Atmosphere Cafe + Etc.

24 Carden St, Guelph
(519) 824-0430

Recent Reviews

David Halls

We enjoyed a lovely meal this past Sat night. We both had a special of the day (Trout and the daily pizza) and we were both thrilled with our choice. The food is quite simply outstanding. Our server Brooke though truly made the experience fabulous. She was attentive without being to intrusive. Overall, everything was excellent.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Judination O

We enjoyed the mushrooms bruschetta, escargot, and the braised beef cheek. For dessert we had the white chocolate crème brûlée. Every course was a 10/10. Service was grand. Gooooooo!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tony T

Decent experience! Food was amazing service was slower then

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Mark McFadden

Soooo good from start to finish. Thank you.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lunch

Acer

Had the shrimp appetizer, and entrees-salmon, duck and beef cheeks, they were all delicious! Loved the cheeks! The crème brûlée was also delicious Our server was so friendly, attentive and helpful. Recommend

Daniel Gelder

Great place, great food. Would recommend for sure. Would be 5 stars but we noticed that prices in restaurant were more than the online menu. We went for Valentines dinner so it may have been a markup for that, or their online menu just isn't updated. Not sure.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Woodland Pizza

M P

My partner and I decided to go to Atmosphere for a 7pm reservation February 3rd for what was supposed to be 2-3 drinks and some appetizers, as neither of us had been prior. We will not be making the mistake of coming back as the service was unbearably awful. Our server was "working" the upper section on the main floor. She took our food and beverage order at once and then brought out our drinks. We ordered a thin crust pizza which took 45 minutes to arrive and in the meantime not once did our server check in to ask if we wanted more drinks\water. Mind you it was not an overly busy chaotic night, it was just an average evening otherwise I would have a little more compassion in regards to the timing of things\ minimal check ups.Finally after 45 minutes our pizza came out, with no side plates\ napkins and 0 quality check through the entirety of our meal. Our drinks were empty, and so was the plate for at least 25 minutes before she finally came over and removed the plate and before we even had the chance to request another round of drinks, she was walking away. Other tables in the section we were sat were also looking around, drinks emptied, plates emptied, looking very unimpressed. After she had removed our plates we waited another 20 minutes in hopes she would come back up and big shocker, she never did. We had to go up to another server to request our bill and then finally after that request, 10 minutes later she walks over with the machine, puts it on the table and walks away without saying a word. The food was great, the ambience was great but the service left an extremely poor taste in our mouths, we will not be coming back. I mentioned our experience to friends\ family and several of them mentioned having a similar experience in regards to poor service at atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

DeirdreD

We had one of the specials of the day - trout fillet. Outstanding. Was cooked to perfection and oh, so tasty. We had the PKNT Private reserve cabernet sauvignon. Excellent. We shared the pear & avacado salad b/w two. It was very large. Overall, we had a great meal. Server was friendly and polite.

Terrible service, drinks were empty when server brought over food. We ordered a flatbread and no side plates were brought out, no quality check on the food at any point. Finished eating and our server finally came over and grabbed our plate but did not ask how it was or if we wanted another drink even though our drinks were visibly emptied. We were planning on staying for a few hours and grabbing 2-3 drinks but due to the awful service, we decided to end our night early at atmosphere because of our terrible experience. Our server was no where to be found so we ended up asking another server if we would be able to get our bill after 20 minutes of waiting after she took our emptied plate. Finally she came over with the machine, didn't speak and walked away as details were being entered. All in all, great ambience, good food but awful, awful service and for this reason we likely wont be coming back.

SunBeen Sunrunner

We had an excellent visit to Atmosphere! The drinks were perfect and the food was very good. Nice options on the menu offering many creative culinary items. It was quite busy and we did not have a reservation which is why I only put 4 for atmosphere (we had to sit in a darker, less visually appealing section). The service was incredible. I wish I could remember our waitresses name (she was European) but she went over the top to ensure we were enjoying everything. Definitely going back! I highly recommend this restaurant!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

liv

Got terrible food poisoning from eating their chicken club. I've loved coming here for years but now I will never return because of this experience. The service was also terribly slow and inattentive and I was there at 1pm on a Friday with only 1 other table in the restaurant. Disappointing :(

Food: 1

Service: 1

MarcelaE

The food was very tasteless. I ordered the mushroom brushetta, my daughter a pizza, my husband a beef burger, and everything tasted very plain, flavorless. Even the capuchino was average, not very good. I order a hot apple cider and was o k. We won't come back again.

Arawina Hagerty

It is a lovely feel. They were incredibly accommodating as well.I definitely would attend again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Paul McNab

Had a wonderful experience this evening. Great service and great food. I had the pasta special (chicken, pork belly) with a side salad and a really nice draft beer from Goodlot Brewing. Highly recommend this establishment. There was a also a ‘disco retrospective’ presentation that was informative and featured great music.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lori

Never disappointed. Delicious, carefully prepared food, great service and we never feel rushed. A great place to celebrate special occasions or just meet up with a friend to catch up.

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