Marché Restaurant

I go with family every time I visit downtown, the place is amazing the food and service are awesome and they have different type of foods!

I’m always surprised at how busy this place is. I don’t know if it’s the name or if it’s a tourist draw but the food has been pretty awful both times I’ve been here.
The latest time I was here was for breakfast. There weren’t too many options so I settled for the «Big Canadian.» This involved a «choice» of 6 different breakfast items. Each item was pre-​cooked, including sausages, bacon, scrambled egg, waffles, potatoes, mushrooms and something that resembled tomato halves.
In truth, there was no «choice.» I was given five items, sausages, bacon, scrambled egg, potatoes and mushrooms. When I asked where the 6^th item was, they threw in a waffle piece.
When it was all loaded on to the plate, the food was placed in a pizza oven as it was all clearly cold from having sat out on a counter top. Still, it was still lukewarm by the time I ate it, 3 minutes later.
All would be forgiven if the food was decent but it was not. Everything was soaked in oil. The potatoes were soggy and soft and the eggs were bland. The waffle was dry and hard.
I also later found out that toast was supposed to be included but I never received any.
I’ve heard that at other locations, breakfast is made fresh. Clearly it’s not the case here.

This place was so good that two nights later we returned for dinner. This time my daughter ordered a veggie pizza, my son a half chicken, my wife a beef kabob and my self a chicken schnitzel. This evening, just like the other night, the food was excellent.

The food is amazing looking and everything in my party tasted great. The selection is overwhelming and you find yourself disappointed you can’t try more. You can also become crippled with indecision and find yourself moving from station to station in a manner that would get you pulled out of the TSA line at the airport for a special private questioning. All the selections seem a reasonable value except for salads which are overpriced imho. You should be too full for desert but the bread pudding is amazing! This is really an awesome concept that really delivers on the quality. Don’t come with a bunch of stuff to carry because you choose a seat then grab a tray and walk around to the different stations. It’s Canada. Everyone is civilized but you still don’t want to leave your stuff lying around unattended. Don’t do this in a hurry!

The food selection is amazing. I love all of the options and the concept. The food is good, but the staff are rude. I don’t understand the mandatory 12% gratuity for eating inside. No one takes your order or brings the food to you. It’s an excessive amount for a self-​service environment.

I love this place. Marche has something for everyone, regardless of how picky you may or may not be. The fruit is fresh, and everyone in our party that had smoothies said they were excellent. The process is simple as well — you will receive a card when you enter, and a staff member will add each item that you pick up to your card. You pay when you are finished and are on your way out.
The next time that I am in downtown Toronto, I will make a point going back to Marche.

Excellent selection of food (way more than Richtree), not busy on the weekend, a convenient location.
While all the above are winning elements, there is a caveat — their kids menu is so so — the pizza was spicy and the chicken fingers were flavourless — not sure I want to dine there with my kids again.

If I could give 7 stars I would! The most delightful dining experience I have had in years. Think fantastic diverse five-​star food court. Anything you want made fresh while you wait. Bars, deserts, seafood pasta and the baked goods — oh my. It’s like culinary porn!

We had a great quick breakfast here, and I’m a bit surprised that it is not rated higher. It reminded me of a Whole Foods in the United States, but on steroids. There were a ton of food and drink options all set up as different stations around the business. So many options it was almost overwhelming. You had your choice of omelets made to order, pastries, bagel sandwiches, noodle bowls, fruit salads, sandwiches, coffee bar, salads, juices, etc. just to name a few.
The system is kind of interesting: they hand each person a credit card upon entry, and everything you order is recorded on that. Then you check out by handing your credit card to the cashier, who proceeds to ring everything up. They add a 12% gratuity to cover the servers who clear your trays, and check to make sure everything is okay.
Both my bagel sandwich with salmon and my soy mocha latte were delicious, and I wish they had these stores in Florida.

I’ve been to this location several times now over the past couple of years. It’s an open concept self serve eatery. Lots of choices to satisfy any food group.
On the whole quality of food is fine, service is good. My only real negative is the price. On my last visit I had the spicy bean and rice salad with beef as well as a berry smoothie. The total was just shy of $ 25 including tax and the obligatory 12% tips. Granted you’re in the downtown core, etc but for a self serve I find it on the high side
Be very careful if you ‘eat with your eyes’. As a self serve you can easily grab enough items to fill your tray of food costing close to $ 40 for one person.

Great place to hang out with family and friends! I tried the first Marche in Singapore and became a fan of MARCHE. Lively environment and fresh food, you may feel you were in the central market of anywhere like Tokyo, Florence or Geneva.

Went to the Hall of Fame and stopped here for a few beers.
One star for location.
Beer selection was OK, so maybe a half star for that.
The other half star goes for the bottles of alcohol they have hanging from bungie cords in the bar. Ya, bungie cords. Right in front of you. Kinda cool.
Here’s where things get a little dicey. You can’t swing the bottles on bungie cords, that are right in front of you after a couple of beers. Well, you can, but you get in trouble with the semi-​not-​so-​friendly bar tender. And not a hard push mind you, just swinging it a little. And only 3 bottles, not the 10 that were within my reach.
So, in review… You hang bottles from cords, at a bar, where people are drinking alcohol, but you don’t want them touching them. Safety issue? Who knows.
I did ask why they were there. I was told it made it easy to unscrew the cap and poor a drink. The demonstration ended and… you guessed it, the bottle was swinging. I didn’t feel like I was in danger either.
Funny part is, someone ordered a drink and the bartender used a bottle from underneath the bar, not the hanging bottle. So I asked why, turns out the half filled hanging bottles are for show! Who knew!!!
So I subtract 3 stars for bottles on ropes that are right in your face and not being able to play with them. We ended up going somewhere else for dinner, there was no telling what was waiting for us at our table that we would get yelled at for touching.

Love Marche and have since I went as a kid to their location in Singapore!
The problem with Marche is that you walk in and are overwhelmed by the options and the abundance of choice. No worries though because I’ve written you a handy list of pro tips to enjoy Marche;
1) Avoid office lunch rush hours. If you want to go from 12 — 1:30 then you’re committing to a very chaotic experience
2) If you’re in an indecisive mood just skip marche for that day (i.e. it took you more than 2 minutes to pick out your outfit in the morning)
3) Try their rosti — it’s a classic!
My personal favourite is their green curry but just explore and enjoy!!!

— My fried recommended this place and I was excited to come. Once my host explained how it worked, I was kind of let down. I was SO OVERWHELMED with how things worked and the sheer amount of choices that were available, but then I got the hang of it. It’s almost like a cafeteria, but with WAY better food. Instead of sitting and looking at a menu, you can go to different stations literally putting together your perfect meal. I like that. I ended up with the seafood platter: whole broiled squid, cooked prawns, fried calamari, fried shrimp and a seafood gumbo. $ 24.99. I also picked up a Marchè Soup for $ 2.99 (half-​off soups on Wednesdays). I also grabbed a mozzarella/​tomato salad. After dinner I picked up a mixed berry muffin which was stuffed with cream cheese. Incredible. All of my food was very good, the mussels were a bit fishy, but the prawns and shrimp were awesome. I can’t wait to come back here to try other combinations!

I absolutely love the concept of Marche (maybe because the grocery store is my happy place), but the food was just ok. I ordered a quiche and a soup, both of which seemed prepackaged and not super-​fresh, not what I’d expect when I’m paying $ 15+ for lunch. The atrium location in Brookfield bumps it up a star — I love the idea of eating ‘outside’ in winter without a heavy coat on.

Imagine fancy IKEA restaurant and you have Marche restaurant.
Here is how it works:
1. Enter and receive a «payment card» that tracks your transaction at each food station.
2. Eat the food there at the various sit down areas (each with their own feel and ambience) OR take it to go. Remember that if you sit down to eat, you will be charged a 12% gratuity — small notice is posted at the entrance of this gratuity.
3. Line up at the cash register/​pay outs to pay.
4. Hand in your payment card which will have all your transactions and pay for them.
Overall it’s a very fun and refreshing concept. The food you get is generally made to order or seems fresh since you get to see it made in front of you. Here are some pros and cons to this idea of Marche (French for market) style restaurant.
Pros:
1. Pick and choose — can be fun to walk around the venue with friends and chat while picking your food
2. Freedom to eat — no waitresses/​waiters around to bother you and your party while dining
3. Seat yourself at any of the various tables for different environments
4. No tipping calculation — 12% gratuity (BEFORE TAX) which makes the dining experience a little more consolidated
5. Slow but decent WiFi
Cons:
1. Expensive for some specialty foods — be careful because some foods are disproportionately priced. Always remember to ask the chefs/​cooks what the portion size is and what the food item contains.
2. No service yet a 12% gratuity — tip is essentially going towards the good service of the cooks/​chefs and the table top cleaners
Very fun experience and would highly recommend any of you reading this to give it a try. Come expecting a light fun dining experience with plenty of opportunities for playful/​flirty banter while picking your food and eating it.

Been here at least once a year or so. I always order the pasta as it’s so filling. The small was $ 11.99 (choice of tomato, alfredo or rose) and I also got a veggie bruschetta $ 2.99.
They included a lot of veggies and chicken. It was great and I was definitely stuffed at the end of the meal. It wasn’t the most amazing pasta I’ve ever had but it was alright. I thought some of the other items were priced a bit high.
Was not that impressed with the dessert selection. Most things looked as though they had been sitting there for a while. I skipped out on dessert.
Will probably be back if we are in the area especially after a Raptors game.

I recall Marché being a great restaurant to eat at back in the day. But Marché has gone down in food quality.
Visited this location at Brookfield Place during lunch with a party of 10 and was seated swiftly. We were given a card but did not get any instructions on what to do with it. So we assumed the card is what we use to pay for our meals. Marché is generally an expensive restaurant but they had daily lunch specials which was nice. Knowing how the restaurant is pretty much self serve, we got up to order our own food and paid for it with our cards. I ordered the chicken thigh with vegetables special ($ 9.99) that they have on Thursday. The portion was good as you could put whatever you wanted on your plate.
Honestly the food was mediocre, nothing memorable. But what really got me was the service. We had to get our own utensils/​cutlery AND we had to get our own water… And if you wanted other beverages you had to get it yourself. Fine, in that case, I’ll expect to pay no tips since there was NO service. But you know what? They charged a 12% gratuity on our bill!!! Ridiculous.
The only good thing about Marché is that they can accommodate large groups of people.
Don’t think I’ll ever want to go back to a place who serves cafeteria style food with 0 service. Even at a buffet, servers will ask what you want to drink and will bring utensils to you…

Zero stars if I could, simply because the meal I ordered wasn’t the meal I was served. Croque Madame with mushrooms and a sunny side up egg? Yes, please! But no – you get a Croque Monsieur with potatoes.
Because. That’s what I gave you. — the answer from the lady at the station who just wanted to argue. I finally gave up. She wins. And she took the sign down for both dishes as I walked away.
Food was bland. Service was horrible. Skip this place.

Mauvais service par les employés aux comptoirs. Nourriture variable, sushis corrects, pâtes chers, propreté passable. Desserts très bons.

2.5* Extra points goes to the kind man working the dessert station! Came here after the Prince concert, so it was close to closing time, and he threw in an extra slice of custard cake… for FREE.
The Berry Custard Cake was just alright. I’m sure that lots of the desserts LOOKED better than they actually were. Some just looked downright dry.
And I have a feeling that this place only exists due to the sheer location and that not much is opened late, featuring a variety of different kinds of food, and not-​that-​expensive prices. So there’s a lack of competition here!
London Fog tea was delish… but like ~$ 5. So not cheap. I believe slice of cake was around $ 6 – 7.
Used to come here in high school and I remember the food used to be good. However, now I think it’s just mediocre. Again, looks better than it actually tastes, and you’re paying for the atmosphere. Staff seemed friendly.