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| - I visited Symposium last weekend as a friend wanted to check out the 2 for 1 cake promo they offer on Sundays.
it was Civic Holiday weekend and the patio was maxed out, but just under half full inside, which should have been the first warning.
Our waiter was a fellow by the name of Omar, or at least that's what the receipt stated. He was very rushed and didn't seem to know what he was doing. He took my friends to the cake display and they decided on their cakes. For whatever reason, he seemed to ignore another friend and I because we decided to order off the menu since we had not eaten dinner. I ordered the Gourmet Cheese Burger, my friend ordered the Symposium Burger. Once I ordered, explaining twice what I wanted and which cheese, he returned within 2 minutes to ask again which item I ordered. He then left before we could also ask to order a beer to drink.
When he returned with our food, my friend was finally able to order a Sapporo. The issue with that? Omar said "sure" and never bothered to ask if he wanted a bottle or if he wanted a glass and what serving size... I just skipped the beer once ain't realized the server seemed to want to half ass the service. The beer arrived in a glass and was told by my friend that there was no carbonation and it was almost sour. This guy is a beer lover and always gives me great recommendations since I know nothing about beer, so it's not as if he just didn't like it.
The food itself was just below average. The burger was frozen at some point and the fries had soaked up all the oil they were fried in, very soft.
My other friend ordered a slice of lemon cake, and said that the cake had no taste of lemon whatsoever.
I've been told that this was an exception and not the rule from what Symposium generally offers it's customers at other location but definitely disappointing.
In all with tip, $17 bucks for a burger, sigh.
We were also looking for salt shakers for our fries, however, there was not a single shaker on any of the tables in our proximity and our server didn't return until we were done eating. However, the manager was very friendly when he came over to touch the table, so that earns a 2nd star!
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