Markethouse

I went to Markethouse with a group of 6 people for dinner on a Friday night at 8:00pm. While the restaurant was still half empty, the surly hostess sill made a very big deal about not seating us before our entire party was there. After waiting for about 10 minutes and knowing our last guest was on their way, we convinced her to let us sit, but she insisted on taking the chair and dining setting away before the last guest arrived, in case we only ended up being 5 people. Very odd, and uncomfortable when the guest did arrive and the chair and setting needed to be brought back.

Overall, our party was satisfied by the food. I had a chopped salad that was great, although my salmon was undercooked in the middle. Other guests really enjoyed the fried fish (all you can eat), and the desserts we had were hit or miss (bread pudding was good, but molten lava cake was very dry and pretty tasteless).

While the food was decent, the attitude of a lot of the staff was pretty rude. While our waiter was friendly, it took a very long time to receive desserts and entrees. With so many other great restaurants in the city that have great food and wonderful service, I would recommend picking another option other than Markethouse for a night out in the city.

I would never have come here, but on Valentine's Day all the other restaurants were full. And the Yelp reviews were promising.

Other reviews are accurate; great homemade pickles, very attentive service, and Amazing Bread Pudding. We got a half-price bottle of wine which was excellent. We were surprised by the final bill: it came in much lower than we would have expected :)

The restaurant seems to have more space than it knows what to do with. Maybe it gets busy on weekends?

Also: the music was like a "greatest hits of the nineties and today" radio station from 2005. Daniel Powter's "Had a Bad Day" was representative. I'm not sure who this mix was meant to appeal to; I assume it was meant to be inoffensive, but I wouldn't say it was entirely inoffensive.

Go here and thank me later.  Without Yelp, I never would have found this.  It's inside a Doubletree hotel and the decor is a bit dated, but the food is amazing.

I got their version of a Long Island ice tea and it was tasty, but overpriced at $13.  Our very attentive waiter brought out homemade pickles, which were really tasty. The right amount of sweet and sour and super crunchy. The complementary bread that evening was sweet potato pecan and it was so fluffy and light.  Nom.

I got a salad, which was quite tasty and fresh. The dressing was weird, so I'm glad that I got it on the side. And just in case you're about to think I'm super healthy, I got a side of mac and cheese. The best mac and cheese. The sauce was gooey and cheesy, the pasta was cooked perfectly al dente and the topping was crunchy. So tasty.

My husband got the banner burger that this place is famous for and I can see why. It was massive and deliciously seasoned. The fries were awesome, too.  They were thick-cut fries and had some fresh herbs on it.

This is why it's lacking a five-start rating: the dessert was kind of mediocre. We should have followed the advice of every other review here and got the bread pudding, but I wanted chocolate.  So we got the melting chocolate cake, which was served with blueberry ice cream.  It just wasn't that stellar.  It wasn't actually molten, and the berry ice cream was a strange choice.

It was quite reasonably priced, too, for what we got. I must go again and get a different dessert ....