The Cape of Good Hope in Warwick

Exceptional Food and Service at The Cape of Good Hope I recently dined at The Cape of Good Hope in Warwick and was thoroughly impressed. Situated by the canal, the pub’s setting creates a relaxing and inviting atmosphere, perfect for a casual meal. I opted for the Greek Mixed Grill, and it was outstanding. The dish featured a generous selection of meats, all cooked to perfection—tender, juicy, and packed with authentic flavours. The sides were equally delicious and rounded out the meal beautifully. It was clear that great care had gone into preparing the dish. The service was impeccable. The staff were welcoming, attentive, and friendly, ensuring everything was perfect without being intrusive. It’s rare to find a place that balances quality food with top-notch service so seamlessly. The Cape of Good Hope is an absolute gem in Warwick. Whether you’re dining with friends, family, or just looking for a solo treat, this pub delivers on all fronts. I can’t recommend it highly enough! Rating: ★★★★★

Cape is the vibe for any night!

Lovely canal side pub. Friendly. Called in just for a couple of pre dinner drinks. Was very cold out, but log burner on full blast - just lovely

Nice pub the food was really nice as well

Just had lunch there for the first time and it was fantastic. We has three different meals all of which were great. A hidden gem which is an oasis of calm next to the water which makes you forget that you are still actually in a built up area. We shall return.

I did a lot of research before booking for the first time. We had a lovely family reunion dinner last night, 4 adults 2 children. It certainly lived up to the reviews. Every dish was well up to its description. We would recommend both the meat and vegetarian pies and the Cataplana (fish stew) which I had, was excellent. Deserts were also Yummy! Plenty of beers available for all Tastes. As "The Terminator " said "WE'll be BACK"!

Spent Christmas Eve having a pre-cinema dinner here. Both the service and the food were really excellent. I was pleased to find more choice of dishes available than was shown on the menu on their website. Will definitely visit again. Didn’t have a fish dish on this occasion, but will probably opt for one of those next time as the fish is delivered fresh every day.

Great canelside pub that punches well above its weight food wise. Excellent choice of real ales and lovely atmosphere.

Fantastic pub, little hard to find unless you approach along the canal. Superb beer and fantastic food. Friendly staff and always something happening. Cozy in the winter by the fire, or sit canal side in the summer watching the ducks.

Had an amazing Sunday lunch for 4 people excellent food service was very good. Quick service. Not rushed. Very good value for money

Cosy pub good beer excellent food. What more can you ask for.

A hidden gem.......sssshhhh, didn't key the word out. Great team, great food, great atmosphere and a fabulous rotation of some gorgeous guest beers

We recently had our Walking Football group Xmas lunch for large group of over 40. Excellent organisation and great all round experience. 👍👌

As the organiser of a Christmas Lunch for 43 grumpy walking footballers, I want to thank The Cape for making us feel most welcome. They produced 43 hot Xmas lunches in a very timely manner. Whilst some of our group prefer their vegetables well boiled, and didn't appreciate their sprouts being 'al dente' all in all we had a great meal. Once again thank you Cape of Good Hope, for making 42 old men very happy for producing a first rate meal.

Nice little place by the canal with good food, good beer and friendly staff. Quite poky inside with a very local feel and car park quite tight.

Having had sunday lunch here a few times,and always give 10 out of 10,I was very very disappointed with meal I had last thurs with 42 walking footballers,it was christmas lunch,the turkey lunch wich was all frozen veg and undercooked,only thing I eat was turkey I understand cooking for so many is difficult, but you could have said no,it was a really awfull meal,we put x amount of money on drinks behind the bar,also no discount,for 40 odd customers ,really disappointed with care

Cosy Pub. Good food. Nice staff. We will be back!

Popped in with my son for a quick lunch on our way home from visiting somewhere nearby. Nice pub, friendly staff. Good variety of food ok the menu. My son had the Greek mixed grill which he was very happy with!

We Came here for a Sunday roast last weekend with the family. The food was flavoursome with generous portions. Drinks were cheap and the puddings were fab! We all loved our meals and will definitely be returning soon

Says dog friendly in reviews but when we got to the pub, there was a sign on the door saying guide dogs only. Did not bother going inside. Went to another pub down the road instead.

Lovely quaint pub.small & quirky inside really lovely atmosphere. Beautiful setting being canalside. It was quiet when we visited on a weekday around 4pm.We wanted to eat there but found that although the food selection looked very nice,it was very expensive.So we just settled for the cheapest option & just had a £4.50 metal cup of chips.Gorgeous chips,but too expensive I felt.

Brilliant little pub by the canal side. Great food. Staff are brilliant and would highly recommend.

Busy with a great atmosphere on a Friday night, great to see a Pub thriving.

What a great place to meet friends, have a drink and there's great choice of food, vegetarian and vegan.

Great little pub, especially on a summer evening. Sunday lunches are very good.

Great menu and good choice of beer

Have been to this pub on a few occasions over a forty year period. Old canal side traditional pub with excellent drink choice including real ales. I had the screaming Mexican nachos and my wife had a burger. Nachos were disappointing as the whole thing seemed to have been microwaved far too long and lacked much taste. The burger was at best ok. Perhaps we just chose the wrong things on the wrong day.

Great pub on the canal - food good too, inc vegi options. Very dog friendly.

Small flaw: the neglected bathrooms. One of the women's bathrooms has a missing lock

A truly wonderful pub. Perfect real ales and the most amazing food. Only down side is the limited parking.

Came across this pub by chance. It is located on the canal and small houseboats constantly come by. You can also watch the lock crossing while drinking cider. Friendly staff and good cuisine

Went here for a pre gig meal with my friend before we went off to play at a local event. We had no idea about the area but just googled local eateries and The Cape of Good Hope came up enroute. The food was high quality, super reasonably priced and we loved the atmosphere of the little cute tucked away pub. Would return if ever in the area. Great choice on the menu as well

Lovely bar and staff are lovely

My favourite bar, couldn’t recommend it enough!!

It is a very nice pub on the side of a canal. Good atmosphere and good selection of beers.

booked at able for birthday meal. was seated in a noisy hot bar , right next to toilets with stools to sit on. unable to hear each other not told at booking it would be in the bar we left and went else where

Lively canalside pub. Smoking area can be a bit intrusive in the back room when doors are open.

Popped in as it was close to our accommodation. Food was good, and beer was good too.

My bartender Cassie was very attentive and ready to answer any questions about the range of beers available. The atmosphere is lovely in this pub and I will definitely return!

Lovely, welcoming canalside pub with tasty food, but the beef pie was mostly carrot and celery ! Very disappointed as it was the same price as pies in other establishments but with significantly less meat ...

Been here several times now for food and drinks, lovely staff, great food and lovely setting, can most certainly recommend!

Great location on the canal with outside drinking area. 8 cask beers on tap all in great condition, plus anything else you might like to drink. The meal was superb and our party of 11 all had excellent meals. Nice ambience with scrubbed top tables and very cottagey. The best part was the staff - plenty of them and all very friendly and professional.

Very over rated and priced pub, not worth a visit

Really good canal side pub. We didn't eat but lots of folk were - looked good. Great selection of beers etc.

A fantastic experience from start to finish. We were made to feel welcome as soon as we walked in. All staff we came into contact with were helpful, friendly and efficient. The food was excellent, a large choice of all types of food on the menu. We had a platter to share, black pudding scotch egg to start with. Gammon and Egg, tacos and Moules Frites for mains. All were delicious and a very good portion size, hence no dessert. A must for anyone in the area.

Front of house friendly reception on arrival non existent. Food expensive. Both drink glasses smelt unclean. Whole pub needs a thorough clean and new comfortable chairs!!!! Went for meal as stated daily fresh Cod on menu, no Cod. Disappointed.

Had a lovely lunch with family. Food choice was very good Service was excellent with friendly staff. Would definitely recommend

Shocking service would not recommend this place.

Waitress fell out the door with 2 dinner plates spill meal all over my trousers and shoes. Asked 3 different members of staff for a cloth to clean my self up after 10 minutes nothing arrived had to go to the toilet to clean myself up staff didn't seem bothered.

Fantastic pub with great beer Sitting outside next to the canal is very relaxing 😎

Came here on three consecutive nights for dinner while visiting Warwick. Our accommodation was 100m away, so it was perfect to visit after busy, tiring days doing touristy things! Firstly, you need to book online! This place gets really busy and cannot guarantee food if you don’t. Thankfully the lovely staff were able to accommodate us when we hadn’t booked on the first night, although we ate quite late. Our second night was slightly disappointing as none of the fresh fish options were available. Nevertheless, the available options were good. The third night was perfect, all fish options available and again, great service. A really good selection of cask ales and craft beers. A lovely canal-side location. Highly recommended.

Drove half hour out of our way to this pub after seeing pictures and reviews on line but was left bitterly disappointed. Barely any parking due to pub being in a built up residential area and 10-12 parking spaces with 'strictly no parking' signs scattered everywhere else. Sat outside but table/floor hadn't been cleaned properly from previous diners and area quite cramped. Pulled pork tacos were sloppy and barely luke warm so only 1 was eaten fully. Burger looked good and v well presented but the bun was over done & 'crunchy' rather than toasted slightly and chips were far too salty. The Pork/Chicken Soulvaki skewers were mediocre at best and v underwhelming. Really disappointed and gutted we made the journey.

Lovely traditional pub hidden away unless you come along the canal. Food was wonderful if you can manage to eat it all. Large portions plus a good beer selection.

Food was very good the portions were more than acceptable and it was very well cooked, staff were great very friendly and efficient.

A great find! By the canal, we sat outside to eat. Beautiful food, we had gammon, ham,egg and chips and a screaming Mexican! Estrella on draught too. Looked lovely inside too.

Fantastic pub with an excellent range of beers and a lovely food menu

Lovely pub on the canal great food with seating indoors and outdoors. Friendly staff too

Just left, had a wonderful experience! My partners 50th Birthday! The food is amazing, cooked beautifully 😍 We both had steaks well done and no one minded, we often go to places and they moan about our preference but not here! The chips are lovely, peas, mushroom, gorgeous grilled tomato with a lovely side salad, we just cannot fault it and we're fussy! Our son had the beer battered fish and chips and he loved it, none of us left a thing on our plates 😋 The dessert was also delicious, I had the apple tart, partner has the seasonal crumble, both with custard which was done perfectly and our son enjoyed the salted caramel ice cream. We will be back! Many thanks for a lovely experience 😊 👍👍👍 Prompted by Google to add update and as it happens I have a slightly NEGATIVE update ☹️ Since the first review we've had several different meals here and loved it BUT last weekend was not good at all! We were put in the bar room for the first time as opposed to the dining room and it was very raucous! Fine for a bar room but not to eat in! We couldn't talk to each other without shouting and certainly couldn't bring the little one in there with all the effin and jeffin! Also the meal....we all had the Fish & Chips, usually get a fantastic piece of fish, but these had been on a diet, and along with batter had been severely cremated! Leaving the tiny amount of fish inside next to pointless 😕 Another issue they seem to have is condiments left empty, so not being checked and some of them with lids broken, the table was also filthy and I had to wipe it. The above is unusual for them but it needs mentioning as it has put us off a bit, we don't mind spending extra there for decent food but we didn't even get that 😬

Food delicious, staff friendly overall we had a lovely evening.

Lovely place for a get together with friends. Good food, although there was a little too much bechamel to vegetables in my lasagna. Still nice though. Lovely Apple pie. Relaxed atmosphere. Would recommend.👍

Wasn't a fresh clean pub. We walked in from the car park entrance, not sure if there is another entrance. Was cosy inside the part we were in, staff were polite and service was quick. Didn't ask how the food was after we got it. They were very busy, it was Sunday late afternoon. Roast lamb wasn't tasty unfortunately, whole meal was quite bland. The side of crispy potatoes we paid extra for were the highlight. Crumble was piping hot with no warning, apple and pear, more pear than apple, again bland and loads more crumble than fruit. Chocolate cake asked for twice to be heated and served with ice cream. It wasn't sweet sadly, felt like a waste of calories. Maybe it was both of us because the reviews pulled us in. Wouldn't return. That type of meal you're upset you paid for.

Great canslside pub. Good food and a good selection of real ale

We visit the cape of good hope today with our dog who is the most gentle elderly Labrador. The minute we walked through the door a jack Russell that was behind the door launched at our dog and bit his face. Most shocking of all is that the people in the pub including the bar staff actually sided with the owner who’s dog bit ours. (They were all clearly friends). Someone actually said that we should ‘expect it to happen in a pub that allows dogs’. Bottom line is our dog is friendly and theirs isn’t. If your dog is vicious then you should be taking precautions such as using a muzzle or maybe not hiding it behind a door ready for it to pounce on the next dog that walks through the door. DO NOT TAKE YOUR DOG THEIR

What a beautiful canalside pub, serving wonderful food and drink in such a fab setting. So glad we found this place. Prices are very good too, and the food was delicious and plentiful. Loved it x

Moored nearby for three days. Had a nice meal and beer on our first visit. Returned on a second occasion and had a beer and sat outside alongside the lock. Great place to sit outside and watch the narrowboats travel through the lock. Recommended to all.

Great little pub. Good choice of ales, nice bar staff and a few good options to sit out and enjoy the sun and weather!

Excellent meal for 5 people on a Friday evening. Friendly and welcoming staff, would thoroughly recommend the fish and chips. Good value for money and great service. Thank you 🙏

Lovely pub, great food, would recommend!!

We loved this so much we ate here twice running. Great staff, great service, incredible food and imaginative menu plus a historic and intimate setting. Wish this was my local.

Amazing beer selection and probably one of the best pints of Guinness in the area.

Beautiful location ❤️ great customer service ❤️ food is amazing ❤️ heads up to the chefs 🫶🏻 would recommend booking a table as gets very busy ❤️ love this amazing pub and restaurant xxxxx

Really great experience! Lovely staff and very vibrant atmosphere!

Most of the meals were good. They burnt my mussels. Bottom of the pot was black with mussels stuck. Therefore no juices to mop up so the £1.50 extra price for the bread was a total waste. No refund. The burnt pot smell was so bad I had to move it away.

We had a short walk here from the Premier Inn and kept going back during our stay. Four times actually. Really charming inside with a great canal side space outside. The staff were super friendly and it seemed like everyone knew each other. The outside canal-side area made it extra good. And the food was fantastic! Order at the bar and get pub standards and a few different dishes. The fish and chips and bangers & mash stood up against any pub I’ve come across. Great vibe…

Beautiful canal and lock side pub. Lots of history and great service. Small carpark but lots of outdoor seating for watching the boats or stopping off like us after boating through. Dog friendly and has doggie menu .

Booked this pub for an evening meal whilst staying at the nearby Premier Inn. What a lovely place - situated on the canal. It was very busy (unsurprisingly), but we were shown to our table as soon as we arrived, Dogs are welcome in the bar area and outside. The staff were friendly and welcoming and service was quick and efficient. The food was absolutely lovely and very reasonably priced.

Very nice pub, friendly staff, good atmosphere, but the food is the star of the show, fantastic across the menu

Whilst staying in the area for a few days with my wife we took a walk from Warwick to The Cape of Good Hope for an afternoon meal. Lovely location next to the canal. Friendly and attentive staff. Enjoyed an excellent pie meal. As we say Up North, a proper pie.

Lovely canal side pub, great for a Sunday roast after a walk. Go for the side of cauliflower cheese if you do it's very good.

Very good restaurant, excellent beers, excellent waiter. The setting is nice.

Nice friendly pub by canal side.

My first visit to The Cape, as this is a lovely old pub I didn't expect a large carpark, but I found a spot. Two rooms to this Canel side hostilery and large area of seats and tables right on the Canel. The bar staff were very friendly and offered to take our food order at our table. A great selection of ales. So the food menu quite extensive, reasonable prices, we opted for the gammon and chips. Excellent sized portion. I don't usually do puddings but decided on the apple pie and custard. In all a very enjoyable lunch, thank you to the staff.

Great pub on the canal. Very good food and service, highly recommend.

Post team building event lunch. Excellent choices, beers and service. Thankyou.

Lovely canal side pub serving lovely food and beer

Great place does get very busy. Staff do their best to keep up.

Excellent if well hidden venue. Canal side, super friendly. Best pub in Warwick.

Great pub, good food Nice to sit next to the canal

Lovely place, a must on warwick

If you’re visiting Warwick it’s a must. Beautiful food and wonderful service. Situation on the canal.

We visited this pub while on a canal boating holiday (it is right on the canal side) on two consecutive days. The first evening we just had a couple of drinks from their fabulous selection of often locally sourced beers and spirits (though, given the relative locations I was a little surprised and disappointed not to see Nelson’s Distillery represented). On that visit we booked a table for a meal the following night. The pub has a lovely real pub feel and an atmosphere that encourages good humour. The staff are all very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable and give the impression that they genuinely enjoy being there. They are happy to provide mouthful samples of the many beers available to help you decide what you would like. The pub side of the venue really cannot be faulted… which sets slightly too high a bar for the restaurant. When we took our table for our meal we were presented with a menu with a great many enticing sounding dishes plus a list of “specials” from which to choose. Once we had made our selections we ordered at the bar including a bottle of white wine. The wine was presented in a clear bag which was a quirky take on the ice bucket but it was rather too warm and the ice in the bag was insufficient to cool it enough. Requesting another couple of scoops of ice and adding a couple of cubes to our glasses alleviated the problem. When our food arrived it was well presented and generously proportioned and it tasted good - but only good. Given our experience in the pub the previous evening and from reading the website we had expected fabulous but the food fell short of that (for example, my seasonal veg was on the salad side of all-dented). It is a real shame as we were left feeling that with a simplified menu the food could easily live up to the promise of the pub and website. All that said, I’d still come again if I were in the area again.

Incredible location, good beer selection, great atmosphere inside, very good value for money, Sunday roast was heavenly (and as vegetarians we struggle to find good ones!) and the bartender was kind and welcoming. 5 stars!

We wanted somewhere that served proper home cooked pub food seen a review calling this a great find so thought we would try it I've got to say the staff were fantastic the food was superb venison pie and mash was very very good fish and chips could be the best we've had for a very long time kids meal was nice and a burger also managed to fit a dessert in only just tho I would recommend this place over and over it was just what we were looking for really nice food great staff good location what more can I say

Excellent food and drink, really good service. Nice location.

Being going to Warwick on and off for last few years, but never looked at this place, hidden away, great food, lovely atmosphere and a good range of spirits and Ale

Really good food, and good service.

Good busy local on the canal, with friendly staff, good beer and food.

Love this Pub, ticks so many boxes for us, but, it's the food and beer quality that would always draw us back time and again. Only minus, car park, really poor...

Great spot and very accommodating of our large party including lots of children at short notice. Excellent food and friendly service. Loved it.

Very fish and chip meal today 11/10, and loved the ginger beer. Thank you