Fleurieu Peninsula
A swish new bistro in the Port Elliot culinary mix, hip Thunderbird is 'go' with a fab streetside deck, lots of exposed stone and brick, and a mod menu…
Must-see restaurants in South Australia
Fleurieu Peninsula
Right on the Murray under the span of the Hindmarsh Island Bridge, eating at Hector's (festooned with fishing rods and oars) is like hanging out in your…
Adelaide
OK, so it's part of the Adelaide's casino complex, but we'll forgive this irritating mainstream locale because the food here is top notch, and the Madame…
Flinders Ranges
At Rawnsley Park Station, the excellent Woolshed Restaurant sits comfortably at the high end of the foodie spectrum – a real surprise in the remote…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Cafe, restaurant, wine bar, accommodation: Goowla's Whistlestop has a lot of bases to cover, but covers them with ease. Roll out of your heritage cottage…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Enter the 'Mouth of the Wolf' restaurant at Mitolo, a black-painted congregation of shipping containers bolted together to form one seriously swish bistro…
Limestone Coast
Char-grilled, chilli-and-garlic marinated calamari; pork belly with cauliflower puree and star anise glaze… Not your standard pub grub, but the old Macs …
Adelaide
Walk right in to this hawker joint off Rundle Mall, down inauspicious Francis St (more of an alley, really). The energetic kitchen here – on full display…
Maggie Beer's Farm Shop & Eatery
Barossa Valley
Celebrity SA gourmet Maggie Beer has been hugely successful with her quality condiments, preserves and pâtés (and TV appearances!). The vibe here isn't as…
Kangaroo Island
Walk past reception at the Seafront Hotel to the modest little service counter at the back of the lobby – 'Hey, there's a pizza restaurant in here!' It's…
Adelaide
With beers on tap and black-painted walls, this glam vegan place is more like a bar than a restaurant – perhaps a reflection of how mainstream vegan…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Tumby Bay's super-friendly bakery is a community hub, where locals meet to talk fishing, farming and family (the three pillars of society). Inside the…
Adelaide
Everything at this split-level, rustic Italian eatery – adorned with breadbaskets and beautified by Italian staff – is cooked in the wood oven you see…
Barossa Valley
This enduring restaurant occupies a lovely old villa (1918), set back from the street beneath a massive Norfolk Island pine. It's a sophisticated affair…
Flinders Ranges
Working in tandem with the Great Northern Lodge next door, Emily's occupies an amazing old emporium, its heritage shelves stocked with chutneys,…
Adelaide
Make like an Argentine cowboy and swagger into Gaucho’s, arguably the best spot in town for a carnivorous iron infusion. Grain-fed, 28-day-aged steaks are…
Murray River
About 19km northwest of Barmera, this moody 1859 boozer is named after a Murray River bend where drovers used to camp. The pub walls ooze character and…
Kangaroo Island
An unexpected find along the North Coast Rd near Stokes Bay, this casual timber-and-stone tapas shack does oysters, antipasto platters and share plates…
Barossa Valley
Part Italian cooking school, part enoteca (wine bar/restaurant), Casa Carboni is run by real-life Italian Matteo Carboni, who visited the Barossa for a…
Fleurieu Peninsula
The staff at this blessed cafe crank out great coffee, croissants, wraps, salads, tarts, burgers, cheese platters, massive cakes and funky sausage rolls…
Clare Valley
The views from this deck cafe at Paulett Wines' cellar door are bodacious – but almost as interesting is the adjacent Bush Food Garden from which the…
Barossa Valley
It's all about share plates at Harvest Kitchen, a solitary old bluestone house in Tanunda's western back blocks (an area called Vine Vale). Order a bunch…
Barossa Valley
In a lovely old stone villa fronting onto Tanunda's main street at a jaunty angle, Ferment always does things a little differently. What sounds exotic is…
Adelaide
Leading the charge in the culinary emergence of the Torrens riverbank, Home Ground is nooked in under the Adelaide Convention Centre. To call it a 'Food…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Defying the hospitality rule that a restaurant will never succeed if it's upstairs or in a basement, first-floor Loco is always busy. It's a colourful…
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…
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…
Fleurieu Peninsula
An essential pit stop for southern Fleurieu holiday makers for as long as anyone can remember, Yankalilla's buzzy bake house is a real community mainstay…
Adelaide
At the base of an apartment tower fronting Whitmore Sq (the least-loved of Adelaide's five squares), Arbour is a stylish cafe focusing on SA produce with…
Outback South Australia
The Desert Cave Hotel's rooftop restaurant is the classiest place to eat here (if a little lacking in intimacy), with international wait staff, top-notch…
Limestone Coast
In a town where 16,500 Chinese gold miners disembarked in the 1850s, en route to the Ballarat gold fields, it's no surprise to discover that the local…
Barossa Valley
This lovely old main-street shopfront now exudes Southeast Asian aromas – a welcome, chilli-infused departure from ubiquitous Barossa schnitzels and…
Flinders Ranges
At last, a decent cafe in Hawker! Taking over from an old country tearoom that was well past its use-by date, Flinders Food Co sasses things up with…
Yorke Peninsula
What a surprise! A raffish, super-casual little coffee bunker in downtown Kadina, with kooky retro furniture and walls covered with old record sleeves,…
Limestone Coast
We love caffeine and we love laneway culture. These two phenomena come together perfectly at Melzar, a little bean nook that's hard to find but worth the…
Murray River
Inside Renmark's old fire station (a handsome 1959 modernist number), Arrosto's enthusiastic owners brew the best coffee in the Riverland. They travel to…
Murray River
A cheery cafe on the hill a few blocks back from the river, with a natty lime-green colour scheme. Serves soups, quiches, burgers, pasta, curries, wraps,…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The main lure at the sprawling Standpipe motel is the in-house (and very unexpected) North Indian restaurant – terrific! Try the boneless chicken tikka…
Limestone Coast
A bit of big-city faux-yacht affluence comes to Robe at this polished concrete-and-glass eatery, serving good coffee and big breakfasts – maybe the…
Adelaide
Classy Chianti has been around since the '80s, but remains a fixture in the upper echelon of Adelaide fine dining. Step inside the welcoming, shady dining…
