Alchemy Market Cafe - MURPHYS

Awesome place. Great ambience, great food and drinks. High quality service. Reasonably priced. Crown jewel of Main St Murphys!

Amazing cocktails! They have some unique drinks that do not disappoint. Unfortunately the power went out in town so we didn't get our meals but we will be back to finish what started as an amazing dinner.

Went last night for dinner. The service was slow because it was busy but bless the waitresses- they were running. The drinks were good, the garlic bread and arancini were great, The only ding is we ordered a steak medium rare and a burger medium and both were well done to the point of the steak being inedible. The waitress was super friendly/pleasant.

We had the A burger and crab arincici . Everything was delicious. There is only one hostess Nondi and she is seating people making drinks and serving the food all by herself. I have to say she is doing a wonderful job. She definitely deserves a raise. It's very busy the patio is full of people and she guest seated inside and at the bar.

My wife and I brought my in laws out to the area around Murphys for a special occasion. We figured we 'd just wing it on Friday, but made reservations based on poking around at reviews for Saturday at Alchemy. When we arrived, it was really quiet. A few tables were occupied, and when we came in, they offered us basically our pick of where we wanted to sit, explaining that it was a pretty quiet evening. We picked a nice table by the window, ordered some drinks, and went over the menu. Shortly thereafter, a bunch more people showed up and it was pretty clear that the staff started getting in the weeds pretty fast. That said, our server was unfailingly nice and helpful and gracious. I wish I 'd caught her name to call her out here, she was great. Three of us ended up ordering the wagyu flatiron steak while I ordered the fried chicken. I 'll start with the positive the chicken was great. I loved it. It was cooked perfectly, not dry at all, flavor was great, and the kimchi risotto that went with it was spectacular. Bok choy was a little underwhelming (which is surprising, I normally am a sucker for bok choy) but it wasn 't bad. Overall, a pretty great dish. I was quite happy. The flatiron was advertised as being sous vide, which I would assume means get to just shy of the temp you 're going for, then sear to finish . I think they did, but my guess is that it just didn 't sous vide long enough. If you sous vide too long, meat gets mushy. If you don 't sous vide long enough, you don 't give the protein enough time to rearrange itself, making the meat more tender than it normally would be at that doneness. The cook *looked* spectacular, a nice sear around the outside while being a solid med rare in the middle. However, it was horribly tough/chewy. Like, you 're going to get jaw muscle gains out of this if you decide to power through it. On the positive side, the veggies and the chimichurri were great, but when the main protein is almost unchewable, well... So, all three of our group that ordered it sent it back. I see other reviews citing the same thing, so I don 't think it was just an off night. It might be that flatiron just doesn 't suit that sort of cooking I 've done a lot of sous vide with hanger steak which might be a better choice, but I digress. My family ended up ordering different salads, which were pretty okayish. My wife got a caeser with light dressing and shrimp, mother in law a caeser with normal dressing, and my father in law a wedge salad. Overall fine, except my mother in law got the light dressing and my wife got the shrimp, which were almost hatefully overcooked. The staff were, as mentioned, unfailingly great and took the flatirons off our bill, no questions asked. So, if you find yourself here get the fried chicken. It 's great! I was super happy with my choice and if it had just been me ordering it, this 'd be a five star review. However, given that this appears to be a pervasive issue with the flatiron and that everyone but me got two dishes that I don 't think any of them would return for, my waffling between 3 and 4 stars ends up at 3. The place is nice, the menu looks good, it 's just execution issues that need to be worked out.