Must-see nightlife in South Australia

  • Colonist

    Colonist

    Adelaide

    Funky countercultural boozing on Norwood's otherwise mainstream Parade. Wonderfully well-worn, with crafty beers and Gustav Klimt–esque murals. Packed…

  • Belgian Beer Café

    Adelaide

    There's shiny brass, sexy staff, much presluicing of glasses, and somewhere upwards of 26 imported Belgian superbrews (we lost count…). Order some moules…

  • Big Shed Brewing Concern

    Adelaide

    Royal Park is less park, more industrial zone. And we're pretty sure no one royal has ever set foot here. But in among the warehouses is Big Shed, an…

  • Hennessy Rooftop Bar

    Adelaide

    High atop the Mayfair Hotel in the middle of downtown Adelaide, Hennessey is one of the city's new crew of rooftop bars. Named after the architect who…

  • Cathedral Hotel

    Adelaide

    Got tickets for the football/cricket/Guns N’ Roses concert at the Adelaide Oval and need a quick primer beforehand? Look no further – the revamped,…

  • Queenscliffe Family Hotel

    Kangaroo Island

    Set back from the main street with a rather regal disposition, the two-storey Queenscliffe is Kingscote's other pub (the Ozone on the waterfront gets the…

  • BRYKLN

    Adelaide

    Adelaide is a long way from NYC, but above the Rundle St fray, BRYKLN does (if you squint a little bit) conjure up a vague vibe of the Big Apple. There's…

  • Collins

    Adelaide

    On the ground floor of Adelaide’s otherwise unremarkable Hilton Hotel is the Collins, a slick but un-snooty spot for a stiff gin, a sneaky bourbon or…

  • Historian Hotel

    Adelaide

    Forget the ‘City of Churches’ tag – Adelaide is really the ‘City of Pubs’. There are so many old stone boozers here it’d take you a year to have a beer in…

  • Mary's Poppin

    Adelaide

    When the legendary Mars Bar closed down a few years ago, Adelaide's LGBTI clubbers were bereft. But the fab Mary's Poppin has popped in to to fill this…

  • Lighthouse Wharf Hotel

    Adelaide

    There are more raffish old pubs in Port Adelaide than hours in your afternoon. But if you're dry, swing into the 1935 Lighthouse Wharf Hotel for a quick…

  • Lindes Lane

    Adelaide

    Offering an escape from the Rundle Mall food courts and sports-bar bunker fray, Lines Lane (on Lindes La) is an atmospheric cafe/wine-bar/craft-beer haunt…

  • Sugar

    Adelaide

    Late-night mainstay of Adelaide's G&L club scene, with visiting DJs and a tight dress code. Up a little stairway off Rundle St.

  • Kent Town Hotel

    Kent Town Hotel

    Adelaide

    Thank goodness the owners of this huge pub just east of the CBD got rid of the golf theme...but they replaced it with a jungle theme! D'oh… Theme-schmeme,…

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