Lots of new development in Ajax and it seems most food establishments are setting up shop in these suburban retail plazas. We have our son enrolled in the Northern Karate martial arts program and thought it might be nice to visit the swanky Symposium Cafe next door for some breakfast.
Ordered the Children's breakfast: the French toast was burnt on the side facing up on plate. My son did not eat any... cannot really blame him....... I did mention this to our server but she failed to provide any solution. Clean your grills........The single sliced strawberry and a cube of browned banana hardly provided any punch to the kids meal.
The cheese & ham omelet was below average on taste and was served cold. A meager portion of frozen, then, deep fried home fries were somewhat tasty and enjoyed by the wife.
I ordered the Cuban Breakfast sandwich that was rather tasty.
Upon receiving the bill I did notice a discrepancy in coffee pricing........$2.95 for house coffee and &1.95 for the House coffee. WTF!!!!
I asked the nearest server why the difference in coffee pricing and her response was an unsure, " I just started working here, you can ask the guy in the blue Shirt". I then directed my coffee query to the blue shirted manager who pulled out a huge menu and showed me the gourmet coffee price that was $2.95 but a coffee purchased with breakfast was just $1.95?????
Not that I wanted a quarrel over coffee pricing but it is one of my biggest disappointments about the food industry when items are over charged(seriously, unit cost on a cup of coffee is at best .25 to .32 cents..) Just keep coffee at one price and avoid the confusion.
Location was clean and nicely decorated, however, staff needs to be fully trained on all aspects of restaurant procedures and pricing. Try serving food that is not burnt.
Instead of trying to promote all the upcoming weekly specials, focus on keeping your customers happy and stop with the coffee price fixing..
At best, your establishment scores a 2.5 out of 5.......