Meat Market Niagara

The last time we came here was about 6 months ago and we can’t stop thinking about the steak! (The chicken was also good, but definitely get the steak) Great wine selection as well. If you’re in the area, definitely check it out!

Went to dinner on a Saturday night, didn’t need to dress up, and had a really good meal, so I loved it.
Let’s start at the beginning, shall we? The décor goes for the modern steakhouse chic look, and comes close — let’s call it modern steakhouse chic on a budget. The seats are comfortable, albeit a little low, lighting is very comfortable, and the place is nice and clean. There is plenty of parking in the adjoining lot, and it is on a well served transit line if that’s how you travel.
So let’s get to the important stuff — the food. We started with the crab cake and a dozen fresh oysters. The crab cake was huge, nicely flavoured so you can still taste the crab, and with plenty of crab meat inside and sufficient condiments to customize it to your liking. The oysters were excellent — fresh, large and well shucked. Once again, a good selection of condiments available to accompany the oysters.
We ordered the Cali Cut (more commonly known as Tri Tip) Wagyu and the USDA Ribeye. The Wagyu was perfectly cooked, tender, beautifully flavoured and a marvelous taste experience for $ 56. The Ribeye was not evenly cooked, one side medium rare and the other medium well, though the properly cooked portion was really good. In a class move, management did apologize and discounted the steak on the bill — kudos! We had the broccoli and cheddar on the side — perfectly steamed broccoli with good quality cheddar, as well as the sautee of wild mushrooms — a bit deceiving in name because it was just a mix of white button and oyster mushrooms with a couple of shiitakes thrown in, but it was pretty tasty nonetheless.
The wine list is underwhelming for a steakhouse and doesn’t offer cellar selections, but there are a few decent wines to be found among the ordinary offerings. This is one area that could use improvement.
Staff are friendly and properly attentive, though they seem to lack experience. I get the feeling that this restaurant is somewhat new and that they are still working out some of their growing pains, but if they do, this place will become a local favourite.
I’ve eaten in many high end steakhouses, and this one is not bad. Their concept seems to be to deliver a few things really well at a very competitive price, with the focus on achieving quality and value, and I would say that they deliver quite well.
If you want to get some of the items available at Ruth’s Chris but are willing to compromise because you don’t want to spend as much, then this is your restaurant.
I’ll be back!

Ambience is nice but small. Service is slow. Fine dining price but food quality does not fair well with pricing. It has the potential and wants to be a high level fine dining restaurant but it is just not. Three of us ordered steaks and they were not cooked as ordered. We had scallops wrapped in bacon as appetizers and that was pretty tasty. The Cesar Salad is also good but small portion. I had the Seafood Pasta, quite nice but sodium was missing, the scallops and shrimps were delicious. Again portion is small.
Considering the fine dining restaurants offered in the surrounding Niagara-​On-​The– Lake region, this one will have to work hard to stay competitive.

We had a great experience here! My wife and I went here on our final night here in Niagara. The prices aren’t too crazy really for good food, and we split a ribeye anyway. Initially we thought it would be a good idea to order it Chicago/​medium, which is charred but still medium. We figured lightly charred, but it was more charred than expected. Our fault since we asked for it and were adamant about it. The steak was still extremely tender, but we asked to get medium instead and they were more than happy to accommodate us. When the medium steak came out, it was worth the wait. Super tender and full of flavor. We were both very satisfied with it. Also ordered the garlic mashed potatoes and the Brussels and Kale. The chef personally came out to make sure everything was perfect. We finished with tiramisu and sparkling wine!