Patients Are Sharing The Worst Hospital Food They’ve Been Served (65 Pics)

Hopefully, you haven’t had to visit a hospital long enough to order food but if you have, I hope it’s better than the bad meals these patients had.

Hospitals should promote health and wellness, right? The whole idea of being there should be to heal and feel better than you did before you came in. Apparently, not if you’re served a meal like this.

I’ve only had to stay overnight in the hospital a few times but I don’t remember the food being this bad. Healthcare is expensive (at least in the United States) and for the prices we have to pay, the least they could do is serve up a nice meal. If they don’t then I guess these meals deserve to be shamed online like every other cooking fail.


1. “Celebratory Steak Dinner Offered By Hospital For Proud Mother And Father”

Johnmcguirk

2. “Lasagna” According To Adventist Hospital

OpheliaMorningwood

3. “Dinner In Irish Maternity Hospital”

pockets3d

4. “What You Get For Breakfast In A Hungarian Hospital”

abraabraka

5. “Hospital Food In Italy”

RonaldTheGiraffe

6. “This Is The Meal My Wife’s Hospital Had The Audacity To Serve For Nurses Appreciation Week. I Live In Phoenix”

colton310

“After a year of nurse shortages, running out of PPE, working employees to the bone without hazard pay.”

7. “Hospital Food Yummy”

Mattho

“It’s mashed potatoes, something you’d feed to your bunny (or is it some kind of chicken pellets?), and water I guess?”

8. Bad Hospital Food

AliMaadelat

9. “A Hospitals Take On Vegetarian Cuisine. Germany”

FurFlux

10. “Hospital Administration Told Us They’d Be Treating Us To Dinner During Our Shift. “Dinner” Is One Individual, Frozen, Uncooked Meatloaf Per Person. This Is Georgia”

NurseSarahB*tch

“Happy nurse’s week, y’all.”

11. “Since We’re Posting Our Hospital Meals (UK)”

Buddahfinger666

12. “This Veggie Burger Was Served To Me In The Hospital. 10/10 For Presentation”

tveir

13. “My First Meal In A Week, At A Hospital For Meningitis, Entertain Me, Please. Milwaukee​, Wisconsin”

Sivispacemparabellum

14. “My Hospital Food Memories Are Scary. It’s Lithuania”

Kristina Galinauskaitė

15. “Hospital Lunch In Romania”

Andrei144

16. “Chicken Teriyaki Given To Us For Nurses Week By My Hospital”

Ididntknowthathaha

17. “My Hospital Roast Dinner”

EncryptedMyst

18. “Third Week Of Living On Vegan Hospital Food And I’ve Lost 10 Kg. I Have No Idea What This Is”

grimsexton

19. “Hospital Breakfast”

anuncommontruth

“It’s baked eggs covered with American cheese.”

20. “Groats With Vomit, From My Stay At A Polish Hospital”

MamWidelec

21. “The Toasts One Of My Patients Got At The Hospital For Breakfast”

alternageek2

22. “This French Hospital Food Is Getting Worse – Potatoes And What I Think Was A Boiled Cabbage”

WhyArrest

23. “Yesterday’s Hospital Breakfast In Chicago. The Garnish Really Makes It”

jjjkkkjkjk

24. “Hospital Food Looks Like The Opposite Of Food. America The Great US”

sebaylward

25. “Vegetarian Meal Sent Up For My Friends Hospital Meal”

Yauchness

26. “Hospital Dinner In Germany At 16:30”

DieMitDenRotenHaaren

27. “Horrible Vegan Hospital Food, New Mexican Style”

ApostateLibrarian

28. “Vegan Hospital Food: Potato”

UnlessYouDala

29. “Hospital Cafeteria, Bon Appetit”

hausofpurple

30. “This Hot Dog From The Toronto Hospital For Sick Kids”

PM_ME_YOUR_XBOX_KEYS

31. “Cooked Sauerkraut With Uncooked Turkey Fillet In My University Hospital In Germany”

Adernain

32. “Can You Identify My Austrian Hospital Food?”

malta3

“A good guess might be “depression”, but actually, it was some sort of cow paste (it immediately fell apart, it was basically the consistency of mousse) in paprika sauce, mashed potato, and mushy pea purée.”

33. “This ‘Chicken Tikka’ My Boyfriend Got Served In Hospital Today. We Are From Wales In Britain”

meadilicious

34. “Nutritious Swedish Hospital Breakfast”

grimsexton

35. “My Girlfriend’s Grandma Is In The Hospital. This Is Her Dinner. Yes, It Came Labeled That Way”

BLiNKiN42

36. This Is Bad

daddyhope

37. “Lunch At The Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital”

MorrisM

38. “My Breakfast In The Hospital This Morning. I’m Sure It Only Cost Me About $75.00”

generic_von_erich

39. “German Hospital Food”

FurFlux

40. “Staying At A Hospital In Montreal. No Dietary Restrictions (Injured My Leg). This Was What Was Presented This Morning Along With A Cup Of Coffee”

Maybebaybe

41. “Hospital Food Services At Local Hospital In Halifax, Nova Scotia”

Tim_McDermott

42. “Hospital Food In Lithuania”

Dominyka Michalkevič

43. “Tasty Full English Breakfast From Raffles Hospital, Singapore”

kushATX

44. This Looks Like The Food In The Starbucks Display Case

Markgsparrow

45. “Egyptian Hospital Food”

AdrianIsBeast

46. “Vegetarian Dinner Option At The Hospital”

Jennyvarela

47. “Good Old Hospital Chicken Parmesan”

VioletUser

48. “Friend Sent This To Me – It’s From A Hospital Canteen In Ireland”

markybar

49. “Although I’m Grateful My Hospital Is Concerned And Busy With Covid, This Is My Omelet After 48 Hours Of ER/ICU Call”

KmcDocJones

50. “Side Of Bacon At The Hospital In Florida”

buckeyediver

51. “Mums In Hospital Over The Weekend With Heart Trouble. She Sent Me A Picture Of Her Lunch. It’s England”

Flatcapspaintandglue

52. “In This Hospital In Ontario, When They Say ‘Fresh Poutine’, They Really Mean ‘Frozen Fries Topped With Demolished Cheese Slices'”

chunkyfunkymonkey

53. “My Lovely Vegan Lunch While I Was In Hospital In UK. Dry Potato No Vegan Spread”

Foxjessie

54. “2 Buttered Slices Of Bread, Some Kind Of Sweet Bun And Strawberry Jam. Hospital Food Hours. Honestly, The Bread Is The Best Part. Southern Poland”

ihave_noname_bro

55. “Looks Like Its Regurgitated Beef On A Bun And Carrots For Lunch Today”

carolh1978

56. “Vegan Option From My Hospital Breakfast”

Cloud_Garrett

57. “My Breakfast Today In The Hospital. Dry Bread, One Slice Of American Cheese, Bit Of Jam, Sugar, And Milk For Instant Coffee. It’s Not Prison, Just A Belgian Hospital”

Gordondel

58. “In The St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, And They Just Served Dinner”

AlwaysWantedN64

59. “This Is What The NHS Call A Turkey Dinner And All The Trimmings For Someone Recovering From Cancer”

Trixiefire666

60. “I Present An American Hospital Cheeseburger”

hambosammich

61. “Love Me Some Crappy Hospital Food. Germany”

Frischfischfabrik

62. “Breakfast In Hospital In Serbia”

Euphoric-Winter-4234

63. “Hospital Vegetable Lasagne”

BeefCentral

64. “I Knew I Took This Picture For A Reason. Feast Your Eyes On My Hospital Breakfast In America”

Calimaree

65. “Hospital Food. Note The Garnish”

lordwagglestan

h/t

Nate

Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.