Colourful cultural events, a thriving restaurant and bar scene and fine wine make Adelaide your next must-visit destination.
The bustling city of Adelaide is brimming with events that excite, restaurants that inspire and beaches to make you feel at ease…here are five Chef-hatted restaurants to put on your culinary radar:
Just 15 minutes from Adelaide, overlooking the rolling patchwork of Piccadilly Valley, is Mount Lofty House, home to Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant (17). An elegant atmosphere awaits, styled with true refinement and opulence, where intimate seating is set with white linens, a dark oak bar, open fireplace and ambient lighting, creating a welcoming space where diners can expect magnificent views as an accompaniment to their culinary experience.
Think visually stunning plates like marron, heirloom carrot and crustacean oil, or spiced pork loin, Serrano ham and salt-baked celeriac.
A bar and dining room in the heart of Adelaide, Press Food & Wine (13) on Waymouth Street offers a modern European cooking style. Expect a focus on using the best sustainable South Australian produce, paired with an extensive wine offering and warm, welcoming approach to service and hospitality.
Relax in elegant surrounds of marble, suede walls and banquette seating to enjoy enticing dishes like Nomad Farms chicken, celeriac purée, tomato salsa and mushrooms, or pan-fried gnocchi, broccoli and pesto.
Find Adelaide’s newest gourmand destination introducing a modern ‘new French’ concept at Garcon Bleu (12) on Currie Street in the heart of the city. Nestling in the Sofitel Adelaide, this elegant restaurant exudes class with plush blue velvet seating, polished wood and statement lighting, ideal for romantic rendezvous or after-work drinks with friends.
Expect an avant-garde encounter that is uncomplicated and best enjoyed with the flow of great wine and conversation; delve into the likes of quail ballotine, cured foie gras, snails, leeks and consommé.
Good food, good wine and good times have Adelaide diners returning time and again to Leigh Street Wine Room (12) in the heart of the CBD. A tall, narrow gallery with an iconic sweeping arched ceiling, rich textures and a mish-mash of wine art create a time-warp vibe of intimate wine bars and lively drinking dens from Paris to Rome and New York.
This is a place where you end up sharing a wine with those who made it and where Chefs step out of the kitchen to discuss their menu with guests; perhaps opt for the Chef’s selection and enjoy six plates chosen by the kitchen.
Fresh, simple and delicious fare bursting with robust flavours is what awaits diners at Peel St (12) in the heart of Adelaide’s CBD. This rustic dining destination oozes charm with exposed brick, a vibrant wall mural and Edison drop globes; while on balmy SA days take to the new alfresco area and enjoy a drink in the sun with friends.
Drawing on diverse food experiences and using the best ingredients available, the Chefs cook food they love to eat just for you; start with grilled octopus, before larger plates of shawarma lamb shoulder, sumac onions, labneh, pine nuts, harissa and flatbread.
