Hatted Restaurants in The Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges 2025

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Congratulations to these outstanding businesses in the Yarra Valley & Dandenong Ranges who were awarded hats in The Age Good Food Guide 2025 Awards. These prestigious awards are recognised as Australia's benchmark for restaurant excellence, attracting food lovers to experience dining in these incredible venues.

Two Hats is awarded to:

Greasy Zoes - Hurstbridge

One Hat is awarded to:

Babaji's Kerala Kitchen - Belgrave and Warburton
No.7 Healesville - Healesville
TarraWarra Estate - Healesville
Re'em Yarra Valley - Gruyere

Published annually by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, every venue is scored according to a strict set of criteria and scores are calculated out of 20. Food is the most important thing in a restaurant, so that is scored out of 10 points. Service is the next most important part of dining out, so this is awarded points out of five. This leaves three points for setting and experience, which takes into account lighting, noise levels, crockery, cutlery, and glassware. The remaining two are for value.

Restaurants scoring 15 or above are awarded one hat, those scoring 16 or 17 receive two hats, and those between 18 and 20 receive three hats.

Reviewers visit the restaurants unannounced, they book under an assumed name and pay for their own meals.

Congratulations to all the businesses who were awarded hats this year!