City Beach restaurant strip on the way

The West Australian

City Beach will get an $18 million facelift, with a new surf club and restaurant strip planned at the popular beachfront.

The Town of Cambridge has authorised calling tenders to build the $6.6 million ultramodern City of Perth Surf Life Saving Club and three restaurants at the site.

The existing surf club building will be demolished about March, with the new one to be ready for the 2015-16 summer.

Cambridge mayor Simon Withers said the building would become a Perth landmark.

"The design of the new building is iconic," he said. "I imagine it will feature on postcards and be widely photographed."

Mr Withers said the redevelopment would transform City Beach from a great beach dominated by an "ugly" building to the best beach in Perth.

Leases for two of the three restaurants have been awarded, with a well-known Perth hospitality family to open an upmarket eatery on the beachfront.

Marcel and Fiona Slobe will run the biggest of the three restaurants - a 1000sqm, "resort style" venue to open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Ms Slobe is the youngest daughter of Sonja Gastevich, a Perth hospitality veteran who has opened five Perth pubs, including the Royal in East Perth and Ess Bar in Subiaco.

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City Beach restaurant strip on the way