Perth eats where the Indian Ocean meets the bush: Exmouth prawns and Shark Bay scallops on ice, Southeast Asian kitchens built by decades of migration, and Australia's oldest wine region 25 minutes from the CBD. Small-bar laws since 2007 turned the laneways into a drinking city.
Trading since 1897 in a heritage-listed brick hall on South Terrace, open Fri–Sun 8am–6pm (Fri from 9am). The Fresh Food Hall has WA rock lobster, Albany oysters and Kalamunda stone fruit; the food court runs from Malaysian laksa to Turkish gözleme.
The Kailis family have landed fish here since 1928. Order at the counter for beer-battered snapper, grilled Shark Bay prawns or a half rock lobster, then eat on the harbour deck among the working trawlers. Open daily from 11am.
A 1980s crocodile farm turned brewhouse on Fishing Boat Harbour since 2000, home of the Pale Ale that reset Australian craft beer. The Great Hall pours straight from tanks overhead; wood-fired pizza and chilli mussels come from the open kitchen.
A converted 1898 warehouse where the bakery works behind glass and long communal oak tables fill by 6pm. Sourdough baked daily, WA cheese and charcuterie boards, and a list heavy on Margaret River and Great Southern producers.
Founded 1840 on the Swan River, one of Australia's oldest continuously operating wineries. Cellar door tastings cover Verdelho — the valley's signature white — plus Margaret River cabernet from their southern vineyard. Winery tours run daily at 11am.
A 1930s homestead estate on the Swan with a brewery, cellar door and Wild Swan restaurant under one roof. The Homestead beers are brewed on site; lunch leans WA — marron, Linley Valley pork, Geraldton snapper — on a lawn running to the river.
A cheese room stocking WA producers alongside European wheels, served as boards with local wine on a deck over the vines. Mash Brewing next door pours its Copy Cat APA. West Swan Road links a dozen cellar doors within 5 km.
Rooftop dining above the 1890s Treasury on St Georges Terrace, cooking to the six Noongar seasons — the menu shifts with Djeran, Makuru and the rest. Marron, quandong and wattleseed appear alongside Indian Ocean fish; degustation only.
The stretch between Newcastle and Aberdeen Streets has been Perth's Vietnamese quarter since the late 1970s. Viet Hoa and Old Chinatown open early for phở and bánh mì; Perth Chinatown arcade sells rice-paper rolls and iced condensed-milk coffee.
The Perth CBD's laneway eating clusters around Yagan Square and the Wolf Lane–Grand Lane spine: Malaysian char kway teow, Japanese donburi, Korean fried chicken and WA coffee roasters, all within a five-minute walk of the Horseshoe Bridge.
WA's 2007 small-bar licence law let venues under 120 seats open without a full pub licence, and the CBD laneways filled overnight. Wolf Lane, Bobèche and Sneaky Tony's (rum, hidden entry) sit within 300 m of each other off Murray Street.
Eighteen rotating taps skewed hard toward WA independents — Nail, Feral, Rocky Ridge, Blasta — in the 1874 Treasury building on the corner of Barrack and St Georges Terrace. Bar snacks run to Fremantle sardines and pork crackling.