The best restaurants in South Australia right now
These are the best restaurants in South Australia, as reviewed for our annual Restaurant Guide.
Ondeen
Sustainability and provenance is a priority at this new no-waste Adelaide Hills wonderland, writes KATIE SPAIN.
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The best restaurants in Adelaide (plus a few nearby)
The dining scene continues to heat up in our nation's south. Here are the restaurants we love in and around Adelaide, as reviewed for our annual Restaurant Guide.
The best restaurants in Australia to visit in 2025
These are the best restaurants across the country, as reviewed for our annual Restaurant Guide.
Thelma
A new Adelaide Hills bistro nails the neighbourhood dining brief with a thoughtful menu focused on local produce and wines, writes KATIE SPAIN.
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Gourmet Traveller’s Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality: The Ayubi Family, Parwana Afghan Kitchen
Through the power of food and community, the family gently reframes the perception of Afghanistan and encourages a shift in prejudice towards refugees through restaurant Parwana Kitchen.
Tasting Australia returns in 2024
The ebullient food celebration is back next year with a bumper program of one-off events
Fino Seppeltsfield
As far as last meals go, you'd be hard pressed to go out with a more satisfying bang than Fino's Basque cheesecake and a nip of Seppeltsfield Para Vintage Tawny.
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Hentley Farm
Chefs momentarily down tools to welcome guests and lead them to the dining room, where views over the gum-lined creek and single estate vineyard delight.
Topiary
The flora-packed Newman’s Nursery grounds provide a fitting backdrop for Topiary.
Patch Kitchen and Garden
Andrew Davies, much loved for his work at Osteria Oggi and Press Food and Wine, recently took over a cottage-style building in Stirling – and, of course, diners have followed.
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Arkhé
Of course there's (very good) steak at a restaurant focused on cooking with fire, but the joys of Arkhé are in the unconventional.
Restaurant Botanic
At Restaurant Botanic, the line between the kitchen and the surrounding Adelaide Botanic Garden is all but invisible.
Bandit Pizza and Wine: Restaurant review
A friendly neighbourhood pizza joint brings wood-fired Italian-inspired dishes and good times to Adelaide.
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Frankie Italo Dining & Disco Lounge: Restaurant review
Pizze, good times and silky gelato make this disco-diner a destination
Wine country: the Clare Valley varieties to know
We take a closer took at the riesling region that revolutionised the way Australians drink wine.
Lost Phoenix Farm: restaurant review
Come for the pastoral eye candy and linger for a long lunch at this cool farmhouse.
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Where to stay, drink, eat and play in Adelaide
The jewel in the South Australian crown.
Meet the maker: Belinda van Eyssen
South African-born winemaker Belinda van Eyssen runs sustainability-driven wine brand The Cutting in the Barossa Valley with her viticulturist husband Daniel McDonald.
International talent to join Australian star chefs as Tasting Australia returns to Adelaide in 2023
Justin James, Karen Martini and Paul Carmichael are just some of the A-list chefs set to headline Tasting Australia in 2023.
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Best New Talent: Mug Chen and Chia Wu
Muni, Adelaide, South Australia.
Revealed: Gourmet Traveller’s Restaurant of the Year and winners of the 2023 Restaurant Awards
Celebrating the best and brightest in Australian dining this year.
Restaurant of the Year: Restaurant Botanic
Adelaide, South Australia
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Magill Estate Restaurant
The modern dining space is set against the legendary Penfolds winery and has all the trimmings of fine dining without unnecessary pomp.
The Watervale Hotel
The word “epicurean” gets thrown around a lot, but the owners of this regional pub live and breathe it.
Herringbone
There’s an instant sense of comfort about Herringbone, tucked in a calm, almost suburban city backstreet.
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Fugazzi
Energy pulsates through this New York-inspired Italian restaurant all seven days of the week.
The best restaurants in South Australia
A CBD favourite with a new fit-out, a restaurant that doubles as charity, and some must-visits out of town. Here's where to eat in South Australia, according to our 2022 Restaurant Guide.
Africola
A menu shift to more plants has only amped up the sense of exploration.
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Osteria Oggi
Sink into a booth under trailing plants while easy, breezy, super-smart staff bring a succession of pretty plates.
Peel St
Always bustling, but rarely raucous, this bright, buzzing place hasn't faltered for a second since opening in 2013.
Shōbōsho
A space that channels Tokyo's jumble of cheap grills and thrills, with a dash of Korea and kitsch.
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Gather at Coriole
A thoughtful experience from beginning to end, peppered with creative surprises.
Aurora
Aurora is more than just a fabulous newcomer to the Adelaide restaurant scene – it's also a registered charity. Eat well and do good in one sitting.
Restaurant Botanic
The restaurant in Adelaide's tranquil Botanic Gardens has always been perfectly situated, and has now been injected with wild new life.
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Review: planning a visit to Adelaide? Put Magill Estate on your must-visit list
Located 15 minutes from the Adelaide CBD, the restaurant lives up to the hype with impressive dishes to match its wine and views.
Review: Barossa Valley’s Fino at Seppeltsfield is full of surprises (the good kind)
If there's anywhere you want to trust with a "feed me" option, it's here.
The best new restaurant openings of 2020
A Mornington Peninsula trattoria, Malaysian done luxe, hot coals and good times in Brisbane, Western Australian barbecue, and a taste of wine country in Adelaide. We raise a glass to the venues who opened their doors in the past 12 months, pandemic or no.
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“It feels more real. It feels closer to home”: for the South Australian hospitality industry, this lockdown carries a different kind of shock
“It all needs to happen, but that doesn’t make it any easier."
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Duncan Welgemoed’s guide to where to eat in Adelaide
The Africola chef shares his top tips for eating and drinking in the South Australian capital.
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Will our regional restaurants survive?
Far from the madding crowd, these chefs and owners established their big dreams in small towns. Low seasons may be built into their business models; global pandemics are not.
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Take note of these three emerging Australian winemakers
How many more wine labels does this country need? The answer, it seems, is a lot more.
Appellation
A crisp Negroni Blanc on the patio is a refreshing way to ease into the four-course offering at this Barossa favourite – especially when the weather is fine.
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Maxwell
There's a lot to love about the the culinary arm of the Maxwell Winery, located in the heart of the SA's McLaren Vale.
d’Arenberg Cube
Whimsy dances with humour in inventive dishes that are consistently delicious.
Luke Burgess and David Moyle will be cooking at The Summertown Aristologist
While the Adelaide Hills restaurant hunts for a new head chef, they’ll have the former Garagistes and Longsong talent in residence. And Frank the kelpie will be there too.