I recall Marché being a great restaurant to eat at back in the day. But Marché has gone down in food quality.
Visited this location at Brookfield Place during lunch with a party of 10 and was seated swiftly. We were given a card but did not get any instructions on what to do with it. So we assumed the card is what we use to pay for our meals. Marché is generally an expensive restaurant but they had daily lunch specials which was nice. Knowing how the restaurant is pretty much self serve, we got up to order our own food and paid for it with our cards. I ordered the chicken thigh with vegetables special ($9.99) that they have on Thursday. The portion was good as you could put whatever you wanted on your plate.
Honestly the food was mediocre, nothing memorable. But what really got me was the service. We had to get our own utensils/cutlery AND we had to get our own water..... And if you wanted other beverages you had to get it yourself. Fine, in that case, I'll expect to pay no tips since there was NO service. But you know what? They charged a 12% gratuity on our bill!!! Ridiculous.
The only good thing about Marché is that they can accommodate large groups of people.
Don't think I'll ever want to go back to a place who serves cafeteria style food with 0 service. Even at a buffet, servers will ask what you want to drink and will bring utensils to you...