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Fremantle

Pepperoni.
15/20

Freo’s newly hatted restaurant has the kind of pizza you attack with a team

Flour, sugo and cheese, oh my! But there’s more than that to this raw pared-back dining room in the resurgent west end of our port city.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Shirley’s, Fremantle.
14/20

The new Fremantle bar and kitchen that wants to party like it’s 1989

Smoked fish party pies. Prawn cocktails. Garlic bread: this new Freo bar from the Manuka Woodfire Kitchen team revels in the nostalgic tastes of yesteryear.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Max Veenhuyzen Hinata Cafe review. Katsu sando.
14/20

Sunny by name, sunny by nature: Tender-hearted eatery brings Japanese cafe culture to an unlikely Perth location

Drop in to Hinata for nourishing Japanese breakfasts and desserts by day; then book in for a home-style omakase dinner on selected evenings.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Rob Broadfield review. Ode to Sirens Fremantle. Picture: Rob Broadfield

Pony up for a nostalgia and hummus-soaked trip back through time

Ode to Sirens is a quirky hotel dining room, very much the expression of its muso owner. But at heart, it’s a good pub with great beers and bar staff who like their customers.

  • Rob Broadfield
Flabour bombs at Emily Taylor.

Emily Taylor: Where the flavours create a bar brawl in your mouth

Emily Taylor is a large scale restaurant carved out of the combined backyards of 150-year-old worker’s cottages adjacent to the Freo Markets.

  • Rob Broadfield
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Republic of Fremantle. Picture: Supplied

Republic of Fremantle expands its borders, but cocktails are still the star

What began as a distillery with a cocktail bar and a small list of clever snacks has been transformed into a proper restaurant. 

  • Rob Broadfield
Vin Populi owners Dan Morris and Emma Ferguson.

This Freo restaurant ‘rewards serious wine drinkers’, and has an impeccable menu to match

The gentrification of a suburb can best be gauged by its restaurant and bar culture. And Vin Populi is right up there with the best the port city has to offer.

  • Rob Broadfield
Sana’s offering is an authentic retelling of Middle Eastern street food in the heart of Fremantle.

Middle East meets Freo in authentic retelling of Levant dining

Sana’s dishes are on par with the best street food we’ve eaten in the Middle East with presentation worthy of a warm afternoon in the Jordan valley.

  • Rob Broadfield
Delicious and decadent.
16/20

La Lune ticks every bistro box with aplomb

La Lune in East Fremantle is the most French restaurant we’ve visited in Western Australia.

  • Rob Broadfield
Bread In Common, Fremantle

Bread in Common

Well-bred bakery and kitchen in Freo