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Max Veenhuyzen

Max Veenhuyzen

Restaurant critic and food writer

Max Veenhuyzen is a journalist and photographer who has been writing about food, drink and travel for national and international publications for more than 20 years. He reviews restaurants for the Good Food Guide.

Lahori Dera, WAtoday / Good Food review. A group of friends leave Lahori Dera with cups of Kashmiri tea.
13.5/20

Lahori Dera brings new and lesser-seen examples of Pakistani cooking to Maddington

The menu of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes runs from paneer to pizza, breakfast to buffet (and breakfast buffets).

  • Max Veenhuyzen
The good paddock Cubby lane 11 acre farm Perth Restaurant photographer by Valentine Girardot Perth Photographer 2025
14.5/20

One of WA’s most vital food stories is now even more compelling – and delicious

Goodbye Cubby Cafe, hello The Good Paddock: a smart-casual dining room offering an accessible take on farm-to-table dining and wining.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Seafood is the star of the show at Gyouten in North Perth.
14.5/20

Suffering post-Japanese holiday blues? This intimate 12-seater could ease your suffering

Live large via a grilled seafood omakase or test the waters with a sharply priced eight-course tasting menu from a promising new talent in North Perth.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Good Food/WAtoday The Denmark Hotel review main image.
14.5/20

On the mark: This 100-year-old watering hole keeps the country pub dream alive

Following the appointment of an experienced new executive chef, this pub’s future is looking – and tasting – even brighter.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Aaron Carr’s new Dunsborough venture will be part of South West House.

One of Margaret River’s most accomplished chefs adds a second Dunsborough address

Aaron Carr will add a second Dunsborough address to his name when he opens an all-day modern Italian restaurant and wine bar on the township’s lively Dunn Bay Road.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Classic yesteryear flavours have been the calling card of Nieuw Ruin since opening in 2021.

Fremantle’s standard bearer for luxe-nostalgic dining and wining to close in March

You’ve got less than a month to get your fix of golden cauliflower pies, great charcuterie, puffy gougeres and other examples of Blaze Young’s old-school brilliance at Nieuw Ruin.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Doubleview Bowling Club
14/20

The unlikely dining room bringing modern Asian cooking to suburban Perth (again)

Taiwan, Italy and Ireland may be strange (culinary) bedfellows, yet all three nations feel – and taste – right at home at this spirited pop-up kitchen.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
The banchan plate at Tigerfish draws influence from across Asia.
15/20

Cott’s new catch: Why Tigerfish is the summer’s brightest hook

Come for the contact high of wining and dining in a marquee neighbourhood: stay for big-hitting dishes and drinks that reference the many tastes of Asia.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Prawns and octopus.
15/20

Testing the waters: a prototype for the modern WA seafood restaurant

Testing the waters: a prototype for the modern WA seafood restaurant

  • Max Veenhuyzen
WAtoday / Good Food review - Antep Mangal Victoria Park.
14/20

A Turkish favourite expands to Vic Park – and brings an exclusive doner with it

A doner kebab with a difference, the smoky kiss of charcoal, great breads plus an all-time baklava: just four reasons to set course for Antep Mangal’s new outpost.

  • Max Veenhuyzen