Bistro Willamette
900 State St, Salem, OR
Crema's Take
“This student-run campus café strikes a wonderful balance between being a serious study spot and a genuinely welcoming gathering place, where you'll find yourself lingering longer than planned thanks to the great music and generous seating. Their specialty drinks like the Soy Chai Latte and matcha tea are executed with real care, and the pastry game is strong—those dollar cookies and vegan chai options have built genuine loyalty among regulars. It's the kind of place where affordable pricing, late-night hours, and authentic community spirit combine to create something that feels less like a coffee shop and more like a beloved campus third space.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
It was so quaint, and it was awesome that it's a student ran facility. personally I liked the ice coffee and the matcha tea and the cookies there are really good too.~
Love our campus coffee shop! Great music, great baked goods, great atmosphere and seating, plus supporting willamette students
A good little place to study late at night on the Willamette university campus. It's usually fairly busy, but I've never had a problem finding a seat. The food and drinks are good. The inky caution I have is that depending on the counter person working that night, the music may be loud and/or not appropriate for a public business.
It's rare that my girlfriend gets a delicious Soy Chai Latte. This place passed her test. Also, $1 for giant cookies, and $5 lunches? YES!
Great college campus coffee shop. Their vegan chai cookies are my personal favorite, but the Buzz Bars are a campus-wide phenomenon. Drinks and snacks are reasonably priced, and they finally started accepting credit cards, making it 1,000 times easier for non-students like me to pay.
Crema Reviews
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