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Camden’s other Market is a ulititian British restaurant that opened late in 2007 – and it’s very good. Stripped-back hardly covers it: brick walls are ragged and raw; zinc-topped tables are scuffed and marked with innumerable glass-loops; old-fashioned wooden chairs look like they were once used in a classroom at Camden Girls. They probably were. Food is similarly pared down, reliant on the flavours of high-quality seasonal produce. Starter salads made with asparagus and fennel respectively were excellent, the latter set off by flavour-ripe chunks of blue cheese. A main of dover sole, served simply with a wedge of lemon, was moist, delicate and delicious. Ox cheek with mash was richer and less subtle, but no less enjoyable: well complemented by a bottle of grenache from the choice of 20 or so wines of each colour. Our dessert, recommended by a furiously busy waitress who still found time to be chirpy and chatty, was an own-mademascarpone ice-cream – a wonderful finish. Market has been a big hit with locals, who haven’t had an exciting restaurant to shout about for a while. It’s a big hit with us too.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
Time Out reviews restaurants anonymously and pays for meals. Of course, we cannot guarantee the accuracy or independence of user reviews.
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Second time we've been there and we expected to have some simple but tasty, well cooked food but we were disappointed. 'Flavours', what flavours? Food served promptly (although by 8.30 the seabream had all gone). Waiters grumpy and undeserving of the mandatory 12.5% 'tip'. Better than a lot of other places in Camden but that's not saying much. I'd spend a little more and go up the road to the York and Albany.
Served undercooked chicken - it was very very pink. Had to sedn back twice as still underdone. by the time it finally arrrived OK everyone else at the table had finished their meals.
Overall rather good. We had two mains - seabass and chicken and ham pie.
Both were very nice. The seabass came with excellent buttery mash, cockles and samphire. The best seabass I've had has had crispy though, and this didn't.
Washed down with bottles of Landlord. Good looking wine list. Service friendly and competent.
We were the only people in there - Strada over the road appeared full. Why?
I had heard that Market was a top gastropub that served contemporary British cuisine. My visit to Market revealed that this was in fact a restaurant, as there was no bar in sight, and that the cuisine 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 accommodating waitress was absolutely delightful, and the place did have a nice vibe in a trendy-but-down-to-earth sort of way.
FINALLY A GOOD RESTAURANT IN CAMDEN!!!
amazing food, perfectly cooked and nicely sized portions, well priced, wine list is great. a real treat at a low price, been there 3 times now.
i personally feel that denise (the owner i think???) is really lovely, and was obviously having a bad evening (the opposite to the review above), in my experience she was very pleasant and a good hostess.
AA Gill gave a bad review for this place, he is wrong, very wrong. its great.
Just Loved the place. I'd be amazed if anyone didn't! Food is fantastic modern British, pared back, simple and unobtrusive architecture and great service make the place an easy choice. We even had the head chief, Dan Spence, come out for a chat with us about his food. Outstanding!
A great place to have a special evening ruined.
Hoping to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday in peace, I asked ahead whether it would be ok to bring our own cake (made by my mother), to which the response was 'yes'.
So far so good.
Upon arrival, we were greeted by a slightly neurotic woman, possibly the manager. It later transpired that she was actually the owner, though the staff were reluctant to give us her name (turns out it was 'Denise').
At first her neurotic behaviour seemed to contribute to her efficient manner.
Twenty minutes into the evening we were asked whether we were ready to order drinks, though no one had bothered to bring us the drinks menu. And that's on a Tuesday night when the restaurant was half empty anyway (something to consider as well).
The food was decent, nothing special ('no frills' as described by the restaurant's website). The prices were not horrendous but not as reasonable as suggested considering the food.
The wines--where do I start? Not only were they out or almost out of every decent bottle, our white wine was left unchilled without a bucket for at least twenty minutes, in spite of our numerous requests.
The cake was brought out as requested and we were left with four large pieces which we asked that they kindly pack (separately). Our waitress seemed to have no problem with this.
The manager/owner (Denise) then brought the cake out as one piece, slamming it on the table and snapped 'you'll have it as one piece, as you brought it'.
That was really the last straw. Not that we minded their inability to pack the cake, the attitude was really rude and unpleasant at the end of what should have been a lovely birthday dinner. All that was needed was a 'sorry guys, we can't do that for you due to lack of staff and/or materials'. After slapping us with a £300 bill (including a £30 'optional' service charge) for what can only be described as mediocre food and service, I was truly shocked at 'Denise's' unprofessional behaviour.
Spend your hard earned cash elsewhere!
I like it.