The Marquette Cafe

414 S Baldwin St, Madison
(608) 239-2928

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Casey Connors

Great menu selection, fair prices, friendly staff and excellent drinks. Perfect for a casual lunch or work spot

Dietary restrictions: Gluten free & vegan options

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Maria Fernanda Achaya

Good food but not worth the wait.

Reynell Badillo

Food is actually nice, but you should only go if you want to spend one hour and a half waiting for ✨pancakes✨

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

Mark Hansen

Parking: Employees were very friendly.

Kid-friendliness: There are plenty of diet sensitive choices.

Wheelchair accessibility: A little step up to the door, but obviously, with the great staff, access is always possible.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Breakfast Burrito

Joohyun Lee

My favorite cafe in Madison! The space is beautiful and the food is excellent. I love their crepe, panini, burritos, and pancakes.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kathryn

Food and drink were delicious and the atmosphere was delightful! A perfect fall day :) the service was excellent and the barista, Anna, was so charming — will definitely be coming back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Babs Reidy

We had the chai waffle and the French toast. Both were incredible!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Patrick Kinney

No waiter or waitress, order and sit, then they deliver. Food was great and surprisingly reasonably priced. My hungry college-aged son and I cost less than $25.00 for breakfast with tip. That's almost insane.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Siobhan E

This is not the kind of place you go with a large group (we had 9 people). You order up at the counter and while our drinks came to the table quickly, our food came out one order at a time very slowly. It was like each of us had to eat one at a time which made for a really weird dining experience.

The food in general is very good and we are all leaving satisfied but yeah, not a great place for big groups if you are paying separately.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Will Byrd

Cheap no good quality. Weird hotel vibes but $2 loose leaf tea plus vegan and gluten free options! The staff are very friendly as well!

Vegetarian options: Egan quiche and breakfast sandwiches

Dietary restrictions: Several gluten free options

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Chris Malin

Shhh! Don't tell everyone about this place! Just your closest friends. Very cool cafe, kinda hidden on Baldwin St. limited parking, but it's worth it. Reasonable prices on everything. Great coffee. I had a Kale smoothie that was actually really good, my friend had a yogurt parfait that was also very good. Friendly wait person/barista. Quiet & pleasant decor.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

danna guzman

Probably my favorite cafe in Madison!! nice and quiet ambiance, pleasant decor, very tasty food, beverages don’t have that rich of a flavor but still good. In the summer all the giant windows are open so they allow dogs inside and even have treats! There is a cute little patio in the back as well!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jason Haynes

Such a gem! Beautiful morning to sit and have breakfast in open air style cafe. Very relaxing atmosphere. Good coffe, food and pastries. Nothing fancy, just easy. Affordable prices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jason Killion

Great price for graet food. Stayed at the hotel Marquette, which was also super.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joseph Murphy

What the hell is going on here when there are only two parties of two waiting for food, and it still takes over 30 minutes for avocado toast? Lol... this is actually just a terrible experience. The food hasn't come out yet, but it's gonna have to be incredible for me to ever want to try and come back.

It's a disappointment because the space could be beautiful and a great addition to the neighborhood, but as it stands... when the restaurant is empty and you can't get food out quickly... it's back to the drawing board.

Other annoyances:
- Coffee is a self-serve push pot. It was empty upon arrival, and there was about 10 minutes of waiting for the next batch.
- TV screen as a menu (I just hate these. Honestly if I'd seen this before walking in, I would've turned away.)
- They allow "well-behaved dogs" in a restaurant, I'm a dog lover but c'mon.
- barista committed many unforgivable sins at the machine. Grinding with no beans in the hopper, leaving shots for like 4 minutes before adding to a beverage, trying to re-steam milk to get it to temp, this poor soul was not trained.
- I'm still waiting for two orders of avocado toast... lol. I honestly kinda cannot believe it?

Okay I just checked the time on the receipt. We placed the order at 8:44... it's 9:34 and we are just sitting waiting for avocado toast lmao.

Ok we got it. Hahahaha. Just trying to have a good time. Food looks okay.

Godspeed restaurant. Please do better.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

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