Restaurants in Yarra Glen

Yarra Glen sits at the heart of the Yarra Valley wine country — geographically central to the main cellar door cluster and home to one of the region's most-photographed buildings, the Grand Hotel. The town is smaller and quieter than Healesville but punches above its weight on cellar doors and winery restaurants within a five-minute drive of the main street.

The surrounding suburbs include TarraWarra (home to the namesake TarraWarra Estate winery and museum), Yering (Yering Station and the original 1838 vineyard plantings), and Christmas Hills. Within a 10-kilometre radius of Yarra Glen you'll find some of the region's most-celebrated winery restaurants — TarraWarra Estate, Yering Station, Killara Estate, Mandala Wines, and Helen's Hill — plus respected casual venues like Zonzo Estate and Bella Vedere.

The Grand Hotel itself is one of the region's heritage landmarks — a substantial weatherboard country hotel built in the early 1900s, still operating as a bistro and accommodation venue. Around the corner sits The Chocolaterie (the Yarra Valley's most-visited tourist attraction by some measures, with 12,800+ Google reviews), Yarra Glen Bakery, and a handful of cafés.

For visitors, Yarra Glen functions best as a base for cellar door touring rather than as a destination in itself. The town centre offers an hour or two of exploration plus a meal; the surrounding wine country has weeks worth of cellar doors and restaurants to work through.

The drive from Melbourne CBD takes 50-65 minutes via the Eastern Freeway. Yarra Glen is closer to Melbourne than Healesville — for visitors arriving from the western and southern suburbs, it's often the quickest entry point into Yarra Valley wine country.