Madalena’s menu proves unexpected thinking can take seafood to unexpected places.
Where there’s smoke,there’s woodfire (and carefully grilled fish,chicken,addictive potatoes and a love letter to the winemakers and brewers of Western Australia).
From pioneering craft beer brewpubs to breezy cafes and new-wave hotels,Michael Patroni has seen – and designed – it all.
Flour,sugo and cheese,oh my! But there’s more than that to this raw pared-back dining room in the resurgent west end of our port city.
Smoked fish party pies. Prawn cocktails. Garlic bread:this new Freo bar from the Manuka Woodfire Kitchen team revels in the nostalgic tastes of yesteryear.
Drop in to Hinata for nourishing Japanese breakfasts and desserts by day;then book in for a home-style omakase dinner on selected evenings.
Ode to Sirens is a quirky hotel dining room,very much the expression of its muso owner. But at heart,it’s a good pub with great beers and bar staff who like their customers.
Emily Taylor is a large scale restaurant carved out of the combined backyards of 150-year-old worker’s cottages adjacent to the Freo Markets.
What began as a distillery with a cocktail bar and a small list of clever snacks has been transformed into a proper restaurant.
The gentrification of a suburb can best be gauged by its restaurant and bar culture. And Vin Populi is right up there with the best the port city has to offer.