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Casual country hotel on The Strand with a bistro, beer garden, family-friendly pub meals and a short stroll to Horseshoe Bay.

Dining & Cafés

Islanders Tavern

Goolwa

The only pub on Hindmarsh Island - a relaxed country tavern serving counter meals, local wine and beer, with views to the river channel and the Goolwa bridge.

Part providore, part licensed cafe: a curated Fleurieu food store on Port Elliot's main street with a rustic courtyard cafe out the back.

Seafood kiosk and cafe at the Goolwa Beach carpark from the Goolwa Pipi Company - specialising in pipis (kuti) pulled from the beach out front.

Mitolo Wines' cellar door and Little Wolf Osteria - Italian small-plate dining surrounded by Mediterranean gardens on McMurtrie Road.

A light, airy main-street McLaren Vale cafe known for seasonal brunch plates and excellent coffee.

Maxwell Wines' restaurant on Olivers Road: regional fine dining with vineyard views, paired with the estate's wine and mead.

An organic grocer and cafe in the heart of historic Aldinga village - cold-pressed juices, raw desserts, burgers and Villeré coffee.

Middleton's main pub - a relaxed coastal tavern and bistro on the main road, the social hub for surfers, locals and Goolwa-Victor Harbor day-trippers.

A central, no-fuss motel on Cadell Street in the heart of Goolwa, with on-site cafe (Jack's Place) and walking distance to the wharf, the Cockle Train, the brewery and the river.

A treasured main-street Goolwa cafe for gourmet coffee, all-day brunch and produce-driven lunch plates.

A friendly country crossroads halfway between McLaren Vale and Victor Harbor, best known for the annual Compass Cup cow race held every February.

The main pub in Mount Compass on the Victor Harbor road, with a bistro, beer garden, regular live music and the only proper hot dinner on the highway between Willunga and Victor Harbor.

A 30+ year family-run Italian restaurant in the heart of Victor Harbor known for classic pizza, pasta and the famous veal scaloppini.

Award-winning family-owned bakery on Victor Harbor's main shopping street - pies, pastries, coffee and the famous whale-shaped donut.

Dining & Cafés

Old Bush Inn

Willunga

Willunga's oldest pub - a heritage 1839 bluestone hotel on the High Street serving hearty meals, with regular live music and a beer garden.

A small charming Normanville main street cafe known for brunch, specialty coffee and a tight all-day menu.

A Currency Creek winery, providore and restaurant on a sprawling vineyard estate, with multiple event spaces and a long lunch reputation.

Wine & Cellar Doors

Oxenberry Farm

McLaren Vale

A boutique Scarpantoni-family winery on the original 1840 Oxenberry Farm homestead, with a cellar door cafe and duck-filled wetlands.

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.