With their vegetable garden right next door you can't eat fresher than that! Jing Jo offers Modern Australian cooking for breakfast and lunch and traditional Thai cuisine for dinner.

The licensed cafe restaurant can cater for small wedding groups, large family meals or romantic dinners. Located beside Hampden Bridge you can take a stroll before you meal along Kangaroo Valley's Historic Walk or relax in the parkland that surround this cafe restaurant.

The Cafe Bella is one of your holiday dining choices when you stay in Kangaroo Valley on the Shoalhaven South Coast of NSW Australia. With a relaxed atmosphere, Kangaroo Valley mountain views and Mediterranean fare Cafe Bella serves gourmet lunches and a fine dining dinner menu in the heart of the Kangaroo Valley village

Why not enjoy the fresh air on the coast or the peacefulness of the country, by fresh running creek, under the shade of the forest, or while admiring the view...there are great local spots for a picnic.

Your hosts can provide picnic basket and arrange a fresh local menu with, tea flask, refillable water bottles and more.

You can even hire the Crystal Creek Meadows MG or freely borrow our mountain bikes and ride down to the river for a bicycle picnic a day out.

Set in the most breath taking of scenery Yarrawa Estate offer wine tasting extensive orchards and pickles, chutneys and more to try and buy. Your hosts Mark and Sue Foster are delightful. The view magnificent and the Verdelho and Chambourcin very good. Yarrawa Estate is 20 minute drive from Crystal Creek Meadows.

Through lush green vistas, meandering along mountains and beside coastal plains the South Coast wine region is a great pleasure t discover. There are 20 vineyards producing Chardonnay, Verdelho, Sanvignon Blanc, Semillon, Chambourcin. Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz.

Gourmet Food & Wine Tours

Flavours Of The Valley provides two Gourmet food & wine tour experiences which will take you on a feast for the senses, visiting local producers where you can sample and purchase the freshest of local Kangaroo Valley's bounty.

Kangaroo Valley has some excellent restaurants which include an inspired range of dishes to suit all palates. When you dine out, on your South Coast NSW holiday, you can select restaurants that specialise in presenting delicious local produce, many directly from their own kitchen gardens.

There are several cafes in Kangaroo Valley:
Cafe Bella open for breakfast and lunch Tuesdays-Sundays (pictured)
Jing Jo Thai open for breakfast and lunch Thursdays-Mondays
Jacks Cafe for breakfast and lunch most week days and weekends
Kangaroo Valley Collections coffee/tea Thursday-Monday
Throughout the week there are several other cafe's and places to buy snacks and beverages like the Kangaroo Valley Bakery, Barrengarry Store and Cambewarra Lookout

There is a range of delicious local cheese makers with brie and feta and blue cheese and many more. You can buy them at the Kangaroo Village Grocery or the Robertson Cheese Shop or your hosts can arrange visits to some of the producers. Not only are the fresh many of them are award winning from the Royal Easter Show. Great to take back to your cottage or take home as a treat from your holiday.

There are two olive producers, Banksia Park makes an award winning olive oil and Kangaroo Valley Olives produces a range of table oils, tapenades and oil. You can visit the Kangaroo Valley Olives' processing plant and get to try their range. Crystal Creek Meadows cottages exclusively stock Banksia Park Olive oil and a range of the Kangaroo Valley Olives products.

At the end of the Kangaroo Valley Historic Walk you’ll find the Barrengarry Store. Famous for its pies it makes a great place to enjoy a coffee, ice cream while taking in the stunning view across the paddocks to the mountains.