Food Services

UCSF Medical Center provides healthy, convenient dining options for patients, visitors and staff. Find information below on our hospital room service, cafeterias and more.

Room service

At any of our campuses, hospitalized patients can select from a daily menu and have meals delivered to their bedside. Similar to room service in a hotel, patients choose what they want and when. You can order by phone or through the interactive patient care system on your television or bedside tablet, and the food will arrive within 60 minutes. You may also place orders for delivery the following day.

Room service
(415) 353-1111 (or 3-111 from a hospital phone)
7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

When you place an order, our kitchen system and clerk will know from the electronic health record whether you have any food allergies and whether your doctor has prescribed a particular diet for you. The clerk will work with you to find appropriate menu items.

Room service is free for patients. Visitors can order meals for a nominal fee.

If you have special requests or wish to bring food from home, please check with your nurse. For your health and safety, we have guidelines on storing food brought into the hospital.

For more information, including to see the daily menu, visit UCSF Nutrition & Food Services.

Hospital cafeterias and cafés

Moffitt Café (Parnassus)

Hot and cold entrées, salads, sandwiches, sushi, deli and grill items, soups and beverages

505 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor, Moffitt Wing

For hours and daily menu, visit Moffitt Café.

Café (Mount Zion)

Made-to-order breakfasts, hot lunches, daily specials, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts

1600 Divisadero St., Basement Level

For hours, visit Nutrition & Food Services – Mount Zion.

Shorenstein Family Café (Mission Bay)

Entrées, pizza, pasta, salads, sandwiches, soups, deli and grill items, beverages and snacks

Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital/Bakar Cancer Hospital
1855 Fourth St., First Floor

For hours and daily menu, visit Shorenstein Family Café.

Equator Café (Mission Bay)

Salads, sandwiches, pastries and coffee

Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building
1825 Fourth St., Lobby

For hours, visit Nutrition & Food Services – Mission Bay.

Moffitt Café Express (Parnassus)

Grab-and-go salads, sandwiches, pastries, smoothies and coffee

505 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor, Moffitt Wing

For hours, visit Nutrition & Food Services – Parnassus Heights.

The Daily Grind (Mount Zion)

Coffee cart serving hot and cold drinks and pastries

1600 Divisadero St., Basement Level

For hours, visit Nutrition & Food Services – Mount Zion.

Shorenstein Café Express (Mission Bay)

Grab-and-go sandwiches, salads, pastries, and hot and cold beverages

Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital/Bakar Cancer Hospital
1855 Fourth St., First Floor

For hours, visit Nutrition & Food Services – Mission Bay.

Vending machines

Vending machines – including our Smart Choice Pantries, which feature sandwiches, salads and drinks – and microwave ovens are available 24 hours a day.

Mission Bay
Near the Shorenstein Family Café
To see the daily Smart Pantry offerings, visit Nutrition & Food Services – Parnassus Heights.

Parnassus
Near the Moffitt Café and in the fifth floor waiting area
To see the daily Smart Pantry offerings, visit Nutrition & Food Services – Parnassus Heights.

Mount Zion
Outside the Mount Zion Café (Vending machines only as of Feb. 2023)

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