Marko’s Place

This place is the greatest! They have the friendliest and most welcoming staff, they play the best music (no country here), they have a 9ft pool table that is always clean and cared for (and free!), they make the best drinks in town (at affordable prices), have an awesome patio that’s heated when it’s cold and has beautiful sunflowers in the summer, frequently have live bands, AND the blue bacon burger is to die for! Love this place! This place deserves way more than 5 stars!!!

Have been here a few times since we moved to Cle Elum a year ago. Actually prefer this place to The Brick which is pretty well known but a bit pricey. We’ve eaten both outside and at the bar and received great service at both places. Good food, great beer & fun people what more could you ask for after a long or short motorcycle ride.

I’m actually in love with this place. My husband and I have been coming to Roslyn for a few years now and only just noticed Marko’s during this last trip. We stopped in the day after Christmas to grab some drinks. They had a nice selection of beer on tap and Spire Dark Cider — one of my faves. It was pretty mellow, not many people here, but what appeared to be «regulars.» Our bartender, though I didn’t get her name, was awesome! I think I liked this place because of her maybe.
Anyway, it was super chill. Clean for being your local dive bar. I love the randomness of it all — mix matched chairs and tables, the décor. I’m seeing some of the reviews talking about food, but we didn’t have any. I didn’t know they served anything. Oh, and they have an outdoor patio with heaters if you’re there when it’s chilly (which is probably always).
We will definitely be back on our next visit :)

I wanted to enjoy this place – especially for a brew after a long backpack… The check for a beer and half quesadilla first came back at 20-​some odd dollars! I pointed this out, and they changed it, but still, the half-​quesadilla (at the bartender’s suggestion) was $ 9…the full serving is $ 11…this isn’t mentioned on the menu… argh. I’m willing to give the place another shot… but they should better inform their customers, to avoid seeming scammy.

Great spot to grab a beer and sit by the firepit out back. Food is nothing glamourous, and doesn’t claim to be, does the trick if you need a quick bite.

When I come home and I head out for the night, I usually end up at Marko’s.
Drinks are always flowing, good people around you, they’ve got a pool table and there is usually live music. You really can’t ask for much more.
My hat is off to the bartenders here; they really make your night nice!
TIP: If you find yourself in Marko’s after a couple of beers, order a supreme pizza. I don’t know how they do it, but they cook up the best damn frozen pizza you’ll ever have. It’s a must!
TIP 2: Also, if you’ve had too many and you don’t have a DD, Stan the Man ((509) 201‑0304) always comes around to Marko’s (
). Be smart and don’t drink and drive.

Good micro selection, good Whisky, always good music, nice atmosphere, long L Shape classic wood bar, pool table and foosball! Very clean. Doesn’t have that stale beer odor smell when you walk in. They have peanut Tuesday, a great happy hour with $ 3.50 micros, and $ 3 wells all the time. Locals tell me this is the locals bar as opposed to the tourist’s bar one block away (not doggin’ that one, though, being the oldest bar in WA state!).

Marko’s Place is by far the best real ale /​microbrew selection in Upper Kittitas County and is well worth the three mile trek from Cle Elum to Roslyn (I suggest a designated driver!).
The service is always friendly, though can be slower than your thirst would like when they’re busy — but that’s a sign of a popular place and isn’t about slow service as much as a busy bar.
The only two downsides are a lack of space (it can be cramped on a weekend because it’s so awesome!) and the noise levels (which again is down to the popularity).
I always like to pop in when I’m home for a visit and am always pleased to see so many friendly and familiar faces.
The SUMMARY is this: GREAT beer, GREAT prices, MUST SEE!

Taps are out of service…

By far the most chill place in town. Instead of a no shoes, no shirt no service sign, I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a no shoes, no tie dye shirt no service sign.
Want a beer? The selection is decent. Want to drink beer and entertain yourself with some ping pong or pool? Why not? Want a beer and a game of ping pong and need to check your email? Go for it, they have a public computer at the end of the bar. Want to drink a beer, play some ping pong, check your email and watch your favorite sports team on one of the tvs above the bar? Look at you, multi-​tasking! Want a corn dog or other mini market variety snack to go with that beer because you worked up an appetite playing ping pong and checking your email and yelling a the game? You’ve eaten worse. Don’t want to leave your four legged best friend at home while you have all the fun? Bring em’, there’s several here. They can eat the corn dog you drop on the floor, or the beer you spill or fetch your displaced ping pong ball. No dice on the email or game though. Did your dog jump on you and make you spill your beer and/​or corn dog when they were trying to catch your ping pong ball as you tried to run back from sending that email and stopped to yell at the game? Worry not, you can buy your own tie dye shirt here.
It’s the perfect place for those who can’t sit still and those who just want to relax. The prices are cheap and the staff is friendly. Anyways. It’s cool. Go.