Restaurants in The High Country
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Mansfield Hotel
The flashiest of Mansfield’s pubs has a huge dining room and extensive, innovative bistro menu to go with it. Pull up a couch by the fireplace in winter or eat out in the sunny beer terrace in summer.
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Blue Duck Inn
Beside the Cobungra River, about 30km north of Omeo, you’ll find the legendary Blue Duck Inn Hotel, popular with fly-fishers, canoeists and bushwalkers. Comfy self-contained cabins sleep up to eight. The hotel serves superb country meals and there’s a good riverside barbecue area.
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Mansfield Regional Produce Store
The best spot in town for coffee or a light lunch, this rustic store stocks an array of local produce, wines and fresh-baked artisan breads.
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King River Cafe
In Oxley, it’s worth a stop for a coffee or light meal at the King River Café, an unassuming but inviting place in an old general store, serving scrumptious lunches bringing together much of the region’s famous produce. Ask about the attached self-contained accommodation.
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Simone's Restaurant
For 20 years owner-chef Patrizia Simone has been serving outstanding Italian food, with a focus on local ingredients and seasonal produce, in the rustic dining room of this heritage-listed house. Bookings essential.
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Loft Lounge & Signature Restaurant
At the Breathtaker All Suite Hotel, the Loft Lounge & Bar is open in summer and the fine-dining restaurant, Signature, is open in winter. Magnificent views, great atmosphere and a delicious fusion of Asian, European and Mod Oz cuisine.
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Huski Produce Store
Chic store and cafe with great casual dining, coffee and High Country produce.
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Big Shed Café
You can’t miss this giant roadside restaurant in the beautifully named hamlet of Smoko, 7km north of Harrietville. The former tobacco shed is having another reincarnation as a popular gourmet cafe.
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Bogong Hotel
It's hard to beat this country pub for a beer with mountain views from the front verandah. Excellent bistro and the cheaper bar meals and Bogong burgers are a steal.
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Milch Cafe Wine Bar
The hip place to see and be seen, this bar- restaurant offers flavoursome Middle Eastern meze and a good wine list. In winter, the bar is packed with skiers conducting postmortems of their runs.
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Pension Grimus
One of Buller's originals, the Austrian-style food at the Kaptan's Restaurant, impromptu music and pumping bar will give you a warm, fuzzy feeling after a day on the slopes.
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Ovens Hotel
Look out for dusty old Ovens Hotel hiding behind the vines. It’s a popular place for a drink, especially when a blues band jams in the beer garden.
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Annapurna Estate
Annapurna Estate is a stunning vineyard. So is the food, served all day on a lovely deck looking over the vines. Stay on for dinner on Saturday.
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Deck on High
A sophisticated but relaxed bar-restaurant serving up genuinely good Asian-inspired food like Indonesian gado gado, pad Thai and sushi plates.
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Roi's Diner Restaurant
This unassuming timber shack on the highway 5km from Mt Beauty is an award-winning restaurant, specialising in exceptional modern Italian cuisine.
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Ev Olives Groves
EV Olives Groves is where the fruity taste of the oils, olives and tapenades will have you buying your next year’s supplies.
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Wine & Cheese Bar
Regional produce from Milawa and local wineries is on offer here during the day. Innovative evening meals include Scandinavian-style rainbow trout.
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Summit Ridge
A rustic restaurant offering fine dining with crisp Asian flavours and an extensive wine list; feel free to scan the shelves. Bookings essential.
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Bella's
For an all-day breakfast or lunch of antipasto, damper rolls and pizza with a glass of local wine or hot coffee, this welcoming cafe is Harrietville's best.
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Mo’s Restaurant at Feathertop
This inviting restaurant at the Feathertop Lodge features red-gum furniture, leather Chesterfield couches, private alcoves and mood lighting.
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Bridge Road Brewers
Hiding behind the imposing Tanswells Commercial Hotel, Beechworth's gem of a microbrewery produces some excellent beers (taste six for $8), and serves fresh-baked pretzels and super house-made pizzas for lunch Wednesday to Sunday and dinner Sunday night.
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Swindlers
Swindlers is one of the better eateries in the winter months, it is also the place for an après-ski Glühwein.
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Cosy Kangaroo
Truly a family restaurant, with a play cubby for kids, fab coffee and a menu that includes local trout cooked to perfection.
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General
The ever-reliable 'Gen' is open all year and is a popular watering hole with a menu of pizzas, good bistro meals and internet.
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Mt Beauty Bakery & Café
Right in town, this sunny cafe is a great place for breakfast or lunch, with a range of cakes, focaccias and antipasto.
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