Restaurants
‘This is a perfect pizza’: The 10 best things our restaurant critic ate (and drank) in 2024
After a year spent tracking WA restaurants, WAtoday food writer Max Veenhuyzen assembles a dream menu starring his favourite dishes of 2024.
- Max Veenhuyzen
From city to coast: what’s open on Christmas Day in Perth
Including options for post-swim coffees, breakfast by the beach, Christmas feasts and Japanese-Italian fusion.
- Max Veenhuyzen
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
Turkish-Australian celebrity chef Somer Sivrioglu sentenced to prison in Istanbul
The host of MasterChef Turkey and owner of former Balmain restaurant Efendy says he will appeal against the decision.
- Scott Bolles
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- Good Food Guide 2025
20 private dining rooms in Sydney for Christmas catch-ups
Finalise your guest list (and check it twice), then make a reservation at these Sydney restaurants with a private or semi-private dining space.
The 40 defining dishes from 40 years of the SMH Good Food Guide
From Berowra Waters Inn brioche to fish liver chermoula: A dish-by-dish snapshot of the past 40 years of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.
- Callan Boys and David Matthews
Mid-week wonders: dining bargains and meal deals to get you through the hump day slump
Including approachable fine dining, one-dollar chicken wings, half-price pizzas and all the mussels you can eat.
- Max Veenhuyzen
Intimate 25-seat restaurant from the Astral Weeks crew opens in Perth’s Chinatown
The clubby, dimly lit dining room of Ah Um might be hard to pigeonhole, but it’s all too easy to like.
- Max Veenhuyzen
The chicken shop bringing a red-hot taste of Nashville to Northbridge
The North Bird space is flying (and frying) south and rebooting as a 50-seat diner focusing on “crunchy as hell” fried chicken, spice-friendly drinks and good music.
- Max Veenhuyzen
The big change coming for soulful Busselton eatery opened by Noma alumni
“For our business to remain sustainable, it needs to serve us as well as we serve others.”
- Max Veenhuyzen
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