I had one of the worst customer service experiences I've ever encountered at Svitoch. My party and I waited nearly 15 minutes while the cashier repeatedly acknowledged us but chose not to help us, despite not being busy. When she finally decided to assist us, her attitude was condescending and rude. What made the experience even more uncomfortable was that I felt racially profiled when I simply asked how much a slice of strawberry shortcake cost. After telling me the price, she immediately questioned whether I could afford it or if I still wanted it, which I found insulting and inappropriate. To make matters worse, the slice of cake was not worth the $9 price tag. Between the poor service, disrespectful treatment, and disappointing product, I have no intention of returning. There are plenty of bakeries that treat their customers with courtesy and respect--this is not one of them. read more

Lovely little place, tucked back where you might not just stumble upon it. This review is for the cafe only as the European market wasn't open yet when we arrived for breakfast. The portions of everything are very generous. Sandwiches and avocado toast are definitely enough to share or take home for a second meal. We shared a lemon crepe which had what tasted like house made lemon curd inside of it. It was dusted with powdered sugar and created a delicious flavor. Crepe was perfectly prepared. I ordered the avocado toast which was twice the size of what I expected and could eat, so it made a very nice lunch later. The avocado is a spread as opposed to sliced; although I prefer sliced, this was actually pretty tasty. This also came with a fried egg on both of the pieces of toast and thinly sliced radishes, flat leaf parsley, sesame seed, and a generous amount of pickled red onion which I adore. The bread is a lovely European multigrain. Underneath the toast, I found a beautiful fresh green salad with a balsamic vinaigrette and tomatoes, and all in all this was the perfect dish. My dining companion chose the turkey sandwich, and this two was a very large sandwich. It looked really great and had a lot of turkey on it, so much that it looked like fresh turkey as opposed to a deli meat, but I'm really not sure. For some reason, she didn't especially care for her sandwich; may have been a little too much pesto on it for her likes, but I thought it looked wonderful and also came with a salad. I had a drip coffee, for which I was told I could get refills for free, and my companion had a latte. Both were very good. I would like to come back sometime and purchase some of their desserts as they all looked absolutely amazing. read more

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This is the most beautiful and amazing assortment of bakery items I have ever seen. They don't just look good though they taste outstanding. Looking for coffee and a pastry it's a no brainer go here read more

Pricey but you get what you pay for - delicious cakes and pastries made with what seems to be high quality ingredients. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly, the atmosphere very inviting. I stopped by hoping to find a birthday cake for my father who enjoys European baked goods, and who can blame me - I walked away with a blueberry cake and a deep fried cabbage hand pie (?) that will have me returning for more very soon! read more

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We ate at the Georgian restaurant near by and decided to stop in to check out this Eastern European store and deli. They had a typical selection of Soviet canned goods, candy, and other traditional ingredients. They also had some sandwiches and pastries for sale, which was nice. This store is very clean, with pleasant employees! read more

This Ukrainian Restaurant and Grocery Store is fantastic. Great cuisine coupled with a connecting store to purchase unique grocery items. Highly recommend! read more

One of the BEST bakeries I've been to! Huge baked good selection, yummy coffee, and even some savory options as well. Staff were super friendly, and the decor and ambiance was delightful. I didn't step into the attached small grocery store, but definitely will next time. read more

We ran into this amazing eatery while our evening walk while attending our Mom's funeral in Vancouver Washington. Delicious store, food and bakery. We loved the borscht soup so very much! Steve & Sheryl Varga read more

Loved everything about this place! The creep with dolce Leche and banana bananas was fabulous. read more

Great authentic place , amazing selection of cakes . Friendly staff. Delicious food. Definitely recommend.

Amazing! Delicious! Unique! Authentic! Each pastry was oozing with buttery richness. Both were full of flavor and did not disappoint. How cute is the fish shaped, lox-filled pie?! You can't say no to that. And you shouldn't. I'm glad we took these to go because it would have been very difficult to not taste everything on the menu after trying these. Come hungry, leave full of delicious European delicacies. You can't lose here. read more

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Svitoch was recommended to my Mom by her friend, and we decided to stop by when we were in town. I can't believe how unexpectedly good it was! I need to quickly explain that there seems to be a second store, in the other half of the space? I didn't go there, and won't be speaking about it for the duration of the review. Right as you enter, the atmosphere is incredible. Everything from the windows to the walls were very nice, high quality, and perfectly matching the vibe they were going for. Every seat seemed to be occupied by satisfied customers, chilling doing whatever they pleased. I wasn't sure what to expect with the service, it could've been fantastic or the exact opposite. Luckily there were three friendly ladies working behind the counter. They were attentive and fast. Now for the main reason to come: the food! I'm not going to speak on what kind of food it is, but I've never had it before. It's ALL good! From unique deserts like a peach thing I'd HIGHLY recommend, to Baklava, you're bound to find SOMETHING to enjoy! What else can I say about this place? It's got a warm and welcoming feel when inside, talking to servers, or eating the delectable treats. Could NOT recommend this place more, and we WILL be back. read more

The review is for the bake shop. My daughter and I love to find local bakeries to try and this one did not disappoint. We were greeted by a super friendly server who was so helpful and gave us a sample dulcet de Leche cookie while she wrapped our goods that was creamy and luscious! We got a Peach cookie (no pic here, but there are so many other pictures) and that was the best of the three pastries we bought. It was silky, special and oh so good! The drunken cherry was good but could have had a bit more bold flavor and the apricot mousse cake was actually really very good with pieces of apricot in the filling and a smooth cream. We would definitely return and try some other goodies. read more

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Quick service and employee was friendly. The environment was clean, professional and earthy. We sat down to enjoy our order: Latte, iced Mocha and a slice of a Crème Brulee. Besides it being busy and having half of the time one employee working, it was a quick grab and go. The pastry was amazing and the drinks too. This place is a hit and miss. Some days are one point and others its dry. (Based off my other experiences) read more

Svitoch - Pastry - Grocery Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

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Didn't like the mocha I had, didn't like the cake I had, and the staff were rude. Really not a pleasant experience.

Macrons were delicious, and atmosphere was great but customer service needs a little bit of work. Would've given 5 star if we were acknowledged read more

Svitoch - Oreo, blue raspberry, strawberry, chocolate, coffee, chocolate, pistachio and coconut macrons - Grocery Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

I bought shashlik here half an hour ago today, and it was completely raw inside. Horrible, do the cooks not watch what they cook? One star only for the delicious chocolates. The shashlik is terrible‍ read more

Svitoch - This is the kind of raw shashlik they sell - Grocery Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

Hands down the VERY BEST pastries, cakes, macaroons, sweet treats!!! Our family has tried numerous different treats from this establishment and everything is to perfection. 10/10 everytime! Tried the turkey pesto sandwich the other day and it was delicious and had amazing presentation. Highly recommend!!! read more

One of my favourite places , always delicious cakes and desserts, but sometimes I don't have place to seat , because it's always busy , but I like this place so much read more

Not like anything i've ever seen so far in my years living in Washington! a perfect calm, quiet place to just sit down and eat, the most beautiful dessert, and kind workers, and good prices!!! Also a very clean and organized, modern interior. read more

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Great service. Friendly and helpful employees. Delicious European pastries and food. Establishment is Clean and airy. read more

we searched for a great selection of noodles, spices, fresh produce, bread, cookies and european meats........this place is the best!!!!!!!!! highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very friendly staff!!!! read more

I ordered macrons today, and were very bad looking! I got them for the cake, and when I took them out, some of them were cracked, some had too many beads, others barely had any, one of them had a small piece for the one half, the other half was very big side which makes it uneven and ugly. These macarons were meant to make the cake look pretty, but they are so ugly, that I can't even use them for my cake... I'm disappointed! I rather order macarons from someone else! This place doesn't do a good job at making macarons! read more

I was very happy to see that most of the beautiful pastries hd detailed descriptions of what was in them. They all are so very tempting. One had the magic word for me" sweetened condensed milk" layered with sponge, whipped cream And walnuts. Very tasty. If it weren't for the pandemic and the fact that practically everyone I know is on Keto, I would suggest getting a group and ordering lots of different beautiful, tempting goodies so we could taste as many as we wanted. I shall have to have a new one whenever I stop buy the little grocery that is attached to the coffee shop. That is a whole different set of delicious things to try out. Also very reasonably priced. Next time you are feeling adventurous give Svitoch a try. read more

Svitoch - Kola Kola. Sweetened condensed milk, sponge, whipped cream and walnuts. Tastes as good as it looks - Grocery Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

Place is nice and people who work the counter are great. But.... I ordered a salmon sandwich, Owner was the one who made me their "salmon" sandwich which had salty trout instead of salmon... let's just say if your going to charge $12 for an over priced piece of sourdough bread and Philadelphia cream cheese at least put the right fish on it. Overall food wise, wouldn't recommend. read more

This place is a feast for the eyes! So many beautiful foods to look at - especially in the bakery! We went in there one other time, but only looked, but this time we bought kielbasa, pierogi, candy, & pastries. The lady behind the counter gave us a bite of 2 different meat sticks & both are super delicious. Can't wait to try the kielbasa & pierogi for dinner tonight. The candy was a little bit of silly adventurous fun for us Americans. Surprisingly, the candy with the lobster picture on the label was our favorite. None of the 3 of us could manage to even swallow a bite, though, of the one with the pretty bird (it honestly tasted like old blue cheese covered in chocolate & dipped in laundry soap), but we had fun trying the different flavors. The pastries were delicious, & we are looking forward to a day when we're hungry & in the area so we can try one of their meat pockets, crepes, or pretzel dogs. Only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is because they aren't super friendly to "outsiders" but I kinda get it - we're kind of like tourists in there... But paying ones, so there's that. read more

I think this one of the nicer European deli/grocery store/coffee shop/bakery stores in the area. Neat and clean and actually well organized. So many things I wanted to try and buy... but I was on a limited schedule and just trying to read the ingredients was a challenge and taking up too much time. I ended up buying some vodka filled chocolates, chocolate halvah and some kind of sweet roll made with raisins and I believe ricotta cheese? I could tell they were made fresh since they were warm and soft. Yes, it tasted heavenly. Service was friendly and I didn't feel like an idiot after trying to pronounce some Russian words. Well....maybe I did, but the lady at the counter was nice enough to smile and help me with my pronunciation. I didn't get a chance to check out the coffee shop, but it looked very nice. It looked like a regular coffee shop. Plenty of tables and chairs to relax at. Anyway...I'll be back. read more

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Why two stars? One is for excellent and attentive staff. Second start is for presentation. The interior and pastries look wonderful. But when it comes to what matters most i.e. the quality & taste; these not-cheap-treats are frankly awful. I'm russian-Ukranian & lived half of my life there. I know what good quality pastry is supposed to taste. I'm sure that people who run this place do know that too. Then its a crime to deliver such poor, tasteless treats that are made to look lovely but are absurdly underwhelming. I bought the Napoleon cake ($8) and small piece of baklava ($5). The so called cake is just filled with a type of fat milk whipped cream and layers of inferior quality baked dough. The real Napoleon cake has a recipe and is supposed to actually have unique flavor! The baklava was equally tasteless and smelled perfumy. I ordered a salmon sandwich ($12) which was just a slice of toasted sourdough covered with cheap, philadelphia style cream cheese, topped with extremely salty unsavory bits of salmon. For that money I'd expect a gourmet treat, especially when I buy it from a specialty store for eastern European market. The quality of food preparation is simply shameful. read more

Svitoch is my favorite bakery to pick up sweet treats, especially for gifting. We stopped by a few days ago to pick up a variety of cookies for our friends as a holiday gift. They were thrilled! I am always impressed by the extensive selection of treats available for purchase. The only reason that this review is not 5/5 stars is because a couple of the cake slices we've had were slightly stale. They looked beautiful but I've had better in terms of freshness and taste. read more

I live in the Seattle area and my friends and family and I frequently drive down to Vancouver to load up on goodies from Svitoch! I have been here more times than I can count and have always had a pleasant experience. The owner and employees are super nice and helpful and I always enjoy their treats! I highly recommend getting the peach cookies and you can never go wrong with the honey cake. I usually get the honey caramel cake but the traditional one is amazing too. Their coffee is great as well! Can't wait to come back! read more

I've came here multiple times for their pirozhki and every time it's a disappointment. Not only it's sitting on a tray with nothing covered. It's the greasiest and the most chewy dough I've ever eaten. I paid $10 for two greasy pirozhki. I got the cabbage and potato. Potato was very plain. Cabbage filling was also very greasy. I wouldn't come back here to get their pirohski read more

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They may be small, but they certainly pack a lot into this Eastern European market! Plenty of canned goods, dry goods & candies from various countries in Eastern Europe. They have a huge assortment of meats & smoked fish at the deli counter of which we've tried 2 of their kielbasa/sausage so far, both very good, with the Wedding sausage being one of the best we've ever had. And they have a TON of house-made pierogies & dumplings in their freezer case and we've tried several - truly the best pierogies we've had! Since the Hubs family is Polish & us coming from Chicagoland where we had plenty of great Polish delis to choose from, that is saying something about their sausages & pierogies! They also have various fresh baked breads and a frozen ice cream treats, too. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention their AMAZING bakery next door, Sweet Touch (see my separate review of their bakery & definitely stop by that place as well). read more

Nice bakery store but pls don't sell expired bread !!! I looked at the expiration date and it's been expired for 3 days and I still pay it for the full price . If I knew I would have not buy it. I don't care the price and the price is like they want to get rich right away for that price. So if you go there ask the date they made it cause they sell the old ones first. I'm sooooo disappointed. read more

Svitoch - Grocery Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

My husband and I came here last night right before they closed. We ordered tons of pastries. We got baklava, caramel sponge cake, honey cake, coconut a rum ball and a colorful wafer with leche. I didn't really care for the sponge cake, it didn't have a lot of flavor but my husband really enjoyed it. I personally loved the rum ball, it was soooo good. My husbands favorite was the honey cake and wafer. We loved how big the selection was and the fact that they have coffee, croissants and meat pastries was so cool. It's also attached to a deli and we can't wait to come back. Rachel helped us and she was so sweet. She explained every pastry to us and asked her a million questions. She was fabulous. We can't wait to come back and get more! read more

DISGUSTING! Bought some candy in their deli section and after blighting into it I almost puked! There were MAGGOTS AND WORMS MOVIMG AROUND!!! This is UNACCEPTABLE. Shame on them! read more

Svitoch - Maggot!!!!!!! - Grocery Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

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Most importantly, the pastries here are very good! I'll start on a positive note. Unfortunately, that's where the positivity ends. Their pastries are plentiful in selection (mostly a variety of cakes), great taste and presentation! As others have mentioned, staff is not particularly warm & welcoming. I don't care about that much -what I take issue with is the pricing, & the lack of transparency of the pricing. Each pastry used to always have a descriptive tag & a price. Over time, I've seen a lot of these with no tag & no price... The Cashier seems to arbitrarily decide what to charge you.. I've paid different prices for the same thing one time versus the next. They have also INSANELY hiked up prices - their basic, simple meringue cookies were . 75 cents in the past... They are 2.50 apiece now! I know there's been inflation but come on, that is just obscene price gouging read more

I have been their regular customers for several years. Not anymore. They have clearly went downhill with the quality of their food which is very disappointing. I used to drive to that place to buy caviar and along with that other produce for over $100 total. Last time, the $40 caviar was absolutely horrible, total waste of money. Also, I bought a bread which was not fresh (and I specifically have asked cashier whether or not it's fresh). Don't they realize they will loose their business like other Russian stores did if they continue going like this? read more

Went here as a dessert run around 6pm, the atmosphere was very soothing, they had jazz playing and the noise level was very subtle, super easy to hear a person. Their desserts all looked incredible, we had gotten the fruit tart, a chocolate mousse cake with caramel in it, and a thick creme brûlée cake as well. The fruit tart was pretty good, although the crust seemed like it could have been harder the cream filling was delicious along with the fresh fruits. The chocolate mousse cake was not my favorite, it seemed too dense and gelatinous to my preference, I felt that the mousse could have been more airy and rich, but the presentation was wonderful. As for the creme brûlée cake, at first I thought I didn't like it, there was seemingly no taste to it at my first bite, but as I went on there was more and more flavor which made it very appetizing and probably one of my favorite sweets out of the three today. read more

Svitoch - Creme brûlée cake, chocolate mousse cake with caramel, and fruit tart, with house coffee. - Grocery Near Me - Vancouver, Washington

Had a great pastry and coffee at the café but then went to the grocery side where the staff were allowing customers to shop without a mask. They were so obvious about it. Also I think the staff had their masks hanging off their faces with noses etc. out and this is during the peak of COViDs new Omicron. Super rude and unnecessary. Don't endanger people and mislead by posting that you observe mask rules when you in fact don't. read more

This review deals mainly with the deli side of "Svitoch" which also features a newly renovated coffee and pastry side to its personality. The first thing that hits you is just how many different types of European candy there is, candy in bags, in boxes, in bins, they have candy everywhere in the deli side of this store. Lots and lots of candy, I really can't emphasize that enough. It is, of course, also a deli of the European variety, think lots and lots of cured meats and meat by-products. The deli side is about the size of a standard 7-11 and features a main walkway in front of the deli counter running the length of the store. There are a few small aisles and some refrigerator display cases. Don't come here for your regular grocery shopping, the fruits and veggies are sadly lacking here, but like I said before, this shop is all about the sweets and the meats. I cannot vouch for all the candies here, but some of them are great and most of them cannot be bought in many other places. The same goes for their bread, some really great bread here. The staff, mostly women, all speak with Eastern Euro accents making the whole place that much more authentic. This is the kind of store you come to for that 'special' item you just can't get anywhere else. But you would be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't take a walk over to the newly finished coffee side of Svitoch. I'm not sure which side is called Svitoch and which one goes by Sweet Touch, the important part here is their sweets, and the coffee side has Euro pastries in spades. The long L-shaped glass display cases are filled with all sorts of wonderfully colourful pastries and sweet treats and the coffee workers are more like the baristas you find in any modern coffee shop. If you're looking for some weird Euro import meats or candies galore that you're not going to find anyplace else nearby, this is the place for you. read more

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