The Newport Galley - Fremantle

Nice place for a drink but the food is a rip-off. If you want to have a relaxing beer or wine outside or at the bar, this is a great place for that. Don't be bothered with the food menu. I should have known better than to order fish and chips but I was HANGRY and I needed a substantial meal. I should have just taped money to my face and ran down the street, talk about OVERPRICED. $26 for a greasy piece of fish and a side of chips? The grease they used to fry it tasted stale. Plus a tiny little salad which was mostly just garnish. The presentation was nice on a heavy wooden board. Just curious if I was paying for the ambiance or because it is fremantle. Either way I won't be eating here again. However, the place is in a great location in the heart of Fremantle. Has some great live music and plenty of TVs to watch sports. Service here is hot or miss with the bartender staff. The upstairs patio is terrific for chilling with friends. Just don't eat here.

I'm not sure what happened last night. The puzzled look is probably still planted on my face. Take a lovely historic building that's been wonderfully renovated in the cultural heart of Freo and then turn it into a discotheque?? Perhaps it was the late hour we arrived but the spinny flashy lights and commercial upbeat tunes just rubbed me up the wrong way. It didn't make sense when the owners have gone to the trouble of creating a rather awesome wall of fame dedicated to the rock gods and also feature historic photos of Freo. I really do love the interior decor and lighting at The National and the range of tap beer and drinks also appears pretty good. The balcony upstairs is sure to be well used! The staff had massive grins on their faces and appear to be very well trained. So I'm hoping that future visits at different times of the day will result in a better experience and thus an updated review. I did eye off a projector upstairs so I think on a massive sporting day, The National will be an excellent venue to rah rah rah at your favourite team on screen. Open till 1am.

Been meaning to drop in here for sometime now since the revamp and opening. Not my choice today, to get out with some old workmates for lunch and find a venue. Happy with the place and we were upstairs on the balcony,$12 pints, and $18 entrees, but got to say it on a par with most of the Freo's other icon eating establishments. Staff and patrons where pretty laid back and set the mood for a good afternoon ! Would go back again for sure.

Upstairs at Hidden Treasures event. Bluegrass Parkway rocking the room ..well ye ha! Great banjo, mandolin, fiddle and double bass playing. Harmonies perfect. Food tasty and drink selection perfect.

I 'm trying really hard not to have my review of the National Hotel defined by the 3-star guitar duo that kind of missed their union like trapeze artists at 100 feet above the ground. And I don 't want to be affected by the merry Englishman that had got into the Chirstmas Spirit a bit too early....in July. But this place is inches away from being really cool . A great selection of beers, a slightly older crowd, a sensitive renovation job and all that was missing was more people and better music. And being that I actually did a pub crawl this night, they had the most enthused crowd out of about five venues, on a Sunday!