Reviews for Symposium Cafe Restaurant Waterloo in Waterloo, ON

Expensive Food, Slow Service, Poor Communication Going out for a celebration, requires little to no effort to have a good time.... However, it took no effort for this restaurant to show us what isn't a good time. When my party first entered, we were greetedby expensive price tags and slow-to act servers. After waiting half an hour to order food, it finally came another wait later insmall portions not worth its price. When ordering the server didn't ask which sauce to go on the wings, and when they came ithad some spicy sauce that wasn't to our liking. Earlier in our meal, we had asked about the special which was Date NightThursday. The server told us it includes 2 entrees, an app, dessert, and 2 drinks. Later when asking about the deal again, theserver told us that only certain entrees are included, so we ended up paying full price for food we didn't enjoy. This could goon for longer, but in summary it was not a good choice for a celebration and it will not be a choice for future ones. Only comehere with the knowledge that your wallets will be empty and stomachs unsatisfied. Read more

The service is great and the prices are pretty good. The food itself is a bit limited for my liking but I'm sure other people... find the selection to be plenty. I'd love to see a few more 'standard' dishes be added as in my experience the current selectionis very unique and tailors to specific individuals. Adding more drinks would also be great. Would love to see some cocktails ornon alcoholic alternatives. I do find the deserts to be good. You can tell that they're made healthier than regular store baughtcakes or sweats, which is a bonus. Read more

Visited this location this morning for Breakfast.It was worth is I was greeted with a male stuff very polite. Took our order... efficiently our food came in a timely manner. Food was delicious and fresh. Definitely going back. Read more

I took my business partner here for a dinner and we were well pleased. The restaurant decor creates a calm and elegant... atmosphere. The menu has a lot of selection, and the drinks are plenty to choose from. Faraan was our server and made the visitenjoyable. I'd go here again for business or leisure. Sweet place! Read more

I've been going to this Symposium every now and then since it opened years ago. Always a friendly staff and classic decor so... it's a good place to go hangout and enjoy some desserts. As always their cake was great, slightly pricey but worth the bucks. Ithink they can work on their coffees though, I've actually never had food here only coffees and desserts, these alone are worth4 stars for me, if coffee gets better I would rate it higher. Read more

We went in at a time when they weren't busy at all. Greeted by a server in training, she was lovley. Server switched 2 more... times and the food we got was... It was just bad. The chicken strips where so over done they were elastics and our friendspoutine was hourendous. He ended sending it back as the fries were hardly cooked. I tried sending back these god awful chickenfingers and the supervisor tried to say "we can't take them back as they were at the table for 15 min" even though I waited 10min for them to bring out the right sauce that's supposed to come out with the chicken tenders. They ended up replacing them...They were still awful, ur better off getting tenders from Any other fast food joint. It's sad as the symposium in uptownwaterloo is such a higher standard of cooking. You can tell by the pictures that these tenders are not only over cooked but alsocooked in a oil that no doubt has not been changed in a long time. Disappointing. Read more

One of our favorite places to go! Food is delicious, portions are generous and the staff is great! I had a buttered chicken bowl... and my hubby had salmon with spinach and linguini. Both were wonderful. They are famous for their decadent desserts, althoughtoday I passed that up for a specialty B52 coffee! Read more

Very friendly staff, but would not recommend the food. Sour spinach dip, average pasta and sandwich. Overly expensive... considering the quality of the food and how the food is presented. Read more