Eat & Drink
Wine, Dine, Celebrate
The best eat & drink in Aldinga & Port Willunga
Everything edible on the Fleurieu - wineries, restaurants, cafés, breweries, distilleries, markets and makers.
The Fleurieu Peninsula is a genuine paddock-to-plate region, and eating your way around it is half the reason to visit. This is one of South Australia's most productive corners — vineyards and olive groves, market gardens and orchards, almond and citrus, cheese makers and small-batch producers all within an easy drive of one another.
It shows up everywhere. Spend a morning at the famous Saturday farmers market in Willunga, graze your way through farm gates and cellar-door kitchens around McLaren Vale, or pick up fresh fish, local cheese, olive oil and just-baked bread to take to the beach. The region's restaurants and cafés lean hard on what's grown nearby, and many of the best meals are had at winery and brewery tables looking out over the vines.
From long vineyard lunches and seaside fish and chips to country bakeries and good coffee in almost every town, there's something for every appetite and budget. If you're planning a trip around food, aim for a weekend so you can catch the markets, and book ahead for the popular winery restaurants — they fill quickly, especially in spring and over the summer holidays.
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15 places
Aldinga Bay Winery
A long-running coastal winery established in 1979, sitting under the Sellicks Hills on the Main South Road through Aldinga.
Berg Herring Wines
A quirky cellar door inside a converted 1862 sandstone chapel above Sellicks Beach, pouring small-batch Shiraz and Grenache.
Down South Distillery
$$Gin, wood-fired pizza & Agostino site
Gin distillery with a cellar door restaurant at the former Agostino Wines site on Stonehouse Lane, Aldinga - gin flights alongside wood-fired pizza.
Dyson Wines
A coastal vineyard cellar door on Sherriffs Road near the Maslin Beach cliffs - one of the most westerly McLaren Vale producers.
Goodness Coffee
A working specialty coffee roaster and dog-friendly cafe in the Aldinga village precinct, next door to The Little Rickshaw.
Home Grain Bakery
$Artisan sourdough bakery and cafe
Family-owned artisan bakery in Aldinga, now with sister stores at McLaren Flat and Middleton - famous for sourdough loaves, pies and pastries.
Ivybrook Farm
A tiny family-owned vineyard, cellar door and B&B cottage on a property above Maslin Beach.
Maxwells Grocery
An organic grocer and cafe in the heart of historic Aldinga village - cold-pressed juices, raw desserts, burgers and Villeré coffee.
Pearl Port Willunga
Fresh seafood restaurant and casual cliffside kiosk on the Port Willunga Esplanade, with one of the best ocean and old jetty ruin views on the Fleurieu.
Rudderless Wines
A 5-acre estate vineyard wrapped around the historic 1858 Victory Hotel at Sellicks Hill, made by the Yangarra winemaking team.
Sellicks Hill Wines
The Petagna family cellar door at the foot of the Sellicks Hills, with a sea-view courtyard, a wood-fired oven and house-made Italian-leaning food.
Silver Sands Beach Club
An absolute beachfront bistro and bar at Aldinga with produce-driven plates and an oceanfront deck - one of the best sunset dinners on the western coast.
Star of Greece
$$$Clifftop dining above Port Willunga beach
Famous casual-fine dining restaurant perched on the cliff above Port Willunga beach, named for the 1888 shipwreck visible below at low tide.
The Little Rickshaw
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.
The Victory Hotel
$$Historic hilltop pub with iconic wine cellar
Historic country pub on Sellicks Hill overlooking the Fleurieu, famous for its award-winning wine list and a cellar with over 700 wines.