Must-see restaurants in Clare Valley

  • Terroir

    Clare Valley

    'Terroir' – a word often associated with the wine trade – defines the nature of a place: its altitude, its soil, its climate. At this excellent restaurant…

  • Umbria

    Clare Valley

    Umbria looks like a high-end Melbourne Italian restaurant, lifted from Lygon St and dropped onto Main North Rd. But the exposed stonework and moody…

  • St Just Cafe

    Clare Valley

    The pick of Burra's several bakery/cafes, St Just zeroes-in on baguettes, toasted sandwiches, bacon-and-egg rolls, BLTs and fresh soups and salads. Sit in…

  • Seed Winehouse & Kitchen

    Clare Valley

    In a lovely old mill building on Clare's main street, Seed Espresso does the day shift, handing over to Seed Winehouse & Kitchen for dinner. Either way,…

  • Reilly's

    Clare Valley

    Reilly's started life as a cobbler's shop in 1856. These days it's a cellar door for Reilly's Wines and a lovey restaurant, which is decorated with local…

  • Bush Devine Cafe

    Clare Valley

    The views from this deck cafe at Paulett Wines' cellar door are bodacious – but almost as interesting is the adjacent Bush Food Garden from which the…

  • White Cedars Cafe

    Clare Valley

    An authentic Indonesian restaurant is perhaps the last thing you'd expect to find on the main street of little ol' Burra. But it's true – hard-working…

  • Taminga Hotel

    Clare Valley

    The tarted-up Taminga is looking good: polished floorboards, exposed stone walls and pressed-tin ceilings. Pub classics are what you're here for: surf 'n'…

  • Wild Saffron

    Clare Valley

    We're not sure how much wild saffron grows in the Clare Valley (most of it seems to be 'under vine', as they say), but this cafe is hugely popular…

  • Indii of Clare

    Clare Valley

    Put some spice in your Clare Valley life with a visit to this modest, charming curry house on the main drag, ceilings draped with bright bolts of purple,…

  • Little Red Grape

    Clare Valley

    There's a cellar door here, focusing on small-production local vineyards, but most folks are here for the bakery, serving excellent pies, cakes, big…