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Camera IconThe seafood platter and the nachos. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\nThere are few venues in WA that could compete with Mandurah\u2019s Oceanic Bar and Grill\u2019s million-dollar waterside views and now the inside has a million-dollar new look to match.<\/p>\n
One of Mandurah\u2019s biggest bars came into the experienced hands of multi-award-winning hospitality operator Daman Phull earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Mr Phull quickly began a much needed $1.3 million renovation of the 600-person capacity venue.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Mr Phull, along with celebrity chef, food critic and Masterchef favourite, Andy Allen, was there to welcome patrons into the exquisitely finished building.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful location\u2026 I fell in love the day I came and visited,\u201d Mr Phull said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fell in love with the location, I thought, I want to work here, I want to be here, it\u2019s open, it\u2019s fresh, it\u2019s beautiful, and it\u2019s every publican\u2019s dream to have a location like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bones of the building were still there, but under Mr Phull\u2019s keen eye, they had been primped, polished and turned into a proper WA beach bar ready to be enjoyed by excited diners.<\/p>\n
SEE THE PICTURES FROM OPENING NIGHT IN THE GALLERY BELOW<\/p>\n
From the coastal chic furniture, to the bright and breezy nautical touches, the refurb was giving high-end Mediterranean resort.<\/p>\n
Diners are also in for a treat because the tired old menu was thrown away, with the chef starting completely from scratch.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not one dish from the old menu that is on the new menu,\u201d Mr Allen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new menu offerings include a juicy lobster roll topped with caviar, a massive Turkish flatbread scattered with spiced lamb, five types of oysters including an indulgent truffle mornay, the \u201cfry shack\u201d \u2013 chips loaded with either Greek toppings, an authentic Irish spice bag or butter chicken.<\/p>\n
Camera IconThe seafood platter and the nachos. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n
The chargrilled barramundi with a \u201cperfected\u201d garlic sauce is a personal favourite of Mr Phull\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n
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Camera IconOBG’s barramundi. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n
For those feeling hungry there were incredible sharing platters, one featured traditional antipasto ingredients, another seafood, and the third was a generous meat platter with ribs, wings, lamb cutlets, steak and chorizo.<\/p>\n
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Camera IconThe antipasto platter. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n
And it wouldn\u2019t be a venue by the water in Mandurah if there wasn\u2019t a glorious seafood tower on offer.<\/p>\n
Something new to Mandurah is the impressive looking chargrilled skewers \u2014 loaded with either lamb, wagyu or prawns.<\/p>\n
On opening night, despite the kitchen being absolutely under the pump, the feedback from diners was overwhelmingly positive.<\/p>\n
And Mr Phull knows food, he also operates The Wray Hotel in Fremantle.<\/p>\n
The Wray was named best sporting entertainment venue at last year\u2019s Australian Hotels Association WA Hospitality Awards and best casual pub dining in 2024.<\/p>\n
Mr Phull had a message for punters who had given up on the OBG.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey should come back because it\u2019s brand-new menu, a brand-new venue, and every dish that is on the menu has been tested 10 times for the exact flavour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the first bite diners should immediately recognise that they\u2019re coming back – that\u2019s the flavour that I want, that\u2019s the taste that I want.<\/p>\n
\u201cHospitality is in our blood. That\u2019s what we do, and you know if it\u2019s busy, the chefs are struggling, I don\u2019t mind hopping in there and flipping burgers myself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are few venues in WA that could compete with Mandurah\u2019s Oceanic Bar and Grill\u2019s million-dollar waterside views…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[252,251,3880,335,464],"class_list":["post-79135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-drink","tag-food","tag-mandurah","tag-perth","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}