Betty's Cafe

In dropping the 'retro' from its name, Bettys became a little more business-like, consolidating its menu, moving from funky Leederville to the 'burbs and expanding the floorplan. But it still does great burgers, perhaps not as gourmet as others in Perth, but generous and fresh and full of flavour. And bang-smack in the middle of the movies.

Address: Event Cinemas, Liege St, Innaloo

Cuisine: Burgers

Price range: $

Must try: oven baked pancakes

Read the full review here.

Miss Maud's Seconds and Discounts

Not at all scary...

They don't really advertise, and it's a bit hard to find. And when you get there you think this can't possibly be the right place, but once you're inside you will find all the excess stock, seconds and other discounted goodies from the Miss Maud's Bakehouse. Go with an open mind, as you don't know what will be available, but you should find everything from full cakes to sausage rolls to muffins and breads. 

Address: Rear, 136 Fitzgerald Street, Perth

Cuisine: Bakery

Price range: $

Must try: whatever is available

Read the full review here.

Bada Bing

Breakfast, lunch, dinner... you can't really go wrong at this simple little cafe in the 'burbs. The staff are friendly, the cake cabinet will make you salivate, and it is across the road from the beautiful Jackadder lake and the very child-friendly playground.

Address: 84 Rosewood Ave, Woodlands

Cuisine: Cafe

Price range: $

Must try: the cake cabinet

Read the full review here.

The Classroom

The crazy rhubarb and lemon curd meringue, it made everyone quiet for a moment

The Classroom is fun, and if you can get a seat in the back row then that's even better. With smokin' cocktails (literally) and inventive food, you feel like you fit in with the cool kids. 

Address: 356 Charles St, North Perth

Cuisine: Bar

Price range: $$

Must try: the chicken wings

Read the full review here.

Ararat Kebabs

It's cheap and cheerful takeaway joint and there are tables outside the door if you can't make it home. A basic spread of Turkish pide, Aussie pizza, fish and chips and burgers. The freshly made Turkish bread is worth the drive alone. 

Address: Ground floor, Broadway Fair Shopping Centre, Broadway, Nedlands

Cuisine: Turkish

Price range: $

Must try: the fresh, hot Turkish bread

Read the full review here.

The Heritage Bar and Brasserie

Cheapest on the menu - Cumberland sausages and mash, and how good do those onion rings look?

There is a lot to like about The Heritage, one of the flash new restaurants in über cool Brookfield Place. It can feel a little stuffy at times, perhaps it's all the suited businessmen lingering over 'work dinners', but the $25 special will make you smile, if you can't find anything on the (pricey) main menu (though you will). One tip, save room for dessert.

Address: 131 St George's Tce, Perth

Cuisine: Modern Australian

Price range: $$$

Must try: the hot fudge sundae

Read the full review here.

Soda Sunlounge

Soda Sunlounge made it into the Perth Good Food Guide, so it must be possible to have great food and great views. There are dishes to tempt all sorts from little share plates to pizzas and more substantial meals. A perfect place to watch the sun set while eating and drinking with friends.

Address: Upstairs, 1 North Beach Rd, North Beach

Cuisine: Modern

Price range: $$$

Must try: pork belly with pineapple salsa

Read the full review here.

Hyde Park Hotel

It's a pub so you can't get too excited, but it does what it does, and it does it well. The entire place has been renovated and it's pretty flash. There are cheap as chips specials every day of the week. Perfect for a casual meal with a beer or two.

Address: 331 Bulwer St, Perth

Cuisine: Pub Grub

Price range: $$

Must try: healthy salads (believe it or not)

Read the full review here.

Siena's

It's carb lovers heaven

It has built a reputation for being one of the original child-friendly venues with its indoor playroom, but it is definitely showing its age. Still, the food is cheap and cheerful and there is plenty of it, and you can always find discount vouchers on the back of your shopper dockets.

Address: 115 Oxford St, Leederville

Cuisine: Italian

Price range: $

Must try: crumbed calamari

Read the full review here.

Breakfast @ Miss Kitty's Saloon

Doughnuts and custard for breakfast, anyone?

Yeee ha! You know that vibe you get when you walk into a place and everyone (staff included) are enjoying themselves, Miss Kitty's has that vibe in spades. Whether you come for breakfast and enjoy their crazy breakfast menu, or rock up for dinner to share some tasty bits with your mates (try the baby pork or the poutine) you will have a great time.

Address: 882 Beaufort Street, Inglewood

Cuisine: Soul food, share plates

Price range: $$

Must try: chorizo and slow cooked eggs

Read the full review here.

Little Caesars Pizzeria

These guys can make amazing creations with ingredients that shouldn't belong on a pizza.

With stores in Mundaring, Leederville and Hillarys, Little Caesars have you covered. These pizzas have imagination, creativity, super fresh ingredients, awesome names and a swag of awards. 
Dine in or takeaway (but not too far: you want to eat them hot).

Address: 127 Oxford St, Leederville

Cuisine: Pizza

Price range: $

Must try: dessert pizzas

Read the full review here.

Breakfast @ Gordon Street Garage

These sweetcorn fritters with corn salsa, feta and house smoked salmon is probably my all time favourite breakfast.

The room is a cavernous, converted workshop, with various spaces to enjoy the fantastic food, and you will find all sorts of Perth people perched on tables and couches and bar stools. Breakfast is my favourite meal, and the ones I have eaten here are some of the best I have tried. It's big, it's loud and all the frills are in the food.

Address: 6 Gordon Street, West Perth

Cuisine: Modern

Price range: $

Must try: sweetcorn fritters or polenta with avocado and salsa

Read the full review here.

Amuse

If you are an unadventurous eater, if you lack stamina or the ability to try new things that might look a little strange, if you are economically disadvantaged, claustrophobic or are a control freak, then eating at Amuse is not for you. However if you want to be challenged (in a dark dark space) then get your credit card ready and prepare to be amazed.

Address: 64 Bronte Street, East Perth

Cuisine: Fine dining

Price range: $$$$

Must try: pumpkin and curry leaf

Read the full review here.

Tsunami

Tsunami is a little strange. 
But you should still go there because the food is great and it is fun to be challenged every now and then. Just don't try to order the teriyaki chicken.

Address: 18 Glyde St, Mosman Park

Cuisine: Japanese

Price range: $$$

Must try: crispy fried chicken

Read the full review here.

El Compa Mexican Cantina

Sure, the food doesn't look beautiful, but it certainly tastes beautiful

It feels like you're sitting at someone's backyard plastic table but the food is crazy good, the accents sexy and you will discover a whole new appreciation for Mexican food. No grated cheese in site!

Address: 78 Lake St, Northbridge

Cuisine: Mexican

Price range: $

Must try: the dips, especially the black bean one

Read the full review here.

Mrs S

It's a cheerful and friendly cafe, accessible to all and they don't seem to mind children. Great for morning or afternoon tea or a casual lunch.

Address: 178 Whatley Cres, Maylands

Cuisine: Cafe, Breakfast

Price range: $

Must try: savoury muffins

Read the full review here.

Nobu

The Nobu fish and chips is like no fish and chips you have ever eaten

The Nobu degustation menu is well and truly special occasion territory, and it is worth the hefty price tag, but it is possible to dine here without a reservation (sit at the bar) and without the second mortgage.

Address: Crown Casino, Burswood

Cuisine: Japanese, Fine Dining

Price range: $$$$

Must try: Nobu fish and chips

Read the full review here.

Steamboat @ Dragon Seafood Chinese Restaurant

If you have never enjoyed a steamboat you need to rectify that straight away. It's the ultimate in all-you-can-eat-buffet combined with the pleasure of DIY. Cook your own meat, seafood, veggies, noodles and dumplings at your very own table. Messy but fun.

Address: 108 James Street, Northbridge

Cuisine: Chinese

Price range: $$$

Must try: try it all

Read the full review here.

High Tea @ Rochelle Adonis

If you are desperate need of sweet perfection, then Rochelle Adonis' high tea is sure to please, and even vegetarians will find that they are treated royally.

Address: 193 Brisbane St, Northbridge

Cuisine: High tea

Price range: $$$$

Must try: the signature chocolate parfait

Read the full review here.

Paris Cafe

A haven for writers, this tiny little cafe is in the heart of Guildford's antiques shopping district. The menu (and the shop) is small, but everything is home made and genuine.

Address: Shop 7, Ethel Street Courtyard, Guildford

Cuisine: Cafe

Price range: $

Must try: homemade quiche

Read the full review here.

The Quarie Bar and Brasserie

Pubs have changed a lot over the past decade, and now kids are not only welcomed, but positively wooed. The Quarie has a great kids menu plus entertainment across the week, designed to bring in kids (and their paying parents).

Address: 2 Macquarie Blvd, Hammond Park

Cuisine: Pub Grub

Price range: $$

Must try: steak sandwich

Read the full review here.

Ramon's at Willow Pond

Kids can feed the koi at Willow Pond

Ramon's isn't quite what you might expect: it caters for groups and weddings, it is in the middle of an industrial area yet it has an exotic Japanese styled garden, it does high tea and pasta and practically everything in between. What is it exactly?

Address: 459 Nicholson Rd, Canningvale

Cuisine: Modern Australian

Price range: $$$

Must try: seafood lemon pasta

Read the full review here.

Zen Japanese

It's hidden away like a little gem, and small as well, but Zen Japanese behind the markets in Subiaco has beautifully presented and flavoured food, and at a price that won't make you cry.

Address: 2/1 Seddon St, Subiaco

Cuisine: Japanese

Price range: $$

Must try: sashimi

Read the full review here.

Red Cabbage

A perfectly cooked scallop is a thing of joy

Long known as one of Perth's fine diners, Red Cabbage is definitely big wallet, special night out territory. The food is beautiful and sophisticated. And so is the clientele.

Address: 49/15 Labouchere Rd, South Perth

Cuisine: Modern Australian, Fine Dining

Price range: $$$$

Must try: deep fried broccoli

Read the full review here.

Canning River Cafe

Mushies and feta on toast

It produces simple and uncomplicated food in a quintessential Aussie setting, on the banks of the Canning River. Perfect for morning tea or a late lunch.

Address: Corner Kent St and Queens Park Rd, Wilson

Cuisine: Cafe, breakfast

Price range: $

Must try: cherry juice

Read the full review here.

S&T Thai Gourmet

Basic, tasty and very very cheap

The epitome of cheap and cheerful, S&T might be totally unglamorous but the food is the real star. Eat like a king for a few dollars.

Address: 349 William St, Northbridge

Cuisine: Thai

Price range: $

Must try: chicken and cashews

Read the full review here.

Breakfast @ Chapter 88

The butterscotch banana bread is not for the faint-hearted (or calorie counters)

I get very excited when new restaurants open, and Chapter 88 didn't disappoint, especially when it was open for breakfast. The serves are generous, the flavours big and the staff very friendly. A perfect way to start the day.

Address: Broadway Fair, 88 Broadway, Nedlands

Cuisine: Modern Australian, breakfast

Price range: $

Must try: butterscotch banana bread

Read the full review here.

Sado Island

A full Bento set will set you up for the night

It might be on busy Stirling Highway, but the serene Sado Island is inward looking and calm, with lovely service and food. Well worth a visit if you can find it.

Address: 55 Bay View Tce, Claremont

Cuisine: Japanese

Price range: $$$

Must try: the excellent salad dressing (you can buy some for home)

Read the full review here.

Breakfast @ West End Deli

The salmon miso breakfast soup

Without a doubt this breakfast menu is one of the most unusual in Perth, and they don't treat drinks like a poor cousin either. It's food (and drink) with real imagination.

Address: 95 Carr Place, West Perth

Cuisine: Modern Australian, breakfast

Price range: $

Must try: salmon, mushroom and miso

Read the full review here.

Tommy Sugo

Quite literally, a hole in the wall

Just because it's takeaway doesn't mean it's not excellent quality. Tommy Sugo, a hole in the wall in Nedlands makes quick, fresh pasta, any way you like it, and it's ready in minutes.

Address: Ground floor, Broadway Fair, 88 Broadway, Nedlands

Cuisine: Italian

Price range: $

Must try: pumpkin ravioli

Read the full review here.

High Tea @ The George

Bring your manners and your appetite.

If you venture along St Georges on an otherwise quiet weekend you will be confronted by large groups of elegantly dressed ladies (and possibly the occasional bloke) out to enjoy afternoon tea at the George. Towers of bite sized treats await everyone (except poor cousins, the vegetarians), and while it's not the prettiest in Perth, it is certainly enjoyable.

Address: 216 St Georges Tce, Perth

Cuisine: high tea

Price range: $$$

Must try: pink apple cider scones with balsamic jam

Read the full review here.

Bib and Tucker

Bib and Tucker have desserts to die for. Literally.

It opened with Olympian fanfare and boasts one of the best views in Perth, yet this mammoth eatery has generous dishes and crazy milkshakes. Perfect for the all day crowd who have time to kill.

Address: 18 Leighton Beach Blvd, Leighton

Cuisine: Modern Australian, share plates, pizza, Breakfast

Price range: $$$

Must try: chargrilled broccolini with almonds

Read the full review here.

Breakfast @ Blake Street Cafe

The delicious corn fritters

I love breakfast that is a little bit different and there are some weird and wonderful dishes on the brekky menu to choose from, but everything here is ultra fresh and ultra clever. Service can be a bit cheeky but this is definitely ones of my favourites.

Address: 4 Blake St, North Perth

Cuisine: Modern Australian, breakfast

Price range: $

Must try: the corn fritters

Read the full review here.

Jamie's Italian (for Kids)

The kids menu has one of the best tricks in town

A fun place with excellent pasta in the heart of the city. These guys understand kids and parents. The no-booking policy might not to be everyone's taste, but it's big enough to seat the hungriest crowd. Yes, you may have to queue but there must be a reason why it's so popular. 

Address: 140 William St, Perth

Cuisine: Italian

Price range: $$

Must try: polenta fries

Read the full review here.

Petite Mort

The pork belly and scallop, image courtesy Petite Mort

It may be hidden in the 'burbs, but this is a special restaurant with special price tags and some impressive awards on the very strangely decorated walls. You can get fixed price lunch and dinner some days of the week, but if you've the money, go the whole hog and have one of the degustation menus. Just don't expect matching wine (yet).

Address: 225 Onslow Rd, Shenton Park

Cuisine: Modern Australian, fine dining

Price range: $$$$

Must try: the pork belly

Read the full review here.

The Stables Bar

The duck liver parfait at The Stables

A hidden gem in the heart of the city, this is a great place for a long lunch or to start a big night out.

Address: 888 Hay St, Perth

Cuisine: Modern Australian, share plates

Price range: $$

Must try: the duck parfait

Read the full review here.