Symposium Café Restaurant & Lounge – Mississauga North

Went for brunch on a Sunday for 2. It was busy, wait wasn’t that long. Service wasn’t the greatest, I didn’t even know my servers name. Don’t expect a warm introduction or notifications of the specials of the day. Food was mediocre. My coffee was burnt. I would recommend their orange juice, it’s freshly squeezed and delicious. After we were eating, it took awhile to get the bill. I understand they were busy but knowing the basics of customer service goes along way. I won’t be going back here anytime soon.

Went there today with the family. Amazing fast service. The kids ordered the waffles and chocolate milk and I ordered the Tuscan florentine. Amazing!!! The best I’ve ever had, fresh and perfectly cooked. This is the second time I’ve gone and it’s my favourite breakfast place in town.
I would go back absolutely

We were there for brunch on Sunday. It was fairly busy. We were seated within 5 minutes of being there. Were given a booth. Asked if we would like any drinks to start off with. We asked for two waters and an orange juice. The waitress came back in 5 minutes with our drinks but just one glass of water. We then waited another 10 minutes for someone to take our order. Ordered — Egg Florentine, cheese and veggie omelette and a side order of french toast. The food was just ordinary. Under seasoned and just plain. Also the side pf home fries were very little which was disappointing because that was the only thing that was good. Don’t think we’ll go back for brunch here.

Great spot for breakfast and lunch. Delicious food with good portion sizing with value for your money. Nice quiet atmosphere for coffee date. Also the cakes are so good!

The Symposium in Meadowvale Town Centre has the worst service. We were seated fairly quickly and then completely forgotten. We were seated for about 15 minutes and not one waiter or waitress would greet us or ask if we would like coffee. A couple of the wait staff smiled at us a couple times and kept right on walking. The last straw was when people who arrived AFTER US WERE GREETED AND SERVED BEFORE US. We left. I heard the food is good there but I will never know because I’m certainly never going back.

This is a good place for breakfast. I went here a couple of times and would go back. The atmosphere is very nice and it is not that pricey. The food is not special but it is very good. I would probably not do the bacon but the ham was very good. My kids really enjoyed it as well and that is a huge plus for me.

Supervisor is terrible. Looks like a dirty stripper however, I don’t even want to deal with her. I’ll never go back and you lost a gentleman.

I live in Meadowvale approximately 5 minutes away from the Town Centre so Symposium has been one of the go to places for me as the neighborhood is otherwise pretty dead. This is the spot I choose to go to when Streetsville seems to be too far for my taste — been here maybe 4 or 5 times so far.
The place is in the middle of the Meadowvale Town Centre so be prepared to have some really empty evenings. It can get more lively over the weekend but generally I have never seen the place with more than half occupancy. But then again, this is to be expected given the location.
Great place to go for a good conversation with an old friend, go out for a relaxed evening and a couple of drinks without having to drive afterwards (I can walk back home from there). The décor is actually really nice, the place looks decent, nice large booths and comfy chairs if you are not in a booth.
The positives: excellent coffee and coffee drinks list, most of them delicious. Sometimes I used to drop by with my girlfriend and have a latte or iced coffee and they always delivered! Excellent desserts, some massive cakes, one of them so large I had to split it with a friend and still had some to take home. They also have daily specials, where you can get either a burger, pasta or wings at excellent prices. I have been there at times, got full and paid a meager $ 25.
The negatives: despite being regularly empty or half-​empty, it seems that everything takes forever to make. One of the visits we were so hungry and asked for some of the most basic stuff (burger and fries) and it seemed as if they had discovered how to make it. The food generally has NOT been great, but I would not be as extreme as the other reviewers. Most of the time it is decent but yes, nothing to get overly excited about.
I really love the location, the vibe and the atmosphere. Love having this option close to home in a nicely decorated place and knowing I can always find a seat. It loses one star on relatively mediocre food but makes up for it with the coffees and dessert. The reason it doesn’t make it back to 5 stars is the consistent slow service (I tend not to judge service over one visit only as it could be an outlier, but having this happen every single visit shows lack of training and/​or care).

I have been here several times. The atmosphere is great for dates, brunch is to die for, mimosas, food, really — your one stop place! Patio is great also.

Terrible communication between all employees, you can tell staff hate working here. So if you see my picture that is whAt we got as our «home fries» for breakfast 10 french fries!!! Our server told us to complain to manager so we did. The manager told us it was the servers fault for not informing us that they were out of hashbrowns. But they were low on french fries to. All she did was offer our table a plate of french fries. What a rip offff. Do not go here!!!

I went here with some friends for brunch because Bobby’s in Streetsville had a long wait. We had a large group of 8 people, but they were able to find us a table within 5 minutes. I had the Cuban breakfast sandwich with home fries and it was really good. Both items had flavours that really stood out and and were extremely enjoyable. Within our group we had different people who had the eggs Benedict and waffles, but they stated that they were nothing special. If you are going here for brunch which is open until 4pm, have the Cuban sandwich. Also their coffee isn’t that great.
The service wasn’t that great, the server was nice and friendly but it took a long time for food and drinks to come out and there didn’t seem to be any order to how items came out.

My husband and I had dinner here a month ago. It was pretty much dead. I ordered a Long Island iced tea and my husband ordered a Heineken to start. The island iced tea was so strong, I asked if they could sweeten it a bit and they asked if I wanted more simple syrup in it. That is not how a Long Island iced tea is made. After that it was so gross from the syrup, I asked for a regular iced tea instead. I ordered a cheddar burger with onion rings and my husband ordered wings. The waiter spilt the small container of mayo on my arm when he was bringing it out, I wasn’t mad I knew it wasn’t his fault but it still sucked. My burger was pretty okay, the onion rings were hard as rock though, not fresh at all. My husband said some of his wings weren’t cooked properly and tasted weird. We opted out of dessert, fearing for the worst. The service was okay but the food was below McDonald’s quality. About 20 minutes after we left I became extremely ill, most likely from the burger. Unless they vastly improve their food do not eat here or you will be glued to your toilet all night like I was.

I honestly used to love going here as it was a favourite spot among my friends and I during high school. I think the management might have changed because it really has gone downhill since then which was 5 years ago.
Our waiter was absolutely wonderful though. Very friendly and accommodating with my friend’s 3 year old kid. One full star for this guy.
I got the eggs neptune which is like eggs benedict but with crab instead of pea meal bacon and asparagus. I don’t know how this happened but I tasted a bit of crab shell in my food. Did not enjoy that at all. It came with a decent amount of homestyle fries so that’s alright I guess.
I also got a vanilla chai latte. SO good. Probably because of the sugar but this is the one thing that has remained consistent on my many visits here.

Just a really middle-​of-​the-​road, non-​offensive restaurant at Meadowvale Town Centre.
I stopped here for a lunch meeting with some co-​workers and had the burger lunch special. The ambience was quite nice, and it was fairly quiet. They were training a new waiter when we came in, and they were both appropriately helpful and attentive to our needs. The seating was incongrously expansive (the booths are huge), but I can’t complain.
The food quality was alright — I wasn’t blown away by the burger, but it was serviceable. This seems like the kind of place that would a prime hangout for seniors — it just has this sort of relaxed, quaint vibe that seems to go well with the nature of the mall itself. Might be worth a pit stop if you’re at the mall, but don’t go out of your way to try it out.

This is my first time here and I must say the first good impression here is the décor very nice. the staff here are friendly. So I received my food and everything looks fantastic however my burger was soaking wet. after everything was all sorted out fantastic.

The place receives one extra star due to their atmosphere. The café is on the note of food is average. The portions are good but the food taste in the average to OK category. Their lattes are quite good and I did enjoy them!
The restaurant is quite big and various types of seating (couches, chairs, and booths). The Door host and the server was quite good and friendly. Their is plenty of parking as it’s located in Meadowvale town centre.
I don’t know about food but I might come for their lattes and deserts.

Well here’s the positive: It’s a relatively quiet place and there’s free wi-​fi. So, it’s good for meeting up with people or hanging out and using the wi-fi.The chairs and booths are comfy too.
After that, it goes downhill. The food was mediocre at best. As for the service, there was a bit of a language issue with the server; I ordered the pork tenderloin and was brought sirloin steak instead. The steak, vegetables and potatoes were all rather plain tasing and boring. They had a decent selection of alcohol, but they were out of the first two beer options I asked for.
So, I can’t recommend this place for the food, just only as a place to hang out.

Been here a few times. It’s a pretty good place to relax for drinks or dessert — never had food here so can’t say one way or another. When I went with friends, there was a live band playing jazz music, which was nice. We went later in the evening (maybe around 8 or 9 ish) and we were a large group, but we were able to be seated right away. Good ambiance. Great chai mocha :)

Go for drinks to enjoy some rare ambiance in Mississauga. Do not go for food.
This place is clearly well managed but the food is sub par. First we ordered a duo platter of bruschetta and chicken tenders. While the presentation was lovely I was turned off by a side dip that looked like orange Vaseline. The chicken was so crunchy on the outside that I figured it had been under a heat lamp for hours. The cheese on top of the bruschetta had solidified leading me to believe it had also been prepared hours before.
So then we both ordered crepes. Again, lovely presentation but the crepes were cold! I’ve never had a cold crêpe before. This one tasted like rubber and had clearly been around for awhile.
A lovely manager stopped by to ask how everything was and we told her the crepes were terrible. She kindly comped them and explained that the waffles were made in-​house so we should order them next time.
I don’t think there will be a ‘next time.’ Great service, atmosphere, but terrible food.
Skip.

My husband and I have been regulars, and avid fans, of Symposium for years. (Wow, there’s a crazy thought.) So why didn’t I review it before? Because I review everything and I wanted a special place all to myself. Why am I reviewing it now? Because I’ve switched from vegetarian to vegan and there’s nothing for me there anymore.
We loved it before it went under it’s new management this summer and were a little hesitant to go back afterward, but were pleasantly surprised to see it pretty much stayed the same. All of our favorite servers were gone, but we were open to a new experience.
The new franchise owner, who to be honest I’ve only seen in a handful of times (and that’s when it first switched management), is fantastic. He’s jolly and responsive and really makes you feel welcome. When the switch first happened they were really on top of their game, but now I feel that it’s mostly gone back to the way it was before, service wise.
The food does come out a lot faster than before, but sometimes easy things (like burgers) are charred and the fries cold. (What?) There are a few servers that really rock our world, but there are some that are so neglectful that my husband and I both internally groan when they walk up to our table. A few times we’ve flat out gone home when we see they are one of the few working.
I feel like I had to say all this just to justify my four star review, because there was a time I would’ve given Symposium Café five stars without hesitation.
They have a few good vegetarian selections (vegetarian pad thai) and a lot of breakfast foods, but if you’re vegan forget it.
Some things to note:
The cinnamon French toast is fabulous, though they’ve undergone new management they no longer serve the syrup in a jar. It’s in packets. (One is never enough.)
Try the spinach dip appetizer thing, it’s enough to drive you crazy.
The breakfast foods are fantastic, and they’re served all day.
Monday night is burger and draft night. Burgers are $ 3.75 (But if you add cheese or fries you have to pay extra. It ends up only being a dollar or two off the normal price, which is $ 10.)
Tuesday night is pasta night. The featured pastas are $ 9.95, with a weekly changing menu.
Wednesday is martini and mussels, and though we’ve dined on Wednesdays we’ve never given this a shot so I’m not sure how they are. Martinis are $ 4.
Thursday night is date night, which my husband and I used to do before the switch to new management. The food and selection was fantastic but now they offer mostly chicken dishes (which my husband can’t have and I won’t have) and stuff that doesn’t really appeal to us. Dinner is $ 40 and you get appetizers, a main course, sharing a dessert (these things are huge, one is enough for two) and a complimentary coffee or European beverage after the meal.
Friday is wine tasting night and seafood. Saturday is Mojito or Sangria night. (Pitcher for $ 10 or something.) And Sunday is two for one desserts.
Whew. How’s that for useful?