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Ah Um is much more than a hidden bar in Northbridge.
15/20

More than jazz: Secret Northbridge restaurant shares same adventurous spirit as one of the genre’s greats

Hidden deep in Chinatown, this tiny 25-seater with big Tokyo energy brings youthful brio to Perth’s dining scene.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
WAtoday Good Food review Riwayat. Reshmi chicken seekh kebab.

Slow burn: Belmont’s Riwayat brings the story (and flavours) of Pakistan to life

Three men walk into a former strip club and turn it into a buoyant Pakistani restaurant serving cooked-to-order karahi, roghni naan, and other lesser-seen dishes from home.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Lulu La Delizia’s brutalist 24-seat cantina is due to open next door to the mothership this winter.

First look: Lulu La Delizia team brings a cosy 24-seat cantina to Subiaco this winter

By day, this brutalist fantasy will serve lunchtime panini (including a Sopranos-inspired sandwich). After dark, expect aperitivo and pasta.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
WAtoday Good Food review Testun. Foccaccia, grilled mortadella, braised lamb.
15/20

This spirited Beaufort Street osteria both preserves and challenges Italian restaurant culture

In a maximalist dining room serving minimal intervention wines, a firebrand Perth chef is connecting the past and present of la cucina vera.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Milan-born chef Erik Ortolani of Surry Hills izakaya Ito is heading west.

This dinner mixing Japanese and Italian cooking may be 2025’s most intriguing meals

Bonito bread. Pudding with miso banana. Paired drinks. A one hatted Japanese-Italian izakaya in Sydney is bringing the party to Perth for one night only.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Six Street Thai Good Food/WAtoday review. Picture: Supplied
14/20

Value-packed lunches and lesser-seen dishes make this eatery a welcome addition to Perth’s Thai dining scene

A Thai restaurant group’s first foray into the street food arena spells promising things for eaters.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Ginza.
15/20

This intimate counter restaurant in Perth’s CBD is a lesson in quiet sophistication

While the menu includes wagyu, snow crab and other luxury items, it’s the humbler dishes that leave the biggest impression.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Casa in Mt Hawthorn.
15.5/20

Is Perth’s best Mexican(ish) cooking found in a European(ish) wine bar?

A subtle shift in direction makes an inner-city favourite even more compelling.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Le Rebelle review. Good Food/WAtoday. Picture: Ven Tithing
15.5/20

This French bistro is a masterclass in knowing when to follow and when to flout the rules

A spirited blend of new and old, Sarah and Liam Atkinson’s neighbourhood destination in Mount Lawley remains a bastion of French(ish) dining and wining.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Peasants Paradice handout photo. Picture: Duncan Wright

Five WA food and drink events to put into your autumn calendar

Including a new format for a much-loved regional food festival, celebrating African culture, plus a high-powered Australian fine diner heads west for one night only.

  • Max Veenhuyzen

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