Epicurean · Crown Perth

Dinner above the Swan, a table worth travelling for

Coastal Plateau pairs a destination restaurant with the private gaming salons of Crown Perth. Seasonal Western Australian produce, a cellar built on Margaret River vintages, and evenings that move from the dining room to the tables without ever feeling rushed.

The casino collection

Roulette after dessert, without leaving your evening

Private gaming salons, hosted poker evenings and a main floor minutes from your table. Our concierge moves your party between courses and cards so the night keeps one rhythm.

Cellar & sommelier

Six hundred labels, poured with intention

Our sommelier team maps each course to producers we visit every vintage, from Frankland River riesling to museum-release cabernet held back in the Crown cellars.

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Cellar
The cellar

Six hundred labels under one roof

Choose a vintage year and watch the map answer. Each marker on the cellar wall is a region we buy from directly, so a bottle ordered at your table was probably walked off the vineyard by someone on our team.

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Sommelier's note

"The 2019 Margaret River chardonnay we pour by the glass spent eleven months in French oak. Ask for it beside the marron, the lees work loves the shellfish butter."

Amelia Court, Head Sommelier

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The chef's brief

Produce first, ego last

Executive chef Mara Ellison writes the menu backwards: the grower calls on Monday, the dish exists on Friday. That discipline is why the room smells of toasted wattleseed in autumn and raw marron in spring, not a freezer.

"A perfect plate at Crown Perth is one where the ingredient is still the loudest voice in the room. My job is to keep the other voices polite."

Mara Ellison, Executive Chef

  • Menus rewritten around the weekly harvest list, never the other way around.
  • Every sauce, stock and ferment made in the Epicurean kitchen, no bought bases.
  • A whole-animal butchery program that keeps waste under four percent.

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Covers a night

Chef plating a dish at Epicurean, Crown Perth
Lab
Cocktail laboratory

Smoke, bitters and theatre at the bar

The bar team works like a second kitchen. Clarified juices, barrel-aged negronis and a wattleseed old fashioned that arrives under a glass cloche of applewood smoke.

Swan River Old Fashioned

Rye, wattleseed syrup, native bitters, applewood smoke

Signature

Quandong Sour

Desert peach, macadamia orgeat, lemon, aquafaba

Zero proof option

Barrel Negroni No. 4

Rested 90 days in ex-pinot oak, poured over a single rock

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Native botanicals

Smoked finishes

Hand-cut ice

House ferments

Degustation

Seven courses, one thread

The tasting menu is built as a single argument about Western Australian produce. Select any course to see how it sits in the arc, then let the sommelier rewrite the drinks to match your table.

The full journey

$245 per guest

Wine pairing available at $145, or a non-alcoholic pairing at $85. Dietary menus are written fresh each day, never adapted after the fact.

Tasting menu details

Albany rock oyster

Shucked to order, dressed with finger lime pearls and a cold-pressed coastal greens oil. Paired with a zero-dosage sparkling from Frankland River.

Western Australian marron

Poached gently, finished over binchotan, served with a bisque butter built from its own shells. The sommelier reaches for the 2019 chardonnay.

Saltbush lamb loin

Raised on coastal pasture, roasted on the bone and carved at the pass with native thyme jus and charred leek.

Dry-aged duck

Fourteen days in the cabinet, lacquered with quandong glaze, served with a tart desert-peach condiment that cuts the fat cleanly.

Wagyu striploin

Marble score nine, seared hard and rested twice, with black garlic puree and a bone-marrow crumb. Margaret River cabernet is the only answer here.

Wattleseed custard

Set custard of roasted wattleseed, macadamia praline and a quandong granita that keeps the finish cold and bright.

Petit fours

A tray the table shares: lemon myrtle marshmallow, dark chocolate and native pepperberry, macadamia brittle.

The casino floor

From the last course to the first hand

Crown Perth's gaming floor sits a short walk from your table. We host the transition: jackets fetched, tabs carried, a host waiting at the salon door.

Guests must be 18 or older to enter the casino. We support responsible play and offer self-exclusion guidance on request.

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Table games

Blackjack, roulette, baccarat and craps across the main floor, with hosted introductions for guests new to the tables.

Private salons

The Pearl Room and riverside salons for members and hosted parties, with dedicated dealers and a private bar.

Poker evenings

Scheduled tournaments plus private cash-game hosting for groups of six to ten, run by our own floor managers.

Recognition

The room the critics keep returning to

Awards are not the point, but they do tell you the kitchen kept its promises this year.

Three Chef Hats

Australian Good Food Guide, 2025

Award of Excellence

Wine list of the year, WA

Gold Plate Winner

Fine dining category, Perth

Hall of Fame

Five consecutive travellers' awards

"The clearest argument for eating in Perth right now. Book the marron course and trust the pairing."

National dining review, 2025

"A casino restaurant that behaves like a standalone destination. The cellar alone justifies the trip."

WA food and wine annual

Guests & critics

What the room hears back

"We came for the casino weekend and the restaurant ended up being the story we tell. The marron course is worth the airfare."

Helen R., Sydney

"Hosted forty clients between the private dining room and the poker salon. Not one detail slipped all evening."

Marcus T., corporate event

"The sommelier rebuilt the pairing on the spot for my dietary menu and it was better than the standard flight."

Priya S., Melbourne

Australian Financial Review Gourmet Traveller The West Australian Broadsheet Perth
Live at Epicurean

Jazz Thursday through Sunday

The dining room stays a dining room first, so the music is tuned to conversation level: trios and quartets from the Perth scene plus touring guests on long weekends.

Full events calendar

Thu

19:00–22:00

The Burswood Trio

Standards and bossa nova. Tables near the stage released weekly.

Fri

19:30–23:00

Ada Williams Quartet

Vocal-led contemporary jazz, two sets with a dessert interval.

Sun

17:00–20:00

Sunday Salon Sessions

Rotating guest artists, early session timed for the sunset seating.

The pastry kitchen

Dessert as the last argument

Head pastry chef Ines Moreau treats the final course like sculpture with a deadline: plated in ninety seconds, eaten in five minutes, remembered for much longer.

  • Quandong and wattleseed feature through the whole dessert card.
  • A dedicated dairy-free line that never reads as an afterthought.
  • Digestif pairings drawn from the rare spirits cabinet.
See the dessert menu
Plated dessert at Epicurean
Chocolate and wattleseed dessert
Seasonal fruit dessert composition

Tasting the sweet side

A three-course dessert flight for two, matched with aged muscat and local honey mead, served at the pastry counter Fridays from 21:00.

Our story

Two decades on the river

Coastal Plateau began as a forty-seat dining room and grew with Crown Perth itself. The values stayed put: local produce, serious wine, hospitality that remembers your name.

Read our history

2004

The first dining room opens

Forty seats, one chef, a chalkboard menu and a borrowed wine fridge. The room sold out its first weekend on word of mouth alone.

2011

The cellar program begins

A dedicated sommelier and the first museum releases laid down, starting the collection that now tops six hundred labels.

2017

Crown Perth residency

Epicurean opens at Crown Perth, joining dining and gaming into a single evening for the first time in the state.

2023

Private salons launch

The Pearl Room partnership and hosted gaming evenings extend the offer from dinner to a full night itinerary.

2025

Three hats and counting

A third consecutive chef hat confirms what regulars already knew: the kitchen is cooking its best food right now.

Reserve

Pick your corner of the room

Window seats look over the Swan River, the counter faces the open kitchen, and the terrace catches the evening breeze. Tell us where you want to sit and we will confirm within the hour.

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Kitchen counter

Terrace

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Coastal Plateau gift card

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Gifting

Give someone the whole evening

A card that covers dinner, a tasting flight or a full dine-and-play package. Recipients book whichever night suits them, and our concierge helps them plan the rest.

Questions

Before you book

The short version of what guests ask most. The full list lives on our FAQ page.

Walk-ins are welcome at the bar, but the dining room books out most evenings. Reserve online or through the concierge to guarantee your seating time.
Smart casual in the dining room, and collared shirts for gentlemen in the private gaming salons after 20:00. Thongs, work boots and singlets are not permitted on the casino floor.
Children are welcome in the restaurant until 20:00 with a dedicated younger guests menu. The casino floor is strictly for guests 18 and over.
Book any tasting menu and our concierge can reserve salon access, hosted gaming or poker seats for after dessert. One confirmation covers the whole evening.
Valet parking runs at the Crown Perth main entrance from 17:00, and self-parking is free in the resort multi-storey with validation at the host desk.
Tonight, if you like

The best seat is the one
already reserved

Dinner, wine, a turn at the tables. Tell us the date and we will compose the rest of the evening around it.