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Margaret
7th February 2012 4 star 

I love this place, the food is simple and flavoursome. Not to complicated which means the ingredients can speak fot themselves. Most times i come here i am happy except on a wet and busy night. The place is too noisy and too humid. They need extraction or something to clear the steam inside

Susanne R.
25th May 2011 5 star 

One word – Fantastic. Went along with my folks to celebrate dad’s 69th, and everything form start to finish was top-notch. I would give 9.5/10 for the food, 10/10 for the service, pace and ambience.

So what did we eat I hear you ask? Broccoli and Feta Brushcetta to start, then being the vege I had an entree sized Pumpkin Ravioli in a delicious orange, ginger sauce, which was enough for a not-growing girl. The folks has Lamb pasta and a lamp rump steak on a lentil base. For desert mum indulged in the pecan, apple crumble and had the vanilla ricotta pudding with roasted rhubarb (the only thing I would rate 7/10). Quick mention must be made of the roasted rosemary and garlic potatoes, because they were a divine side dish!!

Mum dropped her spoon and had it replaced within a minute without saying a word, as did many other diners who knocked things off the tables, which are a tad small for the very large plates. The wine was topped us for us, and the waitresses were knowledgeable and friendly.

I will be going back for sure, thanks for a great night out Capitol.

Paul
11th June 2010 2 star 

Had Friday lunch (again) with a small group of friends and we went to the Capitol to get out of the rain.

The food was efficient, but not spectacular, certainly good tasty fare.

The service was OK, but the waiter annoyed me by not wanting to check with chef to see if he could batter and fry some of the oysters that they were serving raw.

Is it a restaurant or a short order fry cafe? Is a simple batter beyond the chef? We couldn’t tell because the wait staff never checked.

Overall, it’s a solid place for a meal, but I would not put it in my top 10 list for Courtnay Place eateries, and I would not bring a city visitor there.

Nell214
28th February 2010 5 star 

Great modern Italian-influenced food; I’ll eat things I’d normally avoid (Brussel sprouts, lambs’ liver…) and they’re always excellent. I go there frequently and I’ve never been disappointed. Have taken foodie friends there from New York, Hong Kong and (even) Auckland, and they’ve all been wowed. It doesn’t take reservations, but they’re realistic about waiting times (and their Bloody Marys are a pleasant way to kill time at the bar). The fish of the day is always outstanding but make sure to leave room for pudding (or their chocolate truffles which are never listed on the menu). Great for lunch and dinner. Recommended, providing you can cope with the noise.

Savvysue
29th November 2009 1 star 

No stars at all. This place defied belief. The two of us had Sunday brunch at Capitol and it was truly awful in all respects. The service was off-hand, unsmiling and we waited a looooooong time for menus, coffee and our straight-from-the-menu food order. My partner had ordered a hot chicken dish. It was lukewarm and lacked any flavour. I ordered the spinach, feta and pinenut fritter. It arrived like a burnt offering – thin, dry and tasteless. Our efforts to discuss the problem relied on us being able to attract the attention of the staff who were chatting at the counter. We failed. In the end, hunger got the better of us and we ate what had been put on the table. We went to the counter to pay and raised the subject of the food being sub-standard. We said the meals had been a little disappointing, noting the problems described above. ‘Oh?’, and a haughty raised eyebrow was the response. No ‘I’m so sorry’, no ‘may I offer to reduce some of your bill?’ – no acknowledgement at all. I wanted to ask her if we had done something to offend the Capitol staff (I couldn’t imagine what, since the please/thank you courtesies and smiles were consistently offered from us to them – what a shame there was no reciprocity) but my partner had already had enough and wanted to get out. Which was easier said than done, since their machine kept glitching when we used our card (it was fine everywhere else we went that day) and the woman serving us at the till (I use the word serving advisedly) refused to believe their own technology was at fault. I’ve heard good things about Capitol but we WON’T be going back.

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