Fairly rated · Updated October 2026
Food and drink businesses in Ballarat
- Food and drink businesses compared
- 169
- Google reviews
- 59,434
- Median rating
- 4.6
As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated food and drink businesses in Ballarat, VIC on Townwide are The Paella Guy (5.0 from 110 Google reviews), Babae at Hotel Vera (5.0 from 90 Google reviews) and Woodside Food & Co | Food Truck & Catering | Ballarat (5.0 from 87 Google reviews).
Food and drink businesses in Ballarat: the top 50
- 1
The Paella Guy
from 110 Google reviews
- 2
Babae at Hotel Vera
from 90 Google reviews
710 Sturt St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 3
Woodside Food & Co | Food Truck & Catering | Ballarat
from 87 Google reviews
78 Bridge Mall, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 4
SIP Champagne Bar
from 81 Google reviews
428A Sturt St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 5
Banh Mi Kings
from 63 Google reviews
- 6
Jaani Street Food
from 942 Google reviews
- 7
The B Town Eatery Cafe
from 397 Google reviews
12 Sturt St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 8
Cobb's Coffee
from 374 Google reviews
2 Lydiard St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 9
Harry’s coffee shop
from 145 Google reviews
917 MacArthur St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 10
Gabru Grillz Ballarat | Restaurant
from 141 Google reviews
- 11
MAYA Lounge Bar Ballarat
from 29 Google reviews
- 12
KELI CAFE
from 87 Google reviews
34 Mair St E, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 13
CUP OH JOY
from 69 Google reviews
- 14
East QTR
from 64 Google reviews
- 15
Spade to Blade Catering
from 56 Google reviews
21A Raglan St, Daylesford VIC 3460
- 16
Weightmans Meats
from 51 Google reviews
207 Humffray St N, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 17
Paul F. O'Beirne
from 49 Google reviews
603 Sturt St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 18
Quince & Cakes home-based microbakery
from 17 Google reviews
- 19
Midvale Quality Meats PTY Ltd.
from 35 Google reviews
1174 Geelong Rd, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 20
Buninyong Butcher
from 16 Google reviews
405 Warrenheip St, Ballarat VIC 3357
- 21
Hot Didely Dogs
from 30 Google reviews
- 22
Emz Cakes & Catering
from 15 Google reviews
- 23
Roy Hammond
from 726 Google reviews
Hop Temple Bar, 24-28 Armstrong St N, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 24
Eatsy Thai
from 421 Google reviews
23 Armstrong St N, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 25
Black Vault
from 245 Google reviews
34 Doveton St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 26
HM Wrap & Roll
from 219 Google reviews
- 27
Naomi & i
from 207 Google reviews
- 28
The Little Cupcake Ballarat
from 202 Google reviews
223 Eureka St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 29
Carpenter Carvery
from 198 Google reviews
21 Carpenter St, Ballarat VIC 3355
- 30
Lydiard General Cafe & Diner
from 165 Google reviews
313 Lydiard St N, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 31
Mondegreen Cafe
from 163 Google reviews
31 Burnbank St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 32
Convivium Catering by Carboni's
from 13 Google reviews
152 Eureka St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 33
Earls Deli
from 146 Google reviews
- 34
Renard
from 123 Google reviews
209-211 Mair St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 35
The Street Food Truck Catering
from 104 Google reviews
89-91 Hertford St, Ballarat VIC 3356
- 36
The Salty Sparrow Cafe
from 98 Google reviews
- 37
Just Like nans
from 88 Google reviews
- 38
Peasant
from 86 Google reviews
- 39
La Miette Patisserie
from 66 Google reviews
611 Main Rd, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 40
J&G Amazing Catering
from 10 Google reviews
- 41
Sugar Whisk
from 10 Google reviews
- 42
The Painted Lady 1862
from 29 Google reviews
81 Humffray St N, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 43
Rumerz Bar
from 8 Google reviews
10 Humffray St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 44
Aussie Oggie Pasty Co
from 23 Google reviews
31 Selkirk Dr, Ballarat VIC 3355
- 45
Prey
from 21 Google reviews
- 46
Meigas
from 1,243 Google reviews
33 Armstrong St N, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 47
Restaurant Lola
from 983 Google reviews
- 48
Cafe Lekker
from 885 Google reviews
- 49
Kasba Indian Restaurant Ballarat
from 787 Google reviews
215 Sturt St, Ballarat VIC 3350
- 50
Pancho
from 601 Google reviews
213 Mair St, Ballarat VIC 3350
Townwide compared 169 food and drink businesses in Ballarat, VIC, with 59,434 Google reviews between them. Of these, 169 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.6 from a median of 189 reviews.
Of the food and drink businesses compared, the most reviewed is Beechworth Bakery Ballarat, with 1,969 Google reviews at 4.2.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews.
It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
Questions
- Which food and drink businesses in Ballarat, VIC are the most fairly rated?
- As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated food and drink businesses in Ballarat, VIC on Townwide are The Paella Guy (5.0 from 110 Google reviews), Babae at Hotel Vera (5.0 from 90 Google reviews) and Woodside Food & Co | Food Truck & Catering | Ballarat (5.0 from 87 Google reviews).
- How does Townwide rank food and drink businesses in Ballarat, VIC?
- Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews. It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
- How many food and drink businesses in Ballarat, VIC did Townwide compare?
- Townwide compared 169 food and drink businesses in Ballarat, VIC, with 59,434 Google reviews between them. Of these, 169 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.6 from a median of 189 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.