2 Best Restaurants in The Huon Valley, Tasmania

This pretty café run by a Turkish-Tasmanian couple sits footsteps from the river and in the center of the town of Franklin. It's one of the loveliest places to stop for a snack on your road trip through the valley. The walls are decorated with prints of fruit and vegetables as well as shelves lined with goods for sale, such as rose jam, fringed cotton towels, and colorful Turkish tea sets. The takeaway breads and pastries are baked freshly each day, but it's also worth sitting down at one of the rustic wooden tables for a hearty breakfast of free-range sukuklu eggs, which are baked with Turkish sausage, parsley, and capsicum.

Strung with twinkling fairy lights and backing on to a broad lawn that's great for kids, The Lost Captain is a charming restaurant-taphouse hybrid in the center of Huonville, named for fabled French explorer Jean-Francois La Perouse. Upscale pub food is the order of the day here, and there's a strong focus on Tasmanian produce such as Cape Grim beef, Poolish sourdough, and Bruny Island oysters. Keep an eye out for regular specials and events such as the weekday Happy Hours or the trivia nights, which are a great way to rub shoulders with locals.