Capitol Restaurant
Capitol is a vibrant and warm, family-run restaurant that serves delicious local food with a strong focus on seafood and local, seasonal ingredients.
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10 Kent Tce, Mt Victoria This venue is wheelchair accessible |
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Events
Eat What You Watch
Capitol is teaming up with Sam Neill’s Two Paddocks to bring you a dinner inspired by their favourite movie. Hosted by Two Paddocks, watch Hunt for the Wilderpeople at The Embassy with a few glasses of wine, some pork scratching's and foraged nibbles, then move back to Capitol for kai. The lesser-known Kiwi wilderness delicacy, babaganoush, will of course feature, but Capitol will work its magic on rabbit, pigeon, wild boar, venison and maybe even an eel, all washed down with organic Two Paddocks wines. Grab your Swandry and get real.
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Various times Aug 16, 5:30pm - Late Aug 23, 5:30pm - Late |
Price: $185
Event enquiries: kate@capitolrestaurant.co.nz
*This event has shared seating
Sold Out
Dine - August 1 - 15
It's a Meat Lover's Paradise
Capitol partially occupies the site of an old Wellington butcher, called Farleys (whose sign can still be seen at the rear of our building). We were thinking about how, as an island nation, the main component of the early Māori diet was seafood, while the British settlers viewed an abundance of meat as a mark of prosperity and with the proliferation of imported domestic animals, many butchers, such as Farleys sprang up. Today in Wellington we have wonderful gastronomic diversity, but for Dine this year, Capitol explores the merging of Pakeha and Māori gastronomy: the humble meat pie and the not-so-humble Bluff oyster.
Dish Description: Awatoru wild venison and Bluff oyster housemade pastry-top pie with puréed kūmara and watercress.
Price: $40
Availability: Lunch & Dinner
*Booking required
Regional Beverages
Wine:
Johner Estate, Pinot Noir: $15
Cocktail:
Koakoa, Limoncello: $13
Non-Alcoholic:
Housemade, Bitter Orange Soda: $7
Fixed Menu
Courses Outline:
Festival Dish: Awatoru wild venison and Bluff oyster housemade pastry-top pie with puréed kūmara and watercress.
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Lemon posset with Reid + Reid bitter aperitivo soused oranges.
Price for two courses: $55
Burger - until October 3
Smoking Mussels
Housesmoked mussel, paua and egg patty with ripped and fried agrias, lemon and caper mayonnaise, tomato and Kensington Gardens watercress in a grilled Pandoro milk bun, with housemade ketchup and triple-cooked chips.
Garage Project Beer Match:
Zitrone Weisse
Price: $32 / with Garage Project beer $43
*Please note, this venue requires one burger per person
Availability: Lunch & Dinner
*Booking required
