Market Cross Pub

10 Reviews and Comments on “Market Cross Pub”

1. #1 Grant Gallagher
   on Feb 5th, 2010 at 9:24 am

   We visited on Feb 4th 2010. I had their own-brewed IPA and really enjoyed it. There were a bunch of customers there – families too. There was live music, which was also good – in tune – pleasant, non-intrusive – exactly what pub music ought to be. Our server was pleasant and welcoming. No issues at all with that. However, the entrees we ordered were sadly, completely inedible. We ordered the Shepherd’s Pie and the Guinness-cooked steak tips. The mashed potato was so obviously from a packet, the steak “tips” were some flank or low grade stewing cut that literally looked like dog food on the plate – overcooked, dry, no gravy of any description – horrible, the sweetcorn was, well, odd. The Sheperd’s Pie had the same packet mash and a very strange taste that the manager kindly identified as “non-traditional, we use cumin and corriander”.

   Don’t go there if you’re visiting, or if you’re hungry. Go there if you’re local, know the menu WELL and for their own beer.

2. #2 Ashleigh Goss
   on Nov 4th, 2009 at 10:49 am

   Hey everyone, this is Ashleigh from Market Cross. Thank you so much for the comments, we are always looking for new ideas and feedback. Here is my personal e-mail: ashleighgoss@gmail.com – please let me know any ideas on the menu. We update it yearly to bring on new ideas that still stay affordable for our clientele. We have really increased the creativity and quality of our dinner specials: this weekend we have a hawaiian yellowtail fish, Kampachi, with a pineapple chutney that will be delicious! We welcome any ideas and will do what we can to make our customers happy Unfortunately our spacial limitations in the kitchen can limit what we offer, but we get creative. Once again, thank you all for your support over the past 15 years, CHEERS!

3. #3 Bruce
   on Oct 26th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

   MCP is my favorite place in Carlisle to relax with a couple pints of international beers and ales on a Sat. eve. Great beer selection, and their home brewed IPA is worth the drive. Wait staff are always friendly and attentive. MCP is a great neighborhood pub – comfortable and unpretentious. I agree the menu needs work, but the food is usually not the reason I stop by.

4. #4 M
   on Sep 22nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm

   My husband and I enjoy eating here. Their ruben sandwiches are delicious. The beer selection is amazing. There were even a couple types of beer that we could only get around the Pittsburgh area and my husband and brother-in-law were excited to see that they carried it! (Penn Pilsner). All around, this is a good place to eat… and drink!

5. #5 Shel
   on Sep 14th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

   Additions to the menu are delicious, tho! Crab stuffed portabella is a treat. Beer, as everyone indicates, is the high light but the menu is improving leaps and bounds. The weekend specials list included mussels in white wine sauce, citrus pesto swordfish, and jambalaya! yum!

6. #6 eric
   on Aug 8th, 2009 at 10:36 pm

   ‘New’ menu is the old menu with a few more additions. Still no real fries with the fish and chips, but at least they use cod.

7. #7 Nathan
   on Jul 27th, 2009 at 11:11 am

   Good beer menu, but that’s about it. Stay away from the food, especially the entrees (although the salad was not great either—please use fresh lettuce!). The meat pie was disgusting: greasy filling and undercooked pastry. The servers ignored us and weren’t at all welcoming. I agree with Sam, below: they need to streamline the menu and improve the kitchen.

8. #8 Ed Arson
   on Jun 27th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

   The food here is not “tired and old”. Try the blackened swordfish, the English bangers (or bangers and mash as well), or just about any sandwich on the menu. There’s nothing on the menu that isn’t good enough to be there. Maybe you just had a bad batch of fries. It happens to the best you know.

9. #9 Brooke
   on Jan 29th, 2009 at 8:35 am

   Best beer menu around! They are bringing in more good entertainment as well on the weekends.

10. #10 sam
    on Jan 10th, 2009 at 8:42 am

    Good beer selection. One of few places with cask conditioned beer. Some beers are made on premises. Servers are friendly, food is tired and old. If they reduced the menu size and improved the quality this could be a good place. Frozen fries with their fish and chips, no self respecting pub would do that.

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