The Henley Brook (affectionately known as “The Hen”) is found on West Swan Road in the Swan Valley. The family friendly pub-restaurant is a brilliant perfect place for a relaxed family meal – there’s tasty food, good vibes, a nature playground and so much space for the kids to roam around and be free.
The Hen has a choice of indoor and outdoor dining, as well as comfy couches, barstools and tables on the veranda or picnic rugs on the grass in warmer weather. If you’d like to sit inside, I recommend you book in advance as these tables get snapped up quickly.
We had a delicious lunch on a crisp winter’s day. It’s a fantastic place to enjoy a glass of red by the roaring fire!
There’s tones of country charm at the Hen, with exposed bricks, timber beams and many vintage farmyard touches. The cosy bar has local craft beers on tap, as well as wines and ciders. They even make a good cup of coffee.
For children, there are kid-sized milkshakes served in little bottles, as well as juices and water.
The Food
On the menu are pub-style salads, burgers, parmys, share food and lots more. Out the back, there’s a wood fired pizza oven cranking.
The kids menu has a decent choice of dishes.
Outside, under the shade of the big gum trees, there’s loads of roomfor kids to roam around and explore.
There’s a play kitchen, logs to climb, sandpits,wigwams for making a bush cubby, big tyres, ropes to swing from and more.
There’s balls and goals for a ball game – we even spotted a game of Frisbee happening too.
We all really enjoyed our lunch at The Hen, which is open seven days a week for lunch and also some evenings for dinner. The staff are really friendly, engaging and made us feel welcome. It’s not our first visit to The Hen and it certainly won’t be our last!
Find The Henley Brook at 9810 West Swan Road, Henley Brook.
Get more info on their website.
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Amanda Carlin has her own food and travel blog. Established in 2013, “The Chef, His Wife and Their Perth-fect Life” has enjoyed an exciting name change in 2021, as “The Chef’s Ex-wife” embarks on new adventures with Simply PERTHfect. Amanda loves getting out and about in Perth and WA, as well as brunching, tapas or something a little fancy in equal measures. With her son “Little Chef” in tow, Amanda always has plenty of family friendly eating options to recommend too! Be sure to check out Simply PERTHfect.
