Marcello’s Market & Deli

Quick, fast, and yummy! They actually TOAST your breakfast sandwich unlike Tim Horton’s that ends up being a slightly brown, but still limp English Muffin. Ingredients are fresh. Beware — items like pasta and potatoes can be heavy and therefore expensive.

Great selection, good value for the money and great tasting! Highly recommend.

Always great service and fresh food!
–tons of coffee flavors and roasts, muffins are good too!
–lots of food items to choose from
–fair price
Great staff especially the African-​american men at the deli, and the blond guy who works many positions (Sorry don’t know their names)

This is a great place to come if you want a little of this and a little of that. It can get a tad expensive if you pick up heavy items like perhaps a baked potato.
They have the most AMAZING Tabouli.
Has everything from Chinese food, to Greek, to Tuna Salad, to Pasta, To Indian, to Moroccan, Excellent Jamaican and Jerk food… every day they switch the menu up.
The Caribbean food is the real-​deal. Makes for a good change in you grab a container and choose a little bit of this, and a little bit of that. However, if you choose too much it can be rather costly.
Breakfast hours they serve various types of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns etc too.
They have pizza but it is not good (I wouldn’t recommend that). If you go to the back they can make you sandwiches and wraps (to order) and also have soups.
The buffet is really good though with plenty of hot and cold items to choose from.

The food is a bit hit or miss here, and like most hot/​cold buffets, your eyes can be bigger than your stomach — so buyer beware, your lunch could be incredibly expensive. It is, however, a great place to sample different foods, great vegetarian selection if you require it for your dietary needs and one of my favourite places to sneak in some mac n’ cheese with a side of veggies. A bit heavy on the oils… and steer clear of the Sheppard’s pie if the potato topping looks dry.

This place is fantastic for the price. As of right this moment it’s about 1.59per 100g which is crazy for the path. Other supermarkets are a lot more expensive at 2.49 etc. A tip for those new to the buffet lunch is that don’t get the bones they add up the price! :)
Thursday is Caribbean day and they have pretty good doubles there if you are a fan. Eat here regularly my only complaint is sometimes they go a bit too hard on the oils.

Great value for the PATH location. By-​the-​weight buffet (hot and cold) is much cheaper than supermarkets in the PATH.
They are always trying something new, like a massive cold buffet station (as large as the hot buffet) with many unique items.
Hot breakfast is on tap until closer to 11am, cold buffet is always open. Hot buffet is always changed up, different menu each day. I drop by any time during the day and always finding something — including deserts — that fits the bill. Prices are very good. The Manager is always around, say hi to him. Most staff are there for a while. Full range of Van Houtte coffees.
Really their selection of hot/​cold and breakfast buffets, muffins/​donuts/​tarts/​etc, deserts, pizza, sandwiches, snacks, coffees, drinks is why I go. One stop shop for whatever strikes your mood.

I eat here and recommend the food to my clients only because it offers healthy choices. It’s ok tasting. Clean and local.

Again… I really give this place a 2.5 star! (We need HALF stars, Unilocal!)
One of the potentially most expensive fast food places in the Financial District is Marcello’s. While their by-​the-​weight buffet is very good, fresh and delicious: their hot food is actually HOT and their salad selections COLD, depending on what you fancy, it could get pricey. (I think it’s approximately $ 1.55/ 100g). Bonus for vegetarians: they serve stir-​fried veggies at breakfast too! One regrettable point for health nuts: their food is quite salty.
However, not everything is expensive here, such as their soups. I was pleased to find that they have a good selection of soups each day, at least one of their soups is meat free. Bonus for everyone: Marcello’s soups are cheaper than SOUP IT UP’s soups, which is right next door.
Today I had their vegetarian chili and it was GOOD, very similar to Soup It Up’s veggie chili. While Marcello’s veg chili does not have as many veggies in it as its neighbor’s, it had alot of white and kidney beans and a huge tomato presence. Although I wish it had a bigger variety of veggies, I still found it very tasty and obviously memorable. I would totally come back for their veggie chili and veggie soups, but I’ll probably shy away from the buffet.
ONE truly bad thing: They don’t take plastics, cash only.
Oh yea, I’m here all the time… due to the lack of good hot veggie entrees near my office. It’s just pure laziness (and lack of time) I tell ya!

For a subterranean, downtown, food court restaurant, Marcello’s is really good. While the by-​the-​weight buffet is clearly the most popular option, those in the know scoot over to the sandwich/​pizza counter to get their nosh.
The pizzas are surprisingly good — a personal, three-​topping pizza with good choices like spinach, chicken breast, bacon etc is a little shy of $ 6 with 75 cents extra for a can of pop. The staff behind the counter are great and will quickly remember your preferences so you don’t need to ask anymore.
On Thursdays, be sure to visit the buffet for Troy’s rotis. Only once per week, but these are the authentic thing — spicy and filling. One caveat on the roti is that, due to a potato, meat, and sauce filling they can be a little heavy (read: expensive ~$ 8ish). Well worth it though.
Take-​out only.