For more than a decade, Fleur contributed to the Sunday Times Magazine (STM) in The Sunday Times, including as the reviewer of Perth’s newest and most sought after restaurants.

reviews for other publications

  • Wildflower review for Australian Traveller magazine

    Perched on the Perth hotel declared the second best in the world, can Wildflower meet expectations? Fleur Bainger finds out.

  • 10 after 10: Perth's best late-night dining for Lonely Planet

    Perth’s dining scene has reinvented itself over the past few years, with small bars championing petite eats, kitchens opening later, and standards shooting skyward. Here’s where you can get a feed well after dark – and we’re not talking about that greasy kebab shop.

    Note: some venues have since closed

  • A night in Australia's most expensive hotel ever built for Australian Traveller magazine

    What’s it like to stay in the most expensive hotel ever built in Australia (with no need to leave, um, ever)?

    Fleur Bainger staycations in the bubble of Crown Towers’ parallel universe and asks: is it really as good as it sounds?