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Comfortable booth seating is available at the Seaford restaurant.

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10 great regional Victorian pubs, restaurants, wineries and more worth planning a road trip around

Need a break from big smoke? We hear you. Here are our new and recently reviewed country hotspots to check out whenever you get the chance.

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Giammarino Wines

Head to Healesville for great wines and good times at Giammarino Wines

  • Catherine Boucher
Outside the Yackandandah Hotel, which has recently reopened on High Street.

Hit up the High Country for one of the best new/old pubs in Victoria, The Yack

  • Emma Breheny
Comfortable booth seating is available at the Seaford restaurant.

Snuggle into a booth at Seaford’s new wine bar Ordains

  • Dani Valent
Mortadeli’s meatball sub with basil pesto and parmigiano.

Take a trip to Torquay for pastas, meatball subs and more at updated Mortadeli

  • Emma Breheny
There’s a nostalgic feel to the interiors.

Love Shack in Castlemaine is the brewpub of dreams

  • Dani Valent
The popular Daylesford wine bar is moving - but not far.

Daylesford’s winning Bar Merenda is moving to new digs just down the road in October

  • Emma Breheny
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Red Park’s Classic Cheese pizza.

Swing by Red Park in Ocean Grove for porchetta rolls and pizzas

  • Tomas Telegramma
Red Park’s Classic Cheese pizza.

Swing by Red Park in Ocean Grove for porchetta rolls and pizzas

  • Tomas Telegramma
It’s possible to pop into Bar Midland for snacks but the tasting menu is a treat.
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Beeline to Bar Midland in Castlemaine for top food in cosy surrounds

  • Dani Valent
Lunch at Tedesca Osteria begins with an opening bracket of snacks.
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Add Tedesca Osteria in Red Hill to your wishlist for the perfect long lunch

  • Besha Rodell