... a range of innovative courses that challenge, surprise, satisfy and delight. His cooking melds a surety of technique, an impeccable sense of balance and a respect for produce; each dish has a subtlety, delicacy and finesse. This is food to contemplate and chat about, a cerebral as well as a gastronomic experience... Service under Carolynne Troy is assured and professional. The wine list is excellent.
Qantas Magazine – Peter Forrestal, April 2010
Rated Number One restaurant in WA and awarded Two Hats.
Top 50 Restaurant Guide 2010.
Awarded Two Stars and rated number one restaurant in West Australia and 45th restaurant in Australia
Australian Gourmet Traveller – Restaurant Guide 2010
Awarded Three Glass Rating – Wine List of the Year Awards
Gourmet Traveller Wine – August 2009
Named in Top fifty Australian Restaurants
The Weekend Australian – August 2009
Awarded Best Chef, Best Fine Dining Restaurant and Outstanding Restaurant of the Year.
Restaurant and Catering Association 2009
‘Seriously amused’
The Weekend Australian Magazine – John Lethlean, 18th July 2009
‘…some of Perth’s finest and most imaginative cooking and a stellar wine list to match… Formerly Perth’s best kept secret the cat is now well and truly out of the bag – a place for the serious foodie’
‘The City’ The Sunday Times – Andrea Mayes, July 2009
‘Husband and wife team Hadleigh and Carolynne Troy have put together a gorgeous package of innovative food, impeccable wine matching and knowledgeable, personable service’
Vogue Entertaining and Travel – Sally Feldman, June/July 2009
‘The Troys are currently offering Perth’s most comprehensively wonderful dining experience.
A very special place.’ Timeout – Jane Cornes, 18th April 2009
‘Husband and wife team Hadleigh and Carolynne Troy’s remarkable Restaurant Amusé is the hottest thing on the Perth culinary scene… you feel as though you are in some kind of parallel gourmet universe where they do things differently to the way things are done in Perth.’
Chef Profile, Scoop Magazine – Bron Sibree, Summer 2008/9
‘When it comes to up and coming restaurants creating a buzz in Perth foodie circles, East Perth’s Restaurant Amuse is at the tip of most epicureans’ tongues. Chef Hadleigh Troy’s degustations are quirky and playful yet seriously good and the restaurant is still somewhat of a secret…for now.’
P & L Magazine, WA’s Profession and Lifestyle Magazine, Max Veenhuyzen February 2009
‘Taste Thrills’ of 2008 ~ Best Finer Diner in Perth - Restaurant Amuse;
‘Because nothing beats the energy of food designed and then prepared by a young chef coming into his own’. Post Newspaper – Jane Cornes, December 2008
Nominated Best New Talent in Australia
Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide 2009
"The brightest new star in the city.... Hadleigh Troy's cooking shows enough to suggest that one day this may be Perth's best fine diner.' Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide 2009
Awarded Best New Restaurant
February 2008 - Restaurant and Catering Industry Association.