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Port Phillip Estate

Chic restaurant up top, working winery down below.

Port Phillip Estate’s striking industrial interiors.
Port Phillip Estate’s striking industrial interiors.

Good Food hat15/20

Contemporary$$

It’s perhaps the most imposing entrance on the peninsula. And yet beneath the facade – a long, curved limestone wall with a huge door that swings open as you approach – there’s sincerity in spades. Visit during quince season and you’ll find them packed into a deliciously flaky pie along with apples that are also grown right there. Foraged nettle and thistle are wilted to create a peppery pillow for lamb noisette. With pops of lightly charred estate-grown corn, it’s a riot of green and gold. There’s glamour galore in expanses of terrazzo, dark timber and glass, plus striking views of vines and sea. The setting makes the $100 price tag for three courses feel like a steal (house-baked sourdough is thrown in too). You’ll be drinking estate wines but champagnes, digestifs and beers are from further afield. And the staff? As down-to-earth as they come.


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