abstractions cafe

the place looks very hip inside. the coffee is excellent. the menu is also very interesting with a combination of wonderful paninia and middle eastern foods such as filafel and zaatar. they also tell me that they have occasional middle eastern buffets for lunch and dinner. i did not get the chance to try thefoodand will plan to return for that. service was great. the one down side: they close too early (like around 6, depending on the day).

greatfoodwith one but. absolutely greatfoodand latte's. try to pop in there whenever in regina. however last time i went there in the morning at the time of opening 9am- the door was closed and nobody answered the phone either. waited 15 minutes and it did not open. they just lost a possibility of catering for group of people. having said that, maybe there was a good reason, this does not disqualify the quality and flavourfulfoodand coffees they prepare.

delicious. basically the best cafe in regina. i love thefoodand the service. this place makes my day, i would go everyday if i could. had the best tomato-melt and apple latte of my life. and the pasta salad was so amazing that i wanted to buy it in bulk.
small and family owned, so if yourfoodtakes longer it's because there is very small staff. but you can taste the love, so it's totally worth it.

a nice little place. probably going to be my go-to place for a good sandwich and soup/salad.foodis good, drinks are good, and the guy who (i think) owns it, is a really nice fellow. perhaps a little on the slow side, but the atmosphere is nice and more than makes up for the pace of service. you should go at least once just to check it out.

very, very slow service. i've been quite a few times before and we would get ourfoodquite quickly (we were the only two there) but this last time there were about 5 or 6 people there and it took an hour and a half to get our food. incredibly unacceptable considering it does not take an hour and a half to make a panini! greatfoodbut awful service.

good food. service is meh. i went here for lunch the other day as my office is nearby and i was curious. i went in and stood in line for a solid 10 minutes and placed my order. a generic wrap from their menu and a pasta salad.

my order was placed at approximately 12:15. as i have an hour for lunch i figured that would be no problem.

wrong.

i waited until 12:50 with no sign of food, no one apologized for taking that long and i was not spoken to by the wait staff. i went up to the front counter (butted in front of people, sorry) and asked that my order be made "to go".

waited a further 5-10 minutes and finally got it.

aside from the horribly long wait there was obvious favouritism going on. members of the owner's family showed up after i did and they receivedfoodbefore i did. perhaps they arranged it, but it was still frustrating after waiting 40 + minutes for mine.

perhaps it would be a good supper outing, or a place to go when you have nothing else to do that day but if you're looking for somewhere to go for lunch....i would skip this place.

it's okay. not one of my favourite spots, have had a few meals and thefoodis pretty good but there is not much selection.