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 and made better still by a glass of grappa, which staff are all too happy to recommend.
This review was made independently for the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide. The guide’s reviewers visit unannounced and pay their way. To learn more about the process, click here.
Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide 2023
Our guide gives a yearly snapshot of the best restaurants to eat at right now. The best-rated restaurants, as judged by the reviewers’ first-hand experience, form our national Top 82.
