Como The Treasury Hotel and Restaurants –
Perth, Western Australia
Take a beautiful period building that
represented the pinnacle of classic architecture at the time (circa 1885) and
completely modernise the interior to the point of not being able to realise you
are actually in a period building at all.
There is an old saying….. “it can cost a
fortune to look this cheap”. Now one thing is for sure the Como The Treasury
does not necessarily look cheap and it certainly isn’t cheap if you want to
dine or stay there. Having said that the point I am making is that I cannot understand
why you would want to make a classic building so overly modern inside. I mean
where is the charm in that? Now don't get me wrong, I am not expecting
Victorian chintz either, its just this trend for overly “contemporary”
interiors should be limited to well….contemporary buildings. However, where
they lose points for the choice of décor they gain if not excel in exceptional
service standards and food. At least where I dined at “Post” restaurant, more
on that later.
Other dining options include “Wildflower”
a restaurant that was actually the only new construction on site, being a glass
box on top of the building offering nice views. Also on offer is a Bar and a
Lounge Area, these are within the Hotel itself with other casual drinking
venues such at “Petition” Beer Corner, and Petition Kitchen” again missing the
mark completely and while they may say “layers of time have been peeled back”
giving it a raw warehouse feel, it looks more incomplete and too industrial to
be a venue of choice.
Meanwhile back at the “Post Restaurant”
they do at least offer a more sublime
environment to dine, the wait staff are professional, pleasant and extremely
knowledgeable about the menu. Which is a good thing as I had trouble making
heads or tails of it. That said my dish of fish of the day being cod was
excellent as was the fresh bread on offer. A nice wine list complements
this note the focus is all on local
fresh produce with an emphasis on WA products, which feature heavily on the
wine list so don't expect a Marlborough Sav Blanc. Overall a nice enough place
to dine albeit very much indoors, but well lit via a natural skylight, it's the
sort of place you could take out of town guests for something different, or if
all else fails there is always Kings Park.
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Como The Treasury
1 Cathedral Avenue,
Perth, 6000.
Tel: (+61 8) 6168-7888
