Manuka Woodfire Kitchen

This is my favourite local go to. Friday night pizza? They have it covered. The menu often has some new surprises. I’m going for the Freo sardines and seafood pizza tonight. Plenty of non pizza options tho. Manuka are passionate about WA produce and suppliers and have been known to go as far as to put fresh tomatoes and baby capsicums straight from the producer to your table in a truly palate cleansing complimentary gesture. Staff are knowledgable and considerate of food intolerances. (GF, vegan, FODMAP friendly) Oh and did I mention great wine list?

I came here on a Stranger Danger dinner (look that up!). I hadn’t heard of Manuka before that but was keen to check it out. I could smell the kitchen walking down high street, a good sign! Service was fantastic and we well looked after. With each dish we got a short run down of where our meal had come from, with heavy local influence. All the dishes were great! The stand outs were the delicious fresh wood fired bread, chorizo and crunchy crackling of the roast pork. Not sure why other reviews dissed the pizzas? Ours were very fresh, lovely soft dough, gooey cheese and plenty of toppings. The food here is not over-​stated, but it is honest and good.

Pretty cool little place. The staff were very friendly and offered suggestions. The food was nice but I wouldn’t say great. We went on a Saturday night and had to wait a fair while to get our meals, this was due to a large table outside. The staff noticed this and gave a complimentary pizza that was very nice of them.
The warm olives were very good and the Pizzas were not the best I have ever had but were still nice.
A review we read in the paper suggested we try the wood roasted mussels. These were tasty but not really what I expected. They were pretty much cold mussels served in vinegar.
The roasted chicken pieces were not that fantastic.
The wine selection was reasonable and the prices about average for Perth.
All in all it certainly wasn’t the worst meal I have had but I think some fine tuning is still required.
It’s worth a visit to make your own mind up about it.

Terrible… Oh i am so so sorry to the lovely staff but our meal was horrible. I was really looking forward to a big meal. rainy wet night the menu looked comforting and inviting. But it wasnt. The warm potato salad was potato and rocket literally thats it. The lamb was gross really fatty with mint and licorice onion and basil? And greasy? The flat bread was parmesan and bread there was nothing to wet it with so really dry. So sorry really wanted it to be fab maybe it was an off night but i wont be giving it another chance

So the new kid on the block. The ambience and décor wasn’t too bad. We had super friendly service but they did forget a few things for our table and perhaps we can cut them some slack if they’re sorting out their service system… Food-​wise we had pretty tasty wood roasted mussels with rice vinegar, radish and fennel which was fresh on the palette. Our woodfire pizza was again, tasty, but not exceptional. All round it’s a cool place to come with a group and enjoy wine and treats. I’ll defo be back and perhaps an updated review will yield a higher rating :)