Reader-voted · Updated August 2026
The Best Restaurants in Adelaide
The places Adelaide locals love most — chosen by Morning Post readers, refreshed every month.
Top of the list
The three Adelaideans named most
1
Golden Boy
12 readers named itPicked by Carol, Matthew, Gary, Lisa — and 8 more.
2
Chianti
7 readers named itPicked by David, Gaynor, Kerry — and 4 more. My favourite restaurant is probably Chianti but we don't go out much.
3
Lenzerheide
7 readers named itPicked by Fiona, Rhea, Karen, Wendy — and 3 more. lenzerhide never disappoints
Everyone else
The single-mention favourites
Readers also named these 211 Adelaide restaurants and cafes — one mention each so far.
- 1820BK off Hindley St
- 8020BK Blyth St
- A Mother's Milk
- A Prayer for the Wild at Heart
- Agricola
- Alberton Hotel
- Andy Davies' Patch Stirling
- Antica
- Apoteca
- Arkhe
- Asha Goodwood
- Auntie 8 100 Prospect Rd, Prospect
- B'Churrasco
- Baan Thai Magill Rd, Magill
- Bacchus Bar Henley Beach
- Bai Long
- Ballaboosta Burnside
- Banksia Tree Port Adelaide
- Basilico Main North Rd, Prospect
- BB Thai
- BBQ City
- Belair Pub
- Billy's Table
- Birkenhead Tavern
- Bloom Southwark
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bonsai
- Bonsai Nailsworth
- Bracegirdles House of Fine Chocolates
- Brass Monkey Blackwood
- Brighton Hotel
- British India Plympton
- Cafe 1923 Blackwood
- Cafe at Willunga Airport
- Cafe Palozza North Adelaide
- Caffe Acqua Mount Barker
- Casa Carboni Angaston
- Chillies Indian Restaurant Newton
- Chingari Indian Restaurant Nairne
- Christies Thai
- Cibo Rundle Mall
- Cinnamon Club Norwood
- Concubine
- Crafers Hotel
- Crimson and Blue Goodwood
- Cross Road Cafe
- Cumbia
- Danny's Thai
- Deep Blue Moana
- Delhi Spice Oaklands Rd
- DOB
- Esmay
- Europa at the Bay
- European Cafe
- Exeter Hotel Semaphore
- Fall from Grace Aldinga
- Gabagool Flinders Park
- Gaucho's
- Genghis Khan Mongolian Montacute Rd, Rostrevor
- Georges
- Gin Long Canteen
- Glenelg Surf Club
- Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club
- Golden Bowl Chinese
- Golden Gate Grand Junction Rd
- Goody Hotel
- Greek on Halifax
- Green Papaya Thai Churchill Rd
- Green Tea House Jetty Rd, Glenelg
- Grunthal Brew Verdun
- Hardy's Verandah Restaurant Mount Lofty House
- Henley Beach Hotel
- Hey Jupiter
- High Tide Semaphore
- Honey Bang Bang Littlehampton
- House of Chow
- Hub Tandoor Aberfoyle Park
- Hunter and Barrel
- Hut & Soul Pulteney St
- Hyde Park Tavern
- Indian Club Magill
- Indian Temptation Blair Athol
- Indian Temptations
- Inthai Brighton
- Jasmine city
- Jibbi and Co Lightsview
- Jimmy Deanes South Adelaide Football Club
- Joes Cafe
- Jolleys Boathouse
- Joy of Flora
- Jupiter Brasserie
- Koomo
- Koyo Prospect
- La Boca Bar and Grill
- Lakes Hotel
- Le Pas Sage
- Le Petit Chef
- Leicester Hotel Parkside
- Lemon Grass
- Lim's Chinese Glenelg
- Lost Phoenix Farm Victor Harbor
- Lot 10 Cucina & Bar
- Low and Slow Port Adelaide
- Lower Light Hotel
- Magill Estate Kitchen
- Mai Kitchen
- Maid of Auckland
- Mala Town Hyde Park
- Manee Siam Goodwood Rd
- Maranellos Salisbury
- Marrakech Restaurant
- Mawson Lakes Hotel
- Mensa
- Mia Margarita Henley Beach
- Ming's Court Morphett Vale
- Miss Pho Norwood Pde
- Mombae Spiritz and Kitchen
- Mrs Q
- Mumbai Indian Restaurant Belair
- Murugan Idli Woodville Park
- Nano Cafe
- Noi Vietnamese Glen Osmond Rd
- North China Gilles Plains
- North Indian Cuisine Jetty Rd, Glenelg
- North Kitchen Munno Para
- Oak & Iron Mt Barker
- Oar Cafe Military Rd, West Lakes
- OG Hotel
- Omada
- Otherness Angaston
- Palladino's Cucina Henley Beach Rd
- Parade Thai
- Park Lok
- Parwana
- Pearl
- Peel St Restaurant
- Peel Street Restaurant
- Pho Doan Vien
- Phonatic Hindley Street
- Phuket Jetty Rd, Glenelg
- Pickled Duck
- Pier Hotel Largs Bay
- Pirate Life Port Adelaide
- Pizzateca
- Pony and Cole
- Qualitaly
- Ripple and Swirl Cafe Christies Beach
- Rocco's Pizza
- Rostrevor Pizza Bar
- Rue de Siam
- Sabai Partridge St, Glenelg
- Sabi Cafe Glenelg
- Sailmaster Tavern
- Sammy's on the Marina
- San Marino Seaford
- Seacliff Surf Club
- Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club
- Seafaring Fools Broadway, Glenelg
- SeaFire The Marina
- Sean's Kitchen
- Secrets by the Sea Henley Beach
- Shiki Adelaide
- Shiqi Glen Osmond Rd
- Simply Thai
- Sneakys Angle Vale
- Snob Cafe Ridgehaven
- Social Street S2
- Spice'n'Ice Port Adelaide
- Stella Henley Beach
- Stella's
- Strathmore Verandah
- Sunnies Prospect Rd
- Sure Thai Unley Road
- Surfies Brighton Surf Life Saving Club
- Swordsman Rundle Street
- Tamarind Mawson Lakes
- The Cremorne
- The Emperors Crown Chinese Restaurant Salisbury
- The Exeter
- The Fox and Firkin Tea Tree Gully
- The Franklin Hotel
- The Guardsman Adelaide Railway Complex
- The HWY
- The Little Hunter 25 Victoria St, Adelaide
- The Little Rickshaw Aldinga
- The Mediterranean
- The Pancake Kitchen
- The Spot Melbourne St
- The Sussex
- The Thai Room Victoria Square
- The V Virginia
- Thelma's
- Tiki's Thai Cuisine
- Tinglish
- Tony Tomatoes
- Tunki Ceviche & Woodfire Grill The Lakes Hotel
- Utopia
- Vasarelli McLaren Vale
- Vigna Bottin
- Villa 77 Unley Rd
- Vine n Essen Hahndorf
- Vintners Angaston
- Vivu Vietnamese
- Von Thai
- West Oak Hotel Hindley St
- Wine and Steak
- Wok the Duck Mount Barker
- Yakisan North Adelaide
- Yo Chi Glenelg
- Z Town Burgers
- Zen House Port Road
Why you can trust this list
Morning Post is a free daily newsletter read by Adelaideans across Adelaide. This guide is built from the places our readers — locals who actually live and eat here — tell us are their favourites, counted by hand and refreshed every month.
No restaurant can pay to appear. No critics, no sponsors, no algorithms — just the spots Adelaide readers name most often.
Updated August 2026.
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