2 Best Restaurants in The South West Wine Region, Western Australia

Arimia Estate

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If you're keen to get off the beaten path and discover how one winery restaurant is striving to create garden and farm-fresh dishes that pair well with wine in an elegant, alfresco setting, follow the 2-km (1-mile) dirt road to Arimia's charming timber cottage set among the forest. Make a beeline for the deck, and stay for a light lunch after sampling the award-winning wines (fee for tastings), and if you absolutely can't fathom leaving, consider staying at their on-site guesthouse.
Family Lunch Modern Australian Prix-Fixe $$$$
242 Quininup Rd., Yallingup, Western Australia, 6280, Australia
08-9755–2528
arimia.com.au
Known For
  • creative sustainability
  • raising their own pigs
  • ever-changing set price menu of local flavors
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon.--Wed.

Voyager Estate

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One of the appellation’s grande dames, with its expansive, manicured gardens—featuring more than 1,000 roses—this splendid winery has a restaurant that takes you on a gastronomic journey via a seven-course Discovery Menu that is, naturally, inspired by the wine as well as local, seasonal ingredients. You could call it Margaret River on a plate. There's also the Terroir Menu, a four-course sampling of the best of the region, including produce from the on-site Kitchen Garden. The dining room decor features antique wooden furniture, comfortable wing-back armchairs, and soaring cathedral ceilings.

Contemporary Lunch Prix-Fixe $$$$
Stevens Rd., Margaret River, Western Australia, 6285, Australia
08-9757–6354
voyagerestate.com.au
Known For
  • seated wine tastings, which can include aged wines
  • an often-changing, seasonal menu
  • a tour that takes you into the winery
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: No dinner, Reservations essential