Market Square Restaurant

This place has a large menu of food that is priced a little on the high side. Their service is horrible. The woman that answers the phone and was at the register was very rude! The food is ok but some of it is terrible. Save yourself the trip and go somewhere else.

Tough review! We’ve been here many times with family and friends, but consistency of poor service has reached the point of needing a review.
We came in after Church on a Sunday with a small group of 9, and were seated at a table which was just big enough with the leaves extended. Not a bad deal, just on the cozy side.
The litany starts with our order. My wife and I decided to order two items, Gyro plate and Margherita Flatbread Pizza, and split both. According to the menu, each came with a soup, which was great since we each wanted a different one.
I started and ordered the Gyros with Chicken and rice soup. My wife ordered the Flatbread and Matzo Ball soup. Here is where things started to spiral downward. Our server said that the Flatbread didn’t come with soup. In poor form, she said «The menu is wrong! Let me show you!» She then grabbed another menu to see it was there as well. «That one is wrong, too.» We started to say that the menu clearly states that it comes with soup, but no side, which is fair. She got weird with her heavy accent and said «No, don’t worry… [unintellibible]» and continued taking the order. We both ordered sodas, and since she moved to the next people at our table, we all thought she’d just bring the soup, anyway, as a courtesy and because the menu did say the items both came with soup.
Time for the meal to come, we didn’t yet get our drinks, and everyone received their order. I did receive my soup, but my wife didn’t. I asked about at least getting the Matzo Ball soup since my wife doesn’t like the chicken and we were going to share. She was going to take one soup back to bring another — which means unhappy customers AND wasting the first cup of soup anyway which would have been thrown out. Several items were incorrect, but she seemed to respond to them, including having hash browns done as one person ordered, and making someone’s eggs over medium instead of the barely done raw that they were. Everyone had their items, even those which had been sent back, and we still had neither drinks nor food beyond one soup. She then brought my wife a cup of soup, and others were nearly done eating. Still no meal for either of us, and no drinks. We asked about our orders and said to just take the sodas off the bill. She told us «Your food is coming up, see!» pointing to the kitchen. «It’s OK, I didn’t put the sodas on the bill, anyway.»
Finally we received our food, when others were asking for boxes for their leftovers. The Flatbread seemed decent, though wasn’t as good as in the past. The Gyro plate was only half there. Gyro meat, four quarters of a pita, limp lettuce and a few half cherry tomatoes with a small bowl of tatziki sauce and a cup of dressing for the ‘salad’. No tomatoes, and no onion for the Gyros, which were on the menu. Of course, I had to trouble her to ask for the items and she didn’t seem to know what I meant. My wife said «On the menu, the Gyro Plate comes with tomato and onion.» She said something and ran off, bringing back a plate with a couple slices of tomato and about ¹⁄₃ red onion, sliced.
My shame came when paying our bill. I told some of this to the guy up front (owner?), who said «Yes, if the menu says something comes with soup, you should get it.» The waitress, standing nearby started trying to explain herself and justify things. I had written down a fair tip, and at this point should have changed it to more like $ 1, which under hindsight would have been more than fair for the trouble placing, getting and completing our order.
To be moderately fair, we’ve had our server before. Though she has always been mediocre at best, she has never been this bad. She does have a great way about her and has formed relationships with her regular customers. She readily gets and gives hugs, but for those of us who want to enjoy our meal, our experience this time was horrible. The reason for the second star was this personal touch and relationship. I suggest she (and anyone for that matter) really connect with your customers to bring extra value and joy to eating out, while also being there for your customers and their needs. Going to a restaurant for a meal is not just about getting a hug and a ‘hi’, it’s about taking away some of the stresses of every day life and work, having someone pay attention to your questions and needs, allowing us carefree time to catch up with friends and family over food.

I want to add to my review that Sam has been so good to my elderly father upon delivering food. Sometimes on nights that he is on his own, he feels safe and confident to order dinner and have it delivered by Sam himself. This really is our go to home restaurant!

I’ve tried and tried giving chance after chance. I am the 3^rd generation here in Wheeling and loved coming here as a kid. But nothing has changed here to keep up with the competition.

Everyone likes their food with a smile, and that’s what I got. The waitresses and waiters were so nice, and the food was amazing. I had Greek chicken.

Don’t know what happened here. This place used to be an average Greek — American restaurant. They changed something and it’s become great! Food quality has much improved, presentation, portions and service are way better! I had one of the best skillet breakfasts that I’ve ever had.
Whatever they are doing… Keep it up!

This was my fiancé and I first time here and we loved it! It was honestly great food, service was very slow but it was because we had a new server, very nice though. The pricing couldn’t be beat, it was clean and everyone seemed to act like family. We will now be regulars because of the good food, nice environment and especially now that we now Carol works there as a server! She is the best, hands down!!!

I have lived in Wheeling and the general area for more than 30 years… Have driven by them many times but for some reason never stopped to try their food… Well, it has been my loss! Finally had them deliver some food last night and it was absolutely awesome! We had their cheddar burger, barbecue chicken and barbecue ribs… The burger was cooked perfectly and had a great taste to it… The chicken and ribs were to die for! Nice tangy barbecue sauce that was finger lickin’ good! I can’t stop there, we had cheesecake, coconut cream pie and a chocolate éclair… All I can say is I see myself weighing over 300 pounds in the near future! LOL Great food, quick delivery, inexpensive pricing… win/​win/​win!

Don’t bother. I love dive diners, but this place is gross! The carpet is old and dirty, and the furniture is sticky. We came in with our 15-​month-​old babies. It took 10 – 15 minutes for a server to greet us. I ordered an egg white omelette– half of it came out raw. The server took it back to the kitchen. It took twenty minutes for it to come again — by that time, my husband was done and the kids were climbing out of their high chairs. I asked for the meal to go. The hostess came over and said she would take the omelette off the bill if I didn’t want it. I told her I wasn’t happy, so she took the omelette, tossed it into a bus pan and took it off our bill. The appropriate thing for her to have done was offer my meal on the house. In summary — dirty atmosphere, lousy service. Oh, and the coffee is watered down.

Stopped by for lunch. The best part of the meal was the attentiveness of the waitress. The cabbage soup was uneatable. Forced three spoons full and was sorry I did. The soup tasted like cheap balsamic and white vinegar in a semi-​gelatinous broth. The dressing for my salad was straight out of a can or used the same ingredients as the soup. It was a thick sweet balsamic gel which ruined the spinach leaves and overcooked stewed chicken pieces.

I passed by this place so many times when I lived in this area, and never went. My friend suggested coming here for dinner one night, so we went. It’s a dark, dumpy version of Baker Square. It seemingly is never busy. The bar was full of regulars, and probably the restaurant part as well.
They have a smörgåsbord of different things on their manu. It is cheap for how much you get (we got a soup and bread with our meal), but it just wasn’t that good. The bread is stale, the food lacks flavor, it’s just blah. The service wasn’t bad, but the food just isn’t good. It was pretty much what I had expected.

We went to Market Square this past Sunday for a early dinner… Dinner didn’t happen. We had to walk out of this place after we were already seated. Super EMBARRASING, they have nothing vegetarian on the menu but grilled cheese OR a chicken stir fry and they can remove the chickens… Wow. I don’t care that the place looks old, in fact I think it was charming and lovely. There just was nothing to eat for someone who does not eat meat. This is the first Greek place that I’ve ever been to who does not at LEAST have spinach pie, and maybe rice and Greek style green beans? The waitress was super nice, she was 70 plus and working really hard. I made it a point to go to the front counter when we were leaving the place hungry and I told the hostess that we were leaving because there was nothing vegetarian on the menu, the owner was standing right next to her and did nothing. It is what it is, this place serves a very old population of people and they are doing nothing to incorporate the food and flavors of 2015. Seriously: not even a veggie wrap, veggie burger or anything similar. They didn’t even have a soup I could have or anything they would even offer to make. Greek owned places will generally have spanakopita, moussaka with vegetables or at least navy bean soup! I have never in my life had to leave a place because they could not find a single thing to serve that was current for 2015. I feel so bad writing this review, it’s just the truth.

Sometimes mediocre works!!! Folks welcome to the most «ok» restaurant you will ever visit. The food is ok, the prices are ok, the service is ok, the atmosphere is ok. So why the four stars you ask? Because on a Sunday at 10:30 am THE PLACE IS PRETTY MUCH EMPTY! That’s right all you pancake/​skillet/​omelette chompers — while your «out of the know» snooty friends are standing elbow to elbow in an excruciating Walker Brother /​Rise n’ Dine time warp, you will already be furtively reaching over to the table next to you to grab a blue French Vanilla to sweeten for you second cup of «ok» coffee.
Frankly my heart goes out to management. They deserve better. All that said, as a matter of full disclosure, the place is located in wheeling and as you look around the restaurant at your fellow diners you will quickly be reminded of such. .. NOT AN ATTRACTIVE CROWD.
And so in summary 1) visit the restaurant, 2) keep your order necessarily simple and 3) try to confine your sight line to the perimeter of you own booth
Now that I think about it, the slogan for this place ought to be :
«Welcome to Market Square where you will always find a seat because we are nobody’s favorite restaurant».
Vie l’ mediocre!!!

My grandma lives right by this restaurant and at first I had the idea that is was going to be great; I was dead wrong. I came on Easter and one waiter took care of about 5 tables so my drink was constantly empty and there wasn’t any silverware on my side. The soda was flat and it was the wrong drink too; I ordered a coke and got a sprite, well a «flat» sprite. What got me was the burrito I ordered. The meat was very bland, undercooked, and just «tasteless». I asked if they could redo it and they still didn’t change a thing :(On top of that the fries my mother had were absurd: soggy, cold, and bland. The waitress worked really hard but the kitchen had huge problems. One rumor I heard is that they serve rotten tomatoes. I give this place one star for at least having a good waiter. The word that comes to mind whenever I think of this place is «BLAND». So go here if it is a last resort. Taco Bell has better burritos. God knows what there burgers are like here.

Went for breakfast. Decent but not great. They also have bloody Mary’s to order and just a tip ask for better vodka bc their well vodka come out of a plastic bottle.

Love the food! I have never had a bad meal here. The quality of food is great. Their breakfast is always good (I love the spinach and feta omelet) and their lunch/​dinner is just as good– I have never had a better stir fry! The homemade salad dressing is my favorite dressing– I have even bought some to take home!
in addition to having good food, It is very clean and the service is always pleasant. The owner (Sam) is a really nice guy and really cares about getting feedback. Love the family owned restaurant feel :)
I have been going to Market Square for years and Ill continue to be a frequent customer.

After visiting here a few more times and thinking about it, I think Market Square deserves 4 instead of 3 stars.

This place has good burgers. Now it’s an added bonus that they have video gaming. I’ll have to make it a point to return here as it has been a couple of years. Good local restaurant.

I’ve avoided this place because it’s kind of in a shady strip mall. I finally decided to try it out because of some of the decent reviews for this place. I had pretty low expectations and was surprised at how good the food was.
I had ordered steak kabobs which came with rice… delish! the meat was over cooked (looked well done as I ordered it medium), but it actually turned out pretty tasty and tender. my wife ordered a buttery crusted walleye and that was pretty good as well. our special came with soup and salad and dessert. I didn’t quite care for the soup or salad and dessert was a scoop of ice cream.
our server was really attentive to our needs and answered all of our questions without getting frustrated (we asked a lot of questions…) or annoyed. he was also the one to recommend the steak kabobs which were great.
I did give this place 4 stars, but this is 4 stars for a family style restaurant, it’s in no way comparable to finer dining establishments, but it does well for what it is.

Went to a birthday party at Market Square tonight. I have been here before and found the food to be decent. Tonight I had the beef kabob. The meat was tender and fairly tasty. It came with soup and salad. Both were good.
We were a group of 15 and the service was terrific. A birthday cake was brought in so I can’t comment on their desserts, but what I saw in the case looked delicious.
It is too far away for me to frequent, but if one lives in the area, this is a very family friendly place and certainly accommodating to parties and larger groups, as well as a simple lunch.