diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/tabular.py b/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/tabular.py
index f13f6a13ed..9f69009680 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/tabular.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/tabular.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ def __init__(self, element, plot=None, show_labels=['x', 'y'], **params):
 
     def get_data(self, element, ranges=None, empty=False):
         dims = element.dimensions()
-        return ({d.name: [] if empty else element.dimension_values(d) for d in dims},
+        return ({d.name: [] if empty else
+                 [d.pprint_value(v) for v in element.dimension_values(d)]
+                 for d in dims},
                 {d.name: d.name for d in dims})