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February 2024 by Kirill Izotov
A not-so-large place that actually amazed me with the variety, quality and uniqueness - Ukrainian, Polish and Russian authentic food products are offered in a great display, and the staff is truly professional, friendly and helpful. If you shop here you would not regret - it is fun! And... very tasty afterwards.
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February 2024 by Michael Morgovsky
Good selection of Eastern European foods, going thru upgrades
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January 2024 by Samantha e.
I go all time with my friends there snadwitches a really good I love the way vehbdnsnsnsnjs
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December 2023 by Dan RK
The old deli vibe is gone, and the new vibe of half-liquor store, half-convenience store is unappelaing
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November 2023 by Karl S.
There's not as much Russian food as I was hoping for, because of all the natural, conventional American, mid-eastern and central European groceries. They have some produce, prepared eastern and central European foods (both fresh and frozen). It's fine for a neighborhood market, but there are better Russian grocery stores in the area, so it's not a destination.
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September 2023 by Joe W
Seems like a nice hidden gem of a grocery store. Fresh produce and a lot of unique foods you won't find at big box chains.
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August 2023 by Eva-Maria Schneeberger
Little gem in the neighborhood. Great selection of European food.
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May 2023 by Grace Mutagubya
Very courteous people there....God bless them all!!
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March 2023 by Jay M.
I was going to deli next door where sandwiches are steep prices when I saw a sign 8.99 sandwiches. Pick our roll, protein, condiments. I order a ham, Swiss cheese on French bread , lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mustard and bacon . Then written was 9.99 on wrapper. I told guy at register I had the make your sandwich for 8.99. He told me that was starting price. I said sign says 8.99 back and forth.... I then figured maybe bacon added was the buck extra ? Then I look at sign and says nothing about bacon... says lettuce tomatoes a 1.50 extra? Or is that for the roast vegetables? Very confusing? Then if charging for lettuce and tomato and onion adds a 1.50 ... not 1.00? Nothing about bacon on sign. Any way sandwich was excellent fresh French bread, all ingredients fresh.. another slice of ham would have been good or Black Forest ham instead... Tasty with the bacon and good sandwich and I think better than deli next door ... the deli sides in case all looked good... didn't see a side of potato or macaroni salad or coke slaw... seafood salad looked to be tasty in a sandwich. Actually looking closer at fine print I should have been charged 1.50 for the bacon and unclear another 1.50 for lettuce, tomato, onion or 1.50 each... then at that price ... sandwich wouldn't have gotten to cashier as too expensive.
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January 2023 by Artrhur C.
I've been shopping at Waban Market for 12 years, mostly for the fresh foods and desserts. I've never had a problem with the prepared food. The variety and pricing puts Whole Foods and any supermarket to shame. The foods lean toward Eastern European/Russian/Jewish, since that's what the market really is, and I there are usually new items to try. So for food quality, taste, freshness, price and variety, I give them 5 stars. You don't like that kind of food? Your problem, not theirs.However, in all that time shopping there, I think I may have seen a smile on a staff person once. Maybe. Rather than rude, I find them just unfriendly, and can't disagree with others commenting on their lack of ordinary and expected civil niceties. They're all grumps. Am I seeing typical Russian immigrant behavior or just stereotyping? I don't know, but there's a large Russian (and Ukranian) population in Newton, (and another,larger, Russian market called Baza where the staff is equally glum) and so I run into Russians in various places of business, and they are often quite grumpy. Russians, lighten up, eh? Make our shopping experience more pleasant--we know you can.
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December 2022 by Andrew M.
all the positive and negative reviews are accurate. The staff can be very rude. Sometimes items are past their due date (look!) but ..... they have stuff no one else has. The pies and tarts are delicious. The wine and liquor selection is good and not significantly more expensive than big stores. The produce is fresh and good. Don't go to Waban Market expecting to be a treasured customer. It ain't happening. Do go there if it's convenient or if you are looking for unusual items or homemade goodies.
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November 2022 by Brenda Bemporad
I like it because it has a variety of different items from different countries as well as fresh fresh baked goods
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October 2022 by ashraf soliman
Food is very good. The lady behind the counter very very rude. I’ve been going there for a long time and always. I try to avoid the lady behind the counter because she’s always always rude.
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October 2022 by Ann A.
Where to begin? first of all, the people who work here have NO interest in customer service. i just shopped here for the first time. I wanted it to be great. the staff was so unfriendly. They treat customers like they wish you hadn't come in. i dared to ask a polite question. i was rebuked like I was bothering them. i asked if they had ground beef. The unpleasant woman walked away ( no reply) and came back with a package of less than a pound of ground beef. couldn't bother to ask me how much I would like? There are packages of interesting looking sliced cheeses. all are labeled in a language that is not English.. by this time, I didn't want to bother to ask about the cheeses. i had learned my lesson.Ei yi yi. i could go on. the apricot chicken I bought was nicely seasoned but the chicken pieces were cut up small with BONES. WE HAD TO KEEP SPITTING OUT BONES. Will try to attach a photo.shop here at your peril.
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September 2022 by A Google User
Everything is so high quality and delicious, I can't help it. Its definitely our family's favorite market. Their bakery section is amazing!
