Marv’s Bakery

I love this place!
Wonderful doughnuts and you get free coffee with purchase!
Great brats and premade burgers. Service is always friendly.
I had a custom order on meat for Friday after Thanksgiving that I put in late and the butcher knew I needed it early Friday, but we agreed it would be ready by 11 am. Friday morning the butcher called me at 8 am to tell me it was ready. He went out of his way to help me, which you rarely find these days! AMAZING!

My family bought some supplies there for weekend brunch. Fresh Polish sausage was nicely seasoned, not too salty, and the right texture. About $ 7/​lb. though. They hadn’t marked weight on package, I had to weigh it myself to figure out portions.
The Country French and Rustic breads were fresh. They looked pretty. Those were their only good qualities. They had zero taste, and except for one’s crust being dusted with a bit of cornmeal, seemed exactly alike. I guess Marv’s is in a rush. They were too rushed to label the loaves, so I’m not sure which is which. It doesn’t matter much White, fluffy pillows of blah, much too large for their weight, no better than mass-​market commercial store bread. «Rustic» breads should have some chewy dense texture. Of course, to accomplish that, you would have to let the dough rise slowly to develop flavor, instead of rushing. In future I will skip the out-​of-​my-​way trip and continue to buy the quite good Artisan line breads from Meijer. They are both cheaper and tastier.

Great service and top notch meats and baked goods. The breads and sweets are always fresh and cooked to perfection. I’ve tried several. The meats, all kinds, are the freshest tasting meat you can find. Staff took my order over the phone and had it ready when I came in. There are so
Many choices. The stuffed pork chops were amazing. A great place to pick up something quick for dinner.

Excellent bakery items! My first time stopping in and I was in awe of the selection of everything. Definitely will be back to buy my meats there, everything looked fresh and wonderful. One of the workers informed me this place has been around 60+ years!

Their apple fritters are amazing, the person from the other post was delirious. The coffee cakes are excellent too! The free coffee with the pastry purchase is a plus! Can’t wait to try the meats!

Picked up some frosted cookies. When I ate them later that day the frosting tasted like I was biting into egg shells. My wife and I could not eat them. Had luck with some other items before but not this time. Sorry the cookies suck!

Great classic bakery and butcher shop. The cinnamon pull-​apart is awesome, but make sure to buy 2 because the first one never seems to make it home. The cakes and cookies are average, but the strudel is fabulous in every flavor. The butcher shop is the real deal. Great selection and quality. If you’re looking for gourmet, this isn’t your place but if you’re looking for classic «good eats» this place is a home run.

Also and more well known as the best meat shoppe in Brighton. It has been around for well over 35 yrs looks, taste and smells the same. Bakery is also well known if you are a long time friend of this grossly over grown town you know exactly what I mean and if you don’t you’re exactly what I’m talking about

Things have gotten disappointing the last few times we’ve come here. Unfriendly service, stale cookies, still overpriced meats and terrible coffee.
We haven’t been back for months, and I have no urge to. Too bad. 2 of 5 stars that I averaged to 3 because at least they’re clean and local.

The cakes are all outstanding! You can also order half a cake. The meats are all fresh and my family has never been disappointed. Places like this are a dying breed. We are thankful to have them in our neck of the woods. Try the blueberry breakfast sausage! You can’t go wrong.

Only thing we’ve gotten here are the chocolate chip cookies. My usual chocolate chip cookie type is thick and chewy. When my DH got these, they were a bit flat and looked like they would be crispy… I was disappointed looking at them until I tried them. They were actually a bit chewy with some crispness and the flavor was really good… not super sweet like I was anticipating. Totally unexpected and I am now craving these as I type this review…

Still 5 stars.
The awning is now burgundy. Not sure if I was seeing green, or if they changed the color. It’s new and it’s burgundy.

Great sugar raised and classic glazed donuts. Amazing cinnamon pull apart bread, and the most perfect chocolate chip cookies.
I wish the chocolate frosting was a bit sweeter on the chocolate raised donuts though.

Ordered a 21^st birthday cake and when I picked it up the name was misspelled! Was supposed to have a martini glass omit and had something that didn’t even resemble that! I was told to come back in an hour to fix the name only! This place was out of the way to begin with folks! They were cold, uncaring and refused even a modest price adjustment. The cake was $ 44 for a 9 inch round! I had never been there and the breads, deli and cookies looked great. I f they had given better customer service I would have used them for these other things but now they’ve lost that opportunity. Wouldn’t it make better business financial sense to give me $ 10 store credit and have me come back??? Just sayin’

The service at Marv’s has simply become unacceptable. Too many high school kids waiting on you that don’t care about their job, pay no attention to what you are ordering and would rather have conversations amongst themselves than wait on customers.
Today was the last straw. Went in and ordered 8 ½ lb. hamburger patties and upon arriving home found 4 port chops in my package. When I took the package back and explained what happened, the young people that work there did not apologize and for some reason or another found it amusing.
After 20 + years of going to Marv’s for meats and bakery items, I am done.

My husband and I get something from Marv’s at least once per week, usually more often during grilling season. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to be so close to such a great resource for fresh and delicious breads and meats! Marv’s is always busy, so there is enough turnover to ensure the highest quality merchandise.
The workers are all fast and friendly. The prices are reasonable, especially because you can generally order only what you want (bread is sold by the bag/​loaf, but you can order 3 strips of bacon without any dirty looks). Note that there is a minimum purchase amount required for credit card purchases (possibly $ 5, but not sure off the top of my head).
I ordered a decorated cake for my brother’s wedding shower a few years ago, and it turned out great. Everything I’ve gotten there has gone over well at parties.
We most highly recommend:
— donuts
— paczki
— hamburger/​hot dog buns
— sourdough rye bread (sliced)
— chocolate milk
— chili-​lime marinated flank steak
— southwest turkey burgers
— slab bacon
— filet mignon
— meatloaf
— blueberry sausage links
— cornbread stuffing (with andouille for holidays)
— cornbread stuffed chicken
— cornbread stuffed pork chops
— fresh turkey for Thanksgiving
… and don’t forget the pickle!

Yum-​O! This place rocks! I am in love with little bakeries and this one is no exception. Everything I have had from here is delicious! Donuts, cake, bread, gosh everything is divine!!! The smell of wafting pastries is enough to break your will power and your diet. I walked in and wanted to try everything (and I pretty much did). The chocolate cake was great. Moist with light, fluffy frosting. Just how I like it. The fresh baked bread with cheese was insanely delicious. I do regret that I had them slice it for me. I didn’t realize the slices would be so thin (like standard sandwich bread) and that took away from the decadent chunky bread bit experience I had when I tasted their samples. Loved their raspberry filled donut too!
The only thing I was not wild about? The customer service. The woman behind the counter was not particularly friendly. The customer in front of me underpaid (due to a mistake on the employees part) and she proceeded to bang on the counter and demand more money. I know that sounds harsh and indeed it kind of was. It was not exorcist crazy but it was definitely unprofessional. Didn’t like it.
Overall, when in the area this is a MUST! I will be back, glass pounding or not!

Man, apparently today is the day for raining on everyone’s parade. I promise this is the last sour face review (for now, heh heh).
Before I get into the baked goods I do want to say that they have pretty tasty Polish sausage. As a born and bred Pole, I always miss kiebasa that is thick and flavorful (no taudry jokes, please). Marv’s has the taste, though doesn’t quite dry out as well as some of the authentic links.
My partner and I got a $ 20 groupon to this place and as a baked goods enthusiast, I was ready as ever. Turns out, twenty dollars buys you A LOT! We ate their sweets for two days straight; breakfast, lunch, and dinner (don’t try this at home kids — we are trained professionals). If you need to feed an army on a budget, go here.
Their cupcakes were my favorite of the bunch so I can definitely see the enthusiasm in the reviews for their cakes. Good texture, not too heavy, not too light. Flavorful without being overwhelmed by sugar or fats.
I also liked the turnovers! And I loved seeing all the cases bursting at the seams with goodies. Made me get that giddy little kid feeling in the stomach.
My least favorite were the breads that taste like they were made from cake flour. Almost every loaf tastes like brioche — extremely butter heavy. I’m a bigger fan of artesian breads. These guys are not for me.
Cinnamon buns and apple fritters drive me wild with desire. But at Marv’s they left me luke warm. Speaking of which, they do have some cinnamon buns in a warming case, which is nice.
In general I found most everything tasted the same sans a few different frostings or flavors. Strudels were wah-​woh — so sweet and mushy. The ‘cake cups’ were also disappointing: the tres leches was more like uno de leche and the key lime crème didn’t have a fantastic sour bite I expect from limes. They were doused in whipped cream and frosting. As for the éclairs, they had neither phenomenal filling nor airy pastry crust.
The professor in me gives this place a C+. Not crazy about the ingredients and not crazy about the fact that everything seems to start out from the same basic recipe. More efficient, yes. More tasty? No.

I am cooking up my blueberry breakfast sausage as I write this!
I have not bought a lot of meats here simply because I live 40 minutes away and in need of refrigeration, but the sausage and the pizza burgers are amazing!
Let’s get to the bakery!!!
You can’t help yourself but buy too much of everything! If you are on a limited budget, get one big warm apple fritter and share with your friends! The pepperoni bread, sourdough marble, monkey bread are all outstanding!
I’m 43 now with children. My grandmother went to Marvs bi-​weekly and always took me along. Always had a soft and chewy molasses cookie while she shopped. It literally brought me to tears today to see all of my old favorites. It has been awhile, but I can’t stay away anymore!

I have always loved Marv’s Barkery. We come here whenever we are in the area. It is just too much of a hike to make it a regular stop but I would be here all the time if we lived nearby.
After an area baby shower we swung by Marv’s. I am 40 this year, my friends need to stop breeding already, I am sick of going to their baby showers to be honest. It always gets personal with other peoples questions, why don’t I have kids, have I had IVF, why don’t I adopt etc. How do you even answer that stuff really? Do you really want the nitty gritty gynecological details? Should I be rude too and make a poor taste joke about how your badly behaved critters don’t inspire me? How bout I ask you why you did have kids and quiz you on exactly how you went about it. Sigh.
My husband figured I needed cheering up and this did add a bright spot to the afternoon. Mmmm meat and donuts. That will perk this chick up. How can you go wrong with fat laden protein along with fat and sugar laden treats? It’s my perfect combo.
Luckily Marv’s still has the best cake donuts, covered in tasty, rich (clearly not from a can) chocolate frosting and dusted with chopped up nuts, I savored every bite of mine. My husband got a pair of peanut butter cookies that must have been awesome too because they were gone before I could claim my usual bite *for review purposes only*, blame that distracting donut. We did add more carbs to our order by grabbing a loaf of marble bread that is one of my faves. We were fairly good overall though and did not buy as many sweets as we wanted to. There were many temptations we had to avoid.
We stocked up here on carnivorous delights as well. House made Polish and Italian sausage as well as some beautiful freshly ground round. We also picked up a chicken kebab for me and a perfectly cut steak for James that we threw on the grill for dinner when we got home. No hassle cooking for sure. I love a dinner that requires nothing more than to add a green salad to the party.
Service is great here, friendly people who are very helpful. They can help you get just what you need, just ask. Definitely worth a whirl, carnivore or not.