our product offering colac otway SHIRE FOOD & DRINK AUDIT major CATEGORY # OF PROPERTIES % OF TOTAL Cafés 42 34% Restaurants 28 23% Takeaway/Fast Food 26 21% Bars, Pubs & Bistros 14 11% Breweries, Distilleries 6 5% Bakery 5 4% Dessert 2 2% Total 123 100% Major CATEGORY # OF PROPERTIES Reviews average nights per stay Breweries, Distilleries 5 2,262 71 Bakery 3 1,225 51 Cafés 31 6,493 45 Restaurants 27 5,751 42 Bars, Pubs & Bistros 11 3,725 38 Takeaway/Fast Food 23 6,802 24 Total 100 26,258 39 Nights per stay assessment Bakery category bars, pubs & Bistros takeaway/fast food breweries, distilleries cafés dessert restaurants 100 food and drink providers were identified for the Shire. Operators are largely clustered at Colac (67%) and Apollo Bay (27% of operators). Cafés make up the largest proportion of food and drink providers in the Shire (34%), followed by restaurants (23%) and takeaway/fast food operators (21%). Breweries, distilleries and vineyards rate well above the regional average (+71 for Colac Otway Shire compared with +59 for the region). Takeaway/fast food providers and bars, pubs & bistros rate particularly low (+24 and +25 respectively), particularly when compared with the regional average for these categories (+37 and +31 respectively). The Shire has one hatted restaurant, Brae (Birregurra). Visitor-friendly hours of operation including 7 days a week offering is noted as a challenge for the region, particularly in Colac and Hinterland areas. Only those operators with 5 or more reviews, or 3 or more within the F&B category have been included in the NPS assessment. This is why the total number of operators in this table is less than the overall operators count in the table (right).