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The 57 Best Places to Eat and Do in Adelaide

The best places to eat and do in Adelaide, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, the World's 101 Best, and the Australian Good Food Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Esmay comes out on top.

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arkhé and Magill Estate Kitchen hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with the Australian Good Food Guide next.

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    Address
    95 Hackney Road, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5069, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Thursday 5:30 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
  2. Rank 2. arkhé

    Australian Steakhouse

    The open hearth in the middle of the room isn't décor; it's the kitchen's organizing principle, and everything on the menu follows that logic. This is a fire-led modern Australian restaurant in Norwood where wood smoke finds its way into vegetables and seafood as readily as into the dry-aged beef and Wagyu the place is known for. Jake Kellie, who came up at Burnt Ends, runs the hearth with an ease that keeps it from feeling like a stunt. Ranked 16th on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list.


    Address
    127 The Parade, Norwood SA 5067, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–11:59 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  3. Rank 3. Magill Estate Kitchen

    Modern Australian


    Address
    78 Penfold Road, Magill SA 5072, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Thursday 6 PM–11:59 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  4. Rank 3. Restaurant Botanic

    Modern Australian

    The dining room sits inside the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, which means fifty-plus acres of garden are essentially the mood lighting. This is a tasting-menu restaurant where the kitchen, led by Jamie Musgrave, builds each course around native ingredients and seasonal botanicals foraged or sourced from what's growing nearby. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it four Chef Hats. Dress accordingly and clear the evening.


  5. Rank 5. Luma

    Modern European

    A one-off sculptural chandelier, locally made and named for light, anchors the room at this all-day European restaurant on North Terrace. The Art Nouveau bones give it genuine atmosphere, and the kitchen leans on regional producers to do the talking. It runs from morning coffee through cocktails at dusk, so the crowd shifts considerably depending on when you arrive. The Australian Good Food Guide has given it two Chef Hats.


    Address
    120 North Terrace, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday 6:30 AM–10:30 AM, Noon–7 PM, 5:30 PM–11 PM

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  6. Rank 5. Station Road

    Modern Australian



  7. Address
    4 East Terrace, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Thursday 6 PM–11:59 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
  8. Rank 7. Allegra Dining Room

    Modern Australian


    Address
    L1/125 Gilles St, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Thursday 6 PM–Midnight

    Online
    Website
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  10. Rank 7. Carnivore

    Mediterranean Steakhouse

    The open grill is the centerpiece here, not just the cooking method, and the whole room is arranged around watching things burn in the best possible sense. Carnivore is a Mediterranean steakhouse on Port Road where premium cuts share the menu with seafood, and the wine list runs local and international. It holds an Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat, which fits the polished, fire-forward room. A solid pick when someone else is expensing dinner.

    The awards


    Address
    46 Port Road, Hindmarsh SA 5007, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Thursday 5 PM–9 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  11. Rank 7. Fino Vino

    Modern Australian

    South Australia's growers and winemakers effectively double as the kitchen team here, which tells you everything about what kind of restaurant and bar Fino Vino is. The menu tracks local seasons with the dedication of someone who has the farmer's number saved in their phone. Hospitality is warm without being performative. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.


  12. Rank 7. Garcon Bleu

    Modern French

    French fine dining on the ninth floor of the Sofitel Adelaide, where the city spreads out below and the menu works through classic technique with locally sourced produce. The room is formal enough that you'll want to dress for it, and the wine list is the kind you actually read rather than skim. Holding an Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat, it earns the occasion.

    The awards


    Address
    108 Currie Street, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday 6:30 AM–10:30 AM, Noon–2 PM, 5:30 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram


  13. Address
    72 Halifax St, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–11:59 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram

  14. Address
    73 Angas Street, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–11:59 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  15. Velvet banquettes, golden lamplight, and the kind of live music that makes you order another glass of wine: La Louisiane is a French restaurant doing old-world Paris in the Adelaide CBD, and doing it without apology. The menu runs escargot through to crème brûlée with a ribeye in between, which is to say it knows exactly what it is. An Australian Good Food Guide One Chef Hat. Linger, obviously.

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  16. Fine dining inside a restored heritage house, with a glass atrium flooding the room in natural light. Lenzerheide sits on Belair Road in Hawthorn, a few minutes from the city, doing the kind of polished, seasonal European cooking that requires a reservation and probably your better shoes. Service is attentive without being theatrical. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.

    The awards


    Address
    146 Belair Road, Hawthorn SA 5062, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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    Address
    88 Magill Road, Norwood SA 5067, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Thursday 4 PM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  18. Rank 7. MENSA

    Italian

    The awards


    Address
    1/44 The Parade West, Kent Town SA 5067, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5:30 PM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  19. Rank 7. ODE Bistro

    Modern Australian


    Address
    151 O'Connell Street, North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Thursday 5:30 PM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  20. Rank 7. Orso

    Modern Australian


    Address
    36 Kensington Road, Rose Park SA 5067, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  21. Address
    76 Pirie Street, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–11:59 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  22. Rank 7. Peel St

    Fusion Australian

    A fusion restaurant in the Adelaide CBD where seasonal Australian produce gets pulled toward global influences without any particular apology for it. The room has a rustic-contemporary feel that leans into sharing plates and noise, the kind of place where the table next to you orders something you immediately wish you'd noticed. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.

    The awards


    Address
    9 Peel Street, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  23. A laneway Italian tucked into Exchange Place, Pinco Italo runs on the philosophy that dinner should take a while. The menu moves between comforting classics and sharper contemporary plates, all built for sharing, and the drinks list is put together with care. It's warm and unpretentious in the way that's harder to pull off than it looks, and the Australian Good Food Guide has given it a Chef Hat to prove the kitchen is keeping pace.

    The awards


    Address
    50 Exchange Place, Adelaide CBD SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–11:59 PM

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  24. Dinner here is dinner and a show, in the most literal sense: chefs work a teppan grill tableside while you sit close enough to feel the heat. Samurai is a teppanyaki restaurant on King William Road, the kind of place where Wagyu lands in front of you still sizzling. The Australian Good Food Guide gave it a Chef Hat. Groups and corporate bookings fill the room, which means the energy tends toward celebration whether you planned on that or not.

    The awards


    Address
    116 King William Road, Hyde Park SA 5061, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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    Address
    24 Old Coach Road, Aldinga SA 5173, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Thursday 5 PM–11 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  26. Rank 7. Topiary

    Modern Australian

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    Address
    165/167 King William Road, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5061, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    1 Peel Street, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–9 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    12A Welbourne Street, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5062, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–8:30 PM

    Online
    Website
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  38. An urban winery visit where the highlight is a dimly lit underground cellar and a story involving corporate sabotage. In the 1950s, the winemaker Max Schubert was ordered to stop his experiments; he kept going anyway, hiding bottles in these very cellars. That wine, Grange, later became Australia's priciest bottle ever sold at auction. The tour opens at the founders' original cottage before moving underground, where the contraband legacy of one stubborn winemaker is very much the point.

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    Address
    179 King William Road, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5061, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–3 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    160 Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    27 Leigh Street, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–11 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    287 Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    40 Waymouth Street, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–3 PM, 5:30 PM–11:30 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    74 Pirie Street, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    193 Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5000, Australia · Adelaide
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Thursday Noon–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Online
    Website
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