Adelaide Hills
This handsome, two-storey Hills pub (1863) serves a dizzying array of heart-clogging cheese kranskys, Vienna sausages, sauerkraut, apple strudels and…
Must-see restaurants in South Australia
Murray River
Hey, that rhymes! This simple little bakehouse on the lower side of town does fabulous pumpkin-and-feta pasties, apricot chicken pies, jam tarts, pecan…
Adelaide
At this brilliant organic pizzeria, thin crusts are stacked with tasty toppings like free-range roast duck, Spencer Gulf prawns and spicy Hahndorf salami…
Fleurieu Peninsula
The 'top pub' in Willunga (1839!) is more of a going concern than the bottom two, with a passing parade of schnitzel/steak/pizza nights complementing the…
Adelaide
This colourfully tiled city branch of Parwana Afghan Kitchen in Torrensville does a heady lunchtime trade. Spill some mantu (steamed dumplings with carrot…
Adelaide
Give your arteries something to do: this woody food room plates up succulent US-style BBQ meats, with a slew of slaws, beans, greens and grits on the side…
Outback South Australia
High on a ridge above town, this casual club/bistro is a top spot for a bang-up budget pasta meal and a few cold ones as the red sun sets on another dusty…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Poised above stony Hallett Cove Beach, this classy cafe has views to rival the nearby Marion Coastal Trail. It's a top spot in which to refuel (great…
Adelaide
Vili's pies are a South Australian institution. Next to its factory, west of the CBD, is this all-night diner, serving equally iconic 'pie floaters' (a…
Adelaide
Winning pub grub at this enduring/endearing local: enjoy steak sangers (sandwiches, for the uninitiated), curries, lamb-shank ragu, southern fried chicken…
Adelaide
This raffish shopfront in suburban Clarence Park started life solely as a coffee-roasting business, but soon transformed into a full-blown cafe. A hit…
Adelaide
Down on the corner, Perryman’s is the kind of simple, reliable, affordable bakery that all neighbourhoods should have. Baked on-site for the last 80…
Adelaide
Goodwood Rd is a long way from the backstreets of Montmartre, but Boulangerie 113 does a reasonable job of impersonating a French patisserie. Roll up for…
Adelaide
One of a new breed of quick-fire city eateries, with clever interior design (wood panelling, bicycle wheels, communal tables and artful lighting) and…
Adelaide
As the after-work brigades trudge between the East End pubs and the West End bars, sometimes they get hungry. That's where this street-food joint enters…
Adelaide
All things to all people, the democratic, unsnooty (though reasonably pricey) Wharf is big on SA seafood (Coffin Bay oysters, Kangaroo Island whiting, SA…
Adelaide
When the late-night food attack hits, duck out of the bar and into Gondola Gondola – a bright, buzzy, fishbowl diner on the corner of Peel St and Hindley…
Adelaide
This loud, fluoro-lit, bossy-staffed eatery is a culinary gem, serving cuisine styled from the Guangzhou region, such as 'BBC' (bean curd, broad beans and…
Adelaide
A skinny, lived-in, age-old Hindley St room among the strip clubs and hookah-pipe bars, serving magnificent Middle Eastern and Lebanese delights: falafels…
Adelaide
Store is a long-running combo of casual Parisian bistro and jazzy cafe. The vibe is retro-kitsch (art nouveau posters, stag horns, Tretchikoff prints),…
Adelaide
Unpretentious, authentic and reliable neighbourhood Thai just off the main North Adelaide strip. Head for the scatter of chairs on the faux-grass footpath…
Barossa Valley
This old dough house on Nuri's main street has been here since 1930 – it must be doing something right! Quiches, donuts, biscuits, German apple cakes,…
Adelaide Hills
With views from atop Mt Lofty (727m), this snazzy cafe maintains equally lofty standards, serving predictable but masterfully assembled breakfasts …
Adelaide
The prefix ‘nano’ applies to a one-billionth measure of something…something extremely small. But neither the servings nor this ebullient Italian cafe…
Barossa Valley
The better looking of the town's two pubs, the affable 1846 Angaston serves Barossa wines and pub standards (schnitzels, pasta, salt-and-pepper squid)…
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…
Adelaide
A spin-off branch of Henry's original Kent Town operation, this city locale shares an industrial space with Prohibition Liquor Co (caffeine or gin: what's…
Kangaroo Island
In a new location on Kingscote's main strip, long-running Bella is a cheery Italian cafe/pizza bar, now occupying a former drapery (1907). The pizza menu…
Yorke Peninsula
This unassuming corrugated iron shed in Wallaroo's industrial backblocks is full of second-hand books! It's a quirky cafe, too, serving light meals …
Yorke Peninsula
Edithburgh has two pubs, one short, one tall. This is the handsome, yellow-painted, two-story one, with the Seahorse Restaurant off to one side. Expect…
Flinders Ranges
A traditional country cafe with creaky floorboards and spinning ceiling fans, serving big breakfasts and light lunches. Try a generously adorned 'Railway…
Murray River
Yes, it's a lavender farm, and you can buy all kinds of purple-tinged lavender-y products here (soaps, oils, candles). But most folks are here for the…
Adelaide
Mamma Carmela has been doing her old-school Italian thing in this heritage Jetty Rd building since 1974! Much has changed since then – not least Australia…
Adelaide
Hispanic Mechanic’s owners dropped a bomb of dollars on this joint, transforming it into a stylin' south-of-the-border diner. The graphics and interior…
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…
Kangaroo Island
Sun going down, waiting for the ferry, getting hungry and eaten all your supplies? Duck into gaudy, Americana-themed Fire & Smoke for some pasta, ribs, a…
Clare Valley
An authentic Indonesian restaurant is perhaps the last thing you'd expect to find on the main street of little ol' Burra. But it's true – hard-working…
Kangaroo Island
Food businesses come and go in Penneshaw – the summer tourist boom here is followed by a devastating winter bust. But Fat Beagle seems to be hanging in…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
We're not sure how much actual yachting transpires in Coffin Bay (this is more of a fishing town), but this cavernous waterfront club sure has yacht…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Elliott's opens early to serve hungry fisherfolk and nomads wandering in off the Flinders Hwy, filling stomachs with citrus tarts, luminous pink…
