Adelaide’s best restaurants 2014

Auge

Modern Italian style sets the tone at Auge in décor and decorum, yet a respectful link to tradition is maintained.

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Vincenzo’s Cucina Vera

No menu. No wine list. Four years after bravely abandoning à la carte meals for dégustations created at his whim, Vincenzo LaMontagna’s suburban restaurant now takes the next step by offering appropriate wines for the mystery dishes.

Editor’s note: Vincenzo’s closed in 2014.

Celsius

Inspired by produce from his family’s farm, chef Ayhan Erkoc keeps tweaking a menu that explores bold presentation of premium ingredients, without charging dizzy prices.

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Press Food & Wine

Press is the hottest place in the city right now: the setting is darkly handsome, the service is chirpy (in cute braces and tees) and Andrew Davies’ wood grill teems with produce from the group’s organic Hills farm.

Read our full review of Press Food & Wine.

Jolleys Boathouse

There haven’t been boats at Jolleys for a long time, but it’s shipshape and ready for anything with smart dark wicker, polished timber floors, white paint and charming liveried staff.

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Assaggio

Assaggio’s well-coordinated service, modern table settings and cellar full of treasures, including a range of Italian vintages, promise a memorable dining experience.

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Windy Point Restaurant and Café

With supremely comfortable armchairs, a well-stocked cellar of respected Australian vintages and discreet, efficient service, Windy Point Restaurant displays the genteel atmosphere of a private club.

Read our full review of Windy Point Restaurant and Café.

Bistro Dom

On a busy CBD street shared by several high-profile restaurants, Bistro Dom holds its own with confidence, personality and good service.

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Kenji Modern Japanese

One wall of this long, elegant room is painted wasabi-green, with bullet-shaped alcoves full of Japanese memorabilia…

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Chianti Classico

This respected Adelaide institution displays the subtle restraint of an old-school Italian dining room, its polished floor, rough bluestone walls, and sedate tones of black and slate all very age-appropriate to a place that’s been around for more than 25 years.

Read our full review of Chianti Classico.