7 date-night venues that will have you booking the babysitter ASAP

This sophisticated wine bar takes local to the next level with Indigenous flavours and playful nods to iconic Australian foods (think saltbush focaccia with whipped ‘buttermite’ and lilly pilly granita). The pastel green colour scheme offers a relaxing milieu to enjoy a conversation-starting set menu and cocktails bursting with bush botanicals.

The view alone is reason enough to call a sitter, with Freshwater Beach sparkling through enormous bay windows. Fortunately, the Sardinian fare and sommelier-curated wine list are every bit as breathtaking. Don’t miss the gold band snapper sprinkled with salty bottarga and native herbs.

With crisp white linen, Michelin-trained service and views of Mount Coot-Tha eucalypts through floor-to-ceiling windows, this French-in-the-forest restaurant is pure romance. Try the pan-fried duck breast, sticky with rosemary-infused honey.

The gleaming art deco restaurant underneath the five-star Le Méridien Hotel is cinematic, nostalgic, and utterly glam. Channel silver screen stars as you throw back freshly-shucked oysters with champagne sorbet, black cod and Portarlington mussel broth with saffron braised fennel, and bombe Alaska filled with salted caramel ice cream, torched before your eyes.

This intimate wine bar and restaurant is a recent addition to the Perth dining scene. Still, it already has a cult following for its minimal intervention wines, mid-century decor, and a genre-busting menu. Share the pappardelle blanketed in oyster mushrooms, pecorino and seaweed – it’s practically a religious experience.

This underground gem has all the trappings for a romantic tête-à-tête: sultry lighting, oysters, and smooth live jazz played from a vintage grand piano. Slide into a deep burgundy leather booth with a martini as you savour French fare like escargot and chicken fricassée.