New Openings

This Northbridge restaurant, from the team behind Bangkok Jump Street, trades in home-style Thai with a sense of nostalgia.

Cooee, the first venture from Twiggy Forrest’s hospitality group, matches a contemporary fit-out with a talented chef and a local sensibility to please all comers, all day long.

A storied Subiaco site is reborn as a lively neighbourhood haunt for all ages.

2019 Chef of the Year Melissa Palinkas is back with a new venue with a winning philosophy. Welcome to Ethos.

Glide down the stairs into this basement bar, sink into a Chesterfield and order a Cheeky 50/50 Sazerac. As the warmth of rye whiskey, brandy, bitters and absinthe hits, and the notes of Hotel California drift through the air, feel the embrace of a late-night den done right.

One of the best in Perth’s food-truck scene brings the allure of street food into a new casual coastal Mexican restaurant and small bar in South Fremantle.

A destination restaurant in Eagle Bay that’s ready for its closeup.

A Northbridge newcomer that combines restaurant, wine bar and bottleshop in one.

A welcome addition to the Mount Hawthorn scene, Pogo replaced the second outpost of Eamon Sullivan and chef Scott Bridger’s May Street Larder back in February. While their casual East Freo concept didn’t fly here, Pogo, pitched as an Australian restaurant with influences from the Middle East and the Med, has all the hallmarks of a venue with staying power.

Step into the rambling old space that is Skøl, take a seat in a corner and pause a second to consider that during these crazy times unbridled joy can still be found in the most unlikely of places. Celebrate, perhaps, by draining – or skolling, even – a pint of Beerfarm Asam Boi Gose and, given the tone, follow it with a Rocky Vane – a cocktail paying tribute to Australia’s most famous snake charmer

In a strip-mall setting in the suburbs, Made and Dewi Arsana are serving their own renditions of Bali's culinary canon. Babi guling is just the beginning.