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.
- Review
- Perth
Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, and deep-fried milk at Hey Hawker
Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, an intriguing deep-fried milk dessert masquerading as an appetizer.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Perth
Maestro by name, and nature: North Beach restaurant serves some of Perth’s finest pizza
What started as a Covid project has bloomed into a destination neighbourhood pizzeria serving featherweight, world-class Naples-style sourdough pizzas.
- Max Veenhuyzen
Hatted Big Don’s Smoked Meats celebrates this Saturday with 2500kg of … meat
It’s the first time in two years that eaters can hook into Big Don’s world-class exas-style barbecue without pre-ordering.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Mount Lawley
Meet the inner-city Perth wine bar with serious fine-dining pedigree
Good times, good wines, good prices: this Beaufort Street hangout run by two hospitality veterans nails the wine bar trifecta.
- Max Veenhuyzen
There’s a reason so many Perth foodies wish their local shops resembled Bicton Central
Alongside respected seafood supplier Fins’ new shop, the precinct will be welcoming Venn Bicton, a specialty coffee outlet selling its own beans in bulk alongside great bagels and coffee.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Mount Lawley
What does the suburban Italian restaurant of tomorrow look (and taste) like? Head to Beaufort Street and see for yourself
A mix of familiar and new-fangled, casual and celebratory, Threecoins & Sons is a blueprint for the more modern neighbourhood family restaurant.
- Max Veenhuyzen
How a Perth chef turned a love of barbecue into one of the planet’s best open-fire dining restaurants
In May, local boy done good Dave Pynt brings the party back to Perth for one heck of a homecoming.
- Max Veenhuyzen
Casa crew bring terrific pizza (and pizza-adjacent favourites) to Mount Hawthorn
The crisp, 96-hour-fermented pizzas are designed to travel but can also be enjoyed in-store. And yes, there’s a Hawaiian pizza on the menu.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Fremantle
The new Fremantle bar and kitchen that wants to party like it’s 1989
Smoked fish party pies. Prawn cocktails. Garlic bread: this new Freo bar from the Manuka Woodfire Kitchen team revels in the nostalgic tastes of yesteryear.
- Max Veenhuyzen
The chicken shop bringing a red-hot taste of Nashville to Northbridge
The North Bird space is flying (and frying) south and rebooting as a 50-seat diner focusing on “crunchy as hell” fried chicken, spice-friendly drinks and good music.
- Max Veenhuyzen