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| - It was an interesting experience to say the least at Market. It was my first time for dinner last night, for a friend's birthday dinner, and her first time as well.
The first sign of something wrong, 3 of us ordered the smoked pork belly, to be told 5 minutes after placing our order that they were out.. Booh!
Secondly, my 2nd choice meal had to be remade for some reason, I ate 8-10 minutes after all my dinner companions had received and half finished their meals. 2nd Booh!
There was no manager apology or explanation. Just a lame server apology, and we weren't even sure if I was to be comp'd my order, for the terrible experience, until the bill arrived at the end. 3rd Booh!
The food was only 50/50
Some tasty original food ideas, but the 5 of us foodies found it to be all over the place in terms of flavour and consistency.
The steak tartare was bland and needed salt or something, the risotto was a tad over cooked with too many ideas competing for your palate, the mushroom toast was yummy, but ridiculous as a share, it gets soggy and hard to cut. The duck tacos were amazing( thankfully) but the Beet Salad was only good but not outstanding.
I had the chicken. Yummy flavours and perfectly cooked barley, when it eventually arrived. However, the chicken had a strange dense compressed texture that reminded me of ham half-way through eating it.
My friends steak was perfectly cooked, but I found her potato side unbearably salty .
Dessert was good, but at this point the whole experience was just a lets get through this-- kind of feeling.
So 1 star off for each Booh, and out of the 2 stars left, only a 50/50 on food quality.
I appreciate the concept and expense that goes into creating local sustainable food, but for 1000$ for food, prosecco, drinks and dessert for 5-- the experience left me and all of us disappointed for a first visit. I probably won't return, and I won't recommend this place based on inconsistent-sometimes-bland food and service.
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