The Gate

We went for dinner last nite we had the potatoe croquettes to start which were burnt then I had pulled pork enchiladas which were ok nothing to get excited about my chips were reheated and very greasy my fiancé had the nasi goring it was swimming in oil with very burnt taste, we used to eat here a lot they changed the menu ages ago but we thought we would try again but it was terrible. Won’t be back any time soon

I was most surprised by The Gate. Located in the car park at the Cockburn Gateway shopping Centre I didn’t have high hopes. Is it a classy, stylish, hip, happening place– no, but it has a nice shady courtyard, they were playing the footy, and we were hungry. Think of it as the classy cousin of your typical tradie pub– sport on tv, pool tables, TAB, but with a Bistro and a shady courtyard.
We ordered the Soaked ‘N’ Smoked Beef Brisket Sliders, Fish ‘N’ Chips, Nacho Stack and Wedges. The beef in the sliders was juicy and tender with a smoky bbq sauce and slaw. Just what you want from sliders. The fish in the Fish ‘N’ Chips was a huge piece of perfectly battered crispy fish– it looked– and I’m told by my friend who ate it (and wouldn’t share) that it was delicious!
The Nacho Stack was a real hit, with multiple Nacho aficionados at the table declaring that it was the best nachos they have ever had and were fighting for the scraps at the bottom of the plate. Well seasoned with ground beef, beans, sour cream and queso. And the wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli– can you really get it wrong?
An entirely pleasant afternoon. Will I be coming back on Saturday night, no, but for a casual afternoon feed it exceeded my expectations?

Good place to stop for a beer. Drink selection is great. Food is ok as is restaurant.

Love using there 2 for 1 meal offers they have been promoting this month !! Awesome value.

The outdoor sprayers are Colin but they drop so if you sit in a booth don’t lean back, I learnt that the hard way!

I got there at 8:50 on a Wednesday night for a drink and dinner, kitchen was already closed. Really disappointed!

I’m updating my review but keeping the three star rating. I haven’t been to the restaurant side in quite some time as I really didn’t rate the food, but we recently booked a work function for a Thursday night and I was pleasantly surprised to find that they had overhauled the entire menu — the look, the content and most importantly, the quality of food they plated up.
I ordered the surf and turf (which usually comes with chips, but I asked to swap it out with mashed potato which they did with no problem at all). The steak was cooked perfectly to my liking, however it wasn’t allowed time to rest and it bled all over the plate. The mashed potato was creamy and full of flavour, the prawns weren’t chewy or overcooked and had a lovely garlic flavour, however there wasn’t any sauce to accompany the steak.
The reason for the three star review despite all of this is that there are still a few areas that require some polishing, and while the food has definitely improved — the execution could still use some work. Firstly, waited for just over an hour for our food from the time we placed our order. Granted, there was 14 in our booking, and the restaurant was overflowing with people — I don’t think there was a spare table to be found. But we did make a booking and if the wait was going to be a hour, I feel this is something that should be mentioned at the time of booking. We booked for 7, and by the time we ordered drinks and has decided on our orders it was 7:20ish — the meals arrived around 8:30 — and other customers had already started to leave.
Secondly, a few drinks were forgotten and we had to remind the wait staff about them — we were told they had been forgotten but the wait staff were friendly about it.
Thirdly, there were a few items on the menu they had run out of, which wasn’t mentioned when we were seated. A few little things that show that the operation lacks polish and let the evening down a little. I will likely be back, perhaps with a smaller group.

The Gate is probably one of Cockburn’s finer dining establishments. There are several seating options, casual, outside and inside for the more corporate types of lunches and dinners. The indoor decorum is nice.
I have been twice and both times never had complaints about food. I asked for my steak to be medium, which it came in a tad under (better under than over in my opinion). It was really good, as well as the mound of fries.
The bathrooms are ample and they are located both inside and outside (amazing!).
Service is very, very slow and servers tend to go MIA. If you’re in a hurry or only have a 30-​minute lunch break, I’d go elsewhere. If you are in the area and okay with sitting a spell, have at it.

The Gate is nice, however there is nothing ‘Cheap’ about it.
Expect to pay up to $ 14.50 for a pint of beer, and mid $ 20’s to $ 60’s for meals. That’s standard restaurant prices, and my preference would be a classier venue for the money and time.

Great spot layed back, cheap bar meals and friendly staff, popular meeting place for FIFO workers to meet.

The ‘Gate’ Bar and Bistro was the winner of the 2008 and 2009 AHA De Bortoli/​6PR Perth Pub of the year. The architecture and the interiors of the pub and the restaurant is rather impressive. Nice and bright, streamlined, neat deco and of course plasma screens mounted on the walls. The Gate is pretty huge, with a bottle shop, sports bar, bistro lounge bar. I can only comment on the bistro part of the gate because I was there for dinner one night.
The bistro lounge is rather busy and can get packed on a Friday/​Saturday nights. So might be worth booking a table otherwise you will be turned away. The area can get rather loud and noisy thanks to the pub/​sports bar next door.
The steak and rib (which I think is a ridiculously large meal and may explain why our country is obese). They seemed to have enjoyed the meal but bf’s bro did comment that it wasn’t the best and his medium-​rare was overcooked to well-​done. But the sauce was sticky bourbon goodness. The pork chop which was most definitely overcooked and rather fatty. The sauce it came in was rather dense and viscose. The mash was great though. I regretted my choice — I had the pasta. I probably should have stuck to something pub friendly and something a pub can’t stuff up (hopefully) — the chicken pami, but instead I opted for fancy pasta with feta, chicken in pesto sauce. The pasta wasn’t cooked properly, the chicken looked as though it was steamed and I daren’t eat it as it looked slightly pink. Basically, it was bad.
The waitstaff were off their feet. Forgetting the drink order. But really, disappointing pub food. I’ve had better pub food.

Very nice establishment. This place is huge!
There’s plenty of parking, a massive restaurant, two drinking areas, and heaps of bars to accommodate. All they need to do is ban smoking in the beer garden (personal preference for me).
The place is fitted out with plasmas galore for the sport enthusiast. Beer prices are good too.

The gate is kind of a place that is very difficult to review because it is very difficult to experience it all. It consists of a drive-​in bottle shop, sports bar, bistro lounge bar and what I suspect to be a restaurant although to be fair I can’t really comment on all of it.
However, I can comment on some of it. The sports bar is filled with some nice 1080p plasmas (nice job on plasmas, they have great viewing angle unlike most LCDs) and they offer betting through Tab Sportsbet. Although I’m not a fan of betting, I guess it comes in handy if you are looking to watch a game with the boys. Seating space seems to be a bit sparse inside but there is seating outside too. Smoking is not allowed, not even outside which may be a good or a bad thing, depending on the way you lean, for me it is awesome. Otherwise, standard deal with drinks. Sports bar has very lax dress standards, no issue if you are heading for a drink after work for example.
The bistro part and lounge are much more to my taste. More seating, most of it outside. However, for one of those scorching Perth days they do have outside cooling systems, one of those sprinkler systems which I cannot decide if I love or hate with a passion. Lounges are nice, food is good, on the whole a pleasant experience. Increased dress standard applies in this section though. Before 9pm kids are welcome which again, could be something good or something bad.
However, short of nearby shopping centre and another pizzeria/​restaurant there is nothing else going on in vicinity. Most you can say is that trains/​buses are fairly close. This bar is not going to be part of any bar hopping plans or anything like that. I know it is a new suburb but I can’t see many people specifically going out and visiting this place along the route.