The Aviary

Well, we wanted some good pub food and a few drinks to end a Friday night. I can’t fault the drinks but also that’s hard to get wrong.
The popcorn shrimp tasted like, well, almost nothing. It was cooked well but really if you deep fry anything surely it tastes better? Apparently not here.
My Rueben sandwich was dry. Like a desert. It sucked.
Chips are good.
Pro tip: drink here and come with a full stomach.
The place looks great… Not good enough to counteract the shizen food.

Love this place. I’ve only ever been up to the rooftop. I haven’t yet experienced the restaurant component yet. The crowd is of a middle to upper class selection and all are very very friendly. Went there last night and although there were a few creepy orbiters around the dance floor, the general vibe was good. Bar service is prompt and cool. Girls aren’t too bad.
Definitely a plus!
Will be coming back soon…

Great Pims. Atmosphere is nice with many different areas that you park yourself in (in our case it was round the back with Pims and chips). Not wonderful on a hot afternoon as its really hard to get out of the heat. But generally a pretty great place

I’ve visited the aviary a few times and each time it’s ok but never great. It lacks wow factor. Service is nice and décor is quirky and modern but it seems like yet another bar. No stand out points. Cocktail pitchers are worthwhile and money rise a great purchase. It’s a decent go to place out of convenience or on the way to elsewhere but I wouldn’t plan to go there as a part of my evenings master plan.

My mum and I came here as everywhere else was incredibly hot! And we were not disappointed. The menu was Asian inspired tapas and it was so delicious that we could not fault a single dish. My favourite dishes was easily the lamb ribs and the duck pancakes. We had 4 tapas between us which easily filled is up but it was soo good to be able to order food as we wanted it. Absolutely recommend this place for a different atmosphere than the rooftop bar.

The venue itself is amazing and has so much potential, but the food is extremely overpriced and very small servings. We seemed to annoy the server when we were order food as we were asking a couple of questions. Won’t be going back for dinner anytime soon.

The nest and the birdcage are both great places to go.
I had been to the nest plenty of times for Friday drinks in the sun on the rooftop and decided to go to the birdcage restaurant for a change.
The food and service in the restaurant was amazing, the pork buns are to die for and there was literally nothing I could fault.
Great selection of wine, beer and cocktails and the décor is beautiful.

Staff were nice. Atmosphere is good. But the food was less than ordinary. Won’t be going back for a meal.

My sister and I had dinner here to celebrate her birthday. Loved the atmosphere, and it was great to have so many vegan-​friendly options without having to ask for changes to dishes. We shared 3 small dishes, and it was all delicious and very reasonably priced. Would definitely go back again and again!

Great view from the restaurant to the bustling street below. The sofa were very comfortable & spacious. Service was attentive.
Came here for lunch on Wednesday and it wasn’t busy so it was perfect for our catch up.
Food was ok. I had chips for entrée & salmon salad for my main. It wasn’t anything special.

One of my favorite places for a Sunday sesh.
Sun and shade for those who don’t want to burn, live music by the talented local muso’s, good drinks, good food, and when it is hot they have those mister fans running.
Why I come back? It’s trendy but not too pretentious. The cocktails jugs are refreshing for summer. The food is good (I’m currently eyeing off seconds of the sage and pork sausage rolls).
That and I love the music ;-) keep it up!

Had a private function here so we went early for a pre get together drink. What a nice place to go to. We had a drink at the rooftop area and managed to snag a chair/​lounge/​seat thing where if you choose you can lay down. Was awesome. There aren’t a lot of these though so if you went when it was really busy you’d struggle to get one, as with all the places to sit. We didn’t eat but some of what people were eating looked delicious. Drink prices are average.
The finger type food that we had at the private function was delicious. Chicken ribs, sushi, fish and chips made fresh with decent fish, sliders etc … Yummmm. The bar staff and all the people were friendly and the food didn’t stop. Recommend if you’re looking for a private function venue. Will be back to check it out again as it was my first time there!

I keep trying to like The Aviary, having visited it on several different occasions to see if I’ve just been arriving on the wrong day, or night or time of day. But alas, no, this just isn’t my place.
It has so much potential — a quirky, colourful rooftop venue with astro turf, giant screen, a great range of seating options that is smack bang above the train station in the Murray Street Mall.
The food has always been a let down. The last visit really cemented this. $ 16 for a sausage roll. What? It was a Sunday afternoon and most of the crowd looked like they had just come from a nightclub or were on their way to one. I had to double check and make sure I wasn’t at Botanica in Innaloo.
Drinks are super expensive (schooners at pint prices), the wine list isn’t much to write home about and well, the whole place just makes me feel a bit meh.
Sorry Aviary, you’re just not my type.

Great Place, Food and atmosphere. They do not take Credit Cards from U. S where you have to sign anymore.

This place is convenient because of it’s location in the city, and me and a girlfriend popped by on a Saturday night before our 9pm dinner elsewhere. We didn’t sit at the rooftop area because it was too noisy and we wanted to unwind and have some words.
We sat on the lower level, where the walls and ceiling are decorated with bird and cage motifs. We got a random house red and I couldn’t decide between the two Chardonnays sold by glass, so our friendly short-​haired female server gave me a taster of both so I could decide — good service! We also got the squid with pink pepper to munch on.
The squid was fresh and juicy, with pink pepper. I thought pepper all over would be too spicy, but I was wrong. The pink pepper has a small kick but a fragrance which went well with the squid. Cost about 30+ for two here. I would come here again, maybe for a nightcap.

This place really knows how to hold an event. I came here for a work function. We were a bit early so went upstairs for a drink first to the rooftop bar. It was a Wednesday night about 5:30 and the place was packed. They had the heaters going which was nice. I loved it up here, the bar was amazing and there were heaps of places to sit.
The event was in the Bird Cage which had been hired out. There was espresso martinis and cosmos being made all night and it was definitely one of the best espresso martinis I have had. They did have some mini sliders going around and but meat looked a tiny bit too pink for my liking but all the other food that was there was just as amazing as the cocktails.
I have never been on a Friday after work because I see the line going out the door but it will be a place a go back to many times. Loved it all.

Love love love this place!
I’ve only been here a few times but it never disappoints! Its the perfect mix between a chill night with your friends sipping on wine and devouring their sweet potato fries or working up a sweat on the dance floor. Their service is incredible with bar staff attending to you reasonably quick and the wait staff managing to work their way through a busy crowd to find you at your table to deliver your food.
Their strawberry daiquiris are an all time favourite amongst myself and my friends, with a large range of other cocktails at affordable prices considering the venue.
I went last weekend and danced until closing, heading to The Aviary definitely made it one of the best nights me and my friends have had in a very long time.

I’ve been to the Aviary about five times and every time say that this will be the last. It’s not that anything is exceptionally bad about it, (although the service is generally rude and I don’t rate the drinks list) it’s just that nothing is overly good.
You’re paying premium Perth prices (which I’m fine with) but this isn’t a premium Perth bar. Sure it’s nicely decorated and is modern, but it has no real atmosphere or anything to distinguish it.
It’s one redeeming feature is that it’s a rooftop bar, however the crowd is usually that busy you can’t see anything and when you can you get a nice view of Target. I genuinely prefer the Conservatory as it’s got a friendlier vibe, better value for money and a more relaxed crowd.

I didn’t know what to expect of this place. I will admit I wasn’t expecting a good experience. However, I was pleasantly surprised and had a great time.
My experience was confined to the rooftop bar. The crowd seemed to be essentially over 30s with a significant number of over 40s. (I actually felt young).
Drinks were on the pricey side but find me a inner city rooftop bar anywhere in the world with cheap drinks. Staff were polite. The place didn’t seem to get too over crowded. Wait times for a drink weren’t excessive. The atmosphere was awesome. Clientele were all nice and I never sensed any attitude or aggression. I guess the bogans aren’t attracted to this place.
Will definitely go back.

A nice view of … TARGET?
I have to say the idea always did interest me when I first heard about this place a while back now. I have been during the day for a few beers and a meal when it had just opened and have to admit it is a more laid back atmosphere and on a day with nice weather it is an enjoyable experience.
Having said that at night the place changes and all of a sudden there are huge lines to get in. The service is average for drinks. I haven’t eaten here at night. I have to say there does seem to be a thick cloud of pretentiousness as you enter the deck area from the ramp entrance.
Just last night a male patron that had clearly had a bit too much to drink (should he have been cut off at the bar) dropped a tray full of drinks right onto the floor right behind where me and my friends we sitting on a table in the middle of the deck area. No apology. And then he was gone.
The bouncer that was nearby saw the whole incident and didn’t really seem bothered that he had dropped drinks and broken glass all over the floor. When he did eventually come and clean up the mess he didn’t even bother to ask if we were okay or if any glass had broken on/​around us. This infact was the case too as a LOT of glass had broken and shattered all around where our feet were on the ground.
UNIMPRESSED
At this point the only thing left to do seemed to be to leave as some of my unfortunate friends’ back were covered in whatever drinks the aforementioned drunk male patron had spilled beforehand. A bad end to what was initially a good night.
It seems to be a place that people are desperate to been seen/​heard in but that isn’t really that cool or even appealing. The idea in essence is great… if you had decent views. But realistically when you are sitting the only view you have is that of an enormous target sign or other rooftops. Not really THAT appealing.
Honestly if you want a good night out without drama/​average service save yourself the time and go somewhere else. There are other bars/​pubs out there with LOTS more to offer.