WESTERN AUSTRALIA
STATE WINNER
Lulu La Delizia
ITALIAN
5/97 Rokeby Rd, Subiaco
(08) 9381 2466
Chefs James Higgs & Joel Valvasori
Bookings Recommended
Price guide $$
Wheelchair access Yes
Open Lunch Thu-Fri; Dinner Tue-Sat
Lulu La Delizia is a neighbourhood restaurant brimming with confidence. It’s there in the floor team: cheery, enthusiastic and well-versed in the savvy list of Italo-Australian wines. It’s there in the open kitchen, where chefs have a knowing way with northern Italian flavours. And it’s there in the cosy dining room, a high-energy space where diners laugh and joke, smug in the knowledge they’re eating some of Perth’s best food. Although toothsome pasta is Lulu’s calling card – think supple potato gnocchi lathered in a spicy oxtail and red pepper ragù – the small plates are equally formidable. A jagged gnocco fritto filled with crab is a two-bite marvel. Pan-roasted quail plus grilled bread, pine nuts and lemon has flavour for days. Tiramisù and sugar-dusted crostoli end things in more classic territory
