This place could be sensational. This is a great pub in a beautiful old building, good choice of beers, great for watching sport on the big screens - it just needs a decent chef to lift the standard from ok pub food to something that is more memorable. Kid friendly

Approximate cost: $22

The lunch menu is well priced and the meals come out quick enough to pop out on your lunch break and get back to the office in time! The meals are fair sized and the beer is always cold.

Approximate cost: $15

The outside area of the Cap S is really chilled out and great - bougainvillea clambering all over the place, different paved levels, outdoor heaters on chilly evenings. The previous reviewer said they heard it was a student pub, but I'm not too sure about that - in my experience just postgrads, not quite the um, rowdiest students. Although you'd expect from the outside that it would be mostly populated by middle aged western suburbanites out for a relaxed drink, but it tends to be the other kind of Claremont dweller, the loud, overly-groomed, young social climber all too eager to advertise their presence to everyone around, and then get smashed. They can get pretty annoying, but tend to stick around inside near the big flat screen TVs so are easy to avoid.

The food here seems to be a bit hit and miss. The pizzas are great - thin, slightly charred crust, just the right amount of toppings, good price for what you get. Have had them several times and always good. But the desserts, at least on this night, were awful. Mini apple pies microwaved straight out of the Sara Lee packet, and the same for the sticky date pudding, both decorated with a silly-looking zigzag of chocolate sauce that only highlighted the terrible quality. These are absolutely standard fancy-pub desserts, so it's embarrassing that the Cap S does them so badly. Beers are fine, standard range and pricing for this type of place.

Basically a good place for an afternoon/evening beer and maybe some pizza. Avoid weekend nights if you can't stand aforementioned Western suburb yuppies.

We visited this pub not really expecting too much as we had heard that it was a particular favourite with the student population however we were pleasantly surprised...there is entertainment or special offers on most nights, the bar prices are reasonable and the food, well that was our biggest surprise, the prices are really low and the amount you get is enough for 2 people at least! Well worth a trip!