Looking for the best restaurants in regional Victoria? Here are our favourites from our 2014 Australian Restaurant Guide.
Looking for our new list? Check out our 2015 list of Victoria’s best regional restaurants.
Provenance
Provenance
A heritage-listed converted 19th-century bank is the modern, comfortable space that houses Provenance, one of Australia’s finest regional restaurants.
Read our full review of Provenance.
Ten Minutes by Tractor
Ten Minutes by Tractor
Some regional restaurants seem to want to be in the big city. Not Ten Minutes by Tractor. It delivers a true sense of place.
Read our full review of Ten Minutes by Tractor.
Lake House
Lake House
Lake House shows no sign of waning as it celebrates its 30th year. Alla Wolf-Tasker’s restaurant has lost none of its charm or dressed-up country ambience, and the cooking remains as finely tuned and ambitious as ever.
Read our full review of Lake House.
Stefano’s
Stefano’s
The atmospheric cellar dining room – all lamplight, brick walls and low ceilings – remains the same, but now that Stefano de Pieri has handed the reins to former Vue de Monde chef Jim McDougall, the tune from the kitchen is more modern urban than rustic Italian.
Read the full review of Stefano’s.
Gladioli
Gladioli
A quiet farming hamlet near Geelong isn’t an obvious place for a destination restaurant, but a visit to Gladioli makes all kinds of sense once you start eating chef Matt Dempsey’s food.
Read our full review of Glaidoli.
Healesville Hotel
Healesville Hotel
A new kitchen team heralds a fresh approach at this graceful century-old hotel. While wallet-friendly lunch and dinner service continues daily in the front bar, on weekends the dining room morphs into Quince Dining, with white linen, quality glassware and assured Modern Australian cuisine.
Read our full review of Healesville Hotel.
Kazuki’s at the Raglan
Kazuki’s at the Raglan
Don’t be fooled by the name, the dangling paper light shades or the large hand-painted mural on the wall, because Kazuki’s is a departure from the land of bento boxes and sushi platters.
Read our review of Kazuki’s at the Raglan.
Patricia’s Table
Patricia’s Table
At the heart of Milawa’s gourmet food hub, Brown Brothers has a diverse range of wines, a casual bar and outdoor dining area and Patricia’s Table, a rustic restaurant featuring exceptional regional and seasonal produce that warrants a long lunch.
Read our full review of Patricia’s Table.
Port Phillip Dining
Port Phillip Dining
Here’s a drinks list that celebrates its estate wines, including those from sister winery Kooyong, alongside regional options and plenty from the world’s great producers.
Read our full review of Port Phillip Dining.
Eleonore’s
Eleonore’s
The grande dame of the Yarra Valley, Eleonore’s sits proud and poised within historic Chateau Yering.
Read our full review of Eleonore’s.
