The Fresh Market

It was OK. When I saw this store was coming, I really wondered, «Why here?» I mean Central Market is next door, and Trader Joe’s across the street. What is The Fresh Market going to do differently? The answer, not much.
Off the bat the first thing I notice is that it’s smaller than CM. I didn’t really see anything unique to this store. This, with the observation that prices seem a little higher, I doubt I will be returning.
But two stars, «Meh. I’ve experienced better.», seems a little harsh. So since they did have a few food samples out, and I’m a fan of samples, I’ll round up a bit and go three stars, «A-​OK.»
Bottom line: Worth a look, but will you back? I doubt I will.

Look different to what I’m use to but got to say. Produce look awesome. Love the layout of the store and prices aren’t that bad. Parking is right in front. Great selection.

As someone else here said, I don’t get it. A pricier mini Central Market across the street from Central Market. Best of luck to them.
Pros: The staff is incredibly friendly, easy to get in and out of, good sushi, easy to find your way around the store, easy to find what you need. Decent prices on meat and fish when you consider the quality. I think some of the fish was less expensive than Central. Never crowded. Great tasting breads. Because its smaller, its easier to notice products you wouldn’t normally notice at bigger stores.
Cons: Suffocating cinnamon smell when you walk into the entrance, I’m guessing its a seasonal thing. Most things much pricier than most other stores. Pound boxes of lettuce not always fresh, Mozzarella balls in the olive bar tasted bitter and just not good on multiple occasions. Watch how some of the meat is priced — accidentally bought a very small piece of steak for the same price as larger ones because they were priced by the each and not by the pound.

Over priced but a very pleasant shopping experience

My husband and I went here every weekend until we moved recently to Arlington. We were excited to be passing through Southlake the other day and stopped in. As always the staff was super friendly and helpful. The store was clean and well stocked.
We really prefer this place over Central Market because it’s not so crowded, but they do offer a lot was than Central Market. Also their banana bread and brioche are some of our favorites. We are always trying new items from the deli, and have never been disappointed. I highly recommend you give this place a try.

My husband and I went here this weekend for the first time and we were really blown away. We really expected it to be another high end froo froo place that we couldn’t realistically afford, but honestly we were wrong.
There are things here that are more high end, but in general the items were incredibly decently priced.
I would definitely stop by for their coffee, really great options and flavors. PLEASE TRY THEIR SUSHI, the man who works behind the sushi counter is super nice! Also their sushi is wonderfully fresh and cheaper than your down the road krogetto. Also they serve some fun premade dishes at decent prices like quiche or pizza!
Definitely give it a shot.
Update: After reading some of the other reviews it seems people are concerned because it is right next to Central Market and has a similar concept. But I am not sure why that would bother someone? It was nice and much more calm and had really great food and service, there are grocers close to each other everywhere, this just happens to be another one. I still highly recommend going in there!

I am not a fan of this store. The organic produce is essentially non existent and everything is way overpriced. This is coming from someone who regularly buys organic produce from wholefoods and shops around for gluten free products. I am not new to the specialty markets like Sprouts, Wholefoods and Trader Joes. This place is just obscenely overpriced for no apparent reason other than a love for markups.

Like many other reviewers, I don’t understand why this place is right next to Central Market. My family and I had passed by it many times and decided to check it out. I acknowledge it is extremely similar to Central Market. However, the Fresh Market is one of the prettiest and cutest looking markets I’ve visited. Everything is well organized, and the whole place just looks put together and very cute, It’s smaller than Central Market, so it’s a bit easier to find things. The flowers are just as beautiful and slightly cheaper, actually. Yes, the location is strange and it’s not a terribly unique place, but I liked it well enough.

Don’t see how this place will compete with or last against Central Market. Deli/​cooked food area seemed ok, but overall I didn’t see anything price or quality wise to return for. Walked through the whole store and left without making a purchase.

Fresh Market? Nothing here is fresh. The prepared food must come in frozen from a central location. Apples aren’t crisp. Baked goods are made with high fructose corn syrup. It would be nice to have an alternative to the constantly de-​evolving Central Market in the immediate vicinity of Town Square, but this ain’t it.

I have been told by my hubby that this is a smaller version of central market. However, I loved the small feel this market had. They had a great meat and seafood selection for great prices. They had cheddar rolls, French banquets and other bread options that looked amazing! They had some good deals on produce and they had a descent alcohol selection. Could you find more at central market probably but I liked this place because it was smaller, not very busy, not crowded parking lot and the uniqueness. I will definitely come back!

I… got…suckered…
Against my better judgement I ran into FreshMarket to grab some lunch, and what I walked out with was worse than 7 – 11 and 3x the price. THIS PLACE IS DOOMED. What genius would put a store smaller than Central Market, with no unique selling factor, IN THE SHADOW OF CENTRAL MARKET?! I wondered this walking in but I was sure I was going to find some awesome food for lunch. NOPE. Cold sandwich, chips, couple cookies, $ 18! Oh yeah, and they also have no condiments anywhere in the store, so that sandwich you buy better be made exactly the way you like it or you are out of luck…

Thoroughly enjoyed my first trip. A good store if you like specialty items and prefer avoiding crowds. A little pricey

Expensive, not a wide variety. I bought ground sirloin from the butcher and it went bad the very next day. The place was dead last night. cashier told me it’s like that quite often… they need to lower their prices and have better selection and fresher meats/​produce/​etc. When you see more employees than customers. you are in trouble. Your competition which pervades the area will eat you alive otherwise.

Okie I made my last stop here I tried them one more time. I brought the coffee back like they told me to do. However somewhere along the way I lost the receipt which when they told me to throw the out of date coffee away that was bound to happen right LOL :). Which without the receipt tough. The manager had even called me on this but guess he did not write anything down in regards to this because the lady who checked me out was clueless. So the manager did not let the cashiers know. I mean I called the people who put the coffee out gave her all the info off the bag and she is the one who called the store manager. So will not be back to this store again. Went over to CM where it’s like family chatted with the cashier and she said The fresh Market has already had some bad feedback.

Wonderful little market in the heart of Southlake! It’s a tad pricey for my liking but they have a ton of stuff in here! Nice salad bar area, good selection of wines, meats and cheeses, very fresh produce. Even sushi! There were also some guys handing out samples of their fresh juices. Very friendly staff that’s for sure. I kind of stumbled upon this place as I was going somewhere else but was glad to have made the pit stop! Definitely check it out if you are cruising around here on the weekends and grab some vino and cheese for your next gathering!

Love the pre made foods and if you haven’t tried the deli you are missing out. The fresh paninis are divine. Freshly heated in the store with the perfect crunch, my fav is the ham, fig and Gruyère. The bakery crime brûlée is Carmelites to order and a great dessert. The chateaubriand filets go on sale from time to time, if they are on sale when you go buy them… best steak ever cooked at home. grilled and finished off in the pan… the best cut of meat. All their ground meats are ground that day, they donate the ground meat to food banks at day end. Some things are pricey but they are an amazing quality.

As a Unilocal reviewer and believer in the reviews, this is one that is difficult to write. I enjoy supporting local businesses, especially those that obviously are committed to growing our community. However, having read the previous reviews, and many echoed my thoughts from a recent wander through Fresh Market on a late afternoon. I will sum my comments up like this… I dont get it! A smaller Central Market with better parking (and way less customers)? A higher class Sprouts in a ritzier location? I just dont get it… what is a Fresh Market? WHATS THE HOOK??? Overall, nothing stood out. Very nice looking fish case, some great meat selections, pre-​cooked foods just mehhhh… and cheeses and wines abbriviated at best… but wait… there is a store literally across the street with a packed parking lot with the same thing… and much much more!!!
I do wish Fresh Market success, but until I understand what the attraction is, I will spend the few more minutes and visit the CM, the store that really defines many of the things that Fresh Market is apparently attempting to scratch on the surface of… I frankly walked out with no reason to ever return again.
I just dont get it… sorry.

Not very impressed most of the things I can buy at stores some cheaper
Customer service was very impressed
Bought a few items was not impressed sorry
Going to keep shopping at central market I can get everything there

Came in the the fresh market today for the grand opening, hoping for some great samples and giveaways. I was a bit disappointed. While the staff was super friendly and I got a delish mediterranean sea food salad! (It had sun-​dried tomatoes, black and green olives, shrimp, calamari and scallops)
The olive bar has the same goodies as central market but $ 2 more! 10.99 per pound of olives! Way too high!
I did score my favorite German chocolate for buy one get one free!
They also had an entrée and two sides deal for $ 7 that I look forward to trying soon! The typical mac n cheese, turkey, meatloaf, coleslaw and green beans… Nevertheless I like me a quick semi healthy dinner.
I will be back soon and update my review!