Macrina Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Mercer Island

As many have said, once the dining room is full, the noise is shockingly loud. Wow, unpleasant! The food is decent, which is a God send on MI. The menu offerings are pretty limited and I suspect most everything is brought in from Seattle and not made from scratch there. I got a "carne" sandwich, which is actually chicken. Good, but overpriced. I grabbed to go a premade "carne" salad, which is described as marinated steak, but was actually more chicken. Either these guys are anti carne, or really pro chicken, not sure. The salad was good quality and was reasonably priced relative to what stuff costs these days, but the "carne" chicken was extremely modestly portioned. All and all, a decent addition for MI, good quality, meh value, great helpful cheerful staff, but assaultive accustics if...

My friends and I had a wonderful experience at the newly opened cafe. Everything we had was delicious and the service was great! I really like the vibe of the place too! My only “comment” would involve the parking lot. I’m hoping that the landlords will consider restriping the parking lot and having one way arrows up and down the rows. Right now its kind of a free for all for parking and my friend couldn’t back her car out...

Although the food is wonderful THE DESIGNER COMPLETELY BOTCHED the acoustics. The place is so flippin loud the friendly staff can't hear orders, people can't hear each other, and it's honestly hard to think straight! All of which is contributing to the slower service - I'm sure the staff will get their pace worked out - but the horrific acoustics will always plague the place as customers struggle to...