Black Plastic frontage in Leederville, Perth

Leederville Hotel

Perth


Cool decor and good food ensure nights are huge at the Garden, the Leederville's stab at a 21st-century gastropub. It's the summery, open-air section to the enormous pub: the rest is filled by Bill's Bar, a polished-concrete and couches zone, while out the back is the popular Blue Flamingo, which heaves after dark. Live music plays upstairs at Babushka.


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