They do an all day brunch menu that features excellent coffee and fresh pastries, bloody marys, burgers, bang up full breakfasts, and fresh salads. Kitchen hours are 8am – 2.30pm (it’s open until 4).

This is a great spot if you’re travelling through in the cooler months, as they have a combustion heater to keep things toasty. There’s also a great play area for little ones.

Using the best of the local south-west Victorian produce available, the menu draws inspiration from Spanish flavours, techniques and tradition.

The Alimentaria Deli also offers cheese, preserved seafood, pickles, wine, and tapas to-go, for those who want to take a little MoVida home with them.

The food on the menu is mostly grown, produced or foraged locally, and is seasonal. Breakfast options include baked free-range eggs with garden greens, cream, Apostle Whey camembert cheese and toasted Zeally Bay sourdough; and spelt hotcakes with preserved rhubarb, quark cheese, shaved coconut and maple syrup.

Until 4pm you can also enjoy dishes such as local cheese plates, braised calamari, house made gnocchi and fresh grilled fish.

The breakfasts at Captain Moonlite are excellent (try the baked bean and cheese toastie or the smoked trout with soft boiled egg and rye), while the lunch and dinner menu also boasts solid options such as pork cutlet with eggplant and xo or slow roasted lamb with zucchini and smoked yoghurt. There are plenty of delicious options for vegetarians as well.

Chris’s passion for the food of southern Europe combined with the freshest and purest produce available means people come back time and time again for lunch or dinner with a spectacular view.

Fresh seafood is a specialty.

This isan intimate “relaxed fine dining” restaurant seating just 30 guests.

There is a choice of two or three course a la carte menu, or a five-course tasting menu.

The coconut porridge with oats cooked in pear juice and coconut milk is a tropical start to the day, while the truffled mushrooms and corn and zucchini fritters are also a standout.

Later in the day you’ll find a mouth-watering array of burgers on offer, including some excellent vegetarian options.

It's consistently been named one of the best restaurants in the country by the Good Food Guide, and when you’re this close to perfection it would be a shame not to take the slight detour.

Chef Dan Hunter’s ever-changing menu incorporates produce from Brae’s organic farm, the surrounding land and local, ethical, sustainable producers. It will be one of the best meals you ever have.

Here you’ll find a modern spin on Greek cooking, with lots of salads, dips and grilled meats to keep you satisfied. There’s also a superb cocktail list.

They have a great range of fresh sandwiches, rolls and cakes and all their pies, pasties and sausage rolls are hand-made on site (they have become well known as the home of the scallop pie).

Gluten-free pies and vegan pasties are also available. It’s open seven days a week from 6am – 4pm.

Open for dinner Thursday to Monday, the daily kitchen menu at the Merrijig Inn highlights local producers and farmers.

Depending on what’s good and fresh that day you might find Milawa free range duck, Western District lamb, and ox-tail ragout with globe artichokes or pan-fried fillet of Portland blue-eye.