Arbat International Food Market

It’s a traditional Eastern European store where you can find Russian food, chocolates, dumplings, and even books. The décor, inspired by the ’90s, adds a touch of charm and nostalgia, especially for those who emigrated from the USSR.

We absolutely love this place! We can find here all the items that remind us of home and make our food complete! Surely nice to see the Bors magic, the pufuleți (corn puffs), zacusca, zefir, etc. Weike very much the Amish cheese for branza cu smantana. Every visit to the store ends with a sweet purchase as here I can find Milka chocolate, lots of flavors.

The only ‘Russian’ store I go to on the Eastside. The place is always clean, it is spacious and bright. Great selection of the basics, never had issues with quality or expiration dates. Good selection of quality sweets, always fresh (high turnover!). In addition to the groceries, they sell gift items, books and have a small pharmacy section. Easy parking. Highly recommended!

Always check products closely before buying in this store! I was customer there for several years and spend $200-$300 a month but when I tried to return a moldy product, the owner’s wife became furious. They didn’t return me $9!))) They decided better to lose the customer. They even spoke with me like I came up with this story 🤦🏼‍♀️ Probably I should mention that it wasn’t a first time I bought bad products there, but before this happened I just threw them away. By the way, European grocery in Bellevue is great. Much much better! Now I will buy only there )

Absolutely terrible experience!!! Beside that all of the products are overcharged, we got some deli products sliced and it was some end pieces hidden in the middle of the pack. Some old cheese cuts were added to the cheese we picked to be sluced with completely different brand. Never come back to that store.

Overall a convenient location and good selection of products. But some of the products made me feel unwell, meaning they were probably not the freshest. After reading other reviews on returns I didn't bother to try and get money back. Good Russian apothecary though.

For all the people who miss European and specially Russian and Ukrainian food it's your place. Cottage cheese, Grechka and everything else you may miss or you may potentially discover something interesting and give it a try. The stuff is always welcoming and nice.