The Clare Valley is a food lovers paradise with many choices for dining out to select from, whether you are after something light or wish to sit down to a fine dining experience. With fine dining, excellent foods, international cuisines, freshly made coffee wafting out onto the town streets and a selection of other tourist attractions in the Clare Valley that all showcase the delights of what this food lovers paradise has to offer, you can taste the many goodies and sumptuous treats while you are here.
The Clare Valley has many restaurants, take away outlets, cafes, pubs and taverns that produce quality foods that all include ingredients from the local farmers in the region. You can pretty much bet that every dining experience you have in the Clare Valley it will either be home grown or made from scratch! There are markets that you can browse through where you can pick up homemade chutneys, relishes and mustards as well as ice creameries, farm shops and factories that all showcase their passions. Visit an olive grove or take a tour through one of the cheese factories or breweries in the region where you can sample a range of things along the way or perhaps a trip to one of the cellar doors in the Clare Valley where you can try award winning Rieslings, Cabernet Sauvignon or Shiraz wines but if you are someone with a sweet tooth you simply will not be able to go past the tasty treats that can be found at any of the bakeries or stalls.
The Clare Valley Riesling Trail will let you not only visit a number of vineyards and cellar doors along the scenic drive but also let you enjoy one of the vineyard restaurants. Within the Clare Valley you will be spoilt for choice with many outstanding restaurants to dine at as well as pub that really give off a nostaligic appeal as well as an awesome menu and there are many great cafes where you can grab a light lunch, quick bite to eat or start your day off right with a hearty country breakfast. Plan a dining treat for the whole family that will have you feeding everyone for a great price, surprise a loved one with a romantic dinner for two at a cellar door restaurant or meet up with friends at a local pub for some great tunes, tasty meal and somewhere to kick on into the night.
From tea and scones through to the ultimate dining pleasure where you can have your own private waiter as you dine under the stars, you will be able to find a number of great dining choices that you will be pleased to try. Your holiday accommodation might boast its own restaurant where you can have breakfast, lunch and dinner or you may also be after a fine dining restaurant where you are not only greeted by fine foods and wine but have your dining pleasure capped off with stunning views of the surrounding rolling hills and neighbouring vineyards.
Base your holiday in the Clare Valley around a food and wine festival that will showcase all of the treats of the region, where you will get the chance to sample everything all located in the one place, from beers, cheese, olives, wines, local produce, international cuisines and so much more. Foodies that come to the Clare Valley will be presented with a plethora of dining experiences that you simply just will not know where to start first.