Jane Bond Cafe

Jane Bond is a funky little place that fills a nice vegetarian niche since Zen Garden closed. It's a small menu but enough variety to please non-vegetarians (like me). The atmosphere is very casual, but great for the university crowd or those willing to look past its' dive-bar-esque look.

I have been there twice, once when it was full and once almost empty, and the service has been great each time. Grilled pitas with artichoke caponata, olive tapenade, & hummus were great and a good appetizer-sized portion. I had the grilled cheese with pasta salad, my date had the lasagna. Appetizers were around $7 and most entrees around $10.

Best for us was the wine choses--good for a small place including some currently "hip" wines, meaning somebody pays enough attention to update the list regularly. Wine prices were some of the best we've seen --$6.75 for a New Zealand Sauv Blanc?! Very reasonable. (Contrast that with others in the area that would be >$7 for an Ontario dep wine.)

Jane Bond is a hidden treasure. It's a cool place to hear decent music and have a few drinks. The atmosphere is fun and it shows in the staff. The servers treat you like friends and they are extremely attentive. The menu, like the bar itself, is small but it hits all the right notes. The grilled cheese and caesar salad is definitely a standout.

It's hard to find a flaw in Jane Bond at all. It has to be one of the most overlooked bars in KW. Well worth a visit.

My friends and I went for drinks and some snack foods.

Service was subpar. After we ordered, she left the drink on the bar, and we had to go and get them ourselves.

The nachos were bland. The bean dip was a bit interesting, but the salsa was subpar. It was just below average.

I was disgusted at my drink. It really was grape juice. The strawberry in it was mouldy. I ignored that. As a drank my juice, it became increasingly clear that I had a dirty glass. There was a piece of food stuck to the inside of my glass (that did not belong to my drink). That was the last straw. I confronted her. She didn't charge me for the drink, but I felt a bit ill (just from the though, not actually food poisoning).

The place was average. Lots of sexual statements, middle fingers and that type of thing on the wall. Eclectic decor.

I'm not going back.

Ordered a vodka martini extra dry - don't know if it was the vodka or the vermouth or both but I found it way too sweet and it lacked that "warmth" that I usually associatie with the after taste of a good martini. On the other hand I found the setting to be unusal and somehow "comfortable".

Another restaurant I haven't been to for a long time. The food was so good that I still remember it even though it was almost 9 years ago!

I remember the service being both prompt and friendly, the atmosphere hip and funky. Good music and more art from local artists displayed.

This is definitely on my "places to go" list next time I'm in town!

Ignore the food rating. I heard it was good, but never got that far. We went there, got ignored and treated like lepers for awhile then left without even getting a table. Very very bad service.

Without doubt the best restaurant in Waterloo, and an irreplacable asset to local dining.

At one time, the Bond was a hybrid lounge/bar/hangout cafe with a busy schedule of live music and special-event DJ nights. Since the owners expanded and opened the fabulous Starlight Club, Bond has been able to mellow out and concentrate on an excellent (though small) menu, good service, and quiet but funky ambiance.

Jane Bond is a good after-work or late-evening spot for a weeknight chill-out with friends, and a perfect setting for a first (or second, third, fourth...) date. Jane Bond is an environment designed for good conversation over excellent martinis.

The feta pasta salad is a staple item. No dinner at Bond is complete without it. I also like the lentil-cashew burger; it will remind you of a hamburger, but is delicious enough to hold its own as a vegetarian masterpiece.

You will never be disappointed by the soup, whatever it is. It's always better than you expect.

Nothing but 10 ratings on all counts for Jane Bond in Waterloo

This is their website:
http://www.janebond.ca/

This is a very cool place, suitably located under a record store. The menu is pretty much all vegetarian (but don't let that scare you, there's lots of delicious cheese covered comfort food) and the decor is very 70's cottage rec-room. A good low-key DJ set the mood for conversations between the university cool-kids, and a relaxed, friendly vibe for drinks and socializing.

Excellent martinis :-)

Food is excellent - always fresh, delicious and healthy too! Try the soup and panini (both change daily). Don't expect to get your blah McPubGrub here. Atmosphere and music is terrific but may not be everyone's cuppa tea. Have always had good service here.