Marvel Bay Cafe

A true hidden gem. The food was amazing. I also want to saw how clean the whole cafe was

Amazing! The food selection is fantastic.
Really great place to have breakfast while we waited for our car to get serviced. I had a chai and avocado toast and my husband ordered a coffee and breakfast quesadilla. We also couldn't pass up some t looking cookies to go. Everything was delicious! Service was great. Relaxing atmosphere.
What a hidden gem!

The hot food in the cases is good and satisfying, good quantities for the price. The pastries are hit and miss. I tried the walnut bar, really good, buttery, great crunch one of my favorites. Apple tart wasn't very sweet, but pleasant. Baklava was terrible not worth the price, very dry, not as sweet as it should be, very disappointing. The raspberry bar, was simple, would make a good breakfast bar with tea or coffee.

Part of the Marvel Grocery Store in Tacoma. I didn't ever explore in this part of the building until this past weekend and what a delightful discovery it was!
Outside of the building where the grocery store is located proceed to where it says "Reception Hall" and that is where the cafe is.
Primarily Eastern European style food the selections are wide and the food is as fresh and delicious as the grocery store.
There is a hot case at the cafe where you can select from various entrees from the case and a nearby cold case for salads. You can select small, medium or large on the portions. I had some buckwheat and a potato dish which were fantastic!
But it doesn't stop there. You can pick desserts from the other side of the hot case. We got some delicious Honey Cake which blew us away.
The cafe also has a menu to pick from on the wall, completely different from what is in the hot case. From there you can get things like Avocado Toast and such.
A whole lot going on in this cafe but the food is so fresh and delicious and fairly reasonable in price as well. This cafe just makes me love Marvel all the more!

So good. Delicious home-cooking. I was able to get a full plate of food for about $10. The grocery store has daily fresh baked bread plus all sorts of great Russian and Eastern European deli foods like pickles and sausages.

Authentic Slavic food. So many options I didn't know what to choose. They have a wonderful breakfast menu too. The crepes are massive very worth the price. The crepes are Slavic crepes, not thick like most crepes, tastes exactly like the homemade ones we make. Coffee is great, Italian soda is flavorful. 10/10 cafe.

One of the best quick bite meals you'll ever have. Some options are available at the counter while others require a couple minutes but everything tastes homemade and so fresh. For all the flavor and generous portions you are getting, it really is very affordable. They have a menu on the wall serving items such as borscht, and dumplings or you can choose a plate at the counter with one or two entrees and some sides for less than $10.

They serve fresh options such as chicken meatballs, stuffed cabbage rolls, ribs, couscous, shrimp pasta, stuffed bell peppers, potatoes, and dessert pastries. The portions are generous but each item has so much flavor that you will easily get full. It's simple but does not lack flavor and it's all very hearty and delicious.

We're new to European food like this so we wanted to try a little of everything. Our favorites were the potato dumplings, cabbage rolls, and shrimp pasta but would recommend anything on the menu and would also suggest checking out the pastries next door at the market (anything with sour cherries is amazing). We had a toddler with us and everything was toddler approved.

They have water, utensils, hot sauce bottles and napkins out on the side for you to grab yourself. The ambiance is casual, homey, and family friendly. From the cafe you can access a banquet hall, restroom, and the market.

Great Russian baked goods and meals you don't see anywhere else, German items as well but always hot Russian people here. So eye candy as well

Good fresh food, good salads to go with the entrees. Worth a go if your in the area. Friendly staff and they have a nice grocery store stretched next to it.

The food is positively incredible. Our dinners were wonderful and their pastry is exceptional. Can't wait to go back and try something new every time we go. We highly recommend this wonderful Marvel Bay Cafe taste experience!