Bicycle Network: Ride a Trail

Where to eat & drink

A range of sustenance and refreshment peddlers along the Trail, in no particular order

This is a brief list of eating places to try while you're in the Southern Gippsland area, but there are countless more cafes, restaurants and bars in the area, so contact the information centre, search them out on Google, or go exploring on your bike.

For more information about the wineries in the area, visit Wines of Gippsland.

Leongatha

Lyrebird Cafe

13 Blair St, Leongatha
03 5662 2900

Koonwarra

Lyrebird Hill Winery and Guesthouse

Inverloch Road, Koonwarra
03 5664 3204

Koonwarra Fine Food and Wine Store

South Gippsland Highway, Koonwarra
03 5664 2285
‘[The Koonwarra Fine Food Store is] the centre of the region's food universe. Dynamic siblings Melissa and Thomas Burge not only run this seven-day-a-week commitment, combining post office, newsagent, cafe by day, restaurant by night, produce store for local wineries and food merchant, but are also enthusiastic instigators of the Gippsland Slow Food convivium.’ Miranda Sharp, The Age (12 March 2002).

South Gippsland Farmers Market

Memorial Park, Koonwarra
04 0861 9182
faudelcheese@dcsi.net.au
Held on the first Saturday of each month.

Meeniyan

Moo's at Meeniyan Restaurant and Cafe

89 Whitelaw St, Meeniyan
03 5664 0010
eat@moosatmeeniyan.com.au
Opening hours: Thursday to Monday 8.30am to 4.30pm for brekky and lunch, and on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm for regional dinners. (Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.)
This is a seriously cute café! Apparently, the place is named after it’s owner, Marty (‘Moo’), and connects with the building’s earlier incarnation, as the local butcher’s.

Harris's Pit Stop Café

107 Whitelaw St, Meeniyan
03 5664 7204
Open seven days a week, from 7am. Closing at 5:30pm Sunday-Thursday, and at 7pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
Harris’s Pit Stop sells takeaway foods like pies, cakes, lollies and ice creams, and the interior is filled with iconic Aussie memorabilia and car racing memorabilia.

Fish Creek

The Flying Cow Cafe

9 Falls Road, Fish Creek
03 5683 2338
Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm

Orange Roughy Café

2 Old Waratah Rd, Fish Creek
03 5683 2207‎
Thursday-Sunday, open from 10am til late.
‘This laid back, retro-style cafe serves light meals throughout the day and more substantial meals into the evening. The seafood from the specials board is usually a winner, but for a casual meal, their burgers are renowned.’

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