Good coffee, service was as expected, and it's right next to the butterfly/sloth exhibit which makes for nice ambiance.
Nathanial Gish
I had little expectations for a cafe in a museum, but I was delightfully surprised. The food was really good and reasonably priced. We will be back. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
gamopetalous
A really good little café for a quick snack while visiting the museum.The biggest plus is just how kind, accommodating, and honest the staff and management are!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julia Robertson
Good stuff first - the young man at the register was friendly, efficient and polite. The bread was good. Otherwise, the word “minimal” comes to mind. The panini had a bare tablespoon or so of pesto on two pieces of bread with a couple of yellow tomato slices on top. A few pieces of unidentified greens were scattered on the anemic tomatoes.. We were starving and ate it, of course, but this was so not worth $10 a pop.
Heidi B
it is closed
Kevin Bryant
Not currently open
Jasmine M.
I had the Brie and bacon grilled cheese. It was a convenient meal while I was working at the museum. I thought the food is great, especially for a museum cafe. I would definitely recommend this place, and I'd get it again if I'm ever visiting the museum.
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Came on a school field trip. The turkey sandwich was decent which is the only reason why it’s not a one star. The smoothie which cost 6.50$ was horrible. The cookies were rock solid and were hard to bite. Brownies tasted like dirt and had no other flavor. Would not come here, food is overpriced and not worth it at all.
jwmcrazynurse
This is one of 2 really good cafes at the museum of science in Raleigh. The museum is free and it is great having these cafes on site for lunch so you don't have to leave and interrupt your museum visit. The museum is so big that we took 2 days to visit and explore it so we ate at this cafe on our second day and the "Daily Planet" cafe on our first day. Both places are very good, convenient, reasonable prices, and friendly staffed. We enjoyed trying both places and the Acro cafe has really healthy and kid friendly choices as well. Yes, we would eat here again and will visit the museum again someday.
Reports of the death of Acro Cafe are greatly exaggerated. This place is NOT closed, as previously reported by others. It may have been a temporary event. I noticed their Sanitation Grade was prominently displayed, dated 12-18-18, with a near perfect 99.5 rating. This yummy hidden gem is the cafe inside the Museum of Natural Sciences on the live butterfly exhibit level. Not only is it very much open, it is very much good, and very much affordable. There's a variety of freshly made wraps, salads, sandwiches, smoothies and huge cookies. Each wrap and sandwich comes with your choice of chips or fresh fruit. Nothing on the menu is over 8.50. I tried the chicken salad melt, it comes with Brie! Cheese (can you believe that?) On a grilled multi-grain bread. It has pecans and craisins and celery and just a little too much mayo but boy was it tasty. My son got the pulled pork sandwich piled high with meat on a grilled bun with fresh made coleslaw. If I worked downtown, this would be my lunch stop.
dewmaniii
Visited on a Sunday, seemed to have anything on the menu although I didn't ask. Had the chicken salad wrap. Was pretty good, very large serving with fruit. Price was ok but if I had my entire family of four we could have exceeded $40 on lunch. Food was enough we could have split it. Staff was very friendly. No problem with seating, but it was Sunday. Right next to butterfly exhibit which was pretty cool.
Beth W.
My husband and I ate here for lunch, while visiting the museum. The salad was delicious! Better than what I've had in restaurants. I really enjoyed this cafe' and would definitely go back! Their prices aren't bad either. My salad was just over $8.00, but was really large! Totally worth it.
vabchtraveler
When you go to a museum, aquarium, etc, food prices are going to be a bit higher - the rent, you know! It's the same everywhere so you might as well get used to it or plan to eat before or after. The nice thing about Acro was that the food was really quite appealing and tasty if a bit museum pricey. My sis and I shared a fancy chicken salad wrap and the accompanying fruit cup and it was enough for both of us. My granddaughter had a children's meal of juice, cookie and yummy grilled cheese -- I ate part of the crust so I know about the yummy part! The museum takes hours to tour so having a restaurant on-site was a delight.
Juan L
I was running late in the Museum when I discovered this cafe. So I went ahead and ordered lunch there, even though museum cafes tend to have lousy food. Not true for the Acro Cafe, though. I ordered a Cuban sandwich, and it was very tasty and filling.
Good coffee, service was as expected, and it's right next to the butterfly/sloth exhibit which makes for nice ambiance.
I had little expectations for a cafe in a museum, but I was delightfully surprised. The food was really good and reasonably priced. We will be back. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A really good little café for a quick snack while visiting the museum.The biggest plus is just how kind, accommodating, and honest the staff and management are!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good stuff first - the young man at the register was friendly, efficient and polite. The bread was good. Otherwise, the word “minimal” comes to mind. The panini had a bare tablespoon or so of pesto on two pieces of bread with a couple of yellow tomato slices on top. A few pieces of unidentified greens were scattered on the anemic tomatoes.. We were starving and ate it, of course, but this was so not worth $10 a pop.
it is closed
Not currently open
I had the Brie and bacon grilled cheese. It was a convenient meal while I was working at the museum. I thought the food is great, especially for a museum cafe. I would definitely recommend this place, and I'd get it again if I'm ever visiting the museum.
Came on a school field trip. The turkey sandwich was decent which is the only reason why it’s not a one star. The smoothie which cost 6.50$ was horrible. The cookies were rock solid and were hard to bite. Brownies tasted like dirt and had no other flavor. Would not come here, food is overpriced and not worth it at all.
This is one of 2 really good cafes at the museum of science in Raleigh. The museum is free and it is great having these cafes on site for lunch so you don't have to leave and interrupt your museum visit. The museum is so big that we took 2 days to visit and explore it so we ate at this cafe on our second day and the "Daily Planet" cafe on our first day. Both places are very good, convenient, reasonable prices, and friendly staffed. We enjoyed trying both places and the Acro cafe has really healthy and kid friendly choices as well. Yes, we would eat here again and will visit the museum again someday.
It is creepy!
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Reports of the death of Acro Cafe are greatly exaggerated. This place is NOT closed, as previously reported by others. It may have been a temporary event. I noticed their Sanitation Grade was prominently displayed, dated 12-18-18, with a near perfect 99.5 rating. This yummy hidden gem is the cafe inside the Museum of Natural Sciences on the live butterfly exhibit level. Not only is it very much open, it is very much good, and very much affordable. There's a variety of freshly made wraps, salads, sandwiches, smoothies and huge cookies. Each wrap and sandwich comes with your choice of chips or fresh fruit. Nothing on the menu is over 8.50. I tried the chicken salad melt, it comes with Brie! Cheese (can you believe that?) On a grilled multi-grain bread. It has pecans and craisins and celery and just a little too much mayo but boy was it tasty. My son got the pulled pork sandwich piled high with meat on a grilled bun with fresh made coleslaw. If I worked downtown, this would be my lunch stop.
Visited on a Sunday, seemed to have anything on the menu although I didn't ask. Had the chicken salad wrap. Was pretty good, very large serving with fruit. Price was ok but if I had my entire family of four we could have exceeded $40 on lunch. Food was enough we could have split it. Staff was very friendly. No problem with seating, but it was Sunday. Right next to butterfly exhibit which was pretty cool.
My husband and I ate here for lunch, while visiting the museum. The salad was delicious! Better than what I've had in restaurants. I really enjoyed this cafe' and would definitely go back! Their prices aren't bad either. My salad was just over $8.00, but was really large! Totally worth it.
When you go to a museum, aquarium, etc, food prices are going to be a bit higher - the rent, you know! It's the same everywhere so you might as well get used to it or plan to eat before or after. The nice thing about Acro was that the food was really quite appealing and tasty if a bit museum pricey. My sis and I shared a fancy chicken salad wrap and the accompanying fruit cup and it was enough for both of us. My granddaughter had a children's meal of juice, cookie and yummy grilled cheese -- I ate part of the crust so I know about the yummy part! The museum takes hours to tour so having a restaurant on-site was a delight.
I was running late in the Museum when I discovered this cafe. So I went ahead and ordered lunch there, even though museum cafes tend to have lousy food. Not true for the Acro Cafe, though. I ordered a Cuban sandwich, and it was very tasty and filling.