Clarke's of North Beach

Clarke 's of North Beach is not cheap. But 'value for money ' it is outstanding. <br/ <br/ I took a party of eight to Clarke 's last night to say thank you to our directors for their volunteer services to cancer support. From the moment we arrived, it was delightful. The head team leader, whose name I do not know (from Naples), ensured everything went smoothly. Wine suggestions, food combinations; he knew it all. A young lady from Brazil had the task of looking after our table. Again, superb. Friendly, professional, knowledgable and warm. Top class.<br/ <br/ Now the food. The Quail as an entree was simply magnificent, as was the duck as the main course. Tender, sweet, and beautifully presented. Others ordered the pork belly and rankin cod fish. All dishes were artistically presented by Chef Stephen Clarke, and tasted amazing. Stephen Clarke, apart from being a wonderful ambassador for the industry and who also does so much charity work is one of Australia 's top chefs. And it shows!<br/ <br/ The wines were very good. We would have liked to have seen one or two French reds available but the Italian wine we had was lovely.<br/ <br/ It was a busy evening, but there was not the slightest hint of stress or problems. Everything was seamless. A beautiful experience and an evening that left all of us delighted.<br/ <br/ Top class.

Make no mistake Clarkes is absolutely delicious, service is faultless, the downside however is the cost. The meal doesn’t come cheap.<br/ <br/ At over $240 for 2 of us (2 drinks each and 3 courses) it was expensive and the serves are small. Very small. We didn’t order sides as felt $10 for broccolini and some almonds or some chips was just too much.<br/ <br/ The lamb came with one lamb chop and a mini casserole for $43.<br/ <br/ While we do enjoy going here, the cost stops us going back regularly. Shame.

A disappointing end to a nice dinner.<br/ <br/ We chose the 6 course degustation, with wine for me. The restaurant was quite busy on a Saturday night but most tables were couples also eating the degustation menu. Service started with a lovely champagne with a description of how it would complement the first course of kingfish quite a strong tasting fish. Next was olive oil poached salmon delightful!<br/ <br/ The best savory course was the sweet and sour pork belly, so tender and delicious with crackling. After this course was finished we waited. And waited. And waited. 20 minutes became 30 and then after 40 minutes we asked the server how much longer the next course would be, we had now been at the restaurant over 2 hours. She abruptly told us that degustations take that long, but we were only half way through!<br/ <br/ After this the service became efficient to the point of rudeness. No more descriptions of the wines, just plates taken and the desserts delivered one after the other. The bill was then brought without us asking for it and we were literally shown the door it was opened for us and we were ushered out to the street!!<br/ <br/ Such a disappointing end to what should have been a lovely dinner. Probably won't be back, the food is great but be prepared for a long evening.

Wow this place is amazing. I have been here 2 times and have had the set menu both times. I love the quality of the food and the presentation. The flavours and quality of service as well is exceptional. Everyone needs to come here one of the best restaurants in Perth.

This was our 28th wedding anniversary and I could not fault a thing!! Food was sublime which was complimented with a lovely bottle of voyager. The staff were friendly, polite and attentive. This is our new fav go to restaurant. From the kitchen to the waitstaff, thank you for a lovely dining experience.