Tootsie's at the Cantor Arts Center

The food is always good here, well-prepared, tasty, and nutritious. The coffee is excellent and the service is friendly. I especially love that we can eat on the patio, away from the music, so we can hear each other, and overlooking lawn, trees, and Rodin.

Tootsies at the Museum is the definition of a hidden gem. Tucked inside the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford, it’s the last place you’d expect to find a charming, sun-drenched café that feels like a slice of Italy—but here it is, doing the most.

The vibe is European and effortlessly chic. Think white tile, natural light, and a pastry case that makes you stop in your tracks. Their biscotti are crisp and fragrant, the kind you want to dip in a proper cappuccino and stretch out your morning with. The pastry selection? Next-level. Flaky, buttery, thoughtfully curated.

And then there’s the surprise—an actually excellent beer selection and some swoon-worthy desserts. Every item feels chosen with care, nothing phoned in. For a museum café, this place wildly overdelivers. It’s the kind of spot that makes you want to linger after a stroll through the galleries.

Tootsies is officially my new favorite excuse to come back to Stanford - aside from the amazing new voyager cafe.

Great sandwiches and pasta

Served me Food even before kitchen opened

Nice museum restaurant with some good pasta and other food options. Would recommend to eat here when exploring the museum or the campus

Good food, too loud inside.

Well worth a visit during the summer months, when you can eat outside. But don't visit in winter - the inside atmosphere is ruined by the incredibly loud open-to-the-air refrigerator that runs nonstop.

Easily the best restaurant on the Stanford campus - without comparison. The food is super fresh, delicious, healthy, creative, service is excellent, and there's beautiful outdoor seating next to the Rodin garden. I've been coming nearly every day since I discovered it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great fresh choices. Super friendly service. Beautiful plates & utensils!! No fast food feel here…and next to Rodin Garden!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service was good, but the burger is quite possibly the worst I've ever had. I genuinely prefer a mcdouble. The patty was awful. It was a little undercooked, and it had no crust at all - the texture was just horrific. It was more like a meatloaf than a burger patty.

The thing smelled rank - I'm guessing it might have been the tallegio cheese. Perhaps that's just me not liking tallegio and it's my fault, but regardless it's how they choose to serve it. The bun was also mediocre. The best part were the onions, but they hadn't caramelized long enough - they were soft, but not even a little bit brown as caramelized onions ought to be. Caramelizing onions takes 45-60 minutes - this felt like a 15-minute job.

One other issue - their tableside menus display different (lower) prices than the wall menu and the prices they actually charge. I don't appreciate the bait and switch.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Very nice and nice view, everything good, food, service and excellent atmosphere!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The soup, burger, and sandwich were all delicious! We enjoyed our lunch outside on a fine afternoon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I was pleasantly surprised by the food here! The pasta bolognese was delicious, as were the sandwiches. Prices are very reasonable, even less expensive than similar quality food in downtown Palo Alto. Service was kind and speedy. Location is great - I love sitting outside in the shade, and going into Cantor afterwards and enjoying the art and AC ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

What happen to the service it went from being good to being bad service and the employes are very rude they cant

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I love Tootsies. I am from Peru and when I visited the museum i had lunch there. The pizza is AMAZING, you can taste the delicious flavor of Italian food. The service was friendly, they recommended also to try the pasta which is made there, it was an OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE! I cannot recommend it enough.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food, Rocco has created a really nice menu for this location. The pasta is to die for. I enjoyed being served by Ulash and Luciano they were very prompt and friendly. I will definitely come back with my friends. Thanks Tootsies.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5