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Symposium Cafe Restaurant & Lounge

Symposium Cafe Restaurant & Lounge

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3.7 Google Review
4 King St N, Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 2W7, Canada
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May 6, 2018
Service was terrible, I'm reluctant to even give 1 star. We were a group of 9 people waited in line to be seated while being continuously ignored by the servers walking right by us. Waited for 20 minutes to be seated. We were told that they had to "ask the kitchen if it was okay to sit a group this large." They finally sat us and threw down the menus as if a group of 9 people was a problem and not welcomed business. We waited close to half an hour at our table with our menus without acknowledgement. Not a single server even dropped by to give us water for the table. We ended up going down the street to Angie's who sat us the moment we walked in and had immaculate service and were very polite and met our every need. Go to Angie's. Not Symposium.

May 6, 2018
The service was slow and the wait was long to get in, not because of the people but no waiter served us. The food tasted ok but was a bit cool. Nice surroundings and the ambience is nice. First time here so could be a one off. Menu a bit more expensive than a Williams. Parking is not close by a reasonable walk.

Apr 26, 2018
Apps are decent. Desserts are incredible. Entrees are not bad but not amazing. I've had at least two occasions of ordering hot drinks that weren't quite hot. Friendly service.

May 5, 2018
As a senior I don't eat out much anymore but this place did not impress. Our chicken fingers were hard, the extra 2 oz of blue cheese dressing at $3. was bland (no hint of cheese), the coleslaw $4.25 was kind of watery and the tiny glass of mango juice was $4.75. I only learned of the prices during bill presentation. The location was good, as was the interior and the washrooms were very clean. However I feel it was over priced for what I received.

Feb 8, 2018
Short story: acceptable food, good cake, terrible service. Last visit, we were a party of 10 and the restaurant was half empty. Waited 20 minutes to be seated and only got a table after asking if we could seat ourselves at one of the nearby big empty tables. Waited at the table literally an hour with no one even asking to take drink orders. The servers did have time to stand around and openly complain about us within earshot of the table. We were a polite, friendly, well dressed party but apparently our lack of desire to wait indefinitely in the entrance to the restaurant was reason enough to completely ignore is. We ended up going to Proof at the Delta and they were happy to have our business (and they also have some incredible drinks).

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Opening Hours

Mon:8 am - 12 am
Tue:8 am - 12 am
Wed:8 am - 12 am
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Fri:8 am - 12 am
Sat:8 am - 1 am

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