Phillip Island Food and Wine Directory
Phillip Island Food and Wine
Phillip Island and its nearby communities offer an enjoyable mix of relaxed meals, coffee stops, cellar-door visits, craft drinks and food-focused outings. Choose a family-friendly bistro in Cowes or Cape Woolamai, settle in for Italian dining, or pause at a Ventnor café for coffee, pastries and a light brunch. Beyond the island, San Remo adds a waterfront seafood stop, while local wineries, a brewery and a chocolate attraction make room for slower, flavour-led exploring.
🍺 Pub & Bistro Dining
The Wooli Tavern
The Wooli Tavern serves classic modern dishes in a family-friendly tavern setting. Its bistro menu suits everyday meals, while tap beer, local wines and cocktails give groups a choice of drinks. A function room extends the offering to group occasions without losing the relaxed tavern format.
1 Vista Place, Cape Woolamai, Victoria 3925 · ☎ +61 3 5956 6836
Phillip Island RSL – Lone Pine Bistro
The Lone Pine Bistro in Cowes offers lunch and dinner, with brunch, snacks and hot beverages also published. Its family-friendly setting includes a kids’ playroom, making it a practical choice for a casual meal with children as well as a straightforward bistro catch-up.
225-243 Thompson Ave, Cowes VIC 3922 · ☎ 03 5952 1004 for table bookings
🍽️ Restaurants & Casual Dining
Pino’s Trattoria
Pino’s Trattoria brings Italian-inspired seasonal menus to Cowes for dine-in and takeaway meals. The restaurant also offers private functions for groups and exclusive restaurant hire, giving its Italian dining format a useful setting for celebrations as well as an evening meal.
29-31 Thompson Avenue, Cowes VIC 3922 · ☎ +61 3 5952 2808
San Remo Fisherman’s Co-op
Across the bridge from Phillip Island, the San Remo Fisherman’s Co-op combines a waterfront seafood option with a fresh seafood shop. Its online menu supports fish-and-chip takeaway, while the shop is a useful place to buy seafood from the public premises.
170 Marine Parade, San Remo VIC · ☎ 03 5678 5206
☕ Cafes, Coffee & Sweet Treats
The Store Phillip Island
The Store in Ventnor pairs coffee with modern café fare. Baked pastries, salads and toasties feature in its published menu descriptions, giving visitors a choice between a quick snack and a more leisurely brunch in a café setting.
511 Ventnor Road, Ventnor, Victoria · ☎ 0401 032 554
Phillip Island Chocolate Factory
The Phillip Island Chocolate Factory offers a chocolate-focused visitor experience alongside a café and retail shop. The self-guided chocolate attraction can be enjoyed as an outing, while the café and shop are available independently for chocolate treats, refreshments and take-home purchases.
930 Phillip Island Rd, Newhaven VIC 3925 · ☎ 03 5956 6600 for tours, group bookings and special-event enquiries
🍷 Wineries & Cellar Doors
Phillip Island Winery
Phillip Island Winery brings together a restaurant, atrium and lawn dining, with shared-food meals and drinks across the visitor setting. Published dishes include pizzas, slow-cooked lamb shoulder and whole fish. At The Yards, visitors can also taste wines and purchase bottles to take home.
414 Berrys Beach Road, Ventnor, Victoria, Australia · ☎ (03) 8595 2155
Purple Hen Wines
Purple Hen’s Rhyll cellar door offers its wines with platters for a relaxed tasting visit. Its published range includes Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc, and visitors can purchase bottles to take home, making the cellar door suitable for both sampling and browsing the winery’s selection.
96 McFees Road, Rhyll, Phillip Island · ☎ 03 5956 9244
🍺 Brewery & Craft Drinks
Ocean Reach Brewing
Ocean Reach’s Cowes tasting room pours rotating craft beers and tasting paddles, alongside the brewery’s own gin and vodka. A food van serves burgers, wings and small bites, with vegetarian and gluten-free options published, so a drinks visit can easily include a casual bite.
47 Thompson Avenue, Cowes, VIC 3922 · ☎ 0401 250 977 for takeaway orders
There is plenty of room to shape a food-focused day around the island’s own venues, from a casual meal or coffee to a cellar-door tasting, seafood takeaway, craft drink or chocolate visit. Restaurants, cafés, producers, caterers and other local food businesses are warmly invited to add or update their listing, helping people connect with your menu, reservations or enquiries.
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