Adelaide
Adelaide's best pub, this legendary boozer attracts an eclectic brew of postwork, punk and uni drinkers, shaking the day off their backs. Pull up a bar…
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Down some stairs down an alleyway off a laneway, Maybe Mae doesn't proclaim its virtues loudly to the world. In fact, if you can't find the door, you won…
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This hidden back-lane space was once the stables for the adjacent Stag Hotel. Out with the horse poo, in with 16 craft beers on tap, American and…
Adelaide
A true contender for the title of 'Adelaide's Best Pub', the Grace has live music most nights (alt-rock, country, acoustic, open-mic nights), kooky '50s…
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A hidden gem under the flight path in industrial Thebarton, with an arty crowd of students, jazz musos and the gainfully unemployed. Tidy beer garden,…
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If you're looking for Mr Goodbar, you'll find him at this excellent red-brick cocktail bar just off Rundle St in Adelaide's East End. Super-attentive…
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Now this place is ace! Wedged into an impossibly tight alleyway space off Leigh St (seriously, it's only a couple of metres wide), Pink Moon Saloon has a…
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Cool! Downtown ADL was begging for a craft-beer brewery, and now it’s here. Topham Mall is an uninspiring alley, but inside the brewhouse the mood…
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Laneway boozing at its best (in fact, this was one of Adelaide's first laneway bars), nouveau-industrial Udaberri is a compact bar on Leigh St, serving…
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They don't make 'em like they used to. Actually, these days, when it comes to handsome two-storey sandstone pubs, they don't make 'em at all. This…
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Get a little bit Frenchy at this romantic wine bar, nooked down the fast-evolving Gresham St in Adelaide's West End. It's the kind of place you'd go for…
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Classy food and wine at this gorgeous chemist-turned-bar, dating from (you guessed it) 1878. Dark-timber medicine cabinets, bentwood chairs, velveteen…
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A commercial offshoot of East End Cellars, Adelaide's best bottle shop, this classy wine room gives you the chance to try before you buy. The range is…
Adelaide
CLT was one of the vanguard which ushered in the new brigade of small bars in Adelaide's lanes. Good liquor is the thrust here, along with fine SA wines…
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One of the few Peel St bars to employ a bouncer (protecting the sanctity of the tapas-consuming good-time crew inside), La Rambla is a stylish Spanish…
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The pick of the West End clubs, Zhivago is all muscles and manscaping vs high heels and short skirts, with DJs pumping out everything from reggae and dub…
Adelaide
A flagship business in the rejuvenation of Port Adelaide is the Port Admiral Hotel, reopened in 2017 after a decade of boarded-up dereliction. It's a…
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Forget the pious ‘City of Churches’ moniker: Adelaide has always been a hard-drinking town. 'Gin City' might be a better tag these days, with 21 brands of…
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If Semaphore were an author, it'd be Jack Kerouac – bohemian, poetic and partial to a drink. Wander the main street before gentrification takes hold,…
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'Established 1914' says the signage. We reckon it was closer to 2014… Either way, the Publishers is an upmarket bar with jacketed bartenders, interesting…
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Corral some thirsty amigos, hire one of these mobile pedal-powered bars and cruise around Adelaide's streets whilst you imbibe. Group bookings for a two…
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K2 on the China–Pakistan border is 8611m tall. 2KW is eight floors high – not quite as lofty, but it's an upmarket spot for a cocktail and eye-popping…
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Is 'little bang' a euphemism? Something to discuss as you sip into a Geezer Pleaser bitter or Naked Objector IPA at this surprising little brewery in…
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How does an old-time Adelaide city pub survive the small-bar onslaught? Divide and conquer: the Kings Head cordoned-off a quadrant of its floor space and…
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Given the sheer number of acres 'under vine' around Adelaide, there are surprisingly few good wine bars in the city – something to do with the synergy…
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The nautical vibe might seem incongruous on a hot Adelaide night this far from the ocean (diving helmets, barometers, anchors etc) – but somehow it works…
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In a ramshackle old shopfront with weeds growing out from the top of the facade, Cantina Sociale is the perfect little neighbourhood wine bar – raffish,…
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With a fresh coat of paint the old balcony-hung Austral is looking good. It's a democratic, bohemian kind of place, the mosaic-topped footpath tables busy…
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Do lawyers and magistrates like a drink? Judge for yourself at 55ml, just around the corner from the Supreme Court of South Australia. It's a bricky…
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Hidden in the suburban Parkside backstreets is this atmospheric old bluestone pub, serving a winning combo of abundant craft beers and the biggest…
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Servicing the UniSA students who swarm all over this end of Hindley St, the West Oak is a stylish refurb of an old pub which has been here under various…
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Gin your thing? Fly into the atmospheric, gin-soaked Howling Owl on Vaughan Pl, a little laneway off Rundle St in Adelaide's East End. There are 80-plus…
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Electra electrifies a rather amazing old sandstone edifice on King William St – the former Citizens Life Assurance Co building, cobbled together in 1901…
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A mainstream kinda place for a South Australian wine or a cold beer (glasses maintained at a consistent 2°C), with a jovial big-screen front bar, pool…
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This old boozer was an Irish pub for years, but a fancy refit has purged all the dark wood and replaced it with wicker. The upstairs balcony is where you…
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Sassy Rundle St bar with a tight dress code (to the nines) and a kickin' cocktail list. Cheese boards and tapas are available, but no-one here looks like…
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A cavernous mainstream sports bar with voyeuristic beach views and fold-back windows for when the sea breeze drops. Has as many screens as staff (there's…
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Funky countercultural boozing on Norwood's otherwise mainstream Parade. Wonderfully well-worn, with crafty beers and Gustav Klimt–esque murals. Packed…
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There's shiny brass, sexy staff, much presluicing of glasses, and somewhere upwards of 26 imported Belgian superbrews (we lost count…). Order some moules…
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Royal Park is less park, more industrial zone. And we're pretty sure no one royal has ever set foot here. But in among the warehouses is Big Shed, an…