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Fresh seafood restaurant and casual cliffside kiosk on the Port Willunga Esplanade, with one of the best ocean and old jetty ruin views on the Fleurieu.

An estate-grown EVOO producer at the Nangkita Olive Grove, with sit-down oil tastings, share platters and grove discovery tours - open the first full weekend of every month.

A family-run Neapolitan wood-fired pizzeria set in the middle of the McLaren Vale vineyards - one of the great Fleurieu long-lunch destinations.

Dining & Cafés

Port Elliot Bakery

Port Elliot

Long-loved country bakery in the heart of Port Elliot, famous for pies, pasties, vanilla slices and coffee a short walk from Horseshoe Bay.

A specialty coffee roaster and licensed beachfront cafe near the Granite Island causeway - one of the better coffee stops in Victor Harbor.

A classic main-street country pub on Strathalbyn's High Street, serving modern Australian dining in a heritage stone building in the heart of town.

A Friday and Saturday night institution - Russell Jeavons' woodfired pizzas served under the stars in a walled garden behind a Willunga stone cottage.

Italian-accented cellar door and restaurant pairing Sabella estate wines with Joe Cangiano's wood-fired Italian cooking on McLaren Vale's main road.

A licensed beachside cafe overlooking the Second Valley jetty and beach, the only food and drink stop in the tiny coastal village.

The Petagna family cellar door at the foot of the Sellicks Hills, with a sea-view courtyard, a wood-fired oven and house-made Italian-leaning food.

Serafino Wines' lakeside restaurant on Kangarilla Road: modern Australian dining overlooking the estate's landscaped lake, paired with the full Serafino wine list.

An absolute beachfront bistro and bar at Aldinga with produce-driven plates and an oceanfront deck - one of the best sunset dinners on the western coast.

An award-winning microbrewery housed in a converted dairy factory in Myponga, famous for its beers named after the owners' Samoyed dogs.

Famous casual-fine dining restaurant perched on the cliff above Port Willunga beach, named for the 1888 shipwreck visible below at low tide.

An independent craft brewery and taphouse on Olivers Road, McLaren Vale - a surf-inspired brewery with a rotating tap list and regular food truck line-up.

Strathalbyn's oldest hotel - a heritage 1840s pub on the corner of Rankine Street with a beer garden running down to the River Angas and a country bistro.

Lunch-only restaurant in a restored 1880s currant drying shed at McLaren Flat, run by Hamish Maguire and Emily Dowie since 2011.

An organic farm cafe and providore set among biodynamic vineyards and olive groves above Willunga, with a paddock-to-plate menu that changes by the day.

Beachside cafe and restaurant right on Horseshoe Bay at Port Elliot - an icon of the Encounter Coast serving breakfast, lunch and summer dinners overlooking the beach.

Dining & Cafés

The Greenman Inn

Strathalbyn

An 1865 historic country pub in the pretty Finniss River valley - originally Ashbourne's post office and general store, now a refurbished gastropub with live music.

An 1897 sandstone pub on Ocean Street, Victor Harbor - bistro meals, beer garden, front bar and a shot of heritage in the centre of town.

Contemporary Italian restaurant at Lady Bay Resort with a terrace overlooking the golf course and the Gulf St Vincent coast.

A hatted modern South-East Asian eatery in a tin-shed building in historic Aldinga village, with a tight share-plate menu and natural wines.

A mid-19th century inn turned modern Australian dining room with an epic wine cellar and 250-strong gin bar.