The Top 14 Places to Eat Near Underbar
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Rank 1. Underbar
Modern Australian
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Rank 2. Babae
Modern Australian
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Rank 3. Mr Jones
Thai
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Rank 4. Black Cat Truffles by Liam Downes
Modern Australian
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Rank 5. Sault
Modern Australian
Named after a lavender town north of Marseille, Sault sits on a working lavender farm outside Daylesford, overlooking its own lake and the Wombat State Forest. It's a modern Australian fine-dining room where the kitchen draws from onsite gardens and local producers, changing the menu each season. The two Chef Hats from the Australian Good Food Guide suggest the cooking is doing more than trading on the view, which, it should be said, is doing quite a lot of the work.
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Rank 6. Lake House
Modern Australian
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Rank 7. Kadota
Kaiseki Japanese
A small Japanese restaurant in the spa-country town of Daylesford, Kadota runs kaiseki-style set menus built around whatever the surrounding region is producing right now. The team applies traditional technique to local seasonal ingredients with the kind of quiet discipline that doesn't need to announce itself. The Australian Good Food Guide awards it four chef hats. Book well ahead; this is not a walk-in situation.
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Rank 8. Wayward Winery
Modern Australian
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Rank 9. Boathouse Daylesford
French
Perched right on the edge of Lake Daylesford, this French-leaning restaurant earns its water views by actually delivering on what's inside. Lunch and dinner run at a pace that feels deliberately unhurried, with a covered deck for warm days and a snug interior when the Victorian winter sets in. The menu leans classical, the kind of place where port jus and bearnaise sauce appear without apology. One Chef Hat from the Australian Good Food Guide.
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Rank 10. Bistro Terroir
French
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Rank 11. The Surly Goat
Modern Australian
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Rank 12. du Fermier
French
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Rank 14. Marchesa
Italian