Must-see restaurants in Adelaide Hills

  • Fred Eatery

    Adelaide Hills

    Build it, and they will come… For decades Aldgate eked out a cafe lifestyle with no quality cafe offerings. Then along came Fred, a rather urbane fellow,…

  • Bridgewater Mill

    Adelaide Hills

    The huge spinning waterwheel on Bridgewater's towering 1860s flour mill counts out the days, the years, the decades… There's a timeless class about this…

  • Lost in a Forest

    Adelaide Hills

    Whether or not these guys pilfered their name from a song by The Cure is debatable. Discuss it over an indescribably delicious bánh mi pizza (cider…

  • Yuki in the Hills

    Adelaide Hills

    Japanese comes to Aldgate in the form of the highly rated Yuki – a minimalist room with a central kitchen, clad in blonde wood and kimonos. Sushi and…

  • Haus

    Adelaide Hills

    Haus brings some urban hip to the Hills. Rustic-style pizzas are laden with local smallgoods, and the wine list is gargantuan (lots of Hills drops). Also…

  • Summertown Aristologist

    Adelaide Hills

    Hot tip: don't invite disdain and display any ignorance/curiosity by asking what an 'aristologist' is (a person refined in the art of growing, preparing,…

  • Locavore

    Adelaide Hills

    This Stirling stayer proclaims itself the 'Home of the 100-mile diet' – an ethical approach to sourcing food and wine which, fortunately for us, covers…

  • Seasonal Garden Cafe

    Adelaide Hills

    Swimming against Hahndorf's mainstream currents, this zero-waste cafe is adorned with strings of dried chillies and rustic old-wood tables. Menu-wise it's…

  • Udder Delights

    Adelaide Hills

    This udderly delightful cheese cellar/cafe serves salads, tarts, pies, soups, cakes, generous cheese platters, funky fondue ($49 for two people) and the…

  • Organic Market & Café

    Adelaide Hills

    Rejecting Stirling's pompous tendencies, hirsute Hills types flock to this vibrant, hippie eatery. It's the busiest cafe in town − and rightly so; the…

  • Woodside Providore

    Adelaide Hills

    Woodside Providore is an understated Hills hit, with super coffee, salads, baguettes, gourmet pizzas, local wines and casual cafe offerings: try the…

  • Hahndorf Inn

    Adelaide Hills

    This handsome, two-storey Hills pub (1863) serves a dizzying array of heart-clogging cheese kranskys, Vienna sausages, sauerkraut, apple strudels and…

  • Mt Lofty Summit Restaurant

    Adelaide Hills

    With views from atop Mt Lofty (727m), this snazzy cafe maintains equally lofty standards, serving predictable but masterfully assembled breakfasts …

  • Uraidla Republic

    Adelaide Hills

    Big with the lycra-clad cyclists who sweat their way here from the city, Uraidla Republic is a bakery/brewery/cafe combo, and you can have a glass of wine…

  • Atelier Crafers

    Adelaide Hills

    Part cafe, part wine bar, part progressive art gallery hell-bent on promoting Adelaide Hills artists, Atelier is a surprising find on a Crafers side…

  • German Arms Hotel

    Adelaide Hills

    This sprawling multi-tiered pub is packed on weekends (with 18 to 25 year olds, oddly enough). The bratwursts and schnitzels here are legendary. Live…

  • Chocolate @ No 5

    Adelaide Hills

    Everyone knows why you’re here, so don’t feel embarrassed. Just plough into the homemade choc desserts and delicious hot chocolates (milk, dark or white)…

  • Lobethal Bakery

    Adelaide Hills

    The modest Lobethal Bakery is a Hills institution, spawning franchises in other Hills towns (Woodside, Balhannah, Stirling and Mt Barker). Load up on…

  • Cleland Café

    Adelaide Hills

    Inside Cleland Wildlife Park, Cleland Café serves light inoffensive lunches and snacks – handy if you've made the trek here without a sandwich. To get…