Guidebook for Adelaide

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Guidebook for Adelaide

Food Scene

Cibo is an Adelaide-grown coffee chain and there are Cibo cafes all around Adelaide. Quick and consistent Italian-style coffee.
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Cibo Espresso
199 Hutt St
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Cibo is an Adelaide-grown coffee chain and there are Cibo cafes all around Adelaide. Quick and consistent Italian-style coffee.
Fantastic French macarons :) Also great breakfast/brunch on the weekends. Above Australia Post.
The Mac Factory
190 Hutt St
Fantastic French macarons :) Also great breakfast/brunch on the weekends. Above Australia Post.
Delicious Italian food. Open 7 days for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Less than one minute from our door!
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Chianti
160 Hutt St
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Delicious Italian food. Open 7 days for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Less than one minute from our door!
A high end take on the steak bar! One of only two of these restaurants in the world - the other is in Denmark. Also has a great wine selection.
A Hereford Beefstouw
143 Hutt St
A high end take on the steak bar! One of only two of these restaurants in the world - the other is in Denmark. Also has a great wine selection.
One of the best Japanese restaurants in Adelaide. Beautiful delicate flavours with a modern twist. We recently had their 6 course degustation and it was amazing!
Kenji Modern Japanese
242 Hutt St
One of the best Japanese restaurants in Adelaide. Beautiful delicate flavours with a modern twist. We recently had their 6 course degustation and it was amazing!
Yummy organic pizza using locally sourced ingredients. Take away or eat in the lovely little resto. Also has a fantastic selection of local wines.
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Goodlife Modern Organic Pizza
170 Hutt St
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Yummy organic pizza using locally sourced ingredients. Take away or eat in the lovely little resto. Also has a fantastic selection of local wines.
Beautiful modern Thai food. You must book as it is so popular!
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Golden Boy
309 North Terrace
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Beautiful modern Thai food. You must book as it is so popular!
Great coffee and breakfast/brunch. Live music and tapas on Friday nights.
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Café Troppo
42 Whitmore Square
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Great coffee and breakfast/brunch. Live music and tapas on Friday nights.
One of our favourites. Incredible Australian cuisine. Highly recommended!
Bistro Dom
24 Waymouth St
One of our favourites. Incredible Australian cuisine. Highly recommended!
Lovely little french cafe. Find a sunny spot on the terrace for breakfast, lunch or coffee. A must eat is the roast berkshire pork sandwich with slaw - they usually sell out!
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Hey Jupiter Brasserie Francaise
11 Ebenezer Pl
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Lovely little french cafe. Find a sunny spot on the terrace for breakfast, lunch or coffee. A must eat is the roast berkshire pork sandwich with slaw - they usually sell out!
Hipster coffee and waffles!
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Exchange Specialty Coffee
18 Vardon Ave
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Hipster coffee and waffles!
Adelaide's most famous food truck now has permanent digs!
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Burger Theory
10 Union St
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Adelaide's most famous food truck now has permanent digs!
A family-run Italian resto that's been running for about forty years. The ravioli is delicious!
Lucia's
A family-run Italian resto that's been running for about forty years. The ravioli is delicious!
Great vege/vegan lunches and dinner on Friday night.
Bliss Organic Garden Cafe & Bliss Central
7 Compton St
Great vege/vegan lunches and dinner on Friday night.
The best formal dining Chinese restaurant in Adelaide.
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Concubine
132 Gouger St
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The best formal dining Chinese restaurant in Adelaide.
When you want Chinese food mid-day to late late night. The tea smoked duck and shallot pancake are personal favourites.
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Ying Chow Chinese Restaurant
114 Gouger St
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When you want Chinese food mid-day to late late night. The tea smoked duck and shallot pancake are personal favourites.
Fantastic coffee and breakfast, brunch or lunch spot. They use De Groot coffee which is amazingly delicious boutique coffee roasted on the Fleurieu Peninsula in SA.
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The Flinders Street Project
276 Flinders St
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Fantastic coffee and breakfast, brunch or lunch spot. They use De Groot coffee which is amazingly delicious boutique coffee roasted on the Fleurieu Peninsula in SA.
Amazing coffee spot. One of the best in Adelaide. Hands down.
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Coffee Branch
32 Leigh St
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Amazing coffee spot. One of the best in Adelaide. Hands down.
For something different and DEUTSCH! Very good food for the depths of the Adelaide winter. And fine bier too.
The German Club
223 Flinders St
For something different and DEUTSCH! Very good food for the depths of the Adelaide winter. And fine bier too.
This is a great breakfast or lunch spot. Lots of clean eating and drinking. Healthy, but delish!
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Argo On The Square
211 Victoria Square
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This is a great breakfast or lunch spot. Lots of clean eating and drinking. Healthy, but delish!
Yes - Adelaide now has a "Jamie's". We're not so provincial! And its actually very good food. Worth a visit if not just for the setting in a majestic old bank building, with the loos in the vault!
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Jamie's Italian Adelaide
2 King William St
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Yes - Adelaide now has a "Jamie's". We're not so provincial! And its actually very good food. Worth a visit if not just for the setting in a majestic old bank building, with the loos in the vault!
We are yet to visit this place, but it is much recommended by friends. Its perched on top of a city office building and the view is apparently amazing!
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2KW Bar & Restaurant
2 King William Street
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We are yet to visit this place, but it is much recommended by friends. Its perched on top of a city office building and the view is apparently amazing!
Great wood oven pizza and wine selection. Run by a couple of ex-young lawyers turned passionate about food. You need to book.
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Etica
125 Gilles St
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Great wood oven pizza and wine selection. Run by a couple of ex-young lawyers turned passionate about food. You need to book.
This is our favourite Indian restaurant in the entire city! Really nice home-style cooking. We advise booking, especially on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Jasmin Indian Restaurant
Rundle Mall
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This is our favourite Indian restaurant in the entire city! Really nice home-style cooking. We advise booking, especially on Friday and Saturday nights.
More wood oven pizza. These guys are great - a must eat is one of the wood oven heated gnocchi plates (and pizza of course!). Mmmmm. Also great local wine selection.
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EST Pizzeria
30 East Terrace
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More wood oven pizza. These guys are great - a must eat is one of the wood oven heated gnocchi plates (and pizza of course!). Mmmmm. Also great local wine selection.
A new, casual bar with great wines, cocktails and food. We recently had dinner here and it was fantastic, an array of small plates with delicacies such as kangaroo tail and K.I scallops. Simply yum!
Street-ADL
285 Rundle St
A new, casual bar with great wines, cocktails and food. We recently had dinner here and it was fantastic, an array of small plates with delicacies such as kangaroo tail and K.I scallops. Simply yum!
Highly recommended! Beautiful delicate dishes using locally sourced ingredients, including some grown in the Gardens. The kangaroo with coffee and pumpkin cheesecake were standouts when we dined here.
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Botanic Gardens Restaurant
Plane Tree Drive
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Highly recommended! Beautiful delicate dishes using locally sourced ingredients, including some grown in the Gardens. The kangaroo with coffee and pumpkin cheesecake were standouts when we dined here.

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice spot for a quiet drink and good pub food. Specials during the week.
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Havelock Hotel
162 Hutt St
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Nice spot for a quiet drink and good pub food. Specials during the week.
Famous for the local ale and the giant local dish schnitzel parmigiana. Good spot to watch a sports match on their big screens.
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The Original Coopers Alehouse
316 Pulteney St
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Famous for the local ale and the giant local dish schnitzel parmigiana. Good spot to watch a sports match on their big screens.
Nice spot for a meal or to check out some live music.
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The Gilbert Street Hotel
88 Gilbert St
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Nice spot for a meal or to check out some live music.
Worth a visit, eclectic hotel renowned for its local live music. Open mic night on Mondays is worth a visit.
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Grace Enily Hotel
232 Waymouth St
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Worth a visit, eclectic hotel renowned for its local live music. Open mic night on Mondays is worth a visit.
The heart of the small bar scene in Adelaide. A must visit Tues-Sun. The Peel Street Restaurant is great for dinner, small bar faves are Clever Little Tailor and Maybe Mae.
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Peel St
9 Peel St
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The heart of the small bar scene in Adelaide. A must visit Tues-Sun. The Peel Street Restaurant is great for dinner, small bar faves are Clever Little Tailor and Maybe Mae.
Cute little specialty gin bar, try a G&T with local gin from Kangaroo Island.
The Howling Owl
10 Vaughan Pl
Cute little specialty gin bar, try a G&T with local gin from Kangaroo Island.
New South African inspired bar. We've heard good things! :)
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Africola
4 East Terrace
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New South African inspired bar. We've heard good things! :)
Fantastic wine bar + tapas. Amazing selection of local and imported wines by the glass. Sip something different under the vines.
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Mother Vine
26 Vardon Ave
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Fantastic wine bar + tapas. Amazing selection of local and imported wines by the glass. Sip something different under the vines.
When you want a (not too) grungy pub. A roaring fire in winter. A fave with students. Live music any night of the week
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Exeter Hotel
246 Rundle St
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When you want a (not too) grungy pub. A roaring fire in winter. A fave with students. Live music any night of the week
Gorgeously renovated small bar on Peel Street. Deliriously good cocktails and good wine offering.
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Clever Little Tailor
19 Peel St
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Gorgeously renovated small bar on Peel Street. Deliriously good cocktails and good wine offering.
A favourite old haunt of ours. Nothing fancy. Just good beats on a Friday on Saturday night. Coopers long necks if you wish, but you must try the cocktail offering "Aunty Jemimah".
Supermild
73A Hindley St
A favourite old haunt of ours. Nothing fancy. Just good beats on a Friday on Saturday night. Coopers long necks if you wish, but you must try the cocktail offering "Aunty Jemimah".
This is without a doubt one of the best cocktail bars in Adelaide. And the ambience is amazing. Happy hour between 5 and 6pm-ish.
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La Boheme Nightclub
36 Grote St
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This is without a doubt one of the best cocktail bars in Adelaide. And the ambience is amazing. Happy hour between 5 and 6pm-ish.
A great venue to catch some local live music. Housed in an old church rectory. Open til late.
The Jade Monkey
142-160 Flinders St
A great venue to catch some local live music. Housed in an old church rectory. Open til late.

Arts & Culture

Best cinemas in Adelaide, with a wine bar. :)
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Palace Nova Eastend
3 Cinema Place
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Best cinemas in Adelaide, with a wine bar. :)
A must see for visitors to Adelaide. Amazing collection of Indigenous art as well as early colonial works. Different travelling exhibitions every few months.
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Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace
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A must see for visitors to Adelaide. Amazing collection of Indigenous art as well as early colonial works. Different travelling exhibitions every few months.
A favourite for young and old!
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Museo de Australia del Sur
North Terrace
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A favourite for young and old!

Shopping

Excellent second hand book store with all proceeds going to support Oxfam's good work.
Oxfam Books
81-89 Hutt St
Excellent second hand book store with all proceeds going to support Oxfam's good work.
If you're after locally hand crafted souvenirs - this is a must visit! Great selection of handmade jewellery, pottery and glass ware.
Urban Cow Studio
10 Vaughan Pl
If you're after locally hand crafted souvenirs - this is a must visit! Great selection of handmade jewellery, pottery and glass ware.
This is a MUST if you feel like buying local things or just browsing. Masterfully curated store with a broad range of locally hand crafted products from jewellery to candles to ceramics to art!
Council of Objects
16 Ebenezer Pl
This is a MUST if you feel like buying local things or just browsing. Masterfully curated store with a broad range of locally hand crafted products from jewellery to candles to ceramics to art!

Sightseeing

Fantastic organic market on Sunday mornings. Great spot to go for breakfast or lunch. Vege velo is a must for their vege burger and special grilled pineapple and haloumi burgers. :)
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The Market Shed on Holland
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Fantastic organic market on Sunday mornings. Great spot to go for breakfast or lunch. Vege velo is a must for their vege burger and special grilled pineapple and haloumi burgers. :)
A must see in Adelaide. Amazing under-cover fresh food market. One of the best places for people watching. :)
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Central Market Flowers
44-60 Gouger St
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A must see in Adelaide. Amazing under-cover fresh food market. One of the best places for people watching. :)

Essentials

One of the best health food stores in Adelaide, now has its own raw food cafe running alongside.
Goodies and Grains
22 Nelson St
One of the best health food stores in Adelaide, now has its own raw food cafe running alongside.

Everything Else

If you're in the mood for a dance, most nights of the week, this is the place.
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Zhivago
54 Currie St
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If you're in the mood for a dance, most nights of the week, this is the place.