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| - This was the first time my friends and I have come to Symposium. I did a google search on local restaurants in this area and we thought this place would be something different to try- especially given the selection for desserts for after dinner.
I read some previously reviews and was a little hesitant on having dinner here, but thought to give it a try anyways.
My meal was actually quite good- I ordered the Chicken Slovakia meal with a side of fries in my meal. My chicken was cooked great (a bit salty) but nonetheless good. My fries were really good- but not salted and my greek salad was alright, nothing special.
Despite my meal being good, my friend's and husband meals weren't so great. One ordered the pull pork on pita, the other chicken on pita, chicken parmesan sandwich, and mussels as a starter. The pitas were more like crakers - so this wasn't a true meal on it's own, more like a snack. The chicken parmesan was a dry breaded chicken and taste like from frozen and just heated up and the mussels didn't taste right- like it was thawed and re-froze or just cooked from frozen.
We returned the mussels and the server was kind enough to take it off the bill. Later on, a manager came out to apologize for the mussels not being good.
For dessert, my dessert - fruit festival was really good- and large; 2 people could easily share this. We also ordered a cookie dough cheese cake, a mouse cake, and an apple dessert. These menu options were just OK according to my friends. Nothing spectacular. It was unfortunate that the blender was broken .. On a saturday night where we wanted to order some blended drinks (visited Sat. March 1).
Service seemed slow and the server had seated us to a table of 4 when there were 5 of us eating full meals. We asked to be moved to a larger table, or to even attach the empty table of 2, but she said no she can't do that.
Overall, I would only recommend this place as a cafe and dessert bar lounge. The entree menu was too diverse, which makes it hard to be proficient in making one food category. Therefore, it's understandable why other reviewers didn't enjoy their meals as well.
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