The Best Restaurants in Healesville

Healesville is the unofficial capital of the Yarra Valley — the densest concentration of restaurants, bars, bakeries and cellar doors in the region, all within walking distance of each other. The town centre alone has enough dining variety to fill a long weekend; the surrounding cellar doors and winery restaurants extend that into a full week's worth of options.

The shortlist below represents our editor's picks for first-time Healesville visitors and returning regulars alike. It covers the headline venues — the Terminus Hotel, Innocent Bystander, the Healesville Hotel — alongside more recent additions like Herd and the Four Pillars cocktail bar that have shaped the modern Healesville dining scene.

All venues on this list are within Healesville township or a 10-minute drive of the centre. Most are walkable from accommodation in the town centre, making Healesville the natural base for a Yarra Valley weekend. The town has more accommodation diversity than anywhere else in the region — heritage pub rooms, boutique B&Bs, family-friendly motels, and high-end retreat properties on the outskirts.

This list is one of the most-visited collections on our site (the 'Healesville restaurants' query draws 700+ clicks per year). It's updated quarterly to reflect new openings, ownership changes, and shifts in the local dining scene.