Must-see restaurants in Adelaide

  • Asian Gourmet

    Adelaide

    For the best laksa in town (in the state?), Asian Gourmet is the place to be. It's a no-frills, glass-box shopfront inside Adelaide's rambunctious Central…

  • Lucia's Pizza & Spaghetti Bar

    Adelaide

    This little slice of Italy in the Central Market has been around since Lucia was a lot younger. All her pasta, sauces and pizzas are authentically…

  • Good Life

    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…

  • Kutchi Deli Parwana

    Adelaide

    This colourfully tiled city branch of Parwana Afghan Kitchen in Torrensville does a heady lunchtime trade. Spill some mantu (steamed dumplings with carrot…

  • Low & Slow American BBQ

    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…

  • Café de Vili's

    Café de Vili's

    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…

  • Royal Oak

    Royal Oak

    Adelaide

    Winning pub grub at this enduring/endearing local: enjoy steak sangers (sandwiches, for the uninitiated), curries, lamb-shank ragu, southern fried chicken…

  • Carnevale Coffee

    Rise & Grind Cafe

    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…

  • Perryman's Bakery

    Perryman’s Bakery

    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…

  • Boulangerie 113

    Boulangerie 113

    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…

  • Sit Lo

    Sit Lo

    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…

  • Sukhumvit Soi.38

    Soi.38

    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…

  • The Wharf

    Wharf

    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…

  • Gondola Gondola

    Gondola Gondola

    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…

  • Ying Chow, Chinese restaurant

    Ying Chow

    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…

  • Jerusalem Sheshkabab House

    Jerusalem Sheshkabab House

    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…

  •  Store

    Store

    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),…

  • Amarin Thai restaurant.

    Amarin Thai

    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…

  • Nano

    Adelaide

    The prefix ‘nano’ applies to a one-billionth measure of something…something extremely small. But neither the servings nor this ebullient Italian cafe…

  • Tell Henry

    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…

  • Mamma Carmela Cafe Pizzeria

    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…

  • Hispanic Mechanic

    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…

  • T-Chow

    Adelaide

    Big, bright and brassy: quick-fire Chinese on the main Chinatown strip, with an impressive menu ranging from the predictable (braised beef hotpot, steamed…

  • Prince Albert

    Adelaide

    Pub grub that looms large (and has done since 1852): steaks, burgers, hanging-off-the-plate schnitzels and signature Cimarosti Italian sausages. Below-the…

  • Edinburgh Castle

    Adelaide

    Budget-minded pub grub (the students love it) featuring curries, burgers, schnitzels, salt-and-pepper squid and gap-filling pasta. Live original bands…

  • Woolworths

    Adelaide

    Central supermarket offerings, right in the middle of Rundle Mall.