Aquarium Cafe — Restaurant in Hackensack

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...

So far so good, seem to have good enough varieties of ready to eat and fresh food. Coffee was certainly good and folks behind the register were really nice. Only con, seemed a bit gloomy for a hospital cafe, maybe a bit more...

Great cafe option in Children’s Hospital. Delicious fresh grill options and always has ready to eat prepared food options and...