Bazaar On Cambridge

Very good store, the best for those who miss europe, a lot of various eastern european food, especially I love the honey, naturally and not modified genetically like in american store.
P.S Go with there with confidence ;)

Beware when buying perishables here. I bought two packages of cottage cheese here two days ago, one of which was a big blob of mold, and another one was NINE days past the expiration date. I realize that it was my fault for not checking the expiration date and trusting the management to do that for me, but come on, not noticing that your diary products are way past the expiration date is just unacceptable.
I tried calling the manager many times to let them know that other packages may contain mold as well, but the manager didn’t pick up the phone. I also left a message, but again, nobody returned my call.
I live too far away to go back to the store and bring the products back, so it would be nice if they were responsive to customer complaints instead of ignoring them.
Also, several months ago I bought some herring here that I also had to throw away because it was already rotten. This place is definitely not good for perishables.

I use to stay opposite to Bazaar, one day I took my gf their and she loved it. Now she left me, but still I go there when I miss her and I will order the cakes only what she likes .I miss her and I miss this place too.

So excited about this place! I am newer to the area and noticed how even along the main stretch here there are several convenience «grocery» shops — but nobody has produce unless you go a little father out. Finally! I have found my ideal spot. This store has heaps of produce that was fresh and of good quality. I was actually taken aback when I went in there. A friend suggested the store to me and I’m so happy she did. I am sitting at my kitchen table now enjoying the produce I scored. Haven’t tried anything else there yet– but I’m sure it’s good. It’s also weirdly rewarding /​rad that the store is Eastern European– as I am. Though– I would shop there even if it wasn’t.

They got a bike rack :) :) :) Also the best candy by weight is the Nut Clusters in the shiny green metallic wrapping.

Went to this store for time today and if you are looking for Eastern European/​Russian groceries, beverages, deli items, or desserts… this is the place. Found everything I was craving. Great selection of fresh veggies also!

I love this palce, I work there fro a fw months about 8 years ago and Im only have a great thinks to said about them. They have a n expert lady in teh kitchen to cook the food and of cousrese they haev helpers. Empployes we can eat what ever we want, they use to give us free food plus a greta disocunt to buy our products. Im a latin women and I come to be in love with Rusian because of this people in this lovely sotore. Pelase continue supporing this place because tehy are realy good. HAAA!!! and all fruits and vegetales are fresh. They are the best. Spaseeba

Great store. Everything was extremely fresh, which isn’t always the case in stores I’ve been to. The private parking lot also really helps.
All the service was very polite and patient (I was a little nervous given the reviews and past experience). But it was some of the most polite service I’ve encountered in a Russian store. They were happy to talk to me in Russian but were also nice to my significant other who only spoke English.
We tried smoked meats/​kielbasa, fresh eggplant salad, pickled herring with onions, pickled herring with veggies, sauerkraut, half sour pickles, pickled tomatoes, seafood salad„ , etc. Everything has been fresh and delicious so far. Prices reasonable, 5% off if you spend more than $ 50. Pleasantly surprised.

I ordered catering from Bazaar, and everything looked beautiful and turned out to be delicious. I ordered a fruit plate, and the chef cut the fruit into flowers and it was almost too pretty to eat. The vegetable platter was also delightful, and I was especially impressed with the smoked fish platter. Everything was fresh and tasted great. The blini with red caviar made for a great appetizer, and they were the first thing to go. The cheese plate was also great, featuring a variety of European cheeses. The duck was really the highlight though. It came decorated with apples and purple salad leaves. I will definitely order catering from here again!

We ordered a catering from Bazaar on Cambridge for our 40-​people Halloween party and it’s been absolutely amazing. The taste to die for, the variety, the presentation & decoration on every plate — everything was top notch. Meats, salads, creps, veggies, cheese — everything was fresh and delicious. Highly recommended!

We recently ordered some food for about $ 200 from Bazaar for my father-in-law’s birthday party. It was great:
Food included a number of salads and various hot meat, fish and vegetables dishes.
All food was fresh and delicious. We had 15 people at the party and everyone loved the food.
Everything was nicely packed for pick up from the store. Presentation was excellent.
One of the store clerk’s assisted me with loading all that food into my car. Great customer service and attention to detail.
The price was great for so much great food.
I highly recommend buying /​ordering food from this store.
My wife took 3 pics of the food we got. See attached.
10/​23/​2014
Paul B.
Boston MA

Definitely one of my favorite bakeries ever. I love the cakes and each one I have tried is absolutely delicious. There is a young man who works in the bakery area who wears glasses: he is so nice, polite, friendly and helpful. He even explained what each cake was, as I am not familiar with Russian style desserts. I love this place.

Wonderful.
There is a wonderful selection of everything. The prepared food was excellent. Also, the fruit juice we got was to die for.
Be sure to check out the very, very extensive vodka section.

If you don’t have a familiarity of Russian/​Eastern European culture, this place will definitely throw you off. But it is as authentic as it gets, and they have a nice selection. Can’t go wrong with salad olivier and perogi. I was also happy to see a few Armenian products out there as well.
Kinda dirty and slow check out process. They really need to speed things up a notch around here.
Extra star for reusing old CVS signs to mark their aisles! Throwback Thursday!

Excellent alternative to grocery shopping at a big chain — cheaper basics plus a wide assortment of «weird» foods.
Take a risk at the deli counter and order something you normally wouldn’t — eggplant and tomato salad with sour cream, smoked fish, stuffed mushrooms, borscht ($ 3.99 for a 2-​meal container), Olivier salad (a Russian classic), blini (often filled with apples, cherries, strawberries, blueberries — yum) — and you won’t be disappointed.
There’s a large selection of cheap-​ish alcohol, candy, pastries (try creamy Napoleon cake — layers upon layers of flaky puff pastry smothered in buttercream).
«Yay! I’m a fan» indeed.

Excellent source for Eastern European comfort food. Mostly Russian/​Ukranian but with a few Polish, Bulgarian, and Georgian items as well. Ridiculously good variety of bread, pastry, and pierogi/​vareniki/​whatever. Reasonable prices. Fresh fruit and vegetables weren’t so great. They stock Polish linden and buckwheat honey, which is the best in the world. I haven’t been brave enough to try any of the wine, but there’s loads of it.
The freezer shelves crammed full of cakes from Kiev Bakery in Brooklyn always make me smile. Please, hipsters, do not ruin that part of Brooklyn. I will never forgive you if you ruin that part of Brooklyn.

A nice place to get some exotic food, they have tons of selection and ok deli. However I try to avoid that place unless its something I cant find anywhere else in Boston. The customer service is terrible, why on the Earth people would ever hire a cashier who ignores you when you say hi, never says thank you or anything at all?! There is one middle age lady who is incredibly rude and ignorant. I am not the only one who had to face it I guess because many of my friends boycott the store just because of the customer service.
Besides rude workers you should watch out for the products expiration dates! For some reason some of the stuff they keep on the shelfs are old.
Meh!

This place has awesome prices — yes, they also have a unique selection of various things — yes. Up until right now, I was a regular at Bazaar, I went to this store weekly to buy my produce. This store is so close to me, I can even see it from my kitchen, and sad to say, I will never go back.
In my attempt at exiting the store, the two back doors were blocked my two elderly Russian woman and their empty carriages. They were blocking the door for several minutes until I said excuse me and tried to make my way out, when I was screamed at by these Russian woman. They said «Yes, please, go home! get out of here! Do you even speak Russian!?! GO HOME LEAVE!!! GET OUT!!» This is absolutely absurd. Yes, this is a Russian market, and I fully respect and understand that, but I am also in America, where I was born, and I do not need to speak Russian to shop here, or SUPPORT this Russian business. I am completely appalled.
I was raised, like many other Americans I know, not to judge anyone by their race, language, or appearance, and I’ve never been bullied in my own country for not being American. This is not ok, I’m personally hurt by this. I also understand this was a customer and not a staff member, but customers represent the store they are shopping at.
I hope no one else runs into this nonsense on their Saturday morning shopping in their homeland, but to ensure I don’t have a rotten, ignorant woman yelling at me, I will not be back. Sorry Bazaar, it was nice knowing you.

Alright, alright, I’m not Russian! Some of the customers here can sniff out Polish descent like bloodhounds, and the incoming glances were just uncomfortable enough to make me feel like I was actually in Russia, but those prices are too good to pass up.
Having Russian friends has given me a taste for, among other things, kefir, cabbage pirogi, babaganoush, sour pickles to chase vodka with, and a good deal. All of those things can be found here. The deli counter is my favorite part of the store, with all the goodies pre-​made so I don’t have to battle my way through cyrillic instructions.
After being told off by the woman in front of me on the checkout line for buying pickles from a jar when there are fresh ones in the cold case near the liquor, I went to go try them. I suggest you do the same.

What a wonderful place and time we live in when you can have serious first world problems in a grocery store full of products from ex-​soviet states.
I love pickled and otherwise preserved herring, but I walked out of Bazaar on Cambridge today without any because the selection was frankly a little overwhelming. Ditto with the rye bread but I was somehow able to force myself to pick one (with coriander seeds – yum!).
I was able to buy a few other things, including pickled cherry tomatoes and kefir, but in my compulsion to check everything out I must have looked like a gape-​mouthed hick to the regular shoppers there – sorry folks – I tried to stay out of the way!
The only thing more ridiculous than the huge smoked fish section at the deli would have to be the prices. Yet another food goldmine in Allston.