For some odd reason this place reminds me of café mirage in Scarborough. A relatively new location away from the craziness of markham I'm glad to see they've opened up a café in this part of town (though it's not my neck of the woods per say).
The ambience is chilled out, not too dim, and this location seems to be getting quite popular no matter what part of the day or night.
The layout seems spacious however if your table is seated right at the bar it can be quite a jam, which is what I experienced.
Since we were here for coffee and dessert, Symposium has a few good choices for dessert, but what caught my eye was their Chocolate fudge brownie cheesecake. Though the presentation was there! The top portion of my cheesecake (the brownie) kept falling off! but nonetheless the decedance of this dessert was great! To help digest this rich cake I ordered a green tea on the side.
THough the place is hussling, the service we had was mediocre. Once our dishes and drinks were served, our waiter seeemed to have forgotten us, and I was, for the most part thirsty for a glass of water. Overall the place is great just to catch up with friends in a relaxed environment. So far my first impression of this place is neither here nor there, but I still prefer their Thornhill location.