Had lunch with a group of friends .
The bar staff rudely approached us and told us we couldn't eat at our table because it was a smoking area ... even though we were not in the smoking area.
Every time a staff member came through to the back fridge to retrieve food items for the kitchen , it smelt like a dead body.
Would not recommend based off the horrendous service and smell.

Our stay here was wonderful, delicious food, the pub was very fun and familiar atmosphere and the rooms were very comfortable and spacious showers with hot water, all very clean. It was wonderful !!!

Room very disappointing compared to photos. Our shower full of mould, toilet bowl inside dirty, not cleaned properly. No brush to clean either. Double room but only one cup supplied, TV remote didn't work.
Glad we only stayed one night. Had to keep the door closed not the best smell.
I took photos but don't allow uploading.
Look for review on Google.

Had 3-4 staff on one minute ,then 1 the next.
I was waiting for that one staff member to serve me, but completely ignored me, not that I was invisible ,was wearing Hi Vis.Then he proceeded to serve the next 2 people that came to the bar.
I complained, but bar person wasn't really interested, so my wife and I left, and went a few doors down to the Waterworks Hotel. The staff served us immediately, were very pleasant and professional .
Unfortunately the Captain Cook Hotel not only let us down, but also themselves.
Unbelievable.
Not sure now whether or not my wife and I will return. Very disappointing.

We're Botany locals and have had meals at all hotels in the area but the last half year or so, we only come here. We love the big beer garden, the relaxed atmosphere and the friendly staff here! They're all particularly sweet to our 6 year old son which makes both him and us feel great!!! The chefs'are awesome, super nice, also fantastic with our boy who really likes them and they make amazing food!!! Our favorites are definately the steaks and the Sunday roast pork dinner and our son always goes for the kids cheeseburger without sauce that includes an ice cream for dessert! Food is always cooked to perfection!!!!!!! Love this place!!!

Refused to sell us childs meal Would rather loose $140
Lunch order
And drinks for the afternoon for a birthday , than allow us to get a child's fish and chips with the order
What difference does it make
It was another sale for them

Was our local pub with food
Now, I'm never going again
And I'll yell all my local friends not to go

Dirt and disgusting rooms never clean and never vacuum the carpets don't look under the beds you want like what u see been coming here for years as a truck driver I have seen better roadhouses if u stay more than one night ? you have to tell them to clean room

Thanks to all the staff at Captain Cook hotel who made our stay so great. They were absolutely fantastic.
The room was very spacious and comfortable. Even though our room faced the main road I didn't hear any traffic noise or noise from guests in other rooms.
Really handy location to get anywhere and easy street parking out the back. We never had issues parking.
Also the food is really delicious.
I will definitely visit again.

I had dinner there, order a steak with mash and vegetables, the steak look like it was cooked on a old, not clean pan? Mash potato was fake, from Coles, add water powder packet, was not even the real deal, but a budget cheap mash, but they expect full price? Go elsewhere.

...Yes you do make fake mash, it tasted the same as add water from Coles, how do I know? 3 military personnel that was there with me, knew straight away it was fake mash. cause that's what we get in the military, your caught out, now your probably embarrassed, and Lie to discredit me. so let me guess, your now your going to make real mash? after being called out.. oh maybe your going to serve it to white people but the brown skin won't know, so they get the fake mash.. is why we didn't even finish the mash on our plates..

Recently stayed here for 2 nights. Staff were friendly and attentive. Accommodation was comfortable and more than enough for my needs. Surrounding shops had anything that I needed.

Beers are cold, burgers are awesome.. staff are friendly. Only reservation was mens room there air dryer was not working and there was no toilet roll holder so the roll was lying on the floor.

Unfortunately won't be returning and would not recommend. Service was reasonable, but the food was terrible. My partner ordered steak (medium). I ordered a vegan mushroom burger. I was after a veg burger but that was the option. Meat was so overdone - like it'd been cooked, left aside and returned to the grill. Burger looked very sad indeed. The bun was so stale that it couldn't be cut in half, and the filling was minimal and not fresh looking, covered with a lot of sauce. Fries were ok, hard to go wrong. Did not live up to the beautiful website that says "food focused" at the "highest possible standard". Disappointing to say the least.

Great place. Genuinely.

However, without fail whenever you order a buffalo chicken schnitzel all but one of the bar tenders will have heard buffalo chicken wings.

Absolutely perfect for me! Visiting family and this Hotel was just down the street. Tom and other staff members were so helpful and polite. Our family ate dinner there on my last night, we all enjoyed it. Great Garden Bar too ??'??

Food way too expensive and $10 beers! Just under $100 for Two. The local meeting place is now charging restaurant prices, and the demographics of botany would show people can't afford it. Used to be a great dine out at affordable prices. Bring back Mr Ling to the kitchen..

Food is expensive for what you get, and the $15 "special" is misleading given it doesn't include a drink you need to buy as part of it. Works out to be more like $20.

Pretty much the same old cook except everything is more expensive.

You get a better pubexperience nearby for the same money.

Their service is leaned towards the pub, [---] rooms, than the hotel.

Fantastic pub, a proper local. Food is decent especially Sunday Roast. Good atmosphere, only gripe would be maybe a jukebox and turn the screens off once in a while, but that's Australia TV screens in every pub :). Overall really cool place.

Stopped here for a midweek late lunch with my toddler daughter after a morning of long walks and chasing my daughter around Sir Joseph Banks park. We were both famished. Sat in the beer garden where we were both very comfortable. Staff lovely. Burger and ale went down a treat (for me). As new residents, we'll be back with the rest of the family for sure.

Staff play off your credits, whilst in uniform and clearly working.
Except for RAIN, she is exceptional.

Good atmosphere. Happy hour from 4 till 6 every day. Nice beergarden.

The $15 Wednesday night steak was so yum, cooked to perfection and was a good size! Mash was yum too! Thought we would check out the new ownership as we are locals and keen for a good local Pub with good food at a reasonable price! We will be back for Tuesday snitty!

Love the food and the Reno, staff are great too. Unfortunately the crowd is a bit rough and it would be good if the staff were to monitor this a bit better.

Love the food and the Reno, staff are great too. Unfortunately the crowd is a bit rough and it would be good if the staff were to monitor this a bit better.

Love this classic local pub. The service is great, the locals are friendly and the food is delicious!
Would love to move to Sydney just to have it as my local!

Good was excellent, Sunday roast with home made Yorkshire put... beer garden very nice to have lunch... will definitely be back

We had lunch there last week The Captain Cook Burger was as good a burger as I've had anywhere. And the chicken parmie that my mate had was given the seal of approval at the highest level. I'll definitely be back soon and the renovations are fantastic.

We ate here last night my wife had the chicken Caesar salad it was swimming in bottle Caesar sauce and was way over salted .I had the prawn pizza which was very soggy and you could barley see a prawn on it ,I woke up at 4am with massive cramps and diarrhoea for over an hour which never happens to me. Outside dining area is not finished yet only a few places to sit.I can't believe they turned half the pub into a VIP pokie room

The new Cook still has good food, the pizzas, steaks & Caesar salad are all quality & the new decor makes the pub an inviting space. The renovated pokies area is a huge upgrade with its own bar but the tab punters have been basically overlooked with no real dedicated area to cater for people that want to have a bet, theres just a few screens & betting machines at various spots. Its good but just falls a bit short of great.

Absolutely gutted the life out of the pub with the new Reno... The staff are rude always telling you to sit down and not letting you have a smoke or relax..... Blonde manager is definitely on ice swinging her jaw and running around all the time... I can only vouch for Lucas the seccy he's a great bloke do yourself a favour and don't go here

A once great establishment that has been butchered by poor decision making from new management. Amongst all the terrible value for money food options, the obviously pre cooked steaks were one of the biggest disgraces Ive seen in pub eating for a long time - the food was the biggest draw card for this venue previously. Sad to see a venue that was once so iconic become so dreary and tasteless.

Been a local for 15 years at this hotel. There for opening night, changes are dreadful. Main bar is reduced to maybe 50% of previous, watching NRL in main bar is not really an option. Pokie room is now an the main feature. Pool table gone, maybe not coming back. Not sure the new owners did the research on thr pub at all.