Nightlife

From cheap and cheerful takeaway joints, teppanyaki bars and sushi trains to relaxed izakaya-style eateries and total omakase opulence, there’s some serious ground to cover when it comes to eating Japanese food in Perth.

The queen of pop-rap herself, Doja Cat, is coming to Australia and New Zealand later this year with the Ma Vie World Tour.

Bowling might bring back memories of slippery shoes and birthday cake sugar highs, but Perth’s alleys have seriously stepped up. These days it’s all about neon-lit lanes, retro beats, craft drinks and way more style than your childhood party ever had.

It’s time to get down and dirty, because brat weekend is finally here. Okay, technically it's Laneway weekend, but really it’s Charli XCX’s world and we’re all just living it. We know Charli will be hungry for a feed after her set, so here’s all the brattiest food around Perth we’d recommend to her.

Perth CBD restaurants have been doing it tough the last few years, but with COVID in the rearview and people discovering the joys of actually getting dressed and going to the office again, things are looking up. 

Dust off your dancing shoes and check out our list of Perth’s very best nightclubs and bars to dance the night away. As for the dance moves? We’ll leave that one up to you. 

One of the oldest and most widely consumed beverages in the world, our love affair with beer is all-enduring and ever-reinvigorated. WA in particular seems to nurture the relationship well, with a serious surge in the opening of new urban breweries in Perth over the last year. We thought it high time to take stock of all the places in our fair city crafting a good brew and offering a homely place to enjoy it. Whether it’s ocean, CBD or bush views you’re looking to enjoy your beer over, here are all of Perth’s best breweries.

If you need something to look forward to this summer, Moonlight Cinema is back in town.

All the old people around us keep saying how bad the economy is at the moment, so we know we should be watching our pennies. We know we shouldn’t be recklessly spending our money. And we know we should probably take a time out from all smashed avo on toast we keep ordering.

Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble. The most frightful night of the year approaches—it’s time to get spooky with these actually good Halloween costume ideas. 

Whether you’re in it for the ultimate Sunday hangover cure or you just really like pork buns, dim sum is basically brunch from the Chinese Gods. It's also just about the only time deep-fried, steamed, stir-fried and baked goodies will all arrive at your breakfast table simultaneously, and via a trolley no less.