Villa Roma Fremantle

Villa Roma

Invite your work colleagues and friends to join you for lunch or dinner at Villa Roma on High Street in the beautiful west end of Fremantle.

Villa Roma, one of WA’s top hospitality icons for more than half a century, is run by acclaimed Fremantle restaurateur Nunzio Gumina. Come and enjoy some of the traditional dishes that the Roma is famous for.

Find us at 9 - 13 High Street, Fremantle WA 6160 (near the Old Round House).

Fremantle icon re-born as the Villa Roma by cafe strip pioneer

Article by Fremantle Focus on November 15, 2006

Closing its doors after 52 years in April, the Roma legacy seemed to be finally over when the daughters of restaurant founders Nella and Frank Abrugiato made the difficult decision to move on.

Villa Roma

But Nunzio Gumina, the man originally behind Old Papa’s, alfresco dining on South Terrace and nowadays Limoncello, has stepped into the fray to make sure a Fremantle institution continues and will re-open the doors on November 20 under the name Villa Roma.

Fremantle Mayor Peter Tagliaferri has welcomed the re-launch of the restaurant, given the original was one of WA’s top hospitality icons for more than half a century.

"The Roma almost had a cult following and packed them in, right until the very end, with its old Freo feel," he said. "And the recipe for success was simple – good food matched with good service, making guests feel at home in a house of good cooking."

Piece of History

Fremantle Trams

Fremantle tramways opened in 1906. During the 1950s trams carried less and less passengers but continued running until 1958. With a shortage of parts and skilled tradesmen to maintain the trams and the affordability of mass produced cars after World War II the trams were slowly phased out.