Market Place Kitchen and Bar - Woodbury, CT

We recently went out to dinner at Market Place with 2 other couples on a Sunday evening.  I wasn't impressed.  Lee had made reservations and they tried to put six people in a small booth with a chair at the end.  The chair would have been blocking anyone from going up and down the isle.  Our friend, thankfully, insisted that we get moved.  They did end up setting a decent table for us.  Then it came time to order our food...four times we were told that they were out of the food.  It was crazy!  Lee ordered ziti with bolognese which was extremely over priced.  I got the last short rib, because they only had one left.  They were also out of strip steak, pork loin and other things that I don't remember.

Lee and I had the nacho appetizer that was good.  The waiter brought over bread for all of us to share.  It was 6 small pieces of bread, about the size of my thumb, with olive oil and cherry butter.  Lee said that the butter was good.  I think our friend ,Ed, had a couple pieces too.  It was disgraceful!!  I almost felt insulted.  We received our over priced meals and Ed realized that his food should have come with green beans, not asparagus.  He doesn't like asparagus and was never told about the substitution.  UGH!!  My short rib was bland to say the least.  I kept putting salt on it just to get some flavor and the vegetable puree was gummy.  Everyone else had pretty decent meals or at least no one complained about their food.  Three of us had different desserts and they were, by far, the best part of the meal.  Pumpkin creme brulee, molten cake with ice cream and smores bread pudding, all were yummy.

I'm dinging the wait staff for not telling us what they were out of right off the bat.  The whole thing wasn't great and that was our holiday get together with our friends. We will be picking another restaurant next time.

Rating: 😞😞

www.marketplacewoodbury.com

Here are our six pieces of bread!