Dining Services
A variety of food choices are available at MD Anderson's dining facilities in the Main Building, Mays Clinic, Duncan Building, Pickens Tower and Rotary House. The hours are subject to change.
Café Anderson
Hot entrees, Boar's Head deli sandwiches made to order, pizzas, Chick-fil-A favorites, soups, grilled classics made to order, restaurant rotation, salad bar, world fare exhibition cooking, and prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
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Location: Main Building, Floor 1, near The Café Corner, R1.2351 (Get directions)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Phone: 713-792-2288
Café in the Park
Hot entrees, soups, salad bar, pastries, Starbucks espresso beverages, "We Proudly Serve" Starbucks coffee, Smoothie King beverages, and prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
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Location: Main Building, Floor 2, in The Park (Get directions)
Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Lantern Café
Hot entrees, Boar's Head deli sandwiches made to order, soups, grilled classics made to order, salad bar, Cat Cora’s OLILO, made to order sushi, and prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
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Location: Pickens Tower, Floor 3, near Elevator N (Get directions)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Apicius Kitchen & Lounge
Apicius Kitchen, located in the Jesse Jones Rotary House International hotel, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It offers a full buffet, as well as a breakfast a la carte menu and an all-day a la carte menu. Apicius Lounge provides a casual setting for cocktails, conversation and light snacks
Location: 1600 Holcombe Blvd., across from the Main Building (Get directions)
Restaurant Hours:
Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday, 7:30 a.m-10 p.m.
Lounge Hours: Daily, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
The Rotary House also offers the following dining choices:
- Market Best: hot breakfast and lunch, convenience foods, toiletries
- Rotary Café: Starbucks beverages, frozen drinks, freshly baked pastries and cookies
- Fresco’s: salad bar, build a sandwich, Krispy Krunchy fried chicken, Pizza Hut pizza and pasta
- Fuzions: self-serve frozen yogurt with more than 40 different candies, fresh fruit, syrups and sauce toppings.
Waterfall Café
Hot entrees, pizzas, soups, grilled classics made to order, restaurant rotation, salad bar, "We Proudly Serve" Starbucks coffee, prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
The Waterfall Café kitchen will be undergoing renovations starting Nov. 5, 2018, and is expected to last approximately six months. Reduced menu selections may be offered during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Location: Mays Clinic, Floor 2, near The Tree Sculpture, ACB2.2402 (Get directions)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. all stations will be closed, but grab-and-go items and beverages will still be available for purchase)
Coffee Bars
Cool Beans Café and Bakery
Starbucks espresso beverages, "We Proudly Serve" Starbucks coffee, smoothies, pastries, soups, salad bar, Boar's Head deli sandwiches made to order, and prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
Location: Duncan Building, Floor 2, near Elevator Q, CPB2.3050
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (2-5 p.m., grab-and-go items only).
Café at The Aquarium
Starbucks espresso beverages, "We Proudly Serve" Starbucks coffee, pastries, and prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
Location: Main Building, Floor 1, near The Aquarium
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-4 p.m.
Express Eatery
Variety of grill classics, soups, snacks, candies, frozen entrees and prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
Location: Main Building, Floor 5, near Elevator D
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m-3 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m.
Light Bytes
Starbucks espresso beverages, "We Proudly Serve" Starbucks coffee, pastries, and prepackaged sandwiches, salads, sushi and sweets.
Location: Pickens Tower, Floor 3, near Elevator N
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
Room Service at Anderson
Patients can receive an extensive menu of fresh, cooked-to-order foods in their hospital rooms, tailored to the diet their physician has prescribed. Caregivers and guests of MD Anderson inpatients may also order from the room service guest menu.
How to order room service:
- Choose from our available translated introductions to room service
- Choose from our extensive menu of fresh, cooked-to-order foods:
- Place your order anytime between 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. by calling 2-DINE from an MD Anderson phone line or 713-792-DINE from an external line.
- Your meal will be delivered to your room within 45 minutes.
- We request that payment of the guest's order be made upon delivery. We only accept credit cards (American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa). We are unable to accept checks.
Vending Machines
Vending machines for patients and family members are located throughout the Main Building and Mays Clinic:
- Main Building, Floor 1, near The Pavilion and Café Anderson
- Main Building, Floor 2, near Elevator B, R2.1854
- Main Building, Radiation Treatment Center, Waiting Room H, GB.5225
- Main Building, Floor 7, in Staff Elevator GB lobby
- Mays Clinic, Floor 4, Outpatient Surgery waiting area, ACB4.2110
- Mays Clinic, Floor 7, near Elevator U, ACB7.1900
- Mays Clinic, Floor 8, near Elevator T, ACB8.1201
- Duncan Building, adjacent to Cool Beans Café and Bakery