Acro Cafe — Restaurant in Raleigh

The Acro Cafe was a welcome and FIVE STAR stop following our lengthy and enjoyable tour of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh (with toddler). Located on the top floor of the museum and next to the butterfly house and garden, we welcomed the tables and chairs, Larry's coffee, cookies, water, and cake pops. A more extensive menu is available, but we ate lunch at the beginning of our multiple hour tour at The Daily Planet (also FIVE STARS) adjacent to the museum. Interesting note: The Acro Cafe is made possible by a grant from the late Julia and Frank Daniels and The News...

Good stuff first - the young man at the register was friendly, efficient and polite. The bread was good. Otherwise, the word “minimal” comes to mind. The panini had a bare tablespoon or so of pesto on two pieces of bread with a couple of yellow tomato slices on top. A few pieces of unidentified greens were scattered on the anemic tomatoes.. We were starving and ate it, of course, but this was so not...

Came on a school field trip. The turkey sandwich was decent which is the only reason why it’s not a one star. The smoothie which cost 6.50$ was horrible. The cookies were rock solid and were hard to bite. Brownies tasted like dirt and had no other flavor. Would not come here, food is overpriced and not...