Market Table

This restaurant is located in The Alexander Hotel and is fine for large groups that happen to be staying at the hotel, but not worth a special trip. It’s buffet style on the weekends and while there are plenty of food options ranging from sweet to savory, the service was very slow. Staff could not keep the serving trays adequately filled. There was only one woman working the omelette station overseeing 4 hot plates and she clearly needed help. I had no desire to stand in that long line and miss out on conversation with friends back at the tables. It would have been nice if they’d offered a pan of scrambled eggs on the buffet line as an alternative. My friend said the barbecue chicken was tasteless but the brisket was pretty good. I settled for a spinach salad and a biscuit with sausage gravy instead since that was readily available. Although the servers were friendly, it was difficult to get coffee refills without asking and then waiting 5 – 10 minutes. I did not get my $ 25 worth that’s for sure.

If you have ever wondered why there is always plenty of open seating at Market Table, while there is a line a mile long to get a table at Yolk next door… I now know the reason. Being affiliated with the Alexander, I had high hopes for Market Table. But, I was quite disappointed by my first experience here. First, let me preface my review by stating that I am a health nut when it comes to my food choices. So I tend to judge a restaurant based on how well they accommodate various diets and palettes (i.e. vegetarian, gluten-​free, fresh, and locally produced options). Second, we made the mistake of going to this restaurant’s Sunday brunch during a Colts home game. Bad idea! Not only is it more difficult to find parking, but they up charge you five dollars a person just because of the home game.
With a name like Market Table and a website that touts «customized dishes from fresh produce, locally-​raised meats, and specialty items», I was expecting a fairly high-​end dining experience. What I got, on the other hand, was an overpriced Hotel buffet that was mostly American — fare set up in a fancy cafeteria style dining area. Not a ton of vegetarian options for one, and the only thing I saw that was a «customized dish» was their omelette station. Furthermore, some of the buffet items seem to be picked over. This may have been due to the Colts playing and perhaps there were more people staying in the hotel and dining at Market Table. But, I don’t think this is an excuse. This restaurant has been in business for a couple years now. They should know by now to be prepared for game day. As for the food itself, I wasn’t overly impressed with their version of a slightly more expensive continental breakfast. I think I was expecting more from the kitchen staff since this restaurant is next to Cerulean and Plat 99. But perhaps they aren’t really affiliated.
I will give them props for having prompt service. Our waiter was great about returning to our table to frequently clear plates, refresher drinks, and check on us. And we didn’t wait for a table at all because we were able to reserve one online.
I don’t think we won’t be back to this establishment. I would much rather wait for a table at Yolk and have more appetizing options to choose from then pay $ 35 per person for limited options that really aren’t that «fresh» or «customizable».

If you haven’t been to Market Table in the Alexander Hotel, you’re missing something special. Housed in a ’boutique’ establishment, this restaurant lives up to the name, offering chef specialties and a wide variety for any business traveler or simply the general public.
During my visit, breakfast consisted of eggs and omelets cooked to order, blue potatoes, french toast, pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit, yogurt, nuts, juices, cereals, etc.
Lunch was a gorgeous salad display of a variety of greens and standard toppings, but also included a mélange of gourmet garnishes, consisting of assorted nuts, legumes, olives, peppers, and rarely (if ever) seen grilled pears.
The main course was a spread of juicy pulled pork or hand carved beef accompanied by grilled asparagus, complete with tortillas, a medley of fresh salsas, beans and a soup selection. Everything was absolutely scrumptious and the service was impeccable!

Breakfast was cold, service was non existent. My server came by my table once in a 45 minute period. Never brought me my check. After waiting 15 min, I just handed the bus boy a $ 20. Don’t waste your time or money on this, hotel or this restaurant

Very impressed with the food and the service. The food is just as fresh as if we were at a farm, tender meat and eggs made to order. The orange juice is fresh squeezed and therefore the mimosas are delicious. The chef will come out and ask if everything is okay and the servers are very attentive as well. If I lived in Indy, I would be a regular at this place. Excellent food and service!

Excellent! The staff is friendly and extremely accommodating. They offer a large variety of dishes to satisfy everyone’s taste buds. I look forward to dining here again.

I have been here more than once and the food as well as the atmosphere is lovely. The efficiency of front of the house needs major improvement. Every time I go here it’s a major cluster to get a table and today’s visit was no exception. We arrived at 10:30, waited in a line of 6 people before we got to the hostess. She was very flustered and seemed overwhelmed. It was 10:39 when we reached the hostess stand and were turned away because they had 9 reservations at 11. Normally I would be very understanding but the restaurant was maybe a quarter full and had over 20 empty tables not counting the tables that became open during our wait. It is only buffet so the serves only need to provide beverages and clear dishes. This seemed to big of a job for the staff as during our 20 minutes inside there were at least 3 tables that needed to be reset. I love this place. I want to see it succeed but it sure does need some front of the house staff training. We left and went to the breakfast buffet at the JW, where it was more than 50% full and we were seated and eating in 10 minutes. It’s a self serve buffet Market Table, the easiest place to be a server.

The Brunch is amazing. As a resident of downtown Indianapolis you don’t have many brunch choices. Market Table has been a breath of fresh air for my husband and I and I even take my parents.
We love the ambiance and the fact that it is never really crowded. They have great variations and most of the food is cooked to order which is even better. I also like the fact that you can make reservations so you don’t have to wait.

For a place called «Market Table,» I’ve never found much on my table that seems to resemble food from a market. Instead, it’s been tiny portions of overly bourgeois, overly-​priced food that doesn’t seem to incorporate much in the way of produce.
But before I dive in, consider my limitations as a reviewer — I’m a vegetarian, and my experiences at Market Table have always been dinners at fixed-​menu events. So my experience is colored by that. Each time I’ve been to Market Table, though, I’ve left hungry and confused by what I had just eaten.
Here’s just a sampling of line-​up I’ve experienced:
– Salad: Four leaves of lettuce and two sad-​looking roasted cherry tomatoes. Does that even qualify as a salad, or the filling of a meatless BLT?
– One entrée: a spoonful of flavorless risotto inside of a square-​shaped pie crust. This does not qualify as dinner.
– Another entrée: a spoonful of flavorless truffle-​oil mac-​n-​cheese inside of what looked like a bamboo stick. I mean, what even is that?
– Everything else: Filled with meat or heavily fried. Just because it’s fancy on the inside doesn’t mean that it isn’t still just another deep-​fried thing, people.
As I consumed the latter vegetarian entrée, I remember looking over at one of the meat entrees, which had roasted rainbow carrots and parsnips on the side. Does anyone understand the logic behind serving roasted vegetables with the meat entrée but not with the vegetarian entrée?
I’ve read reviews claiming that Market Table serves vegetarians well, so maybe I’ve just been the victim of inconsistent delivery. But with two misses and no hits, I won’t be going back.

I had visited Indianapolis to drive on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and my company paid for me to stay at the Alexander hotel (which is a fantastic hotel!). My company paid for my breakfast here on my last day in Indianapolis, and I was a very pleasant farwell.
The palce itself is really modern and nice, much like the rest of the hotel. It is very welcoming, and charming with it’s modern colors, and upscale furniture garnishing the dinning area. Nice clean wodden tables with comfortable chairs. It was my first time here, and I was walked through on how to get my meal. They have an outstanding omelete area where they handmake an omelete with whatever ingredients you want that are availible. The omelet was really good, and I got a glass of Orange Juice that tasted really nice. I was short on time, but they brought my food out with haste and charged my food to my room without any issues.
Overall; the price and quality of the food was just fantastic. The place itself is also really nice to be in. My entire experience was very pleasant, and if I ever do find myself in Indianapolis again, this hotel and all the places inside it, will be a definite stop, the Market Table included!

Its never fair to compare all restaurants on the same scale. Some places charge a premium price while others are dirt cheap. So the main question to ask yourself after eating anywhere is, «did i get my money’s worth.»
Lets see how Market Table answers that question. $ 27 for Sunday Brunch.
First lets cover the pro’s. The omelette station is fantastic. Lots of fresh toppings and the chefs prepare a fluffy, airy omelette that is not overcooked. This is significant because it seems most brunch omelette stations never get this right. Kudos, market table. They had a nice salad bar with plenty of fresh ingredients, a carving station with melt-​in-​your-​mouth brisket, and a dessert station to die for: gourmet gellAato, cheesecake, and pies.
Now lets do the cons. The selection is simply small and lacking in premium items. For the price they charge I would expect seafood items like shrimp cocktail… or some fancy kind of eggs benedict… or Mimosas. Everything they make available is tasty and made with quality ingredients… but at the same time very basic.
So whats the final verdict? You’ll not walk away hungry from the market table. There’s plenty of good food to fill you up. At the same time, the premium price they charge goes beyond the basic fare they are serving… which left me a little disappointed. I’d be happy to eat here again if someone else picked up the tab.

Market Table was the best part of Indy for us, hands down, no joke.
We were staying at The Alexander hotel, joining to Market Table, and were starving after our flight, and didn’t have tons of time to venture around the city yet so we walked down to Market Table to peruse the menu. Lucky for us, they really accommodated vegetarians and had fresh veggies and fruit, so we were hooked at first sight of the menu.
Our server came over and explained that they have a lunch buffet and asked if we would like to try that instead, to have a wide variety of options so we did so. We had the best salad of our lives. There were so many fresh veggies and it was all so flavorful. After, we were treated to a great pasta dish, made with fresh greens, and garlic sauce. It was made right in front of us, tailoring the dish to what we wanted.
Lastly, and most importantly, there was a gelato bar, with several different types of gelato and toppings. I opted for the chocolate gelato, simple and savory.
We found ourselves the rest of the time we were in Indy wanting to go back to Market Table for our other meals, but felt like we should experience other places. Nothing met the service and flavor of Market Table, and anything else was just downhill.

Not a complete disappointment since service is excellent and place is in the chic Alexander hotel. But for $ 25 per person Sunday brunch buffett plus $ 7 bloody mary per glass, we were expecting a bit more food wise. Selection was thin and very ordinary. Probably the best part was the 12+ gelato flavors and a handful of excellent tasting cakes and pastries for dessert.

I guess I was misled by reading their website about what an experience at Market Table would be like. I love brunch and specifically singled out MT as my birthday brunch restaurant of choice. I was expecting something a little more… «swanky.» Maybe my disappointment was partly due to the fact that I went during the breakfast-​to-​brunch transition time. There weren’t many guests to serve. There was a point where I walked around the full perimeter of the open kitchen buffet area and no staff members were there. I was expecting more of an interactive, engaging brunch experience instead of me drifting around a couple times figuring out what to do.
Food-​wise there weren’t any surprises… basic continental breakfast foodstuffs. A few staff members eventually came to man their stations. At the omelet station, my brunching companion was given an inquisitive look by the chef when he asked about getting avocado in his omelet. It doesn’t seem like THAT outlandish of a request (Café Patachou does it flawlessly.)
Some highlights: A very polite hostess and attentive waiter, a gelato bar, super crispy salt crusted potatoes, and THE BRISKET. Eat the brisket. With mustard.

Oh my gosh, you guys. This is one heck of a brunch bar. Everything was so delicious. A great variety of foods and everything is top notch. This is not your typical hotel breakfast. Make sure to try a Hoosier Momma Bloody Mary too.

I look forward to Sunday brunch all week long, and this week I stepped away from my usual place and met some friends for Market Table’s Sunday brunch buffet. I’m glad we walked because I needed to exercise afterwards. A ton of food and great service for only $ 20, which includes coffee, tea, juice or lemonade!
The highlights:
–Made to order omelette or egg station with an option for egg whites only
–Beef brisket at the meat carving station was a nice changeup from the usual ham or salmon option most places have
–huge selection of gelatto that you can grab on the way out.
–bloody mary bar option (for an upcharge)
I was hoping they would have Eggs Benedict and was a little disappointed that they didn’t, but everything I ate was fantastic. I can’t wait to come back, and hope they offer outdoor seating once the weather warms up.

Weekend brunch is a must! Little pricey ($ 16), but it’s like the Christmas morning of buffets. Little prime rib to go w/​your fresh omelet? Sure. Pizza and hand-​scooped Gelato before noon? Go for it. Breakfast staples like pancakes and biscuits & gravy is not what this is about. Gluttony is more like it. And sometimes a little sin is OK.

What an awesome place. This was my first time visiting this place and it was just a great experience. We did their Thanksgiving day buffet. Everything that was on the buffet was cooked flawlessly and full of flavor. The variety was great and even offered things that I never had before, such as the leg of lamb. I think my favorite was the great selection of desserts. The server (if that’s what you want to call him) kept our drinks full, and our table cleared. The whole place gives a warm and inviting modern vibe, which I just loved. The noise level wasn’t bad either as the tables are spaced fairly decently apart from one another. I’ll definitely be back to try their breakfast buffet.

I came here for the Sunday Brunch and I actually like it. Parking is a breeze since I just the hotel’s valet or the huge City Center parking garage. If you get lucky, you can use street parking on Sunday and you’re right in front of the place.
It’s an open concept Sunday brunch wherein you can see people cooking and making your delish brunch right in front of you.
Their brisket is delish, numerous gelato selection, pastries and cakes to die for, omelette station, smoked salmon, etc.
Plus for $ 15/​pp??? This place is so reasonable!

I can’t believe this place doesn’t have any reviews yet!!!
We went here on a Sunday for brunch. There were three of us. It was a Colts home game Sunday, so we were amidst a sea of blue, which I loved.
First of all, this restaurant is in the fabulous Alexander hotel. Many thumbs up already.
The restaurant is very open, well lit with natural sunshine through the huge windows, very modern décor and a buffet… but, not your typical buffet. Most dishes are fresh and being made literally before your eyes!
There is a cold section of the buffet with yogurt, granola, fruit, salads, etc. I highly recommend the chicken salad… LOVED it! I also recommend the fruit flavored yogurt and granola. Super delish.
Next up is the hot buffet. This consisted of a made to order omelet station, sausage patties/​links, bacon, grilled veggies, pork loin and chicken with house made sauces, breakfast pizzas, fingerling potatoes, french toast, etc. All was heavenly and nothing disappointed.
Lastly is the dessert/​gelato bar. The cookies were huge and SO good and the gelato flavor options were endless! Super yummy.
All of this for approximately $ 15/​person with $ 5 mimosa and bloody mary’s on special.
Further, the chefs are inside of the square shaped buffet cooking food throughout brunch and placing it out fresh for your dining delight. If you mention how much you love something, they take it personally and thank you. I even got a full explanation of how my complimented item was cooked. LOVE that!
Heads up, this fabulous weekend brunch ends at 1pm on the weekend, so bust a move and get there as soon as you can! It is so worth it!