Dining

Campus Eateries

Stanford offers over 30 dining options right on campus. Whether you crave Thai, Italian, or California cuisine, or just a sandwich and an espresso, be sure to schedule time for a meal during your campus visit.

The Stanford campus offers a wide range of dining options, which you will find listed below.

750 Pub

750 Pub & Eatery (map)
750 Escondido Road
Tel: (650) 724-9260
Tues-Sat: 5pm-2am. Sun & Mon: 5pm-12am

Serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-night food, martinis, and international beers. Indoor and outdoor dining areas, conference rooms, and catering.

 
Outdoor dining patio of the Medical School Cafe

Alway Café (map)
E.D. Stone - Alway Building
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Tel: (650) 723-5224
Mon-Fri: 7:30am-6pm

Asian and Italian stations. Indoor eating area. Outdoor dining in a large courtyard garden donated by the Bings. Asian menu supplemented by daily special. Italian menu varies. Full expresso bar.

 
Picnic area outside of the Graduate School of Business

Arbuckle Café (map)
Graduate School of Business
518 Memorial Way
Tel: (650) 723-2143
Mon-Thurs: 7:30am-5pm, Fri: 7:30am-3:30pm

Serve grill and Asian food, made-to-order burritos, gourmet sandwiches, and snacks. Large indoor dining area, second floor patio with tables and heat lamps, and an additional wooded picnic area between GSB building and the Oval. Lunch served from 11am-1:30pm.

 
Axe and Palm

Axe & Palm (map)
Old Union
520 Lasuen Mall
Tel: (650) 498-7160
Mon-Fri: 11:30am - 2am; Sat-Sun: 12pm - 2am

Breakfast all day, burgers & fries, salads, sandwiches, coffee and teas. The new 2009-2010 menu includes Painted Hills natural beef burgers, slides, hot sandwiches, daily special dessert crepes, and grab-n-go items ready to eat.

 
Stairway leading from patio of Beckman Bistro

Beckman Bistro (map)
Beckman Center Basement
279 Campus Drive
Tel: (650) 725-8484
Mon-Fri: 7:30am-3pm

Operated by Lutticken's. Burrito bar with burritos, tacos, enchiladas, and nachos. Also serve sandwiches, hot dogs, chili, coffee drinks, and snacks. Nice indoor and outdoor eating areas. Fresh sandwiches made from 11:30am-3:00pm.

 
Outside of the Packard Electrical Engineering Building

Bytes Café (map)
Packard Electrical Engineering Building
350 Serra Mall
Tel: (650) 736-0456

Serve breakfast and lunch. Lunch menu includes burgers, sandwiches, lite fare, salads, soup, and pizza. Indoor and outdoor dining areas.

 
Indoor atrium with seating

Café DNA (map)
Sherman Fairchild Science Center Basement
299 Campus Drive
Tel: (650) 725-5918
Mon-Fri: 7:15am-2:30pm

Specialty coffee drink happy hour every morning from 8:30-10am. Also serve warm and cold sandwiches and snack food items. Indoor eating area in atrium setting.

 
Statue of bistro chef outside of Ciao

Ciao! (map)
Terman Engineering Center, Basement
488 Escondido Mall
Tel: (650) 723-8721
also (650) 861-2373
Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm

Among the offerings of this Italian café are espresso drinks, bagels, pastries, homemade gelato, fresh pasta dishes, panini sandwiches, salads, tiramisu, and beer and wine.

 
Outside of the Packard Electrical Engineering Building

CoHo (map)
459 Lagunita, No. 1
Tresidder Union
Tel: (650) 721-2262

Come visit the newly renovated Stanford Coffee House!

 
Outdoor eating area of Cool Cafe

Cool Café (map)
Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Museum)
328 Lomita Drive
Tel: (650) 725-4758
Wed, Fri-Sun: 11am-5pm, Thurs: 11am-8pm

Approximately 80% of the Cool Cafe's ingredients are organic and free of artificial chemicals, colorings, preservatives, or pesticides. Food service stops 1/2 hour prior to Center closing.

 
Coupa Café

Coupa Café (map)
Woods Institute for the Environment
473 Via Ortega Mall
Tel: (650) 331-1132
Mon-Fri: 7:30am-5:30pm

Coupa Café offers a blend of the finest mountain grown single estate coffees from Venezuela, traditional Venezuelan white cornmeal griddle cakes (arepas) filled with a variety of savory products, breakfast pastries, French pastries, crepes, salads, panini, and other gourmet foods. Indoor and outdoor eating areas.
(View reviews.)

 
Outdoor dining area at Cubberly Cafe

Cubberley Café (map)
Cubberley Education Building, Basement
485 Lasuen Mall
Tel: (650) 725-1236
Mon-Fri: 8am-3pm

Serve sandwiches, soups, and snacks. Additional lunch specials served Tuesday-Thursday. Small indoor dining area and outdoor patio. Sandwich bar open from 11:30am-1:30pm.

 
Dining patio at Garden Cafe

Garden Café (map)
Psychiatry Academic & Clinic Building
401 Quarry Road
Tel: (650) 723-2858
Mon-Fri: 8am-4pm

Serve sandwiches, rice plates, special dishes, soups, salads and coffee drinks. Small indoor dining area and outdoor patio.

 
Jamba Juice

Jamba Juice (map)
Tresidder Memorial Union
459 Lagunita Drive
Tel: (650) 833-6845
Mon-Fri: 8am-9pm; Sat & Sun: 9am-6pm

Serve smoothies, soft pretzels, and a small variety of snacks.

 
Courtyard outside of the Law School Cafe

Law School Café
School of Law
Crown Quadrangle
Tel: (650) 725-2572
Mon-Thurs: 8am-5pm, Fri: 8am-4pm

Serve sandwiches and snacks. Grill foods offered Tuesdays from 11:30am-2:00pm. Indoor eating area and outdoor courtyard. Fresh sandwiches made from 11:30am-2:00pm.

 
Outdoor eating area of Lutticken's Deli

Lutticken's Deli (map)
Center for Clinical Sciences Research
269 Campus Drive
Tel: (650) 736-0716
Fax: (650) 736-0717
Mon-Fri: 7:30am-5:30pm

Sandwiches to order, snacks. Also offer a fax-a-lunch menu. Outdoor, bamboo-surrounded eating area. No indoor dining.

 
The bakery section at Market Square Cafeteria

Market Square Cafeteria (map)
Stanford Medical Center
Across from the Emergency Room
300 Pasteur Drive
Tel: (650) 723-6968
Sun-Mon: 7am-7pm (Cafeteria)
Sun-Mon: 12am-7pm (Market Express)

Full cafeteria service. Large dining area. Some outdoor dining tables. Market Express (snack and espresso bar) serves coffee drinks, cookies, soups and sandwiches.

 
NetAppetit van

NetAppetit
Two locations:

In front of the Humanities Center (map)
424 Santa Teresa Street
Mon-Fri: Approximately 12-1:30pm

In front of the Medical Sciences Office Building (MSOB) (map)
251 W. Campus Drive
Mon-Fri: Approximately 12-1:30pm

Non-profit program to fund various food programs for refugee children in Asia. Buffet-style Asian cuisine. Buffet (up to 32oz) is $4.50 (vegetarian) or $5.50 (non-vegetarian). Light lunch buffet ($0.20/oz) also is an option. Bottled water and sodas are an additional $0.50/each.

 
American dish

Nexus (Clark Center Café) (map)
James H. Clark Center
318 Campus Drive West
Tel: (650) 324-3447
Mon-Fri: 8:30 am-7pm

Offering a wide range of fresh cuisine. Breakfast served from 8:30-10am. Lunch items served from 11am-2:30pm.

 
Potted plant outside of Olives

Olives@Building 160 (map)
Building 160, Basement
450 Serra Mall
Tel: (650) 724-3160

Hours:
Mon-Fri: 7:30am-4pm
Hot lunch: 11:30am- 2pm
Grab-n-Go: 2pm-4pm

Mediterranean cuisine. Serve specialty soups and salads. Prices range from $2.95 for the daily soup specials to $6.75 for some combo plates. Pastries, fresh squeezed orange juice, and coffee drinks available at breakfast.

 
Peet's Coffee & Tea

Peet's Coffee & Tea (map)
James H. Clark Center, third floor
318 Campus Drive West
Tel: (650) 324-3529

Mon-Thurs: 7am-8pm, Fri: 7am-6pm
Full service Peet's Coffee and tea store.

 
Salute

Saluté! (map)
Stanford Cancer Center
18 Blake Wilber Drive
Tel: (650) 725-7756
Mon-Fri: 6:30am-5:30pm

Small Italian café. Spacious indoor eating area.

 
Eating area outside the Sports Cafe

Sports Café (map)
Arrillaga Family Sports Center
641 Campus Drive
Tel: (650) 724-6465
Mon-Fri: 7am-3pm

Serve breakfast and lunch. Eclectic lunch menu. Spacious indoor and outdoor dining areas.

 
Stanford Bookstore Cafe counter

Stanford Bookstore Café (map)
Stanford Bookstore
Upper Level
519 Lasuen Mall
Tel: (650) 329-1217
Mon-Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri: 9am-7pm, Sat: 9am-6pm, Sun: 11am-6pm

Coffee, including blended coffee drinks, smoothies, bakery, and limited lunch items. Also sell Peerless coffee beans, Haagen Dazs ice cream, Godiva and Ghirardelli chocolates, and selected candy items. Indoor mezzanine dining area.

 
Dining patio outside Stanford Faculty Club

Stanford Faculty Club (map)
439 Lagunita Drive
Tel: (650) 723-9313

Restricted to club members and their guests. Full-service menu/cafeteria. Large dining area.

 
Outside the Stanford Grill

Stanford Grill (map)
Stanford Golf Course Club House
198 Junipero Serra Boulevard
Tel: (650) 325-4427
Tues-Sun: 7am-7pm

On the scenic Stanford golf course. Breakfast, lunch, and tapas menus using fresh, seasonal ingredients. Serve beer and wine. Dine inside while watching sports channels or outside on a large, shaded patio. Breakfast: 7am-11am; Lunch: 11am-3pm; Tapas/Burgers 3pm-6pm.

 
Express Lunch

Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries

Express Lunch
Tresidder Memorial Union (map)
459 Lagunita Drive
Mon-Fri: 10am-2pm

 
Subway

Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries

Fraiche Yogurt
Tresidder Memorial Union (map)
459 Lagunita Drive

Hours:
Mon-Thurs: 8am-10:30pm
Friday: 8am-11pm
Saturday: 10am-11pm
Sunday: 10am-10:30pm

Fraiche is a homemade, organic fresh yogurt and frozen yogurt cafe, serving European-style yogurts made from local organic milk and a probiotic-focused culture. Available toppings include fresh-cut fruits, local honeys and purees, toasted nuts, homemade granola, and hand-shaved Callebaut chocolate.

 
Subway

Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries

Subway (map)
Tresidder Memorial Union
459 Lagunita Drive
Mon-Fri: 10am-7pm

Full-service Subway store. Offers a variety of healthy made-for-you sandwiches and salads.

 
Tables inside Tressider Memorial Union

Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries
Union Square
Tressider Memorial Union (map)
459 Lagunita Drive

Hours: Mon-Fri
Breakfast: 7:30am-10am
Lunch: 11:30am-2pm
Grab-n-Go: 2pm-6pm
Dining Room: 8am-8pm

Union Square, the main restaurant and dining room at Tresidder Memorial Union, is a lively meeting place for lunch, a quick coffee, or for studying or socializing with friends.Vegan and vegetarian options are available throughout the six culinary stations. Hot food served 11am-2pm.

 
Outdoor eating area of Thai Cafe

Thai Café (map)
Jordan Hall
450 Serra Mall, Building 420
Mon-Fri: 11:30am-2pm

Thai food. Dine outdoors. Charge $5.00 (tax included) per meal.

 
InsideThe Cafe

The Café: California Bistro & Wine Bar (map)
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street
Tel: (650) 724-4478

Hours: Mon-Fri
Doors: 8am-7pm
Wine Bar: 3pm-7pm

Menu offers delicious hot daily specials, Soups, salads, sandwiches, specialty coffees, ice cream and milkshakes, and Grab-n-Go sandwiches, salads and sushi.

 
Inside The Treehouse

The Treehouse (map)
Tresidder Memorial Union
459 Lagunita Drive
Tel: (650) 723-4500
Mon-Sun: 10am - midnight

Serve Mexican food, grill food, and sushi. Indoor and outdoor dining areas. Gourmet pizzas delivered to dorms nightly from 6pm-3am. In-house pizza slices served after 9pm.

 
Cafe tables outside of Tresidder Express

Tresidder Express (map)
Tresidder Memorial Union
459 Lagunita Drive
Tel: (650) 723-9224
Mon-Thurs: 8am-9pm, Fri: 8am-7pm, Sat & Sun: 10am-6pm

Tresidder Express, located on the ground level of Tresidder Union, is a convenience store stocking drinks both bottled and fountain, extensive snack selection, and health/beauty aids. Tres Ex is a great place to pick up drinks / snacks for meetings, too. Credit cards, Stanford Card Plan and cash accepted.

 

Note: Campus eatery hours are subject to change, particularly during intersession and summer.

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Campus Eateries originally developed by SULAIR Physics Library staff (Teresa Mesa, Rebecca Wedl).

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