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Terrarium stacks a cocktail bar, a kitchen, and a plant filled rooftop terrace behind the Howard Street entrance at 99 St Georges Terrace. Urban List covered the opening as the CBD's lushest rooftop, and the greenhouse styling has held up better than most opening week adjectives.
The terrace sits framed by office towers like a courtyard cut into the skyline, which makes it intimate where most Perth roofs are exposed. The Aviary up the Terrace is the big, loud rooftop for Friday crowds. Terrarium is the one you book.
Perth is OK and Urban List both rank the cocktail program among the best in the CBD, and OpenTable diners back the claim with consistent ratings.
Reading the Room
Multi level, heavy on greenery, with the rooftop terrace as the closing argument. The lower bar handles the spillover when Perth weather has opinions.
The terrace capacity is genuinely small. That is the charm and the booking problem in one sentence.
The Menu, Edited
Who Shows Up, and When
CBD after work trade Tuesday to Friday, with Friday opening early at 2pm for the long run. Saturday skews date night. Sunday and Monday the room rests.
OpenTable reviews describe the atmosphere as lively and chic, which translates to busy but not shouty.
What Regulars Say
- OpenTable diners repeat three compliments: exceptional service, inventive cocktails, and the terrace setting.
- Urban List calls the rooftop one of the CBD's lushest spaces and means it literally; the plant budget shows.
- The repeated complaint: terrace tables vanish fast, so walk ins land downstairs.
- The Rooftop Guide lists it among Perth's essential roofs alongside far larger venues.
Who It Is For
- Date night above St Georges Terrace with an actual reservation.
- Cocktail first drinkers who treat the menu as the main event.
- Skip it for big group Friday chaos. The Aviary handles volume; this room handles conversation.
Before You Go
The entrance hides on Howard Street, a laneway off St Georges Terrace. Both Perth Underground and Elizabeth Quay stations are about six minutes away.
Book the terrace for golden hour; Perth sunsets do half the bartending. Friday from 2pm is the soft launch of the weekend.
Inside Terrarium
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