Must-see restaurants in Adelaide

This classic old joint has been around since the days when Adelaide phone numbers only had seven digits. Authentic pizza and pasta with bentwood chairs,…

Multicoloured tables, marina views, super service and a contemporary menu of meze plates − you'd struggle to find anything this appealing on Santorini…

Fancy Italian on a North Adelaide side street, seated either in old-cottage confines, or out by the babbling fountain (a very Tuscan scene). The calamari…

Climb the stairs above the Jetty Rd tram-scape for fabulous organic pizzas with bountiful SA ingredients. The vibe is a tad hippie – a refreshing change…

Beef, lamb, pork, veal, goat, chicken, fish…vegetarians run for the hills! Sosta's aged 1kg T-bone steaks are legendary. With crisp white tablecloths and…

Affordable, breezy Thai joint right in the high-rent Rundle St mix. Mango and coconut chicken, spicy pepper beef (or kangaroo!) clattering chairs and…

Occasionally a new bar or cafe opens in Adelaide and it seems like the whole city knows about it, is talking about it and just can't get enough of it…

Dipping into an architectural grab-bag of bygone New York City style, Sean Connolly’s sassy brasserie occupies a prominent corner of Adelaide’s otherwise…

'Oggi' means 'today' in Italian. In this gorgeously styled, piazza-like eatery, this translates to super-fresh pasta, gnocchi and meat dishes, prepared,…

Hey Jupiter! What are you doing out there in between Mars and Saturn? Eating some French food, perhaps – maybe a classic soupe a l'oignon (French onion…

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…

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…

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…

Everything at this split-level, rustic Italian eatery – adorned with breadbaskets and beautified by Italian staff – is cooked in the wood oven you see…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This stylin’ city cafe takes its name from Abbot Kinney, the guy who gave LA’s Venice Beach its moniker. We’re not sure how this pertains to downtown…

Cast an eye across the Port River from Port Adelaide and you'll spy this solitary pub, standing on the far shore in bizarre isolation. It's the old (but…