Market Restaurant

I went in May having read about this place for years and what a disappoinment! There is a very small area for an aperitif and then when we were shown to our table we found the decor is of worn chairs and lino tiles. When the menu came we found very large prices, but small portions once the food started to arrive. Some of it didn't - the side salad that I ordered - and the service was generally mediocre. We didn't do mad with the drinks but it still cost over £50 a head. We left regretting that we hadn't gone somewhere else.
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Ged
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Went here last night with my partner. Had not booked but was lucky we got a cancellation. This place is certainly different. It had a retro feel to it but a genuine retro - I guess it has not changed much in the last 20 odd years. The service was friendly and the menu was imaginative - great if you are veggie as more than one choice and not the usual filo vegetable parcels. Its certainly not the cheapest of places and they add 10% on the bill for service which always pees me off. Have a great range of belgian beers and the vodkas are great. Food was very good and all in all I would say a great little place - just a shame about the prices, thats the only thing that would put me off going back.
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Davey G
Sunday, March 16, 2008

Not good value for money. I paid over £15 for a tiny chicken pie, I was then charged £2.50 for potato wedges, and another £2.50 for carrot and swede mash! I felt ripped off and didn't really enjoy my meal. I really can't understand why people are paying massive prices for what is essentially small portions of half decent pub grub. Really can't recommend. I left hungry, and with a very ligh wallet.
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Jane
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Over priced uninspiring food. Starter tasted awful and then the overpriced main course came without veg, and they had the cheek to charge extra. None of the other 3 people I was with enjoyed there food either.

won't be going back
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Aidan
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Nice setting, OK service, very poor food and value for money. Each main meal was in excess of £15 and we had to pay extra (£2.50) for each portion of potato wedges and carrot and sweed mash! All the food was tasteless and when I refused to pay the service charge they did not apologise for the poor quality of the food. One of the worst meals I have had out in ages and I fail to understand how they can charge so much for so little.
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David
Saturday, February 23, 2008

I can't believe some of the discouraging reviews of the food on here! I think that considering the Market aims to use local, seasonal ingredients the menu has plenty of chocie and I have never once been disappointed by the food. My favourite is the crab souffle, but in general everything I've tried has been delicious and it makes a change to go somewhere that doesn't automatically have the fashionable favourites of sea bass and fillet steak on the menu!

For anybody who thinks it's going to be expensive I'd advise that at the moment it's 3 courses and a glass of wine for £25.00 Wed & Thursday evening which, considering the quality of food and service is great value. The vegetables of the day may cost extra but they're not the usual mess of veg tipped into a dish. The carrots and creme fraiche are to die for and I'm not even keen on carrots!

We've been several times to the market and have loved it every time. It's one of the very few places in the Northern Quarter with any integrity, offering something which is actually unique and isn't a chain bar/restaurant in disguise! It's probably my favourite restaurant in the city centre.
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Kimberley
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

I don't like going to restaurants during the lead up to Christmas. But the food here was superb and the service was so personable and friendly. I love the consistency of the place and understand how hard it is to maintain these standards having worked in the business myself.

Its amazing that they change their menu so often, they could teach some of the other restaurants a thing or too. The prices are realistic for the level of food and service standard they are aiming for. I know the restaurant has been around for over 25 years but its certainly deserves all its accolades. Having worked in isolation in the area now renamed the Northern Quarter they are a credit to the place. Thank you yet again for a fabulous meal and your wonderful friendly service.
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Catherine
Friday, December 28, 2007

I had wanted to eat at this at the restaurant for 2 years and have never managed to book, however, upon signing for our new house I booked with a weeks notice for a Friday at 7.00. We were there in eager anticipation knocking on the doors at 6.45!!! The owners appreared in a partially ready state and were more than welcome to let us in early, which, we were really impressed with... We loved the place immediately, the atmos, the decor, the service and the choice of beer. Unfortunately it went massively downhill once we glanced at the menu... it was limited and we had to choose something we didn't mind rather then something we wanted!! it continued to avalanche downhill once the food arrived.... after and average starter we had only what could be described as one minute lamb steak, served on a soggy pitta bread, with youghurt and tomato ketchup poored over it... served with the only choice of veg..... carrot and apple and deep fried potato wedges... after the starter and the main of this quality we declined a desert... to add insult to injury they added a service charge to the already expensive bill and I tipped them futher... totalling the tip to nearly 30% of the bill. All in all the best plate we were served was an poor 4/10 and the rest average 0/10... All those years of wait and such a bitter dissapointment....
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Louise
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

we returned to The Market after three years and had a beautiful meal which we felt did live upto the Market we have always loved. Delicious starers , lots of choice, best steak we've had in years and the wonderful homemade cheese biscuits were to die for!!!!
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Lesley and Richard Davison
Sunday, September 30, 2007

we returned to The Market after three years and had a beautiful meal which we felt did live upto the Market we have always loved. Delicious starers , lots of choice, best steak we've had in years and the wonderful homemade cheese biscuits were to die for!!!!
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Lesley and Richard Davison
Sunday, September 30, 2007