Complimentary coffee and tea are always available in the pantry and the vending machine in the outpatient's waiting room dispenses chocolate milk.
The buffet cart also makes rounds in the outpatient clinic between 10 am and 2 pm on weekdays, offering a standard assortment of food and beverages. Parents can purchase meals for themselves from the buffet cart.
Special food
The department keeps most tube feeding formulas and nutritional drinks in stock, besides which the nurse can request any special (bottle-feeding) formula your child might need.
Something to celebrate?
If you have something to celebrate, you can arrange for a celebratory treat, such as a 'high lemonade' or muffin decorating, through the restaurant or via the Food and Beverages hostess. They are only too happy to help you come up with ideas.
Parents' meals
Parents are served a complimentary breakfast in the amount of €3.50 per parent-child suite. Should this not suffice, you can purchase more by debit card. Breakfast is served during the buffet cart's early rounds between 8 am and 9 am. All other meals are to be settled by debit card.
A meal voucher can be provided for low-income parents through social services. Parents receive 1 voucher per day for one meal for two people from the buffet cart or from the restaurant. This is facilitated, in part, by the non-profit organization Mag ik dan bij jou.
Questions and wishes
The Food and Beverages hostess and the chefs are always willing to answer any questions you might have. Particular wishes can usually be accommodated.
The restaurant is open all day for a variety of hot and cold meals, including soups, sandwiches, dairy products, fresh juices and a salad bar. The assortment depends on the time of day. You can also buy candy, salty snacks and gifts there.
Restaurant hours: Daily from 7:30 am to 8 pm.
Our baristas prepare a delicious cup of coffee and tea, but you can also purchase other beverages, croissants and cakes from them.
Espresso bar hours: Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 5 pm.
We recommend that you do not take out any food from a restaurant or a snack bar, other than from the Princess Máxima Center.
Cooking for your child
- Let the hostess know that you will be cooking for your child.
- Remove rings and bracelets and wash your hands.
- Check that the kitchen utensils are perfectly clean.
- Choose only fresh, undamaged fruit and vegetables and wash them meticulously.
- Keep unwashed and raw products separate from washed and prepared products.
- Thoroughly cook meat, fish, poultry and eggs.
- Make sure that a pre-prepared dish is heated right through.
- Tightly cover the food when carrying it to your parent-child suite
- Serve it to your child as soon as you arrive.
- Go to plus.nl.
- Select ‘PLUS Smaragdplein in Utrecht’.
- Enter post code 3584 CS.
- Select the items you wish to purchase (minimum €25.00).
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- Click on 'order'.
- Enter the requested details.
- Enter the department and your room number along with your name.
- Enter discount code RMCD to cancel the delivery charge.
- The delivery address is:
Should you have any questions, contact the PLUS E-commerce manager (06-123 968 50) or PLUS Smaragdplein (030-267 45 33).
The Princess Máxima Center has different rules for bringing and storing food products than those that apply at home.
Bringing food into the Princess Máxima Center
- Keep perishable food, separately wrapped, in the fridge and prepared food on the top shelf in the fridge until you leave for the Princess Máxima Center.
- Cool prepared food quickly, for example by placing it in a bowl of cold water, and then put it in the fridge.
- Transport refrigerated food in a cooler bag with ice packs.
- Transport other food items properly packed.
- Do not bring any hot meals into the Princess Máxima Center.
Storing food in the Princess Máxima Center
You can store your food products in your parent-child suite or in the fridge or freezer in the Ronald McDonald family room.
- Make sure your perishable products are properly wrapped before storing them in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Label each product with your name or the name of your child, the contents of the package and the date it is put in the fridge.
- Check the food's shelf life every day.
- Frozen products should not be kept in the freezer for more than a month.
- Throw out any dairy products that have been left out of the refrigerator for more than two hours.
Our service employees are allowed to check the fridge and freezer in the Ronald McDonald family room and remove any food that is not labeled or food that has been in the fridge or freezer for too long.
The Princess Máxima Center bears no responsibility for the safety of food brought in from outside.
How long can you store foodstuffs?
The shorter you store food, the safer it is for your child.
So take good note of the expiry date and storage instructions on the packaging. Observe the storage period stated on the packaging.