Symposium Cafe Restaurant Oakville

1500 Upper Middle Rd W, Oakville
(905) 847-2200

Recent Reviews

DJ Wei

The food is above average and the service is excellent. Very friendly, very personable, very attentive staff. The chief even came out to check on everyone. I would definitely come back here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

M G.

food was flavourless unfortunately and portions were small compared to other breakfast places I have been to however our waitress Elloise was amazing! she checked on us frequently to make sure everything was good!

Rehema

Great ambiance and service from maranDefinitely I must come back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mandeep Kaur

the food was great and our server Devam did a great job at being friendly and helpful with our order.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish

Joyzel De Leon

Overall, dining at this restaurant was a delight from start to finish. The delicious food, impeccable service from our server Joanna and charming ambiance made for a memorable experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

rhiannon white

the food here is good, but the consistent lack of good and prompt service will never be able to justify spending money here. i’ve been in symposium twice in the last week and encountered different staff members who all have absolutely zero sense of urgency or communication skills. my boyfriend and i were in on thursday and ordered an appetizer to share and an entree each before noticing the table talker that advertised a 2 can dine for $65 on thursdays (including a shared app and an entree each). i asked our server if what we ordered qualifies and she said no because they have a different menu for that deal which we were never offered. very disappointing. i then went in on sunday in a last minute attempt to buy some take out drinks as all other options for alcohol were unavailable due to it being easter. i went up to the bar and when asked what i needed i explained this and the bartender said “ok one minute” and then rushed all over the place to make a frozen drink. several other staff members were around and none offered to help for about10 minutes and when someone finally did, i was told that i needed to order food to get take out alcohol. that was fine by me - i asked for a piece of cake. i was then told that any alcohol needed to be ordered through uber eats? i stood waiting at the bar for 10 minutes after telling them what i was there for to be told they couldn’t help me? huge waste of my time. i foolishly try to give this restaurant another chance every 6 months or so and am always disappointed. the amount of positive reviews this place has is astonishing to me.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Abby Abraham

We had great service, Elloise was friendly and very sweet!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

M

Not what it used to be the environment is clean but our server was disorganized and kept coming overstaying asking us for dessert menu when we hadn’t finish our mains yet. As for food the mussels were too salty had to send back the fried shrimps were best chicken quesadillas dry and condiments didn’t taste fresh. My daiquiri had too much alcohol the fish tacos were good but nothing memorable it’s clear they don’t know what they’re doing here….

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Fish

Merna Abadir

Ellaise made our our first dining at the symposium amazing! She provided excellent service for my family and I! I would definitely come again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

antony girgis

Absolutely amazing service! Joanna was so so so nice and sweet and always making sure we had water and some coffee. ?? Absolutely love coming here to have a meal and get some work done. Amazing!Vegetarian options: Lots of amazing veggie options!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mariam O.

My sister & I came on a whim and I'm so glad we did. The food was amazing it was so hard to choose , so many great options . The service was top tier. Joanna was a great server , she was patient , very kind & explained the menu so well throughout our confusion on what to choose. We had a great experience and will totally be coming back .

Sabrina Shemar

The food was delicious, my family of 6 loved it. Everything was great up until it was time to pay the bill. Our bill was $144 and we gave the waiter $150. He started asking us loudly right at our table, that’s it? That’s all you’re giving me, don’t you know when you go to a restaurant it’s 18% tip you have to pay?! He was literally so loud others could hear at the next table. We felt so embarrassed and insulted. My husband quickly pulled out another $50 and gave it to him. He took the money and didn’t return. We waited 10 mins for him to come back with our change but he didn’t. I got up and walked over to him asking for our change. He said how much, I told him give me $30 back. You wanted 18% appreciation, but doesn’t mean you keep all of our money. We don’t mind paying the tip but he didn’t tell us before we started ordering that it’s a 18% appreciation fee and it was not included in our bill. We will never go back to this restaurant just because of this waiters behaviour and rudeness.

Nemo Z

Great food and atmosphere

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eitan Benezra

Very good place for breakfast will come

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ashima Sethi

We ordered a Plant based burger and a Salad with specific instructions of no meat - bacon or ham .However the salad came with bacon.Horrible experience.Vegetarian options: Hardly any vegetarian options

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

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