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| - The best way to explain Marche is that it is the jack of all trades but master of none when it comes to food. The food is done rather quickly (except seafood and at the butcher) by what I believe are fairly inexperienced staff (with the exception of the Sushi station). The best parallel I can draw to Marche is the college cafeteria. As such, I have reviewed each station independently below.
I have gone here more than 30 times for both lunch, dinner, and many times in between, but its not by choice. Granted, if I had a choice I would not go here. Then again, I work upstairs and it is the only place open if I am busy and haven't had a chance to grab dinner by 9pm or for dinner on a weekend. It says it is open to 11pm, but I would caution that most of the stations stop actually serving food at 10:30pm.
I would caution you from ordering fish or steak if you are unprepared for an inordinately long wait time. As well, there is a mandatory 12% gratuity that they slap on if you eat-in at the restaurant (and watch out, they slap it on if you do takeout sometimes too, so make sure you ask if your bill is higher than you thought it was and you are getting takeout).
- REVIEW OF EACH STATION BELOW -
Japanese / Chinese station (4.5/5): The Sushi is generally fairly good and ish-reasonably priced - I spoke with the Sushi chef from before and he used to work at Japango and said the fish was the same as used in Ki (an upscale Japanese bar located in the same building) as they are owned by the same people. If I had a choice, I would rather go to Japango any day of the week compared to Marche's sushi bar though. The Chinese food / Wok station is good as well, the food served here is well made, but at most times a bit too oily. It seems like a consensus among my friends but the Pad Thai here is good value - unless you want to burn money, adding the shrimp option is usually not good value because they give you 2/3 shrimps on average for ~$4. [Actually, the only reason this is a 4.5/5 is because I am comparing it to the rest of the restaurant]
Pizza station (4/5): The pizza here is reasonably priced if you stick with more normal toppings - they use a stone oven to bake the pizza and you have to wait about 10 minutes before the pizza is done.
Sandwich station (4/5): I used to love this reasonably priced station but recently fell out of love with it. They have two options for sandwiches, BBQ chicken and roast beef - I personally find the beef a little flavourless, but the chicken is often great! They used to make great sandwiches (with bread that hurt my mouth because the crust was very thick, but whatever - I can live with that). Now, the meat used is not as fresh - maybe I am just going too close to when they are ready to close down now.
Dessert station (4/5): The dessert is overpriced ($6-$7) but is good and fattening. They sometimes put out new items here and there, but in general the Napolean cake is good and the cookies are really good - but again, overpriced.
Seafood station (3.5/5): The food is better than the Butcher station, but the wait is just as long, if not longer. The fish generally tastes very good and I prefer to get the catch of the day when I get it. I would not recco the fried options.
Crepe station (2.5/5): The crepe station really isn't all that great, but it's not that bad. The savory crepes are OK, with the smoked salmon one being my favorite, and so are the desert crepes. I would say 1 fruit topping is usually enough on the sweet crepes as it already turns it into fruit wrapped by bread.
Butcher station (2/5): I wouldn't get a steak here, I think steak houses are much better and the burgers are nothing to write home about. I don't believe that the cooks here are very experienced when it comes to cooking meat and the wait is very long on average (15-20 minutes)
Juice and smoothie station (2/5): Their juices and smoothies are not made to order. Rather, they keep them on display in the front in uncapped glasses. The smoothies are rather overpriced and you can get a freshly made one that is 2x the size from a proper smoothie place for the same price. I don't know why I still get these - please save your money.
Salad station (na/5): I don't really eat salad so I don't think it is fair to judge.
Rosti station (3/5): The veggies that come with the Rosti are not that great - they are a bit tough. The Rosti itself, the potato part, is quite good - however, the sausage (if you get it with sausage) is not that great.
Oyster station (na/5): I have never tried this station.
Bar (na/5): I have never tried this station.
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