Caph's Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in District of Canberra Central

Racial profiling at it's best. Absolutely disgusted by the behavior. The premises is vintage and so is the attitude of the people within, the only thing missing is a board saying "WHITE FOLKS ONLY" *The whole situation seemed right out of a hollywood movie ( in a bad manner) where outsiders arrive in a racist town. Out of the blue my wife wanted to eat french toast after dinner, and after calling a few places around they were the only one who still served it at that time. Upon entering this dull and rather empty place, the staff and customers alike were looking at us like we were Aliens lol, just because my wife had a hijab and I had a beard. The waitress was rather uncomfortable being around us and asking what we wanted and gave us a rather irritated look when we only ordered a french toast. I wanted to order something just to save us any further embarrassment, but I couldn't as it would require calling upon any of HIS/HER majesties (waiters) AGAIN. The final nail in the coffin was the french toast, seemed like they had slapped the bread on frying eggs rather than soaking it (refer to picture), chopped bananas instead of strawberries and were not sure if they should serve maple syrup to us or not. I guess they had already assumed that people like us wouldn't know what a french toast looks or tastes like. Had to leave without trying it and paying a surcharge for their very warm and welcoming behavior (pun intended) #racial-profiling #racist...

We were seated outside on Saturday the 15th of June. It was very very cold so they turned the heaters on above us. I don’t know if they actually did or not because they didn’t work. After waiting over 25mins for the server to return we asked if they could drop the side curtains to keep the heat in and stop the wind but they said it wasn’t possible because they haven’t been used in years. We placed our order and and after an 90mins the food slowly came out. They forgot one of the meals altogether and after 25mins we asked for it to be made a takeaway when it was eventually ready. The pasta was good, the fish was fried within an inch of its life and almost inedible and the 2 orders of eggs Benedict gave both people severe food poisoning. Not sure if it was caused by the eggs or the hollandaise but within 6hrs of eating both people were violently unwell. We also ordered orange juice and it never arrived, after reminding them of this when they came back to apologise about the forgotten food we brought it up and despite being promised it would arrive, it still never turned up. Also incredibly pricey at over $380 for 6...

Its always a questionable indicator when surrounding restaurants are full and one is empty but i gave them a go. I ordered a glass of house red (14 Dollars charged and sirloin 38 dollars) The wine came fast enough also the steak unfortunately it was "firm" although ccoked well enough it was hard cutting and chewing. The female waitress seemed more engaged with chats behind bar despite several attempts to get eye contact to order another glass failed Probably just as well at 14 dollars a glass)( I have receipt) No one asked how the meal was as in every restaurant i've been to.On paying the bill no inquiry on the meal enjoyment Overall the staff seem not engaged more liking social interaction with friends and colleagues in a service industry it explains why the restaurant was empty 1t 730 on...