Yarri Restaurant Bar Margaret River

Yarri Restaurant Bar sits on Cyrillean Way in Dunsborough. It holds two hats from the Australian Good Food Guide, a distinction that sets the standard for its contemporary, farm-to-table cooking. The room runs smart, trading the casual beach-town atmosphere for a register that feels more deliberate.

While much of the area leans into the easy-going nature of its coast, Yarri is a sharper operation. It demands more from its kitchen than the typical pub-adjacent dining found near Dunsborough Beach, which is a fifteen-minute walk away. Choosing this over the nearby golf club restaurant is a bet on the kitchen’s creative rigour; it is the only place in the district where the cooking is as precise as the linen.