The Royal

Visited this place to celebrate my birthday earlier this year. We decided to go to East Perth for a walk but ended up having lunch here and our experience was surprisingly great! Lived in Perth in 2013 and never dined here before. Extremely pleased for this accidental find. Good food, nice surroundings, 5 out of 5!

Oh, I so enjoyed my visit to this superb little pub. It was a wild and wet day in Perth, and the sensible person would have stayed in, heating on, and watched the AFL on the TV. I jumped in a rideshare for a quick pint and lunch at The Royal, having read a delightful review calling it a 'Soulless, dystopian pub'. I believe that tells us so much more about the reviewer than the venue. The bar staff were all incredibly friendly. When I got there, the place was packed, so they were engaging but professional and efficient. Once the game started at Perth Stadium, it had cleared right out and I had some very fun, entertaining chats with the hospos as they had more time on their hands. So in the end, I never got to the game. I stayed where, as one bartender observed: "It's warm, it's dry, and the beers are full strength." The food is top notch too. Great place which I'll definitely return to.

The linguine was over cooked, consisting of a few prawn heads, a few long strands of rubbery calamari and a small piece of white meat that I assume was once some part of a fish. I doubt if there was any chilly or other spice. I had a couple of mouth fulls before calling it quits. What was once a great place with wonderful food is now a shadow of its former self.