A team dinner asks different questions of a restaurant than a date does. Can it seat twelve without sticking you in a function-room afterthought? Is there a sharing menu so nobody has to negotiate the bill course by course? Will the room carry a loud table at 9pm? Perth answers all three better than it used to, helped by the State Buildings and Crown Perth turning the city into a real dining destination.
The picks below run from a dry-aged steakhouse on the river to David Thompson's Thai banquet, and most of them have a private room or a long table you can book outright. The order is set by the cooking first and the group logistics second.
Here are the eight rooms we book for a team in Perth in 2026, with the price, the menu format and who each is wrong for. Start with the full Perth dining guide or the team dinner restaurants hub.
Neil Perry's dry-aged grill at Crown Perth is the city's default big-night steakhouse — book the private room for the team.
Food8/10
Ambience8/10
Value6/10
Why it makes the list
Rockpool Bar & Grill brought Neil Perry's dry-aged beef programme to the Crown Perth precinct in Burswood in 2013, and it remains the city's go-to for a serious group dinner. The dry-aged full-blood wagyu and the wood-grilled steaks are the order, the wine list is one of the deepest in town, and there is a private dining room for larger parties. Expect $90 to $160 a head before wine. Voted Australia's People's Choice in the 2025 Time Out awards, it is the safe, impressive booking when the company is paying. Compare the best steakhouses.
David Thompson's street-Thai banquet is built for sharing — order the set menu and let the table fight over the last prawn.
Food8/10
Ambience8/10
Value7/10
Why it makes the list
David Thompson, the chef behind Bangkok's celebrated Nahm, opened Long Chim in the State Buildings on St Georges Terrace in 2015, and it is the best room in Perth for a group that wants to share. The format is made for it: fiery Bangkok street food brought out to the middle of the table, with the chiang mai larb, the southern curries and the prawns with chilli jam doing the heavy lifting. Set menus run roughly $70 to $90 a head. The basement room is loud and lively, which suits a team night. See the best Thai restaurants.
Nobu Matsuhisa's Crown Perth room does the black cod and the omakase for a group — book the set menu for a polished team dinner.
Why it makes the list
The Crown Perth outpost of Nobu Matsuhisa's global Japanese-Peruvian brand opened in Burswood in 2016 and is the dressed-up choice on this list. The black cod miso and the yellowtail jalapeño are the dishes the whole table will order, and the kitchen runs group set menus and an omakase that take the decisions off your hands. Reckon on $100 to $180 a head before drinks. The room is sleek and a little corporate, which is exactly right for a client-facing team dinner where the impression matters.
House-made pasta and a buzzy QT Perth room — the easy, crowd-pleasing Italian for a team that wants no fuss.
Why it makes the list
Santini sits inside the QT Perth hotel on Murray Street and does modern Italian for a lively, design-led room. The house-made pasta is the strength — the tagliolini and the daily ravioli — alongside wood-grilled meats and fish, with mains roughly $32 to $52. It is the lowest-risk booking on the list: everyone eats pasta, the sharing antipasti get the table talking, and the energy stays up without tipping into a nightclub. For a mixed group with a range of tastes, it is the path of least resistance. More Italian dining.
Jed Gerrard's native-ingredient degustation on the COMO rooftop — the room for a small senior team that wants the best in the city.
Food9/10
Ambience8/10
Value6/10
Why it makes the list
Wildflower occupies the glass rooftop of COMO The Treasury at 1 Cathedral Avenue, and chef Jed Gerrard builds his degustation around the six seasons of the Noongar calendar and Western Australian native ingredients. It is the most acclaimed kitchen in Perth, and the tasting menu runs around $185 a head. The catch for a team dinner is scale: this suits a small senior group of four to eight rather than a rowdy table of twelve. For a leadership dinner or a milestone where the food is the point, nothing in the city is better.
A wine-led CBD institution since 1998 — the grown-up, low-lit room for a team dinner that wants conversation over spectacle.
Why it makes the list
Balthazar has run on The Esplanade in the CBD since 1998, and it is the city's long-standing choice for a wine-driven dinner. The contemporary Australian menu changes with the season, the cellar is serious and fairly priced, and the dim, intimate room is calmer than the newer hotel dining rooms. Mains sit around $40 to $58. For a smaller team that would rather talk than shout — a debrief dinner, a farewell, a quiet thank-you — it is the most civilised booking in town.
Sharp small plates and central State Buildings location — the flexible mid-priced room for a team that wants to graze.
Why it makes the list
Petition Kitchen occupies a corner of the State Buildings on St Georges Terrace and trades in modern Australian small plates designed to be shared across the table. The menu leans on local produce and changes often, with plates generally $18 to $38, and the attached beer and wine bars make it easy to start with a drink before sitting down. The central location is a real advantage for a team scattered across the CBD. For a relaxed, graze-and-share team night without a big bill, it is the practical pick.
A Beaufort Street bistro with one of Perth's biggest wine lists — book the back room for a team night with a corkscrew at the centre.
Why it makes the list
Must Winebar on Beaufort Street in Highgate has been the city's wine-lovers' bistro for two decades, with a list that runs to hundreds of labels and a kitchen turning out proper French bistro cooking — charcuterie, steak frites, the daily terrine. Mains land around $38 to $52, and there is a back dining space that suits a group. For a team that bonds over a bottle rather than a tasting menu, Must puts the wine at the centre of the night without the formality. Reserve the group table ahead.
Who this list isn’t for
Skip Wildflower for a big or boisterous team. It is a small degustation room built for four to eight diners who want to focus on the plate, not a table of twelve mid-celebration; for the larger group, Rockpool, Long Chim or Santini are the room.
And Balthazar and Must are deliberately quiet, wine-led rooms — wonderful for a small debrief dinner, wrong for a loud end-of-quarter blowout. If the brief is energy and volume, the Crown Perth rooms and Long Chim's basement carry it far better.
How we built this list
We rank Perth rooms for a team dinner on how well the kitchen cooks, how well the room and the menu format handle a group, and value for a company table. We weight sharing menus, private dining rooms and the ability to seat eight to twelve, because a team dinner lives or dies on logistics as much as on the food.
Recognition cited here comes from named guides and awards, including Time Out's 2025 readers' awards. We are not paid by any restaurant on this list and we do not accept hosted meals. Prices are per person before drinks and shift with the menu; confirm group rates when you book.
How to book the right table
Lead time: two to three weeks for a group at Rockpool, Long Chim, Nobu and Wildflower, more around the December party season. Many of these rooms ask for a set or shared menu and a deposit for tables of eight or more, so ask about group terms when you call.
Tipping is not expected in Australia, though rounding up or 10 percent for a large group is a kind gesture; check whether a service charge applies to big tables. Dress is smart-casual across the board, a touch sharper at Nobu and Wildflower.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best restaurant in Perth for a team dinner?
For most teams, Rockpool Bar & Grill at Crown Perth is the default — a dry-aged steakhouse with a private dining room and a deep wine list that handles a group with ease. If the team would rather share,
Long Chim's Thai banquet is the most fun table in the city. Browse the full
Perth guide to compare.
Which Perth restaurants have private dining rooms for a group?
Rockpool Bar & Grill and Nobu at Crown Perth both have private dining rooms suited to larger or client-facing groups. Long Chim's basement and Must Winebar's back room handle medium groups well, and Balthazar can set a long table for a smaller party. Ask about private space and minimum spend when you book, as these vary by night.
How much does a team dinner in Perth cost per person?
The top tier — Rockpool, Nobu, Wildflower — runs $100 to $185 a head before drinks. The sharing rooms like Long Chim sit at $70 to $90 for a set menu. Mid-range rooms — Santini, Petition Kitchen, Balthazar, Must — land at $40 to $60 before wine. Add the bar tab, which on a team night is often the bigger number.
Which Perth restaurant is best for a large group that wants to share?
Long Chim is the best sharing room in Perth — David Thompson's set menus of Bangkok street food are brought to the middle of the table, so nobody has to negotiate the order. Santini's antipasti and pasta and Petition Kitchen's small plates also share well. These suit a group far better than the omakase or degustation rooms, which run a fixed individual pace.
Do you tip at restaurants in Perth?
Tipping is not expected in Australia — staff are paid a full wage and menu prices include it. For a large team dinner, rounding up the bill or leaving around 10 percent for excellent service is a generous gesture rather than an obligation. Check whether a service charge or public-holiday surcharge has already been added before you add more.
