WEST Perth-based Julio’s Restaurant has been awarded WA’s best restaurant in the American Express Restaurant Awards. Voted by American Express cardholders, these awards highlight some of Perth’s most popular eating spots. Julio’s also won the Best Restaurant North of the River prize, beating some tough competition in Simon’s, Jackson’s, Friends, and Villa D’Este.
Coco’s took the gong for Best Restaurant South of the River, while the Duxton Hotel’s Grill Restaurant took out the Best Function Centre Award. The Essex Restaurant was awarded the Best Fremantle Restaurant.
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If you’ve avoided the floral walls of The Melbourne Hotel’s Louisiana’s Restaurant this news may have you walking in for a look. The restaurant has undergone a significant refurbishment and the flowers have been replaced with a contemporary look of yellow and lilac.
Funky palms and leather couches are just some of the newcomers but general manager Tony Pallotta says they’ve been able to incorporate some of the original design.
“We went for more of wine bar concept and we pulled back some of the carpet to segment the restaurant from the bar. We discovered floorboards that are we believe are the original boards, so they’d be 105 years old,” he says.
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Those of you for whom after-work drinks are a must may be interested in Must Winebar’s sundowner promotion.
From 5.30-7.30 every evening the team is offering a chef’s bar snack platter with groups of five or more.
You must book ahead, but for those looking for a taste of head chef Russell Blaikie’s top tucker, this has to be the easiest way to do it.
