The best restaurants Victoria

Take a moment to stop in this typical café-grocery-restaurant on the edge of the Kennet River forest. The site is pleasant and is a good place to stop on the Great Ocean Road. The place is mainly known for its parrots and koalas that can often be seen in the eucalyptus trees behind the campsite. Children will love to try to spot them by scanning the trees. The place is perfect to stop for a coffee and the owners are very nice. We recommend you the place without hesitation.

In 1994, Max Paganoni returned from his travels throughout Europe. Passionate about local products and wines, he set out to create the first wine restaurant in the Peninsula. Today, the restaurant has won several awards and is very popular. The restaurant serves modern local and seasonal dishes in a beautiful setting surrounded by greenery and vineyards. For example, asparagus as a starter, lamb or artichoke in a crust as a vegetarian dish, and a selection of local cheeses.

A Japanese restaurant with a worldwide reputation and established around the world, the chefs cook in front of you in a refined setting. Located in the Crown Entertainment Complex. Other restaurants of the brand also in Sydney and Perth. On the menu, all the classics - or almost - of Japanese gastronomy with, among others, excellent gyozas or shrimps as a starter served with their spicy garlic sauce. Bentos to go are also available every day until 3pm. Perfect for a picnic afterwards!

Modern bar and restaurant with a wide range of Australian food, all with a superb view of the docks and the waterfront. Harbour Kitchen welcomes you for all types of events: a wedding, a birthday, a corporate party, or simply for the pleasure of getting together with friends or family. Catering options and menus are easily constructed to suit any occasion or budget, and each function room is adaptable to any occasion. All in a beautiful setting.

Devastated by a fire in 2014, the brand-new building reopened in 2016. It's one of the few bar-restaurants overlooking the beach. On the menu, starters include oysters, vol-au-vent with crab, caviar and beef carpaccio, or for vegetarians, pumpkin pie. Meat is the mainstay of the menu, with a fine piece of Black Angus. Some fish and vegetarian dishes are also available. All excellent! Excellent wine list.

Flower Drum is a delicious Cantonese restaurant, offering a multitude of choices to satisfy your hunger. It is certainly one of the best Asian restaurants in town! On the menu are seafood spring rolls, some served on mushrooms, quail mixed with shiitake, bamboo shoots... The traditional Peking duck, or duck with prunes, a wok-fried fish fillet, chicken, or a Black Angus fillet. For dessert, let yourself be seduced by banana fritters with tea for example.

Since 1988, Caffe e Cucina has been offering excellent Italian cuisine in a warm setting. The best table is definitely the one on the balcony. Try the antipasti misti! That day, as a starter, we could let ourselves be tempted by the calamari and its homemade mayonnaise with balsamic vinegar, then gnocchi with pork, mushrooms and parmesan and for dessert, we can try the traditional tiramisu. And to accompany all this, we take advantage of the beautiful wine list. Very beautiful place and excellent refined kitchen. We recommend it!

Sailor's Rest is located in one of Geelong's most pleasant spots: on the waterfront between the marina and Cunningham Pier. Its beautiful outdoor terrace, balcony with panoramic views over the water and the bustle of the street, pleasant rooms with large glass panes, also with street views, and above all, its rooftop, complete the pleasures provided by the establishment's ambience. The dishes are quite classic, some with Italian flavors, and they are copious.

A large room with an open kitchen on the first floor and a second, more intimate room upstairs, in a modern setting. The ambience is a little like that of a company restaurant (a large bistro for some), but you soon get used to the convivial atmosphere. The menu features charcuterie (black pudding, chorizo, foie gras...) and oysters as specialties, but also salads, meat and fish to suit all tastes. The chef's selection menu costs AU$ 88. Excellent wine list.

This original restaurant-cafe is installed under the vaults of Paul's Cathedral. The place knows a certain success and one comes there to taste simple dishes (panini, burgers, rolls, salads of raw vegetables and halloumis, vegetarian dishes or not...). Open early in the morning, Chapter House Coffee also offers good breakfasts (pancakes, waffles...) or snacks with excellent pastries. You can accompany or not by a hot drink such as filter coffees, goldens lattes, cappuccinos, hot chocolates and teas.

This is one of the best places to go in the Yarra Valley, apart from the many wineries that are here. This café-bar offers tasty Australian cuisine accompanied - of course - by excellent wines. The service is dynamic and the welcome warm. On the menu, we share one of the many starters: octopus, cheese croquettes, olives, arancini, a plate of cold meats or cheeses... We continue then on one of the burgers or one of the dishes such as the salad of crab and avocado... Before tasting the homemade ice cream!

In Australia, as elsewhere, the burger has taken on a life of its own in recent years. So the chefs at Simpsons Burgers have decided to put this essential dish in the spotlight! Here's one of the best places to try simple, varied and generous burgers. What's on the menu? A burger with a spicy sauce, beef, cheddar, jalapeños and aioli. Or, for the same price, try one of the house veggie burgers. Veggie patty, avocado, beets, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion... there's something for everyone!

On the port, next to the fish market. The snack is a little rustic but really original. We settle down with happiness on the few tables and chairs in terrace with a magnificent view on Apollo Bay. To eat seafood, an excellent fish & chips and to drink the wine which goes well. The copious portions will delight the greedy ones and one can also choose a snack to be carried to make a picnic on the beach, a little further.

Fisho's Torquay welcomes you in a traditional villa with a pretty courtyard overlooking the beach... Ideal when the weather is good! At lunchtime, one of the best and nicest restaurants in Torquay. As its name suggests, it is mainly seafood and fish that you will find on the menu. Try the grilled snapper with a choice of 3 salads. Oysters are an excellent choice as an appetizer. For beer lovers, try the Southern Bay draft lager. Also wine and cider!

Great concept of wine bar where wine is associated with cheese. Choose several cheeses among the 180 offered! Come and discover the local cheeses, classic cheeses and others, much more original. It is very good, and the place and the atmosphere make us want to stay. With the cheese, we take the opportunity to taste a good glass of wine, cider, beer... The staff, attentive and knowledgeable, is of very good advice. The plus: the cheeses and trays with accessories to buy, ideal as a souvenir gift! Online store.

Enjoy fine Australian cuisine in a casual setting with impeccable service. For a complete culinary experience, come in the evening and opt for the Chef's selection menu, which changes seasonally. Start with a starter of raw tuna with ginger vinegar, then try the Murray cod with fennel confit and turnips. Or why not the lamb loin or the vegetarian dish with shiitake mushrooms and celeriac. Cheese and dessert round off the meal. In addition, the sommelier's selection for each dish.

At the end of the Cunningham Pier, with a beautiful view of Geelong and the bay, Wah Bah offers a choice of cocktails at the bar and a modernized and "Mediterranean" Australian cuisine in a maritime atmosphere, on 3 decks. We come here to share aperitifs, spring rolls or dumplings at the end of the day or to enjoy a delicious bao or a Thai green curry for lunch or dinner. It is a nice and friendly address where the atmosphere and the welcome are always pleasant. Finally, don't forget to taste a cocktail to toast!

In the heart of the botanical garden, on a hill populated by tall Norfolk pines, this restaurant is set in a green setting. You can enjoy the beautiful indoor dining room or, better yet, the beautiful terrace. The simple and well-cooked Australian dishes will be unanimously appreciated. We also come here to have breakfast with fresh, healthy and vitaminized products. At lunchtime, we let ourselves be tempted by excellent burgers, a soup, or a very good lemon meringue pie with a coffee.

For foodies and gourmets, this is undoubtedly the best restaurant in Dayslesford. The Lake House offers elegant cuisine and the finest Australian wines in an enchanting setting. Sit in the sublime dining room where the beautiful windows overlook the lake and provide a calm atmosphere for memorable dining. Want to enjoy it even more? The Lake House is also a hotel and a spa, which offers a wide range of body and facial treatments as well as various massages.

Burgers yes, but healthy ones! Here, we select the products, so that they are of quality, and we avoid artificial colorings or other preservatives. A pleasant setting, a friendly staff, burgers and salads in a spirit of quality research. On the menu, the burgers are declined with beef, chicken, lamb even and several choices of vegetarian burgers. All very good! Kids and parents will love it.