Capitan Spriss — Restaurant in Victoria

The place is nice, a cute little cafe & the owner is lovely & genuinely friendly. The food though seems to be put together with inexperience as the paninis are sloppy & falling apart. There is no taste to the fillings either - no seasoning & very bland. The lasagne which states “home made” is actually from a shop a few doors down from the cafe & it’s terrible. So disappointing for an Italian heritage cafe. The coffees & shakes were excellent. The wait for food was too long, 30mins for a panini & reheated microwave lasagne. Long wait to pay too, as the owner is forgetful - we gave up waiting for the bill after 25mins & walked up to the...

Nice little lunch venue, great coffee, but It took an overly long time for the food to arrive and when it finally did the egg on the specialty dish 'Captain Spriss Burger' was raw. I sent it back, the egg came back nicely cooked and the rest of the meal was cold as they left it out in the cool whilst recooking the egg. The waiter explained tha no one had ever complained before about a raw egg, seemed fair but I am not a raw egg guy but he removed the meal from our bill - but NO APOLOGY - because I am a bit picky I suppose - Other diners were very happy - Just my bad luck to get an uncooked (white part was clear and cold)...

Ordered two bottled beers, one came in an open bottle with an empty glass, the other one came already poured in a glass filled up to about 80% and no bottle, wierd. Also got a focaccia with mozarella and aubergine, this is how it looked on the flipside. The whole thing was cold and soggy, only the bread part was lightly heated when it arrived. Would be somewhat acceptable if they did not call themselves a restaurant. For that reason the food choice on the menu is laughable. Allegedly its a good cafe, but they should call themselves...