Our Take on The Wembley
At 6pm on Cambridge Street the front bar of The Wembley fills with the west side's after work crowd, schooners moving down the long bar while the day's racing winds up on the corner screens. The hotel has held this block since 1932, and the renovations kept the bones: high ceilings, tiled columns, and the verandah line that marks every grand Perth hotel of its era.
The Wembley calls itself your local since 1932, and the room backs the claim. A bistro runs one side, a signature cocktail bar holds the other, and the courtyard out back stays leafy, dog friendly, and full from Friday lunch onward.
Visit Perth lists it among the city's best rooms for cheering on a team, and Perth Is OK includes it in the city's best sports bars. For a suburban hotel ten minutes from the CBD, that is rare double duty.
Reading the Room
The layout splits clean: sports bar at the front with screens angled for every seat, dining room through the middle, courtyard at the back under umbrellas and greenery. The Urban List reads the fit out as classic hotel polish rather than gastro makeover, and the crowd treats it that way.
Daylight does the courtyard favors. Evening belongs to the front bar, where the kitchen sends out parmigianas until late and the screens carry whatever Perth is watching.
The Menu, Edited
Who Shows Up, and When
Wembley and Floreat locals own the weekday trade: families early, office crowds from West Leederville and Herdsman after 5pm. Weekends bring scarves, with the AFL pulling the front bar two deep.
Sunday afternoons run slower, dogs under tables and jugs moving through the courtyard until the 10pm close.
The Word on the Street
- The official site has carried the line your local since 1932 for years, and Tripadvisor reviewers keep reaching for the word local unprompted.
- Yelp reviews single out the bottleshop and the courtyard as the reasons the suburb never strays far.
- Perth Is OK and Visit Perth both list it among Perth's best rooms for live sport.
- Regulars flag steak night as the value play of the week, per Eat Drink Cheap Perth.
Go, or Skip
- West side locals who want sport without a CBD trip
- Families and dog owners claiming the courtyard
- Avoid if you want small bar intimacy; this is a full scale hotel
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