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Formosa Cafe

Restaurant Cafe Coffee shop Family restaurant Asian restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Coffee shops in Northbridge


Address

58 Francis St, Northbridge WA 6003, Australia

Contact

+61 8 9328 5092

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (302 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Sunday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Monday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 11 am to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: Taiwanese (13) fried (11) chicken (11) pool (8) good (8) meal (6) rice (6) great (6)
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  • 5/5 Jerry S. 1 year ago on Google
    Good atmosphere for socialisation and relaxing by playing billiards, or simply having a meal there while watching TV or reading manga (my childhood memory for sure!!). Having been there twice during my two visits to Perth in April and July, 2022 a few hours before my flight departure. Location in the heart of Northbridge and close to hostels and bars, Chinatown, but pretty quiet and clean there compare to a few blocks nearby. Having a chat with the owner and their family during my last visit, which is a really pleasant experience :) It’s been here for 20 years and witnessed the change over time and growth of a generation. I will definitely visit again next time when heading to Perth.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rin W. 2 years ago on Google
    Affordable Taiwanese food. For the amount of food you get this place is gold! They have nice taiwanese fried chicken. They change my rice free for charge when I found out the rice has pork on it. I really appreciate it. Very recommended.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 KARIM S. 1 year ago on Google
    Taste like home! lots of comic and magazines to read as well Good value, huge portion. Highly recommend the pork broth rice and chicken rice
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Anthony Y. 6 months ago on Google
    Restaurant at Northbridge serving authentic Taiwanese cuisine. They serve bubble tea as well.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Adrian M. 2 years ago on Google
    A large venue with pool tables to hire, some arcade games, an extensive collection of comics in Chinese, and a restaurant area with Taiwanese talk shows on TV. Some people only come for the pool tables, some only for the food and drinks, others come for both. The food on offer includes Taiwanese meals, street food and snacks, and drinks include bubble tea. Overall food has a homely taste to it and prices are cheap for what you get which makes for a great casual meal usually attracting a younger crowd. The venue itself looks like it could do with a renovation, but otherwise it's a great and affordable place to hang out. There's limited parking out front, or else you'll need to look for street or complex parking.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alex 8 months ago on Google
    Old school Taiwanese cafe which has been around for many years. It used to be a internet gaming cafe but the computers have been replaced by numerous pool tables. Many old Japanese comic in Chinese for you to read while you enjoy the yummy Taiwanese food and drinks there.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thomas H. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food, place to be play pool and arcade. Don’t expect fancy decoration
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Li-Ting H. 10 months ago on Google
    A place only Taiwanese will find it familiar and nostalgic, food is very Taiwanese but in a simple meal way, nothing fancy but daily meal style, love it though.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Noah C. 1 year ago on Google
    wowie great pool. Love this place. Love this pool. Nice people nice prices and great books. this place is a treasure in every sense of the word (treasure!). Wowie!

  • 4/5 Jair 1 year ago on Google
    Definitely go here if I miss Taiwanese food!!! Tasted exactly same when I was in Taiwan. But they need clean environment for a bit…😅

  • 3/5 Aaron K. 1 year ago on Google
    Crave for Taiwanese food, this is probably the go to, was there for bubble tea and pool, which the place smells really good of braised pork and fried chicken. On the down side, it doesn’t seem to be air conditioned and it gets warm really quickly when the crowd comes in. Green tea Yakult could do more yakult and it was too light. If you are a TW/HK comic fan, the collection brings back much memory from the 90s to 00s

  • 5/5 jolene c. 1 year ago on Google
    Traditional Taiwanese cuisine. Excellent salt and pepper fried chicken and beef brisket noodle. Bubble tea authentic and reasonably priced.

  • 5/5 Katherine C. 1 year ago on Google
    Authentic taiwanese dishes. Food portion not huge though. Lots of comics book to read and pool tables available while you chill.

  • 5/5 Vincent H. 1 year ago on Google
    Great value and consistently good taiwanese food. The deep fried chicken with rice has braised pork bits in it. They even give you a small side of cabbage salad and miso soup which makes a nice complete meal. This is my go to place in Northbridge, highly recommend. Don’t be intimidated by the restaurant’s exterior.

  • 4/5 Yondi L. 2 years ago on Google
    An interesting and relaxed setting that is rather authentic. The fried chicken on rice was good for the value. Seaweed salad needs improvement. We waited for a long time for food, but it's a good hang-out place if you are not in a hurry. I felt that the menu needs some reworking and be more concise.

  • 5/5 Ming K. 9 months ago on Google
    Went to this place for dinner with the family. Wife ordered a Minced Pork Rice. She ordered Fried Chicken and Noodles for the kids to share and I got a Pork Chop and Rice. I also got a Hot Ginger Tea which tasted great. About 13 to 15 dollars for each dish was good value

  • 5/5 Lydia G. 2 years ago on Google
    Cheap and good. Not the best, but for ~ $12 you get a big portion and decent food. Picture: deep fried chicken and spring roll

  • 5/5 jianhao l. 10 months ago on Google
    Highly recommended by our travelmates and we decided to try it ourselves. No regrets, we came back twice during the trip. The place looks abit rundown but the food and price made up everything else. The place is run by a Chinese boss. Humble person when i chat with him. The place has tons of chinese comic books, many are those from my childhood. The food taste authentic and good! I strongly recommend the fried chicken, it is tasty and meat is tender. The rest of the dishes are great too. I would consider the price cheap comparing to all near eating place and quality given. A place i strongly recommend.

  • 5/5 Stuart C. 4 months ago on Google
    Good service, delicious food and a nostalgic atmosphere. Recommended for dates. Their Taiwanese style fried chicken is the best. Milk tea is really good too.

  • 2/5 Pin-Han L. 5 months ago on Google
    Its quite clean and not smelly from kitchen. The girl at the front desk is very friendly. However, we waited at least 30 minutes for a deep fried chicken meal and 3 small fried dishes. We are happy with waiting but the food was cold when it came. It was disappointing. Only fried chicken and soup is hot. Rice is cold as well Maybe i should of ask to return the food but i cant wait for another 30 minutes.

  • 5/5 Lin L. 1 year ago on Google
    Authentic Taiwanese food, everything is delicious, we will definitely go back again.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Small plates
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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