Richtree Market Restaurants

Lots of food choices but mainly salads, coffee, muffins, and pasta. Nothing special. Everything is fresh but pricy for what you get. It’s almost like an upscale cafeteria. There’s so many desserts that you feel like you’re in a candy shop. Great place for large groups. They give you a credit card like card when you go in. You order your food and they swipe the card and you show the cashier the card at the end. Good place for a quick snack or something light.

For the experience this was a great place to visit. Every section has it’s own falvor and displays setup.
Wentthere twice with a group of folks from work and tried different cusines. It is a chain and usually packed so give yourself some extra time

This was my first visit since the new look.
I had natures best veggie burger. I’m terms of flavor it wasn’t bad. I really liked the buns and the tomatoes. In terms of texture the veggie patty didn’t have that bite you expect from a burger. Certainly not natures best.
One of the servers at the burger station had a huge attitude problem. One of the orders got mixed up and she got upset and just walked away. The guy on the grill had to assemble my burger in addition to grilling.
I also had a kambucha grapefruit ginger tea. It was pretty damn good.
Although I wouldn’t recommend the veggie burger I would come back to see what else they have to offer.

The place used to be a lot better and have way better options when it was a Mövenpick. Still, the food was good and service courteous.

Current name: Marché. A little expensive for a cafeteria. Tasty food. One of our party claimed the asparagus in the salad was «a little moldy.» The rösti and sausage was hearty and delicious. So was the cream of mushroom soup. Instructions for card use and traffic flow are not clear at all.

Had dinner here with my sister’s family. So that makes 4 adults, 4 kids and 1 newborn. So the odds of a quiet dinner are not naturally in our favour. Add to this, a cafeteria style dining experience where YOU have to get your own food, wait in line to get the food, wait while they cook it and then get back… repeat with each child as necessary. I hope you get the picture. Unless your kids are older and can be trusted to a open credit card (that basically what they give them), I would not highly recommend this. It is a little worrying if they lost the card as there is a fine.
I loved this place back when it was Movenpick, Marche or whatever, but have not had a good experience here for a while. The renovations are really nice and there is a nice atmosphere, which I feel the food does not delivery against.
Rosti
By far, one of our favs here, but we made the mistake of ordering it with the Pork Schnitzel. Boy, was it ever salty. Could barely finish it. It is also smaller now than before and more expensive.
Orange Juice
Fresh-​squeezed! For an even better deal, ask for the pitcher size for $ 10 and it is enough for about 4 small glasses. I did find it strange that it was practically room temperature, however.
Kids-​menu
This is a really good deal. For $ 10, a child gets a meal, a soda and a dessert. They have a quite a good choice for selecting the meal. For instance, they could get a plain rosti, a pasta dish with meat or a crêpe with ham/​cheese. The ice cream was a disaster to order. It’s a long story, but little children are invisible to the servers as the ice cream bar is about 5 feet tall. Given they are busy, you need an adult to assist. I had a bad experience with the staff, but I am hoping it was a one off, so it is not worth repeating here.
Seafood curry pasta
Overall, tasty and spicy, but the «seafood» turned out to be about 99% fish. No shrimp or anything else. The one cool thing was they give you a buzzer so you can go back to your seat or go get something else.
Overall, not likely to return until I hear better review from my fellow Unilocalers or other friends.

The change of names is a bit confusing. I’ve eaten here when it was Marche Movenpick… then Richtree… and this time I think it was called Marche. The name changes as does the décor (slightly), but the concept and the quality stay the same, and that’s what keeps me coming back. In fact, no visit to Toronto (from Buffalo) feels complete without AT LEAST one visit to this place (whatever the heck it’s called).
This time three of us had an early dinner before the theater. Armed with our little plastic cards we set out to choose our meals…“Remember when they were stamp cards?”, asks the «old timer». Wandering and looking at the choices is part of the fun… but it’s also a bit maddening because everything looks so darn good. Pastas, pizzas, grilled meats, sushi, salads, crepes, sandwiches, desserts, rosti potatoes… even a juice bar and a granola and cereal bar. This place has EVERYTHING… and honestly everything I’ve ever tried has been good.
This time I decided on the salad bar. $ 10.99 for a large plate (no refills). Kinda pricey, but I’m good at loading up my plate. The choices were quite good… of course lettuce (s) and tomatoes and cucumbers… but also roasted Brussels sprouts and grilled sweet peppers and cauliflower salad and AMAZING (I had never had it before) spiced chunks of pumpkin. I wished I could go back up for a few more pieces.
My dining companions’ choices of tandoori spiced grilled half chicken with herbed mashed potatoes and pasta with sauteed veggies and lamb were both met with favorable comments.
The shared desserts of chocolate mousse cake and a Napoleon with vanilla sauce were quite good. I was surprised to find slices of banana in the Napoleon, but the vanilla sauce was so good I could have licked the remaining little puddle of it right off the plate.

Always safe, you know you’ll find something you will like and great for young kids with amazing Stokke Tripp-​trapp style castored high chairs. Somehow though I always leave this place thinking I have paid about twice as much as I should have.

Went to Richtree for lunch of catching up with some high school besties. The fountain just outside the main entrance is an excellent meeting spot. It’s a bit strange that there are no entrances from the street, right into the restaurant but just follow the arrows. We came in around 2 and chose a table in the pretty, yellow room. It had a reservation sign for 5 o’clock. We got a warning that in fact, the table was needed in three hours. Not a bid deal.
We took a lap or two around the place together and then split up to address each of our hungers. This is kind of fun! Classy buffet. There’s something for everyone. The displays and amount of choice is grand. I couldn’t help but feel a bit bad that button mushrooms and other foods were «decoratively» strewn across counter tops for the sake of it. You’d better be using those mushrooms elsewhere, Richtree!
I chose the seafood curry and it was ok-​ish. It came with rice. I like to go around to other stalls and jazz up my meal with the condiments they offer for free. I added a lemon wedge, some green onions, even some roasted garlic on the side. The dish had a weird kick to it and was a bit too saucy however the seafood was cooked well. It turned out to be more than enough and I took home a dinner-​sized portion.
Anywho, I was really surprised with all the low reviews going down on Unilocal until some management really got in the way of what could have been a lovely experience given my stellar company. Remember how we were warned about the 5 o’clock reservation? (Who reserves a table for four, 5 PM on a Sunday, at Richtree?) Halfway through our meals we look over and a manager is less than 10 feet away directing two servers on how to kick us out if we stay past 5. It was about 3, maybe 3:30 this point! She was pointing at us and looking me in the eye. We weren’t even camping out! Someone came up to us again, to remind us that a reservation is an hour and a half away. We know. Kind of an uncomfortable way to end the meal.
We left the table well before five. Service charge of twelve percent is included in the bill. You get candy on the way out! Nice.

Richtree closed down some months back and the location has been reopened as Marché. Normally these two restaurants are a «to-​may-​toe/​to-​mah-​toe» thing for me. I figured they have the exact same concept so it doesn’t matter which one I go to.
I’ve been here twice since it became Marché. The first time was a little while after they opened. I ordered a tomato pasta and it was bland. But I thought, it’s their first week, I’ll come back and they would’ve worked out the kinks and found the spice rack.
Apparently the spice rack went with the Richtree name. I went Monday evening to pick up a quick meal and, if I hadn’t paid for it, I would’ve thrown it in the bin. Same bland taste. The whole point of me buying food is my utter laziness of going home and making it myself after a long day at work. I shouldn’t have to buy food AND season it. That’s two steps! Anything more than 1 step is a recipe and that is in direct violation with my laziness.
Maybe the other food options fare better. I won’t be going back.

Marche/​Richtree/​Movenpick… I’m confused what to call it now. Whatever it is, the Brookfield Place location has recently reopened.
It’s pretty much the same thing, except stuff has all moved around. The seating areas has been revamped and looks a bit sleeker, but it’s the same European bistro idea. Oh, and it seems the prices have increased slightly.
I have a love/​hate relationship with this restaurant.
Love:
— Very convenient, right near Union Station
— Always open! I believe 365 days per year from 7am-​2am
— Good variety of choices and ample seating area make it ideal for a mixed group of friends/​picky eaters, also good for those with kids
— Always busy, ergo everything is pretty fresh
— The classics: their dessert crepes, swiss rosti, bakes pastas
Hate:
— Can feel claustrophobic when they’re busy
— Feels like a tourist trap
— They automatically add 12% tip if you dine in, even though you pick up your food and do everything yourself
— Overpriced (e.g. $ 12 for a savoury vegetarian crêpe with no side dish)
— They play really cheesy music
— They took away the glasses and water fountains so you have to buy a drink
— They don’t offer smoothies/​juices by the half litre anymore

Unfortunately, Richtree Marche at the BCE place is NO MORE. IT IS CLOSED UNTIL MOVENPICK CLEANS AND RE SETUPS THE FACILITY from its previous operator RICHTREE.
The legal dispute between Movenpick and its former operator Richtree way back had caused the Marche franchise to split its franchise in Canada between the Movenpick Marche and the Richtree Market Restaurants.
The flagship located in the BCE Place was exceptionally nice for dates or out of town visitors who liked the idea, the deserts, the rosti, and most importantly the cozy ambiance in the streetview rooms or patio like open area in the front.
Unfortunately this venue just closed last week because Movenpick is returning to take full control of it. So until Richtree finishes moving out and Movenpick cleaning and setting up Marche in BCE is closed for now.
Dissapointingly, Richtree website does not show any press releases and Movenpick website was down for the whole day so I dont have any estimated open dates.
Can anyone now tell me where to go get the fruit flans? Or exquisite rosti with chicken?

I haven’t been to a Movenpick in a long time, so it was nice checking one out. However, the problems with these kinds of places immediately came up once I got there: a) lack of social, sit-​down time. b) major indecisiveness. c) confusion about where to go, etc.
Having said that, it was a nice change of pace and I’m glad we went here before a Raptors game. We all got fed pretty well and left happy. Good for large groups.

Used to be Movenpick (sorry make that Mövenpick) and now re-​branded as Richtree, which sounds like a brand of Asian instant coffee that’s taken a faux Western name. Not sure why they went with the name change. The fear of the unnecessary umlaut in their name? I have a rule never read authors whose names I can’t spell using a standard QWERTY keyboard (having to stop touching typing and access some alt+187 keypad combo just bugs me). Sø, sørry Søren Kierkegaard! However, with restaurants, I tend to be the opposite. I tend to patronize restaurants whose names I’d have to fiddle with my Windows IME to spell.
Anyway, the name change confuses me and I’m still trying to catch up with Skydome being called Rogers Centre and Upper Volta being called Burkina Faso.
They’ve not changed the rosti at Richtree. Which is good. Rosti at Mövenpick made more sense but then sushi at Mövenpick made less sense. Then again, you probably need a home style beating if you go to Richtree or Mövenpick for sushi.
They’ve recently switched to a card swipe system, no longer the little «grocery list» with the funky stamps. I’m sure kids are angry at this change.
Much of the rest has not changed since the Mövenpick days. The décor is still highly reminiscent of «the village» from the old The Prisoner TV show. A great, fun restaurant in general, especially if your parents are paying.

If you are looking to make a quick getaway and/​or minimize time actually sitting down at a meal («dining» with assy business connection (s), blind date, need to get back to work)… OR you are an exhausted tourist, with or without kids, who just needs to eat something, THEN Richtree, with its cafeteria style set-​up and better-​quality-​than-​food-​court provisions, may fit your needs.
Otherwise, you should steer clear.
FOOD — generally is not great although people who come here often generally have a SAFE dish they get most of the time (mine = grilled salmon with rice). I like the coffee bar as well.
SERVICE — I dunno, how good are you at carrying your own food and getting your own drinks? Seriously, watch when you get in line at a station with 6 – 8 or more people in line for food they have to prepare (eg. salmon) — it can take a while.
PRICE — way overpriced for what you get… and as a bonus, you are charged 15% for «service»… Oh you thought bonus for you? Yeah, I meant bonus for them.

3.5 stars
Arrived pretty late in Toronto, around 11PM. Went with my family + extended family here, the place was bustling despite the time of day. The concept behind this restaurant is that you are handed a charge card as you walk in and get seated. You flip the card on your table to «reserved» and go to one of the food stations. There are steaks, sushi, fish, pasta, pizza, sandwiches, breakfast foods, crepes, waffles, a coffee stand, a bar etc. You order the food, they serve it to you and swipe your card. At the end of it all you hand your card to the checkout person and pay. In practice this works well. Don’t lose your cards; it’s $ 100 flat if you lose it.
Anyway, I was damned hungry. I got the rosti (basically hash browns) with smoked salmon. A pretty decent serving, and it was tasty. Very good combination. For seconds I had a crêpe with warm chocolate sauce; the crêpe was nice and big and well prepared. I finished it off with a (non-​alcoholic) irish coffee that came in a huge mug. It was all pretty good but nothing mind blowing.
This is great for large groups because everybody can serve himself. The prices are a little high, but tolerable. If you need some food then you wouldn’t be making a poor choice coming here. But chances are there are better in Toronto.

Looking for a good place for a first date?
This pseudo-​European market-​style restaurant has a great atmosphere where you can leave your table — not without making sure the paper plaque is flipped to ‘reserved’ — to stroll around as you flirt your way through your evening. It’s often busy here with happy people, including families; the chatty crowd, silky croony of bad love songs, mood lighting and the wacky décor would be an advantage to erase any tension or nervousness. You really can’t screw up a dinner date here!
But wait … this is Unilocal,not ‘Dating in Toronto’ 101 and we’re reviewing food, right? Sorry to disappoint, but it is a hit or miss and the prices are a bit steep for the portions that you get. In the past, I found the vegetarian pizza here outstanding and on the next visit, antipasti that was less than satisfactory. The most reliable dish for vegetarians is the potato rosti with sour cream; it hasn’t changed in the last 10 years that I’ve ordered it, although the obvious fact is that THAT too is pretty hard to screw up.
Bonus: There is WI-​FI and newspapers if you just feel like hanging out and/​or watching blind dates.

I went here for lunch on a Sunday. I’m single (sob! ;-)) but was in a group of couples with kids. Lots of buggies/​strollers and toddlers to contend with. There was a queue to get in but it moved fairly rapidly. Once we got through the entrance, it was clear that this restaurant was perfect for our type of group. Staff were very helpful and multiple high chairs were sourced. The strollers were stored within minutes and adjoining tables found. The older kids headed straight for the happy chaos of the play area and we went about the adventure of finding some food.
Like the other reviewers have said, this is an open restaurant with multiple stalls to choose from. You get a swipe card on arrival and use it when ordering your food. There is lots of choice-​all types of hot food, salads, pastries, sushi. It was Easter Sunday and the last day of my trip so I made a beeline for the crêpe bar. Got a really yummy banana crêpe with chocolate sauce and ice-​cream. Yum! The other meals looked very tasty too and everyone seemed happy. It’s not Michelin star material but it’s good…
It is expensive for what you get… but it’s also fun and especially good for groups because there is a choice for absolutely everybody. Would definitely go again-​just wish it was a bit cheaper!

This place is so up and down, you’d think it was built on a PogoBall (remember those? I don’t).
If I had reviewed this place during their Mövenpick heyday, I would’ve given it 5 stars. But a few years ago? Only 1 (it was really bad for a while). But I recently went back and was pleasantly surprised. Nice relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff, and the food quality seemed to be on the rise again.
But the best part? This place has the best crepes in the city. I usually go the mixed berries with chocolate sauce route, however they now also have a cherries option and it was to die for. Seriously. I would die for this. Add a scoop of their vanilla ice cream and loads of chocolate sauce and you will shoot yourself in the face it’s so good — so be careful.

The less classy sounding Richtree, or Marche as it was originally known is a pretty decent place as far as open concept restaurants go.
Individuals are provided with «cards», which will serve as your personal bill, stamped at every location. Perfect for those who get carried away and also large groups who just want separate checks without confusion.
In terms of the food, you get an amazing variety of everything: large salad bar, smoothie bar, grilled meat, seafood, sushi station, bar… so this makes for an ideal location to take some people you don’t know very well!
My favorite choices include the pizza, salad bar, Rosti, and the quail dish from the grill! The desserts are also great and I like the fresh strawberry-​fondue they have in the summer… and no there is nothing wrong with a guy enjoying strawberries, it means nothing!