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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.

Historic country pub on Sellicks Hill overlooking the Fleurieu, famous for its award-winning wine list and a cellar with over 700 wines.

Vale Brewing's home base on Ingoldby Road at McLaren Flat - a full brewery, restaurant and bar with a long menu and all the Vale beers on tap.

A family-owned cellar door and Italian restaurant in the heart of McLaren Vale, with authentic southern-Italian cooking and estate-grown wines.

Every Saturday morning, over 30 local producers set up in Grosvenor Gardens in central Victor Harbor with fresh produce, seafood, meat, baked goods and Fleurieu wine.

A heritage 1865 bluestone country hotel on Albyn Terrace, Strathalbyn, with an award-winning bistro and a wide verandah looking over the river park.