they’ve given me my life back and I will be grateful and amazed by their work for the rest of my life.

This hospital is top notch service in customer service and doctors service. I’ve been happy every time I come here. I’ve had 3 surgeries done here. The doctors and staff are all very professional very informative and very courteous and show that they really care. Maybe its because I’ve been to a lot of community hospitals, but I really really love this hospital. From the cleanliness, to the professional staff, and doctors, and their excellent service. I’m definitely making this my favorite hospital to visit! Kudos to Dr. Kenneth Hunt, Orthopedic Surgeon, and Dr. Nugyen, Plastic Surgeon/​Women’s Cancer Center

Wonderful hospital stay. This was the best stay ever!!! Everyone was so friendly The neurology nursing staff were so professional and very clear on any procedures they needed to do. These were the nicest nurses and nurses aides I have ever had. This hospital would be the one I’d use if I had any other surgeries. Thank you Stanford hospital!,

A family member was staying at the hospital for a few days, so in between wait times I visited the cafeteria.
This place has an option of healthy and decently healthy. The price range was surprisingly affordable, and the food was good in terms of quality – not your average cafeteria. It is Stanford after all.

Big selection of food, lots of healthy choices! & not so healthy choices. Had breakfast and chose a bagel, hard to mess up a bagel. But they serve Starbucks coffee so therefore I love them.

Wasn’t expecting much but are here while family was in the hospital and was a pleasantly surprised about the awesome breakfast lunch and dinner.

Very good customer service in outpatient radiology. Machines were down so they sent me to another clinic in another city but gave me a gas card that was nice.

I have spent a little time in a few hospital cafeterias and I can tell you that the experience usually is what you would expect. Greasy food, plates full of standard dishes, a questionable salad bar. Nor the case at the Stanford hospital. This place is great! Amazing salad bar with farm fresh options. A rotating menu of daily specials. They have fresh pastries and sushi even. And once a week they have a farmer’s market with fresh veggies you can purchase and take home. I was in the hospital every day for a week while my boyfriend recovered from surgery and was happy to eat meat all of my meals there.

Worst turkey meatloaf and fries EVER!,
Nasty industrial food that drowning in Heinz ketchup can fix
I’ve had great and I’ve had wurst
This might have been the nastiest meal ever eaten just left
The place industrial maybe good for computer robots on Stanford campus but not for human consumption

There are several places to eat lunch/​dinner in the Stanford medical area. This is actually in the hospital. Once in a while I eat lunch here. Good things for me is cheap and huge amount. It’s funny this place is the least healthy (junk food…), but good for a big eater.

Great cafeteria with to-​go options which is nice!
Angel food cake is decent

I’m surprised by the high praise that has been given to this cafeteria, which I think is a little odd because I feel like I’m normally pretty generous with my reviews. But as far as hospital cafeterias go, I’ve definitely had better.
The food here is mediocre at best. On the plus side, it’s cheaper than most of the other eateries near the Stanford med campus, but you get what you pay for, and the quality suffers.
The Grill is not bad– the burgers are essentially made to order, so they just have to assemble it for you, which means the line generally moves pretty quickly. After having the burger at Nexus, don’t come here expecting something of the same caliber, because it’s not even close. They use shredded lettuce which usually ends up falling out of my burger anyway and makes it somewhat awkward to eat. I feel like the quality of the burger also takes a hit because the buns that they use are the kind that you can buy at any supermarket, which ends up making the burgers feel cheap (which granted, they are.)
Another plus? French fries and curly fries. Oh my goodness, potatoes are seriously my kryptonite. I love curly fries, and even though I’m not the biggest fan of the other food here, I still find myself coming back again and again just for the curly fries because they don’t sell them anywhere else in the vicinity.
The cafeteria is also super busy at lunch time, which means that there’s hardly ever any free tables. You end up sitting at the same table as a bunch of other random people, which is no good if you’re trying to have an even semi-​private conversation. Sharing is caring, but it can be a little awkward sometimes.
tl;dr: Why do I come here? Because I am a sucker for curly fries.