Aire Valley Restaurant lies on a hill above the Great Ocean Road and the Great Ocean Walk between Apollo Bay and the Twelve Apostles in the hamlet of Hordern Vale. It is an 1890s homestead surround by fifteen acres of fertile land which blends into the the Great Otway National Park and the Aire River Wildlife Reserve.

The Aire Valley Restaurant specialises in the very best fresh food. Organically grown vegetables and herbs are picked from the garden each evening just before dinner. Meat is sourced directly from Colac and fish from local Victorian waters. See our youtube video produced by Tourism Victoria.

Our blog notes that there have been 96 different types of herbs and vegetables grown in the Restaurant garden in the last year.

Richard Cornish from The Melbourne Age wrote an article about Aire Valley Restaurant in Epicure on the 13th July 2010 describing Aire Valley Restaurant as "beyond being green". Our initial aim of serving the freshest food in Victoria is starting to be recognised. The full article is available in the Melbourne Age Newspaper..

Leah Greengarten wrote a fantastic review of her dining experience at Aire Valley Restaurant in Australian Traveller Magazine in the April/May 2010 edition. The article is available online at Australian Traveller Magazine..

An article also appeared about 'Paddock to Plate' dining in the New York Times and in May in the Australian Financial Review.

Postcards on Channel 9 recently had a Great Ocean Walk Special. Aire Valley Restaurant was featured on the program as we are the only place to stay near the Great Ocean Walk that offers a full a la carte menu each day, and we also have our own Restaurant Garden (about 2 acres of orchards, vegetable and herb gardens.) Suzie Wilks is featured on the Tourism Victoria video.

Aire Valley Restaurant specialises in packages for the Great Ocean Walk. Gourmet lunches are made each day and salads are picked each morning from the Restaurant Garden.

It is the garden that holds all the secrets of the success of this restaurant.

Dinner is served straight from the garden to the plate. This, combined with sustainable methods of horticulture and tourism, has given Aire Valley Restaurant an excellent reputation. Everything in our garden is grown using organic methods.

Drivers and walkers spend their days exploring the area, safe in the knowledge that their dinner is still growing!

In the Aire Valley Restaurant the focus is on freshness and quality. All our vegetable are organically grown just metres from our restaurant. Food miles are measured in steps. It is very likely that the salad on your plate may only be out of the ground for just a few minutes.

To compliment this we have a selection of fine beers from Otway Estate. Beers are brewed from Otways rainwater and includes Organic Beer, Red Ale, Summer Ale, Pilsener, Wheat, Otways Ale, Stout and an Otway Light. We even have an organic cider.

Wines are sourced locally and also from further afield in Victoria.Labels include Peveril, Otway Estate, Dinny Goonan, Tahbilk, Newton's Ridge, Sticks, Otway Estate, Koonara Bay. Aire Valley Restaurant is fully licenced

Aire Valley Restaurant has been awarded Green Table status, Australia’s first environmental certification scheme for restaurant and catering businesses.

All our water is pure Otways Rainwater. Our extensive vegetable garden is watered with a combination of natural spring water and rain water.