Must-see restaurants in South Australia

  • Table 88

    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…

  • Home Ground

    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…

  • Arbour Kitchen

    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…

  • Chianti

    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…

  • Abbots and Kinney

    Adelaide

    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…

  • Fish

    Kangaroo Island

    Takeaway fish and chips like you ain't never had before − grilled, beer-battered or crumbed whiting and garfish − plus giant KI scallops, marron …

  • Sunset Food & Wine

    Kangaroo Island

    Awesome view! If you can't make it up the steep driveway, there's another access around the back. Either way, expect brilliant modern bistro fare. Expect…

  • Oyster Farm Shop

    Kangaroo Island

    Run by a local oyster farm, this little shack acts as an outlet for sustainable seafood producers from all over KI. Oysters, marron, abalone, King George…

  • 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…

  • Birkenhead Tavern

    Adelaide

    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…

  • 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…

  • Rockpool Café

    Kangaroo Island

    Don't worry about sandy feet at this casual, al fresco joint by the beach in Stokes Bay. 'What's the house special?', we asked. 'Whatever I feel like doin…

  • Beach Barista

    Kangaroo Island

    What a surprise! The best coffee in KI is at this pop-up coffee caravan at Pennington Bay surf beach. Grab a double-shot flat white, a slice of orange…

  • Chase Cafe

    Kangaroo Island

    On the food front, if you're not self-catering the only option within Flinders Chase National Park is the buzzy, daytime Chase Cafe at the visitor centre,…

  • 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…

  • Bella

    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…

  • 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…

  • Fire & Smoke

    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…

  • Fat Beagle Coffee Shop

    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…

  • 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…

  • Kangaroo Island Fresh Seafoods

    Kangaroo Island

    This unassuming place attached to a petrol station has some of the best seafood on the island. Fat oysters go for around $20 a dozen, then there are all…

  • 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…

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