Royal Way Health Food — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

I came across Royal Way on my way home from Hempstead State Park. I did not expect so many fresh cooked hot menu options. Usually health food stores just have a few items and most of it is in the refrigerated section. Mary, the owner is an amazing lady, passionate about organic food and natural health. She is from Nigeria but was an MD in Russia, and speaks fluent Russian. I caught her by surprise when I switched from speaking English to Russian. She has an incredible story and background but what stood out most was how warm, welcoming and kind she was. She made me feel like I was right at home and could talk to her about anything. She changed her career in conventional medicine to help people recover their health the natural way, helping customers select the right supplements and tailor their diet. She also offered some free samples while I was there, which was nice. If you are in the area it is definitely worth a visit, so many fresh options on the menu or if you just need someone for advice with health, Mary is definitely the person...

I have been waiting to come here for a few months. Today I finally got the chance. Immediately upon entering Dr. Mary welcomed me with this beautiful smile. She asked me how my weekend was and we started getting to know each-other. She told me she was a Doctor so we started talking about various health and wellness topics. She fluidly explained all of the things that make us sick from the way our food is grown to the environmental pollutants we breathe in and even ingest through our drinking water. She is extremely intelligent and truly cares about helping people with their health concerns. She also looks at all of us like family and as I left she said we are family now. This was really beautiful because it replaces the coldness of western medicine with warmth and love which is healing in and of itself. I really enjoyed the summer blast smoothie which was a mix of blueberry, strawberry, banana and...

This place is unbelievably beneficial. Mary the owner is a human library of nutritional, biological, herbal and wellness knowledge. You tell her what is ailing you and she will concoct a juice or smoothie that will literally work on that problem immediately. I had 2 different examples of this personally.

She is also very personable, caring and EXTREMELY passionate about helping people and will answer as many questions as you may have for her. One time she spent over 30 minutes with me discussing various supplement and food combinations that would help with high blood pressure and sleep issues I was having, and they helped greatly. I cannot recommend this place enough as it always has the freshest ingredients, the most recent nutritional & medical information and is meticulously kept clean. (she cleans the frozen yogurt machines with bottled filtered water, I saw her doing that on my...