Café Pogacha

I think most people go here for the convenience. Service and food quality use to be good, now food is tasteless, overprice and not of good quality. Getting new coffee beans and Machine was a good idea however, training their staff to make good coffee is equally important. Looking at how they operate the facility does raise hygiene questions. Food scraps on the floor, same cloth used to wipe coffee spills is used to wipe the tables. Has the health department seeing this yet? It’s time for a change pogacha, you are in downtown Bellevue and providing average service is unacceptable.

One of my favorite quick lunch spots in downtown Bellevue! Food is fresh, very tasty, and reasonably priced! I get the steak salad and it never disappointed. Could use a little more steak, but overall amazing, m. I would always come back and recommend.

Change in staff truly reflects the service level at pogacha café. We use to like going here but it’s same old same old stuff. Nothing much changes except for prices going up. They revamped their menu and looks but not quality in food. They need to teach their staff to make better coffee thankfully Starbucks is close by. They need more variety in their breakfast and lunch menu.

They don’t deliver even though the listing says so.

Coffee ok but not hot. Scramble good and changes in ingredients made easily size was perfect not too big just right. Cafeteria style dinning but not are it is set up to really be a dining comfy type cafè. Good place if you are in building not really a destination.

Not a big fan of their lunch menu but their breakfast, especially their daily special scramble, is always great, especially for the price! The staff is super friendly, especially Crystal, who knows the names of my 2 boys and is always so sweet to them. It’s our special breakfast treat during the week before dropping the kiddos at daycare. The floor to ceiling brings so much natural light. I wish they were opened on the weekends for breakfast/​brunch!

I work pretty close to Café Pogacha, so it’s a great option for grabbing lunch. It’s fairly quick if you want to take something to go (which I often do). The servers are friendly and helpful and the food is decent (price and taste).

I went to the Café Pogacha for the first time last Friday, with a friend who is lucky enough to work across the street at Expedia. I admit, I was a bit skeptical when he suggested meeting at a little café in the building of Puget Sound Energy, but my skepticism was sorely misplaced. From the great service, broad menu offerings, and reasonable lunch prices, Café Pogacha hits every nail on the head.
From almost the moment, I arrived, I kept wishing we had something like this near the University of Washington. I work at the UW and we have very few options for lunch. We definitely don’t have a place for a quick, thoughtful, and flavorful lunch where you can get a salad, sandwich, or pasta dish that you feel good about. With most new eatery spots catering to professionals are opening in South Lake Union, we are caught between full service restaurants and eateries catering to UW’s undergrad population.
I think the folks who are not giving it more stars are comparing it to all restaurants ever, which I am not. I’m comparing it to other spots I would frequent for lunch and this spot seems to hold up. I look forward to trying it again and updating my review.

Located in the PSE Building in Bellevue, Café Pogacha is nothing fancy. I was disappointed with the overall ambiance and feeling of being welcomed at the location.
If you order a coffee drink, the area next to the espresso machine where you stand to pick it up (the hand off area) is cluttered with a register/​order taking system that is in the direction as if you were the employee. This creates an environment that screams you are not welcome to stand here to wait for your drink, this is an employee only area, yet this is the only logical place to stand and wait.
If you want ice in your drink, the cashier/​barista actually has to walk across the store to the Coca Cola machine to get ice.
The drink itself had a decent coffee flavor; however, the carmel sauce used had a bit of a gritty texture to it. Not sure if this was part of the recipe or if it may have been old.
Save yourself the hassle and walk to the Expedia building to Café Lardo.

Great find for a business brunch meeting. Food was fresh and came out quickly and was customized to our tastes. So good! Will definitely go again!

Came here on a lunch break. This place serves breakfast and lunch at a convenient location in Downtown Bellevue.
The staff is friendly, and food comes out QUICKLY! I’m unsure of it’s just because I ordered a salad or if it’s because all food comes out quickly, but I can’t imagine it takes forever. Everything on the menu is pretty easy to put together. My chicken caesar salad while good, wasn’t the best ever. A bit bland. I added some salt and pepper to it and asked for lemon. The portion was plentiful. It took forever to make a dent in it.
With so many places to choose from, when I’m looking for more of a «homemade» meal, I like to come to Café Pogacha.
The space is huge! Lots of beautiful natural light. I bet they use the patio area in the summer time to set extra tables out for people to dine.
I’ll be back!

Staff was friendly and helped me with the menu. Got the breakfast sandwich, bread was soft, eggs were creamy and bacon was crispy and salty. Sandwich filled me up, much better than Starbucks sandwiches. Was a little tricky to find, since it’s part of the pugent sound building, but behind the street facing side.

Went there for lunch with a friend and the service was really uneven (she was friendly but slow and forgetful). My soup took 25 minutes and was good but not hot and the portion was really small for the price. My friend said it doesn’t normally take that long… I’m not apt to try it again given the value.

We confused this office building café with Pogacha restaurant — thy are different beasts entirely. This is a café serves sandwiches and pre-​made salads. Breakfast sandwich was fine, but not exceptional. They do not validate for parking in the garage in the building. I would say there is no great reason to go out of your way to come here; if you are in the building already, it would be a good option.

Yacky! The food is very oily and came out half-​cold.

Not bad, not bad at all. Nothing out of the world but for a cup of joe & a bite this is a good spot.
Latte drinkers: My lattes are always made to perfection. LOVE!!!
For all of you drip drinkers: you get free refills all day!
Breakfast eaters: breakfast is good, not great but deff hits the spot.

One of my favorite places for breakfast! I work closeby to this location and I absolutely LOVE their AM Pogacha (breakfast sandwich) with bacon. It always hits the spot but I do order their daily special of some kind of scramble every once in a while. The staff are always helpful and friendly.
As for lunch, I love going and getting one of their baked potatoes! I think they do the simple things so well! I once ordered a bowl of soup to go with my basic baked potato but it was way too much food!
I like the option of sitting in or just ordering out for the same experience really. You definitely feel like you are eating at a place that is a bit higher quality with the convenience of a «normal» deli.
I’ve had some of their lunch specials and although they are «okay», they don’t seem to compare to my regular favorites.

I’ve been to Café Pogacha frequently for lunch and enjoyed my food most of the time. They have quite the variety, but my favorite is the bean patty sandwich. It’s served with a small side salad and is the perfect lunch portion. It’s tasty but quite messy to eat. The bean patty is fresh so it falls apart really easy. It’s served with their bread, which is really tasty, soft, and chewy. It’s hard to describe because I haven’t found similar bread anywhere else. I’ve also had one of their salads, stews, and pasta dishes. Nothing else really stood out. I have consistently had sub par service at Café Pogacha. I understand that they get very busy during lunch, but the service isn’t very attentive, and I’ll have to request things multiple times. The food is still worth the visit, but if I plan to eat here, I either order to go (takes longer than other places) or plan for a longer lunch than usual.

Located in the PSE (Puget Sound Energy) building, this is a quick lunch café that is a cut about the rest. It even has a touch of a sit-​down restaurant, as the staff will bring your meal to your table if you’re eating in. And if you’re in a hurry, this is like restaurant food at café speeds. I think that for quick, delicious Italian and Italian-​ish lunch offerings, this is your best bet in Bellevue.
They have a set of set menu choices, as well as daily specials posted on the blackboard by the cashier. Today I got the chicken pesto fettuccine with sun dried tomatoes. Yum!

I’m typically not a sandwich person so when the office had lunch catered from here I was a little unsure. But it was pretty delicious, well at least the bread was. I don’t know what kind of bread it is but I love how warm, fluffy, doughy and all around carb-​tastic it is.
I think it’s a bit pricey for a sandwich, but it’s good to try just once. Since the catering, I went out to the café and didn’t realize it was in a giant corporate building. So that was a bit confusing. The employees were all very friendly and the food came out quickly.

Café Pogacha has pretty decent soups sometimes. My favorite is the tomato basil and the club sandwiches are pretty good too. BUT, it is ridiculously overpriced. Well, I guess that’s a given being located in downtown Bellevue and everything.
I’ve had their breakfast a few times before. I ordered the ham & cheese croissant and I swear, the few times that I asked to have it warmed up… I’ve had to remind them that my croissant was still in the oven. I do not like waiting… it makes me feel awkward.
The place is pretty convenient since I work in the other PSE building and it’s only a few steps away… I only come here if I am über lazy and craving their tomato basil coup… but a cup of soup and a half sandwich for $ 8 is too pricey for my liking. Sigh.

Café Pogacha is a casual restaurant located in the lobby of the Puget Sound Energy Building in downtown Bellevue. Café Pogacha caters to the worker crowd as it is open on weekdays for breakfast and lunch. Café Pogacha seems to serve food that is a cut above other similar establishments in downtown.
The café offers standard breakfast fare including pastries as well, but also breakfast sandwiches. I have had their breakfast pastries as my old workplace used to order catered pastries often from Café Pogacha. Their pastries are great. I especially like their muffins and bagels.
Their lunch offerings usually consists of stews, soups, salads and sandwiches. Their pizzas are awesome and distinct from what you would find at a regular pizza joint. The pizzas are made with Croatian flatbread which is slightly different from a pita that is topped off with your selected toppings.
In particular, I like to order takeout orders of the double artichoke, feta, red onion & garlic oil pizza or the pepperoni & gargonzola pizza (both $ 5.45). They make it when you order it so allow about 5 – 10 minutes waiting time for it to come through. I find the pizza preferable here to CPK as it is quicker, better and cheaper. The soups are also a good bet. They offer two soups, with one option being vegetarian. Soup also comes with a piece of flatbread.
Café Pogacha has a dine-​in area, as well as some tables outside its space and outside the building for dining. There is also a waterfall in the adjacent yard outside that makes for a plesant dining experience.
All told, Café Pogacha is a great option when eating in downtown Bellevue. There are many similar choices out there, but I found Café Pogacha to be a cut above the rest.