Must-see restaurants in Limestone Coast

  • Pipers of Penola

    Limestone Coast

    A classy, intimate dining room inside a 1908 Methodist church, with friendly staff and seasonal fare. The menu fizzes with high-end culinary lingo: tobiko…

  • Metro Bakery & Cafe

    Limestone Coast

    Ask a local where they go for coffee: chances are they'll say, 'the Metro, you fool!' In the thick of things on the main drag, it's an energetic cafe with…

  • Vic St Pizza Project

    Limestone Coast

    Go for something trad (Hawaiian, margherita, pepperoni) or something more daring (lamb souvlaki, squid and chorizo) – either way, the pizzas at this…

  • Union Cafe

    Limestone Coast

    Perennially busy, this curiously angled corner cafe with polished-glass fragments in the floor has expanded into the next-door shopfront. Unionise your…

  • Robe Seafood

    Limestone Coast

    Robe's excellent fish and chipper always seems to have people standing around inside, waiting for their crumbed calamari, even when everywhere else in…

  • Natural Born Grillers

    Limestone Coast

    Inspired name, uninspiring windy car-park location. But once you're inside, you'll lose track of external concerns. Burgers are the main thrust (try the …

  • Macs Hotel

    Limestone Coast

    Char-grilled, chilli-and-garlic marinated calamari; pork belly with cauliflower puree and star anise glaze… Not your standard pub grub, but the old Macs …

  • Chinese on Bagot

    Limestone Coast

    In a town where 16,500 Chinese gold miners disembarked in the 1850s, en route to the Ballarat gold fields, it's no surprise to discover that the local…

  • Cafe Melzar

    Limestone Coast

    We love caffeine and we love laneway culture. These two phenomena come together perfectly at Melzar, a little bean nook that's hard to find but worth the…

  • No 4

    Limestone Coast

    A bit of big-city faux-yacht affluence comes to Robe at this polished concrete-and-glass eatery, serving good coffee and big breakfasts – maybe the…

  • Sails

    Limestone Coast

    Sails is Robe's classiest restaurant, and comes with a big rep for seafood (oh the blue swimmer crab and prawn spaghetti!). Not in an undersea mood? Try…

  • Drink Ottelia + Eat Fodder

    Limestone Coast

    A surprising find at the Ottelia winery cellar door in the tubleweed-lonesome Coonawarra township itself, little Fodder does generous share plates (pork,…

  • Mayura Station

    Limestone Coast

    Mayura Station – a cattle property in Millicent, midway between Mount Gambier and Beachport – has a serious rep for its fine Japanese full-blooded Wagyu…

  • Mahalia Coffee

    Limestone Coast

    Everywhere you go on the Limestone Coast you'll see Mahalia Coffee signs – a marketing success story! Visit the roasting rooms in Robe's industrial back…

  • Upstairs at Hollick

    Limestone Coast

    Sit on Hollick's verandah on a warm afternoon for some stylin' dinin' with vine views, mains matched with Hollick wines. See how the afternoon is shaping…

  • Wild Ginger

    Limestone Coast

    Locals recommend this authentic, gilt-fringed Thai nook on the main street, plating up the likes of citrus-rich larp chicken salad and menacing red beef…

  • diVine

    Limestone Coast

    A bright, mod cafe serving awesome baguettes, all-day breakfasts, great coffee and internationally inspired lunches (try the Vietnamese pork meatballs or…

  • Beachport Hotel

    Limestone Coast

    The second-biggest thing in Beachport (after the jetty) is the pub, a chunky old two-storey boozer serving classic Aussie pub grub (if you've never had a …

  • Sweet Espresso

    Limestone Coast

    Naracoorte's closest approximation of a city cafe is sweet little Sweet Espresso, an unpretentious caffeine nook with a contemporary fit-out near the town…

  • Cheese Factory Restaurant

    Limestone Coast

    Lean on the front bar with the locals, or munch into steaks, schnitzels, Coorong mullet or a Coorong wrap (with mullet!) in the cavernous, refreshingly…

  • Adventurous Spoon

    Limestone Coast

    Kick-off your culinary adventure with a breakfast burger (fried egg, bacon, caramelised onion, aioli and African-style taka tala sauce), then come back…

  • Baked at Beachport

    Limestone Coast

    This cheery ocean-blue bakery on the main street is the place for rolls, pies, scrolls, cakes, slices, buns and biscuits. Sourdough pizzas Friday evenings…

  • Presto Eatery

    Limestone Coast

    Hey presto! Occupying a heritage shopfront in downtown Mount G, Presto is a stylish cafe with blonde-wood floorboards, blonde waitstaff, bentwood chairs…

  • Meningie Bakery

    Limestone Coast

    Nooked into a car park off Meningie's main drag, this little bake house does a brisk seven-day trade. Pies, pasties, lamingtons, lemon tarts and bodacious…

  • Naracoorte Pizza House

    Limestone Coast

    The best edible discs in town, served in a little lime-green shopfront or delivered to your motel door. Try 'The Boss': ham, salami, mushrooms, olives and…