What a great night, food was Incredible , drink selection perfect and the service spot on. I actually thought it was a run of the mill Steak house but no, we only went in because it looked nice and had a lovely vibe and atmosphere but as we walked in was any thing but a typical steak house; the menu was well put together, each dish really worked and my big surprise was just how tasty the dessert was. We went for the Eaton Mess, total taste sensation even the dill worked on a dessert?!?! We had oysters, king fish, octopus, steak and crab linguine.This was not a Steak and chips, kids nuggets place, this was fine dining! Thanks guys we didn’t expect that at all! A really pleasant atmosphere, and a big tick from us,
well done. We will be back!
Amazing venue with an even better view. Staff very attentive never went with out a drink or food. Plus it was the best steak of my 32 years of existence. Set the standard very high for steak in Perth :)
Came for dinner with my partner last night. Highly recommend natural oysters, tempura oysters, both salmon and beef starters
Absolutely amazing and exactly what I wanted. Great flavours. Excellent staff
Thanks so much for a lovely dining experience
Great venue overlooking the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour. Recently renovated and done with a touch of class and style. The food here is excellent, the service is excellent, you will love the menu and enjoy the surroundings as you dine...highly recommended.
Had lunch here today. Gorgeous day. We didn’t have a booking but were accommodated with a table as close to the window as possible. Service was impeccable, staff were gorgeous, efficient and friendly. Meal and drinks came promptly and were delicious as were sweets and coffee. Would come again anytime.
Excellent day as always. Amazing food from Michael the chef, great service from our favourite waiter Jay and lots of laughs and love with all the staff. Will miss going for a few while renovations are on but can't wait for the reopening. Best restaurant in Perth.
The best steak bar none in Perth/Fremantle. Service is very attentive but not intrusive . Could not fault we will be back . The new premises and decor is just fantastic , an all round food and ambience experience in a great location..
Great food, perfectly cooked steaks... enjoyed bubbles and mojitos, and all with outstanding service. Portions very filling... a great place for special occasions.
For a Wednesday night, it was fairly well attended so there was a slight wait for our table but we enjoyed a drink from the bar and when we got to our table, we had a lovely water view. The wait staff were so friendly and attentive and the food ... well, absolutely nothing to fault. Our meals were very flavoursome and tasted as good as they presented on the plate. Lovely wine selection and the menu had lots to choose from to suite any palate. We'll definitely be back. The only thing that ruined our night was finding a parking ticket when we returned to our car! Didn't realise that there'd be paid parking late on a Wednesday night and didn't see the sign as we drove in :-(
Lovely spot by the water. Was quite busy for a Sunday night, but not full.
Food was small plate sharing style.
Nothing quite stood out, but everything was pleasant and staff were efficient
Price wise on the high side but was reasonable given the location and type of restaurant.
The food is spectacular! Nicest restaurant we’ve been to in a very long time and most certainly will be going back. 5 star view, ambience, service, food and cocktails!
Will be returning again soon
Perfect restaurant for a date, dinner with family or friends. Very clean with prompt service. The food was very enjoyable with a magnificent view. I would recommend this restaurant and I'll definitely be back again.
Had a lovely dinner here. Ordered some olives to start. The kangaroo steak was surprisingly delicious, done rare, well seasoned and juicy. I used to hate eating kangaroo due to a bad experience 🤮 This place has changed my perception. The steak was also done beautifully with a side of peppercorn sauce. Highly recommended.
Hadn't been to Char Char in a while, and I have to say, it was as nice as I remember.
Food was lovely. I had the pork tenderloin, which was cooked perfectly but could've used more corn purée on the plate. My boyfriend ordered a steak, cooked medium rare, which came out exactly as ordered and he really enjoyed it. I would recommend ordering a few sides, as the mains don't really come with much. The kipfler potatoes with bacon and herbs were really good.
The service was friendly but our waitress seemed a bit shy - she didn't really do a good job of reading the specials.
The Entertainment gold card got us $30 knocked off, so we can't complain!
Loved it and can’t recommend it enough!Great food , amazing cocktails, top service , staff very attentive and with a good knowledge of food and drinks they are selling.Will be back for sure !
We had friends from Taiwan. Ordered the mythai & Singapore sling, triple berry cocktail. I had the scotch fillet and octopus. The risotto was sea scented with prawns and fish chunks. Slathered in sun yellow butter. The steak was medium & crunched with a seared topping. You could walk to the beach to see tbe sun set before dinner. Worthy of a tourist visit if you're in Fremantle. Great friendly staff and live band on Sunday evening. A real treat if your visitors are from a country where only bankers eat bovine protein!!
The Fishing Boat Harbour in Fremantle has long been a port of call for fresh fish n’ chips. I’d often wondered what popular eatery Char Char Bull offered, but we never quite resisted that golden-fried fish from its neighbours. Now known as Char Char, the recently refurbished restaurant and bar is just as fresh as the fish next door. It’s probably more accurate to say re-built than refurbished, as the entire restaurant had been completely gutted. The new lounge bar area is perfect for a cheeky pre-dinner drink or two. They’ve done a tremendous job.
Absolutely love this place. Best steak in Perth. All of the food here is amazing, the service is super friendly and very efficient. Atmosphere was lovely before the renovation, and even better now. Will keep coming back.
Very elegant place overlooking the habour. Food was very good.
The prawn entree in caramelized lemon delicious. I had linguine with crab - maybe a tab more chili but I like chili. The steak was cooked perfect and was extremely tasty. As it was all so beautiful we had dessert sticky date and a deconstructed GF - can’t recall name but both very delectable. Definitely a must place to go for great meal n service.
Thank god Char Char has reopened! Easily my favourite restaurant in Fremantle.
The new decor is fantastic and really sets a wonderful dining atmosphere.
The food hasn't changed much and I'm really glad about that.
The staff are still the friendliest in town.
Welcome Back!
Absolutely incredible meat and dining. Amazing customer service that can help with any suggestions. This place is great for special occasions
One of my best restaurants in the world ... oh my god the food amazing always always perfect never had any issue with the taste
Customer service is amazing
Everything is perfect
Went to Char Char Bull for our anniversary dinner and as always the team didn't disappoint. The reservation process is always quick and efficient... (we called); the welcome was great and very friendly; the table was perfectly set and as requested and they even welcome us with a champagne drinks. The trout appetizer was great and buttery, the bread was delicious. The wait staff was friendly and efficient along with knowing the difference between being "in your face" all the time and not being around at all. The steak and fish mains where delicious and perfectly cooked... my better half loves the whiskey peppercorns sauce!!! The dessert was delicious albeit a bit on the big side... happy to return anytime and happy to recommend to everyone!!
Unbelievably delicious but expensive food. The steaks and seafood dishes are to die for. The decor inside isn't great, but there's a nice atmosphere. It's possible to have a fantastic night here if you can somehow forget about the prices or get someone else to pay.
After a big breakfast, we hardly stopped for lunch, but rather made it through to dinner before having some time to sit down for a serious meal. Driving out to Freemantle to admire the sunset before dinner, we had a table booked at Char Char Bull at the harbour for a delicious steak dinner. Arriving at 6.15pm, we were one of the only tables there. I really liked the quiet and casual yet elegant atmosphere of the restaurant. Service was also quite attentive and warm as well.
The staff here make the place. The bar man and the lady organising the tables are first class. They then passed me over to a great French waiter. The staff make this place. The food was great too.
Came here for dinner with my dad. The food was nice and the portions reasonable. I ordered the pork (I would highly recommend this dish!!!) and my dad ordered a steak. The steak came out exactly how my dad ordered it. I took the waiter's recommendation on the dessert as I was tossing up between two & he was right - it was delicious!!
Food - ✅✅✅✅
Service - ✅✅✅✅
The food tasted great. Was a little disappointed to find that the steak I ordered only came with one cup of mashed potato. Both sauce and extra sides, like vegetables, costs more.
Service was great! Fish and chips were so so so good! I asked for the scotch fillet to be medium, but the middle ended up being medium rare. Otherwise would've given this place a 4.5. Oh yes, onion rings were good too!
Had dinner here with 7 other people on a Friday night. Atmosphere was beautiful. Service was lovely. I ordered the barramundi with no dressing- there was no fuss, they easily accommodated my requests. The balsamic grapes were delicious!! It is quite pricey for what you get- but we new that coming in to the restaurant. We were able to use 3entertainment vouchers for our table, which was also great! Good night. Lost points due to a previous experience with sand in my salad -which was replaced with an equally sandy salad.
Went there twice for a birthday and New Year's Eve dinner. Had the angel hair seafood pasta and lemon thyme chicken breast. Both were absolutely delicious would definitely recommend to try this place!
Staff are super nice and friendly!
Best resto yet
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Last night my boyfriend and I went to Char Char Bull to celebrate his birthday. We had previously gone here before, probably about 2 years ago and remembered that the steaks were cooked well. We were seated next to the window which had a lovely view of the harbour. The restaurant has a nice ambience inside however I would like to note that we were seated quite close to the other customers. Given that the night was not super busy, I would have preferred to have been seated a bit further away from other people because some people were talking quite loudly and we could hear their whole conversation. Nonetheless it was still a pleasant night. The waiters were attentive and friendly. We ordered some garlic bread for entrée as we were told that our main would take 30 minutes or so because it was such a large piece of meat to cook. The garlic bread was delicious – nice thick slices of bread and a very generous serving. For mains we opted for the 1kg rib eye on the bone which came with a serve of chips and choice of two sauces. We ordered the steak medium rare however some of the meat was slightly too underdone (I personally think that this is pretty acceptable just because I know a big thick piece of meat can be very difficult to cook). We ate the pieces that were cooked to our liking and the waiter and chef seemed to be understanding and nice when we asked for our underdone pieces to be cooked a bit more. The pieces returned to our table with a lovely sear on the outside and a lovely ‘seared’ taste to it. The chips were lovely and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Sauce-wise I am a bit like Manu, and love my sauces – I think that the sauce size could have been bigger (more is bigger!), particularly because we ordered such a big piece of steak. Char Char Bull is in the Entertainment book with a 25% off voucher. We actually got the discount but were told that we could keep our voucher for our next visit which was nice! Overall we enjoyed our night and would return.
Just had lunch at Char Char Bull in Fremantle. The food was SUPERB! We had a succulent fillet of salmon on a bed of lentils and Rib Eye steak with mash in a beautiful bone marrow and garlic sauce. It was to die for!!! The desserts were just as delicious, we had the Raspberry parfait and the dark chocolate Marquise. The marquise was so silky smoothe and tasted just like a cherry ripe. The portions of the meals are generous and we also took the kids who had the kids menu and had good servings as well. The service was second to none. If you go there ask for Bram, he was a great host and our wait staff were fantastic and entertaining too. Definitely will be back, it's also in the Entertainment Book!
OMG, this place is really great! Beautiful location on the harbour. Inside it is lovely with a nice ambience, outside is chilled, sitting on the jetty people watching. The entrees are great share dishes and so delicious, such as the pork belly and the pate. We love the steaks, cooked perfectly. The cocktails and the desserts are a must!!!!
Fillet steak with red wine jus & buttery potato purée - one of the BEST steaks I have enjoyed in Perth! It was cooked perfectly - medium rare. Along with the awesome food the service and wait staff were attentive and kept up with my table of 8. Drinks were always full, food came out at the same time and plates cleared promptly. If you love a perfect steak you must go to Char Char Bull. Well worth it!
Came in earlier in the week and was blown away by the amazing food and service. Will surely return. I have been a few times before, honestly this place gets better and better each time I come. Thanks everyone!! Keep up the standard.
So well looked after by Vincenzo! The beef cheek terrine for entree was a star and the rib eye we shared for main was flavoursome and perfectly cooked. Brilliant food, excellent wine and superb service made tonight a return experience.
Single main course for 2 and a bottle of wine. Steak perfectly cooked. Sauces and vegetables not included in the prices so add, $16($4 +$12!) if you want anything but meat and potato purée on your main plate. Service standard very high - friendly attentive and professional. I would like to see the interior of the roof lined with wood, rather than the silver insulation material. We had a lovely night however the prices are too high and non- inclusive of veg and sauce or bread. All getting very standard in Perth restaurants, but I find it unacceptable. This means that a reasonable plate of food is now $50. So all up, our single course meals, 1 serve veg and I bottle of wine = $148. No dessert at $17 each. All gorgeous but no return soon til we get a bank loan. Prices simply too high, only complaint. Look at Melbourne prices sometime.
Went for lunch on a Sunday afternoon, lovely view of the boats and amazing service. Had the scotch fillet medium rare and it was AMAZING. Craving a good steak and this certainly hit the spot, a bit pricey yes but very generous portions and amazingly cooked.
Great restaurant! Fantastic atmosphere friendly staff, prompt service great tasting hot meals loved everything about this place! Beautiful inside, worth every penny for that special date
I can't speak highly enough of this place, I walked past noting the special board which offered the usuals. I was in the mood for good fish yet the special was salmon. The manager asked what I would like to eat. I said I would love some local pink snapper but your special board only mentioned salmon. He then said to my surprise I can get you a pink snapper. He then walked off towards the Fremantle fish market returning with the freshest snapper ive seen in ages. Asked me how I would like it cooked, offering a wine suggestion. End of story. Fantastic.
Great ambience, nice and relaxed seating by the sea.. Feeling free to hang out and just chat away... Service was great too, the server and manager were friendly. One of the waitress accidentally knocked off a beer bottle and spill it onto my husband's phone. Luckily nothing bad, just surface wiped, no water damage.. Gave us all quite a shock though hahha... Food wise it's okay, price wise is expensive for a steak.. Needed add on like sauce or chips or sides... After the -25% disc from entertainment book at least bring the extras less painful :p special parking bay just right in front of the restaurant marked "private parking" and it's free..
Great dining experience. Friendly staff, beautiful food. You do need to order a side if you get a steak, but only one as they are big servings. Creme brulee is def worth a try for dessert even if you are full!
Amazing steaks. Conservative relaxed ambient feel. Nice staff. Great location. Right on the harbour looking out over the water. Would come back for their steaks alone.
WA Day evening and with Perth City so quiet and craving a good steak we decided to head into Fremantle and give Char Char Bull a go as it had always been great in the past. I hadn't been there in a while and I certainly was not disappointed. Classy but relaxed atmosphere, prompt, friendly service and beautiful food. My steak was delicious as was everything that came with it. Gluten Free options were easy to pick and the Swiss Chocolate Ice cream was to die for! Great service, great food and some pretty fantastic company made this a really top night. I will definitely be back.
Delightful. I had dinner here last night and it was amazing it cannot be understated faultless service the wait staff were attentive without being stifling made dish recommendations the food it's self was great perfectly cooked one of the best dinning experiences i've had
10 from me will return for sure
Fabulous!. Went here for a date night with my partner and was very pleased. We arrived early so sat at the single tables at the front of the restaurant and enjoyed 2 delicious cocktails. Once our tables were ready, I think the manager or owner? Kindly took us through and welcomed us. We both ordered steak and didn't wait any more than the average time. The steak was cooked perfectly to how we asked, and the chips were fresh and delicious. We both left very full and pleased. Place was tidy, friendly and delicious!
Decent food but totally long wait. We had a nice time at Char Char Bull.
Food was decent and well priced for the portions and quality but the wait was really long.
Table beside us with kids were getting edgy.
Lovely decor and well mannered staff.
Worth the wait for great food!. This is one of my favourite steak restaurant! Great service, however the mains took around 45min to come. Lucky the steak was delicious so it was well worth the wait.
One of our favorites. Love it, great food, great ambience, such a gorgeous location!
We go to the Char Char often and are always guaranteed perfection. Never had a bad meal there. Their hand cut chips are perfection, Angus Scotch Fillet is wonderful, melts in your mouth.
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Went for a meal here a few days ago with my wife and it was beautiful. From start to finish the staff was brilliant and most of the food amazing. I had the squid an crab for starters and it was class but if I was to complain it would be the fact that it was overloaded with way to much salt. I suspect that was a general mistake tho. My wife had garlic bread to begin with and was really good an loads of it. If we had of known how much garlic bread we would have got we probably would have had it to share instead of 2 starters. For main we both had steak, mine a medium Rib Eye on the bone and it was perfectly done and a taste sensation. My wife had the fillet well done and hers to was beautiful. I had mushroom sauce and my wife had pepper sauce. Both really nice only I'd had liked a bit more sauce than the portion you get. For sides we had chips and crispy onion rings and once again both really nice. All with a bottle of wine we could eat no more so skipped desert. Out of 10 a strong 8 if not a 9. Only deducting a few points because it was pretty expensive but honestly who cares when your getting amazingly good food! Will defo be back
Return visit Jul 2015: Went for dinner this time. Had a good time but there was one big issue. My wife's pasta was full of broken clam shell. Not pleasant and potential for injury. However, the manager handled things very well and we ended up having a good time. My steak was excellent - one of the best I've had in a while ................................................................................................................................................................... Nov 2014: Much improved from last visit. Our first visit to Char Char Bull some years ago wasn't very good. Decided to try it again because of good reviews on here and it came up trumps. Good food, good service, decent wine list. A bit on the pricey side but the location makes up for that. Wife had the Fire Roasted Quail, I had Shark Bay Crab Angel Hair Pasta. Both excellent.
Just had a most excellent evening at char char bull: food was very good, staff were excellent - professional and attentive, service was prompt and efficient, tables well spaced, ambient background noise was unobtrusive- free from loud music to try and talk over ... Six of us ate and all of us loved our food (reasonable portion size and all delicious) and the friendly staff, and the fact we could talk and hear each other without shouting! Pricing was quite good considering location - loved it would go again no worries
Best Steakhouse Restaurant South of the river!. Fantastic steaks cooked to perfection! these guys really know what they are doing when it comes to cooking beef. excellent service and wine list to match. A highly recommended restaurant to dine at, while visiting Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour.
Perfect delicious steak and really nice lamb loin. Oysters were really fresh and delicious. Service was very good - friendly and attentive.The pavlova dessert was a bit uninspiring and eggy but overall a nice evening.
Hardly any beef on the menu. For a place called Char Char Bull I expected more of a steakhouse than a surf n turf. Although I enjoyed my meal I very nearly didn't even try the place due to its almost-complete emptiness (next to an absolutely packed establishment, never a good sign - but then I don't like noisy eateries so also a good one) and for lack of finding much in the way of red meat on the menu.
I'm glad I did. Although the garlic bread was sized like a main and the pork belly like the starter it was, both were very nice. The garlic bread was very cheap considering portion size and the pork belly was fall-apart perfect on lovely soft lentils. The mixture of flavours was divine and although another slice of apple would have been nice, it was definitely worth the price.
Such a great surprise, amazing food not one element that I could fault, great service and beautiful restaurant. A higher priced menu but completely worth it. Definately something for a special occasion or treat.
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We just by chance found ourselves in Freemantle for a cheeky getaway before attending and industry expo. While walking around we came across Char Char. The menu looked appealing so we popped in and asked if they had room. Thankfully the was quiet a selection of tables of 2 so we had our choice. The atmosphere was quite nice but lighting while very soft, it could be a little to gentle for some folks to read the menu.
We opted for the Carnivore Feasting Plate. We also added a side of roasted leeks as well.
We started with some still water and a G&T. When dinner started to come out we had to start consolidating our drinks from their bottles to their glasses to make room for the serving plates and dinner plates. (Tables just a tad to small for everything) salt and pepper was presented in 2 little ramekins for pinching and sprinkling on your food. We were asked if we would like anything else to drink. Unfortunately to make room for the food the drinks menu had been removed so we had to ask for it again so we could get a wine to go with dinner.
Food was incredible! Steak cooked to a rested medium, beef short rib was flavoursome and easy to take off the bone while at the same time not so overcooked has to break up before inserting on your fork. And the mint salsa with the lamb shoulder was incredible. Hardiest issues for plates like that is eating fast enough so the food does not get too cold.
Also had sticky date pudding ( a little spongy for our liking but was still tasty and this of course is only our opinion, other folks would probably really love it) finished with a short black and a digestive liqueur. All in all a nice experience. Great job team.
Great setting and views, prices are a bit above average, but food quality is excellent, fresh and flavourful. Drinks menu is extensive and reasonably priced. Staff and service is excellent. Would recommend and return for sure.
Absolutely will be going back again. Could not fault the food it was delicious!! The staff are wonderful and very friendly and everything was very clean. Would recommend to anyone happy to spend a bit of money on a well cooked and presented meal!
I believe that this restaurant is the best in the area. I like the environment and vibes. Staff are so friendly with a big smile. Service is great. In regards food, every single item I ordered was a very delicious and nice. What a nice experience we got here
A little bit pricy but you get what you pay for and considering it was a special occasion it was well worth it. Food was exceptional and the service was also top notch. It made a special occasion even that more enjoyable.
Revisit December 2021
This visit unfortunately didn't live up to our first visit, although still very good food, the service wasn't as great, but it is still quite pricey. Still worth a visit if you haven't been and would still rate a solid 4 stars.
A great place for indoor gathering especially in cold weather. The medium-rare beef with good grilled and 'Char char', and the mushroom gravy is tasty. Sharing a good plate of fresh oysters with a touch of lemon juice followed by a great wine is excellent. This restaurant has a fine dining atmosphere. This is one of the places that your friends, relatives and visitors will remember.
Great service, great food, awesome venue, first time here, very good experience.
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