Margaret River
The top 12: Western Australia’s best new restaurant openings of 2024
From intimate secret restaurants to sprawling regional pubs, 2024’s most impressive newcomers reflect the continued diversification of WA’s food scene.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Dahl Daddys
This freewheeling Margaret River pop-up is blazing a new trail for modern Asian cooking
While BMX bandits practice bar spins and grommets drop-in, an emerging cooking talent is serving game-changing dahl, punchy pickles and other bold Burmese cooking.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Japanese
East meets South West: This kitchen’s singular, thrilling style of Japanese cooking could only exist in Margaret River
Hiding in plain sight on bustling Bussell Highway, this bijou specialist tempura restaurant is one of regional WA’s most essential dining experiences.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Modern Australian
It’s a hat! New venue brings big-night-out fireworks to Margaret River
The second hat has been awarded to a WA restaurant! This one has a deep focus on local ingredients, a thrilling drinks program – and one of 2024’s most extraordinary desserts.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Voyager Estate
Voyager Estate: A Margaret River star with exciting food, a new chef
There’s a sense of pageantry about the experience not found in many restaurants. The food is delightful and memorable.
- Rob Broadfield
- Review
- Rosie’s Deli
Rosie’s Deli isn’t haute cuisine - it’s the real deal
Rosie’s Deli is not so much a restaurant as dinner at a mate’s place. And what a dinner it is.
- Rob Broadfield
- Review
- Margaret River Brewhouse
Wanna go to the pub? Margaret River Brewhouse is a watering hole of stature
This great new “old school” pub is a melting pot of working men and women with their kids and mates, doing nothing more or less than sharing life.
- Rob Broadfield
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