‘RIA’, loosely translates to happy, jolly or bright which is at the heart of our philosophy. We aim to deliver the best possible eating experience in a happy and bright atmosphere without compromising the integrity of our home style food. Our team are carefully chosen to reflect our philosophy and these guys are here to […]

For a precious few months each year West Australians are a spoilt bunch and able to enjoy the decadent wonder of truffles, grown right here in our home state. And lucky for us that time is now. Black diamonds or ‘diamant noir’ as treasured truffles are referred to in France are a highly sought after […]

Many moons ago, my office was based in Mt Pleasant. It is a beautiful suburb right near the river but I wouldn’t say that the lunch options around my old office were necessarily abundant. So when I heard Bad Apples Bar was opening in Applecross I made a point to visit. It was a nice […]

Tucked away downstairs, you will find all of your favourite things. A cocktail bar, late night pizza, & rock and roll. Alfred’s Pizzeria. Small Bar is a new small bar on the block, from the talented team behind Frisk Bar in Northbridge, and along with an epic drinks list, which includes many creative cocktails, they also […]

It had been far too long between drinks since I’d last ventured to Five Bar on beautiful Beaufort Street. I had very fond memories of their food being delicious, but with so many new places opening it can sometimes be hard to get yourself back to these old favourites. But I’d recently seen that Chef Neal Jackson had […]

I’ve long been a fan of all things Print Hall and have been particularly partial to the consistent deliciousness of The Apple Daily Bar & Eating House, their Asian shared plate style restaurant. Their Linley Valley Pork Spare Ribs are my favourite ribs in Perth. Just fall off the bone tender and marinated with such […]

There have been a few changes to the bar menu at Rockpool Bar and Grill in Perth in recent times. There is an impressive new line up of cocktails (along with all the old classics and Rockpool signature drinks – don’t worry they haven’t gone anywhere) as well as some particularly tasty new bar snacks. […]

Social media really does make life easy for hearing about new places open. Well I suppose I should say that if you spend a lot of time on social media it has this helpful application and I likely am in the “spends a lot of time on social media” category. Not hours at a time, but […]

Vincenzo Garreffa is a very popular butcher in the West, the self proclaimed Prince of Flesh, and he runs Mondos in Inglewood. Now I had visited this fine establishment on many occasions because it a great butcher shop, but more recently I found out that they also hold cooking classes, an exciting revelation. I looked through the list […]

And when this happy dozen were all sat down together we were officially informed that tonight we were guinea pigs and I can assure you that everyone there was very excited to hear this. We were at Sugar & Nice in Inglewood to preview a collaboration between their uber talented team and pastry chef young […]