Market

Had a wonderful meal tonight with my wife at Market. Good wholesome English food with very nice and friendly service. Luckily I had booked 24 hours earlier as this restaurant was full when we left. We did not have the starter but went striaght for the main course as we wanted to try the very appetising desserts on offer. This proved to be a good decision as very generous portions were served. However the desserts (sticky toffee pudding and apple+rhubarb crumble) were simply divine. Must return!! By the way, I understand that the menus change very regularly.
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JR
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A very nice and welcoming atmosphere. Simple but tasteful decor with nice, big metal tables and thankfully no sign of any notices droning on about locally-sourced produce. A nice touch is the thick curtain inside the door meaning there's no draught. Staff very attentive and friendly; barely had we sat down and we were offered water and bread placed on the table.

Food was nice but a little bland and perhaps slightly over-priced. We were there for Sunday lunch and with wine it came to just over £70; maybe if you visit for dinner you'd find the bill more reasonable.

A starter of Pig's Cheeks and Black Pudding arrived in a very nice little pot and was tasty but could've done with a bit more Pudding. My Pollack main was well cooked but a little bland; nice Bubble and Squeak and Chorizo though. Sea Bream again very nicely cooked with nice flavour. Didn't try desert. A few other diners had the rare beef roast which looked very plentiful and probably more apt for Sunday afternoon eating.

I would visit here again. The food could be slightly better but the service and atmosphere are really nice; much, much better than most gastropubs I've visisted, where you'll end up paying the same price for similar or lesser food.
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8 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 6
Monday, February 28, 2011

I had a fabulous meal here with my husband recently. I have rarely eaten so well in Camden so it was a welcome surprise and one I plan to repeat soon with friends. Excellent quality ingredients put to good use in simple but well presented dishes. Service a little hit and miss but overall a very good experience and at a reasonable price.
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Jen
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

lunch for two. Starters were makerel with beetroot & watercress, the only nice dish we had, the other starter was a grey, oxidised and flavourless chicken liver parfait.

Mains were a very bland and boring "irish" stew... that had no barley in it and a chicken and crayfish pie that was as massive as it was unimpressive.

desert was terrible... only one choice of desert wine that would have complimented my steamed pudding were it not for the face that the pudding was burned with custard looking more like scrambled egg then anything else, my friends desert was chocolate mousse... heavy, badly mathched with the desert wine and most dissapointingly that was all it was... a big bowl of mousse.

service was nice, food was poorly flavoured and lazily presented.

Wont be going back
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joe
4 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Saturday, December 05, 2009

Had an excellent meal at Market. The staff were so friendly and welcoming. All the dishes were excellent. We had a crab, parmesan and chilli tart to share as a starter. A deep wedge of tart packed with crab meat, wonderful thin, crisp, pastry and simply served just slightly warm. Great. Chicken and ham pie was as good as I was hoping it could be (a rare find) and a nice generous size. My partner's rib eye steak and chips was also very good. Puddings were great. The place was full by the time we were finishing yet the service was prompt and the dishes came at the right time and the staff were on top of everything.

This place does so well what so many other restaurants do badly. Great food, confidently cooked with no fussiness, none of that mean portion control and inept service. Just highly competent all around. It looks to be successful and deserves to be. The prices were good for such a high standard. Can't wait to go back.
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Steve B - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Sunday, August 09, 2009

I have visited Market three times now and I think it is excellent. I eat at many of the so called top restaurants in London through my work (lucky me!) but when I am spending my own cash this fits the bill perfectly.

If you are expecting very high end cooking a la Petrus etc. this is not the place, but if you want something really simple but well thought out and well cooked then I think Market is fantastic. Dishes such as beef ribs and confit of duck perfectly done, wholesome tasty and perfectly cooked. They focus on the lesser cuts of meat and cook them very well in my opinion. Pigs cheeks for a starter was exceptional.

I ate at Chez Bruce recently, my favourite London restaurant, and had a delicous meal but it was literally twice the price of Market and the gap in the quality of food was not so vast. Give it a try I think it is excellent value for lovely food. Oh and great service, friendly people, good ambiance.
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Paul Hutt
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

I was rather underwhelmed after my first visit to Market on the weekend. My expectations were high having read the glowing reviews in the broadsheets but I came away thinking the meal was only average and no better than my local pub.

On a brighter note we had a lovely waitress who was very helpful.

If I lived in the area I would probably visit again to give it another go but unfortunately I don't think it's worth the trip.
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Ewok
6 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Monday, July 06, 2009

I had heard that Market was a top gastropub that served contemporary British quisine. My visit to Market revealed that this was in fact a restaurant, as there was no bar in sight, and that the quisine on offer was neither cutting edge nor overwhelmingly British.

The meals here are unspectacular in both concept and taste, and I have to admit that the dishes I ordered were rather too salty. For those of you like me who enjoy a decent accompaniment of veg to go with your meat I advise you to look elsewhere as the best you'll get here is a bit of wilted spinach or soften leek.

On the plus side our accomdating waitress was absolutely delightful, and the place did have a nice vibe in a trendy-but-down-to-earth sort of way.
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7 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Monday, April 13, 2009

I've been to market 5 times this new year. I think it's great. The menu is always appealing and interesting, although I must admit I've had onglet more than a couple of times! The food is not mind blowing, but absolutely nothing has disappointed me yet. There is a growing number of restaurants in this price range but very few do as good a job as market. It has a nice dining room and friendly waiters, I strongly recommend it.
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J - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

This place is great. Simple, well cooked modern British food, excellent ingredients, a reasonably priced wine list, and pleasant service, in cosy relaxed surroundings. Best of all, it is a bargain - £80 for two people for 3 courses and a bottle of wine, including service. Only gripe was that plates weren't hot (and so some of the food not as hot as I would have liked it).
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8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Sunday, February 22, 2009