Restaurant De Markt Utrecht centrum — Restaurant in Utrecht

Came here for lunch with a large group of people. We were seated in the separate room inside. The plating of the starting platter was enticing. However, it looked much better than it tasted. It was more of quantity over quality. Not a complete lost cause but with better seasoning and balance of flavours I think it could be a real winner. Pizza was awful, in terms of flavour and texture. The dough was bland and dry. The pesto risotto (which in my opinion was more spinach) was OK, nothing grand. I did however really enjoy their goats cheese salad, that is something I would happily order for lunch again. The desserts were one of the better dishes, the tiramisu and cheesecake were good. Service was so-so. Waiters were pleasant enough. Not sure I would return again unless it’s for convenience of...

Beautiful restaurant in a wonderful town with a gorgeous garden and plenty of empty tables - for a good reason. For if you dare to sit at one, you’ll be ignored for about 10 minutes by apathetic teenagers who will eventually unenthusiastically fetch you one of their overpriced supermarket wines and present you with a laminated menu of bizarrely over complicated Italian dishes like a pizza with orange and pistachio 😒 - the saner options tasted fine enough.. eventually we even managed to get our bill. Anyway, this restaurant could be great.. it just needs a simple menu, waiters who are trained and know how to provide a basic service. And maybe some better wines too.. happy to pay for...

The service was pretty kind and fast. I ordered Ceasar Salad for 20 Euros (€)! And there was rucola (not mentioned in the menu) bread was not the right one (in the menu it was croutons but turned out to be a regular bread) chicken was literally like out of can or was like boiled already for 3 days. The sauce was literally a garlic sauce not a Ceaser sauce. There was only 4 pieces of little lettuces. Also ordered ice coffee with caramel but there was literally no caramel at all and it tasted like 10% coffee %30 milk and %60 water with no sweet at all which also tasted very unpleasant. IF YOU WANT TO VISIT THAT PLACE MAKE SURE TO ASK EVERY DETAIL ABOUT YOUR ORDER! This is my...