Guidebook for West Leederville

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Guidebook for West Leederville

Food Scene

Great cafe hang out, designed and run by an architect and popular with the young happening set.
25 locals recommend
Hylin
178 Railway Parade
25 locals recommend
Great cafe hang out, designed and run by an architect and popular with the young happening set.
Very cool hole in the wall cafe, with casual kerbside seats.
Myrtle Ivy
3 Northwood St
Very cool hole in the wall cafe, with casual kerbside seats.
The best complex of ultra-modern beachside restaurants in Perth by far! General surfing opportunities in the area. Bus 82 on Cambridge street (c.20 minutes plus some walking).
Challenger Parade
Challenger Parade
The best complex of ultra-modern beachside restaurants in Perth by far! General surfing opportunities in the area. Bus 82 on Cambridge street (c.20 minutes plus some walking).
Albany Highway is a long edgy main street, frequented by Curtin Uni students: https://www.zomato.com/perth/victoria-park-restaurants. Catch train to Victoria Park Station on Perth to Armadale line.
61 locals recommend
Victoria Park
61 locals recommend
Albany Highway is a long edgy main street, frequented by Curtin Uni students: https://www.zomato.com/perth/victoria-park-restaurants. Catch train to Victoria Park Station on Perth to Armadale line.
Cute neighbourhood cafe a short walk away. Rave reviews, rated as one of Perth's best cafes. Try and get a spot in the courtyard behind, though it can get extremely busy. c.10 minute walk from home.
14 locals recommend
Piccolo's Corner
58 St Leonards Ave
14 locals recommend
Cute neighbourhood cafe a short walk away. Rave reviews, rated as one of Perth's best cafes. Try and get a spot in the courtyard behind, though it can get extremely busy. c.10 minute walk from home.
A shady courtyard off eclectic rooms within a solid stone complex (c.1850's). A grisly past with many executions as a gaol http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/galleries/new-muse-cafe-wa-museum-perth
The Muse Cafe
Francis Street
A shady courtyard off eclectic rooms within a solid stone complex (c.1850's). A grisly past with many executions as a gaol http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/galleries/new-muse-cafe-wa-museum-perth

Drinks & Nightlife

As authentic as you can get an Irish pub in Australia.
10 locals recommend
J.B. O'Reilly's
99 Cambridge St
10 locals recommend
As authentic as you can get an Irish pub in Australia.
Main street with theatre, bars, cafes, restaurants and weekend street markets.
Rokeby Road
Rokeby Road
Main street with theatre, bars, cafes, restaurants and weekend street markets.
Edgy main street with cafes, restaurants, and nearby 24 hour supermarket and clubs.
8 locals recommend
Oxford St
8 locals recommend
Edgy main street with cafes, restaurants, and nearby 24 hour supermarket and clubs.
Upstairs bar with rooftop terraces worth the search. http://mechanicsinstitutebar.com.au/
55 locals recommend
Mechanics Institute Bar
222 William St
55 locals recommend
Upstairs bar with rooftop terraces worth the search. http://mechanicsinstitutebar.com.au/
An outdoor trendy beer garden for the young & fashionable, 15 minute walk from home: http://www.thegarden.net.au/
90 locals recommend
The Brisbane Hotel
292 Beaufort Street
90 locals recommend
An outdoor trendy beer garden for the young & fashionable, 15 minute walk from home: http://www.thegarden.net.au/
A gentrified beach suburb with one or two places worth checking: http://www.cottesloebeachhotel.com.au/
492 locals recommend
Cottesloe Beach Hotel
104 Marine Parade
492 locals recommend
A gentrified beach suburb with one or two places worth checking: http://www.cottesloebeachhotel.com.au/

Essentials

Convenient supermarket (with pharmacy, Indian restaurant, cafe & barber combined). Post office, hairdressers, travel agencies etc. are nearby.
22 locals recommend
Coles West Leederville
115 Cambridge St
22 locals recommend
Convenient supermarket (with pharmacy, Indian restaurant, cafe & barber combined). Post office, hairdressers, travel agencies etc. are nearby.

Sightseeing

Nearby park with huge norfolk pine trees great for picnics, near Subiaco Oval.
9 locals recommend
Mueller Park
150 Roberts Rd
9 locals recommend
Nearby park with huge norfolk pine trees great for picnics, near Subiaco Oval.
Excellent jogging around a huge lake with native black swans.
99 locals recommend
Lake Monger Reserve
Lake Monger Drive
99 locals recommend
Excellent jogging around a huge lake with native black swans.
One of the world's great city parks featuring spectacular views over the city and river, plus a botanical garden with rare native West Australian plants.
846 locals recommend
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
Fraser Avenue
846 locals recommend
One of the world's great city parks featuring spectacular views over the city and river, plus a botanical garden with rare native West Australian plants.
The central business district and capital city of Western Australia.
193 locals recommend
Perth
193 locals recommend
The central business district and capital city of Western Australia.
New tourist heart of Perth city on the river featuring an island and range of eating outlets. Changing events such as the Fringe Festival in February.
198 locals recommend
Elizabeth Quay
The Esplanade
198 locals recommend
New tourist heart of Perth city on the river featuring an island and range of eating outlets. Changing events such as the Fringe Festival in February.
Barrack street ferry terminal + bar/restaurants. Ferries available for river cruises & ferry rides to the South Perth Zoo, Fremantle port town & Rottnest Island (idyllic beaches & total relaxation).
Barrack Square
Barrack street ferry terminal + bar/restaurants. Ferries available for river cruises & ferry rides to the South Perth Zoo, Fremantle port town & Rottnest Island (idyllic beaches & total relaxation).
An oasis with mature century-old trees and doing important conservation work: http://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/
405 locals recommend
Perth Zoo
20 Labouchere Rd
405 locals recommend
An oasis with mature century-old trees and doing important conservation work: http://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/
Impressive old worlde Victorian market buildings: http://fremantlemarkets.com.au/ Take train from West Leederville train station to Fremantle (c.20 minutes).
527 locals recommend
Fremantle Markets
Henderson Street
527 locals recommend
Impressive old worlde Victorian market buildings: http://fremantlemarkets.com.au/ Take train from West Leederville train station to Fremantle (c.20 minutes).
Impressive bar overlooking the best beach for the young and energetic: http://www.matissebeachclub.com.au/
289 locals recommend
Scarborough Beach
289 locals recommend
Impressive bar overlooking the best beach for the young and energetic: http://www.matissebeachclub.com.au/
The place to hangout for an afternoon wind down. Also visit the spectacular beaches around the island and see the cute local marsupials; quokkas. Catch a ferry from either Perth or Fremantle.
466 locals recommend
Rottnest Island
466 locals recommend
The place to hangout for an afternoon wind down. Also visit the spectacular beaches around the island and see the cute local marsupials; quokkas. Catch a ferry from either Perth or Fremantle.

Arts & Culture

Intimate exclusive shopping street with shops like Prada, the Belgian Beer Cafe and the splendour of the Edwardian "His Majesty's Theatre". Also visit the Flour Factory on Queen Street; hip deli+bar.
35 locals recommend
King Street
King Street
35 locals recommend
Intimate exclusive shopping street with shops like Prada, the Belgian Beer Cafe and the splendour of the Edwardian "His Majesty's Theatre". Also visit the Flour Factory on Queen Street; hip deli+bar.
Entertainment precinct with restaurants & clubs, plus the WA museum and art gallery.
281 locals recommend
Northbridge
281 locals recommend
Entertainment precinct with restaurants & clubs, plus the WA museum and art gallery.
Concert & sporting venue inside highly inventive & sculptural geometric enclosure.
118 locals recommend
Perth Arena
700 Wellington St
118 locals recommend
Concert & sporting venue inside highly inventive & sculptural geometric enclosure.
Casino complex with theatre, bars and high end restaurants such as Nobu. Train to Burswood station on Perth to Armadale line, c.25 minutes including walking: https://www.crownperth.com.au
429 locals recommend
Crown Perth
Great Eastern Highway
429 locals recommend
Casino complex with theatre, bars and high end restaurants such as Nobu. Train to Burswood station on Perth to Armadale line, c.25 minutes including walking: https://www.crownperth.com.au
Magnificent contemporary architecture including the Heath Ledger theatre, right in the thick of the Northbridge entertainment district. http://ptt.wa.gov.au/venues/state-theatre-centre-of-wa/
39 locals recommend
State Theatre Centre
176 William St
39 locals recommend
Magnificent contemporary architecture including the Heath Ledger theatre, right in the thick of the Northbridge entertainment district. http://ptt.wa.gov.au/venues/state-theatre-centre-of-wa/

Shopping

Fashionable shopping area, 10 minutes away on train (half way between home and Fremantle).
Bayview Terrace
Fashionable shopping area, 10 minutes away on train (half way between home and Fremantle).
Large outlet shopping complex with plenty of bargains. Less than 20 minute walk away: http://www.watertownbrandoutlet.com.au/
French Connection
840 Wellington St
Large outlet shopping complex with plenty of bargains. Less than 20 minute walk away: http://www.watertownbrandoutlet.com.au/

Everything Else

24 hour quality supermarket, only a 15 minute pleasant walk: 313 Vincent Street, Leederville (near the Oxford Street cafe strip)
47 locals recommend
The Good Grocer Leederville IGA
313 Vincent St
47 locals recommend
24 hour quality supermarket, only a 15 minute pleasant walk: 313 Vincent Street, Leederville (near the Oxford Street cafe strip)