Clancy's Fish Pub

What Clancy's Fish Pub does

Clancy's Fish Pub is a privately held Western Australian hospitality operator founded in 1990, running three seafood-focused pub venues in Fremantle (51 Cantonment St), City Beach (195 Challenger Pde), and Applecross/Canning Bridge (903 Canning Highway). The business sells seafood, beer, wine, and live music experiences direct-to-consumer, with function and event hosting (capacity up to 180 guests at Fremantle) as a secondary vertical using tiered set menus priced at A$45–A$75 per person and assorted platter packages. Distribution is entirely physical through the three venues, augmented by an online booking system (NowBookIt) and an online gift voucher storefront.

The revenue model is transaction-based: per-cover dining, per-head function packages with deposits required to secure bookings, and one-time gift voucher sales. Customers are split between the local Perth/Fremantle community — families, friends, and walk-in diners — and event bookers arranging private or corporate functions of 2 to 180+ guests. Headcount is 73 employees, and the company operates as a single legal entity with no disclosed subsidiaries, parent, or institutional ownership. Marketing is light-touch, relying on the established 30-year brand, the website's direct booking flows, and an online gift card storefront rather than paid acquisition or large-scale CRM programmes.

There is no proprietary technology platform, no AI/ML capability, no patents, no disclosed awards or certifications, and no funding history. The business is fundamentally a real-estate-anchored, lifestyle-brand hospitality operator whose competitive position rests on the quality of its three physical locations and three decades of local brand equity in Western Australia.

Name

Clancy's Fish Pub

Legal name

Clancy's Fish Pub

Website

https://clancysfishpub.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Clancy's Fish Pub is a privately held Western Australian hospitality operator running three seafood, beer, wine, and live music pub venues in Fremantle, City Beach, and Applecross, serving local diners and private/corporate function bookings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Pubs

NAICS

Food Services and Drinking Places (722), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Steakhouses & Seafood Restaurants (THAFACAE)

Keywords

• Seafood pub dining
• Function venue hire
• Live music hospitality
• Coastal casual dining
• Gift voucher sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Fremantle

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Revenue from selling seafood, beer, wine, and food across three pub venues. Customers pay per item for dine-in meals and drinks.
2. Functions and Events: Revenue from hosting private events and functions. Set menus and platter packages offered for group bookings. Deposits required to secure bookings.
3. Gift Cards and Vouchers: Sale of gift vouchers for all three venues through online platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Clancy's Fish Pub runs three seafood-focused pub venues in Western Australia (Fremantle, City Beach, Canning Bridge/Applecross) offering dine-in food and beverage service with live music. The business also sells gift vouchers online and hosts private functions and corporate events with set-menu and platter catering packages at dedicated event spaces accommodating 2 to 180+ guests.

Product overview

Clancy's Fish Pub is a multi-venue Australian pub offering fresh seafood, beer, wine, and music at three locations: Fremantle, City Beach, and Canning Bridge. The company operates as a unified brand across its venues, providing dine-in restaurant services, function and event hosting (with dedicated spaces accommodating groups from 25 to 180 guests), and gift vouchers. Each venue has its own distinct character and event capabilities, from the Fremantle location's music and events room to the City Beach coastal backdrop and the Canning Bridge mezzanine space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fremantle Venue Clancy's Fish Pub's flagship venue located at 51 Cantonment St, Fremantle, offering dine-in seafood, beer, wine, and live music, plus a dedicated event and music room that hosts up to 180 guests. Targeted at local diners seeking waterfront casual dining and group event organisers booking private functions.
• City Beach Venue Clancy's Fish Pub's coastal venue located at 195 Challenger Pde, City Beach, featuring ocean views, fresh seafood, local drinks, and an event function season running 1 March – 1 December. Targeted at diners and event hosts seeking a beachside coastal setting for celebrations.
• Canning Bridge Venue Clancy's Fish Pub's Applecross venue located at 903 Canning Highway, offering dine-in service, live music, and a versatile mezzanine event space with semi-private areas and an outdoor verandah section for up to 40 guests. Targeted at diners, family celebrations, quizzes, and sit-down private events.
• Functions & Events Private function and event hosting service across all three venues, accommodating groups from 2 to 180+ guests with tiered set menus (The Pub Classic, Clancy's Coastal Classics, The Elevated Catch & Paddock) and platter packages. Targeted at private birthday hosts and corporate function organisers planning group events with deposits required to secure bookings.
• Gift Vouchers Online gift vouchers redeemable across all three Clancy's Fish Pub venues (Fremantle, City Beach, Canning Bridge), purchased through the NowBookIt and ai-menu e-commerce platforms. Targeted at consumers and gift purchasers wanting a redeemable dining experience at any Clancy's venue.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ALH Group: Largest Australian pub operator (now part of Endeavor Group) running hundreds of venues nationwide. Represents the scaled, well-capitalized incumbent in the pub category against which smaller multi-venue operators compete.
• Merivale Group: Major Sydney-based hospitality operator with dozens of pubs, restaurants and event venues. Comparable as a multi-venue hospitality brand with strong function/event business, though broader in cuisine and east-coast focused.

Direct peers

• The Newport: Premium waterfront pub and dining destination on Sydney's Pittwater. Comparable as a coastal, function-capable, seafood-and-beverage pub concept with live entertainment, though geographically east-coast.
• Cicerello's: Iconic Fremantle seafood restaurant and fish-and-chips operator. Directly comparable as a long-established Fremantle seafood venue competing for the same local and tourist trade.
• The Lobster & Chop: Melbourne seafood and steak-focused casual-upscale restaurant with set-menu and function capability, comparable on seafood-led menu and premium casual positioning.
• Kailis Bros: Perth-based seafood market, cafe and restaurant operator with similar WA seafood-focused casual dining proposition and retail seafood offering.
• The Boatshed Restaurant: Coastal Cottesloe seafood and modern Australian restaurant with premium waterfront positioning, directly comparable in coastal seafood dining experience.

Regional players

• Sandalford Wines: WA Swan Valley winery with on-site restaurant, function spaces and tourism-led dining. Comparable as a WA-based tourism + functions + food & beverage venue, though wine-led rather than seafood-led.
• Little Creatures Brewery: Fremantle-based brewery and pub dining venue with similar Fremantle port-side setting, food + beverage + live entertainment positioning, though its food proposition is broader than seafood.

Others

• Fremantle Ports Authority (Hospitality Tenants): Ecosystem landlord/regulator whose precinct strategy shapes the Fremantle hospitality catchment. Relevant as an adjacent stakeholder affecting Clancy's Fremantle venue's footfall and licensing environment, not as a competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clancy's-fish-pub

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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