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…
Must-see nightlife in South Australia
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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,…
Murray River
Amid the grapevines and orchards, 15km north of Renmark on a Murray River kink, the Woolshed is doing marvellous things. Part of the historic Wilkadene…
Adelaide Hills
The needn't bother with the lame slogans ('Uraidla's worst pub') – the very fact that Uraidla's only pub has been revived from near-dereliction puts a…
Barossa Valley
Inside the old Penfolds complex is this excellent craft beer bar (sacrilege?), also serving artisanal spirits, small-production SA wines and food that…
Adelaide Hills
A leading light in the burgeoning South Australian distilling scene, Applewood has turned a chilly old 1920s cold store on the outskirts of Gumeracha into…
Flinders Ranges
A brisk 27km drive south of Hawker on the Orroroo road, little Cradock seems to comprise mostly of three large stone buildings: two of them are churches,…
Adelaide
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…
Murray River
In a big tin shed in Loxton's back blocks, this hipster haven pours craft beers and plates up beaut burgers to anyone who doesn't want to go to the local…
Clare Valley
A welcome offshoot of the Clare Valley wine scene, CVBC shares a tasting room with Jeanneret Wines behind Sevenhill. Work your way through a tasting…
Adelaide Hills
Trophy-winning craft beers, burgers, platters, bar snacks and live troubadours all make an appearance at this funky beer shed, on the road out of Mt…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
Classy food and wine at this gorgeous chemist-turned-bar, dating from (you guessed it) 1878. Dark-timber medicine cabinets, bentwood chairs, velveteen…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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,…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Inside the art-deco Nautilus Arts Centre (1923 – formerly the Soldiers' Memorial Hall), follow the curvy handrails upstairs to this sassy, blacked-out…
Barossa Valley
Arguably the Barossa's best pub (let's argue!), the charming Greenock isn't ancient (it was a corner store until 1956) – but it compensates for a lack of…
Barossa Valley
Inside Penfolds' old decommissioned brandy distillery, which is nothing short of amazing – an Orwellian mesh of pipes, huge vats and elaborate spiral…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Inside a renovated 1870s stone shearing shed (check out the bottomless well!), Victor's is a stylish brew-house run by an ex–McLaren Vale winemaker. There…
Adelaide Hills
Taking its name from Hahndorf's pseudonym during WWI ('Hahndorf' was deemed to be unpatriotic), Ambleside occupies a stylish, purpose-built shed on the…
Adelaide
'Established 1914' says the signage. We reckon it was closer to 2014… Either way, the Publishers is an upmarket bar with jacketed bartenders, interesting…
Adelaide Hills
Hey look, a wine bar! Something different for Hahndorf, Hersey occupies a long, skinny heritage shopfront on the main street, pouring its own wines at a…
Clare Valley
This classic 1850 pub has a huge rep for atmosphere, food and accommodation. Seasonal pub grub is inventive (mains $20 to $34; open for lunch and dinner)…
Adelaide
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…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Down on the wharf, the Fleurieu Distillery is a locally run moonshiner, bottling up impressive single malt whisky (one of very few whisky makers in SA –…
Adelaide
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…
Adelaide
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…
Fleurieu Peninsula
In appealing little Myponga, the craft beers at Smiling Samoyed, a woody shack by the Myponga Reservoir, will have you smiling like a hound. There are…
