Best Restaurants in Perth: A Guide to the City's Finest Dining Experiences

Perth's restaurant scene has matured significantly with the mining boom's expansion of the city's professional and wealthy class and the return of significant Perth talent from overseas. The extraordinary local produce (Margaret River wine, Shark Bay prawns, West Australian lobster, the Albany and Great Southern oysters, the Rottnest Island scallops) and the Mediterranean climate that encourages year-round outdoor dining give Perth restaurants produce and environmental advantages unavailable in the eastern capitals.

Fine dining and landmark restaurants — Wildflower (Level 8, Como The Treasury Hotel, William Street Perth CBD) is Perth's most acclaimed fine dining restaurant, with Jed Gerrard's West Australian produce-focused menu and the views over the Perth CBD and Swan River. Must Winebar (519 Beaufort Street Mount Lawley) has been Perth's most celebrated wine-focused dining institution for two decades, with an exceptional Western Australian and French wine list and French-influenced modern cuisine. Rockpool Bar and Grill (Burswood, Crown Perth) provides the premium steakhouse experience at the Crown Perth casino complex.

Fremantle dining — the Fremantle dining scene (South Terrace "cappuccino strip," Fishing Boat Harbour, Little Creatures precinct) provides Perth's most character-rich dining environment in the heritage port city setting. The Kailis Bros Fish Market Café at the Fishing Boat Harbour and the Little Creatures brewery dining are Fremantle institutions. The Fremantle Arts Centre café and the South Terrace restaurant strip on summer evenings are outstanding.

Margaret River and regional dining — the Margaret River wine region (3 hours south of Perth) has produced some of Australia's finest restaurant experiences embedded in vineyard settings: Voyager Estate, Vasse Felix, and Cape Mentelle all have excellent restaurants serving local produce alongside the estate wines. The Margaret River food and wine trail is one of Australia's finest gastronomic regional experiences.

Multicultural and neighbourhood dining — the Vietnamese restaurant scene in Northbridge (James Street, William Street), the Korean dining in Northbridge and Victoria Park, and the Italian dining in North Perth provide Perth's most authentic multicultural dining alongside the modern Australian fine dining sector.

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