2 Best Restaurants in Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia

In a beautifully restored 160-year-old flour mill, this inviting restaurant on the way to Cape Jervis (and Kangaroo Island) proudly foregrounds local produce. The floor staff know many of the suppliers personally and all ingredients on the prix-fixe menu are sourced within a 50-km (31-mile) radius. Fortunately, the surrounding land and sea are so bountiful that can include multiple types of seafood, buffalo curd, free-range lamb and beef, and even truffles when in season.

The multicourse tasting menu at this winery restaurant is the most beautiful food you’ll encounter in the Vale. The presentation is often striking and innovative but the dishes themselves are still eminently approachable. Multiple seafood courses lead into a three-part main before desserts paired with Maxwell’s other famous beverage: mead. The venue itself melds traditional materials like stone and timber with more modern touches and overlooks gnarled 60-year-old shiraz vines and a working winery.