Reader-voted · Updated June 2026

The Best Restaurants in Adelaide

The places Adelaide locals love most — chosen by Morning Post readers, refreshed every month.

Ranked from the favourites named by 280+ Adelaide readers. No critics, no paid placements, no algorithms — just where locals actually eat.

The three Adelaideans named most

1

BBQ Inn

Steaks & grill · Glenelg

6 readers named it

Picked by Leanne, Mary — and 4 more. Great steaks — and the ćevapčići.

2

Golden Boy

Modern Thai · North Terrace

6 readers named it

Picked by Lisa, Gary, Matthew, Carol — and 2 more.

3

Estia

Greek seafood · Henley Square

5 readers named it

Picked by Sam, Basil, Pete, Mark — and 1 more.

43 more named by two readers or more

Lenzerheide

Unley Rd

5 mentions

Ambrosini's

4 mentions

Fugazzi

4 mentions

Sophia

Hutt St

4 mentions

The Salopian Inn

McLaren Vale

4 mentions

2KW

3 mentions

Amalfi

3 mentions

Chianti

3 mentions

Grange Jetty Cafe

3 mentions

La Trattoria

King William St

3 mentions

Osteria Polpo

East Terrace

3 mentions

The Arab Steed Hotel

3 mentions

Ying Chow

Gouger St

3 mentions

Bistro Francais

Hyde Park

2 mentions

Buddha's Kitchen

Semaphore

2 mentions

Cafe Va Bene

Campbelltown

2 mentions

Eros

2 mentions

Fermentasian

2 mentions

Fino Vino

2 mentions

GG Thai

2 mentions

Indian Tadka

Semaphore

2 mentions

Kiin

2 mentions

La Vita

2 mentions

Laxmi

Glen Osmond Rd

2 mentions

Meze Mazi

Prospect Rd

2 mentions

Morphett Arms Hotel

2 mentions

Noi

Glen Osmond Rd

2 mentions

Nor East

2 mentions

Olivetti

Glenelg

2 mentions

Osteria Oggi

2 mentions

Parlamento

2 mentions

Pellegrini

North Adelaide

2 mentions

Portobello

Port Adelaide

2 mentions

Red Rock

Semaphore

2 mentions

Roma

2 mentions

Ruby Red Flamingo

2 mentions

Stamps

2 mentions

The Good Tiger

Brighton

2 mentions

The Mediterranean

2 mentions

The Watershed

Mawson Lakes

2 mentions

Topiary

Tea Tree Gully

2 mentions

West Beach Surf Club

2 mentions

Yum Sing

Reynella

2 mentions

The single-mention favourites

Readers also named these 183 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
  • Africola
  • Alberton Hotel
  • Andy Davies' Patch Stirling
  • Antica
  • Apoteca
  • 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
  • Belair Pub
  • Birkenhead Hotel
  • Birkenhead Tavern
  • Bloom Southwark
  • Bombay Bicycle Club
  • Bonsai
  • Bonsai Cafe Restaurant Main North Rd, Nailsworth
  • Bracegirdles House of Fine Chocolates
  • Brass Monkey Blackwood
  • British India Plympton
  • Cafe 1923 Blackwood
  • Cafe at Willunga Airport
  • Cafe Palozza North Adelaide
  • Caffe Acqua Mount Barker
  • Carnivore
  • Chillies Indian Restaurant Newton
  • Chingari Indian Restaurant Nairne
  • Cibo Rundle Mall
  • Cinnamon Club Norwood
  • Concubine
  • Crafers Hotel
  • Crimson and Blue Goodwood
  • Cross Road Cafe
  • Cumbia
  • Da Vinci North Adelaide
  • Danny's Thai
  • Deep Blue Moana
  • Delhi Spice Oaklands Rd
  • Esmay
  • Europa at the Bay
  • European Cafe
  • Genghis Khan Mongolian Montacute Rd, Rostrevor
  • Georges
  • Gin Long Canteen
  • 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
  • Henley Beach Hotel
  • Herringbone
  • Honey Bang Bang Littlehampton
  • House of Chow
  • Hunter and Barrel
  • Hut & Soul Pulteney St
  • Hyde Park Tavern
  • Indian Club Magill
  • Indian Temptations
  • Inthai Brighton
  • Jasmine city
  • Jibbi and Co Lightsview
  • Jimmy Deanes South Adelaide Football Club
  • Joes Cafe
  • Jolleys Boathouse
  • Jupiter Brasserie
  • La Boca Bar and Grill
  • La Vita Grange Rd
  • Lakes Hotel
  • Le Pas Sage
  • Leigh Street Wine Room
  • Lemon Grass
  • Lim's Chinese Glenelg
  • Lot 10 Cucina & Bar
  • Low and Slow Port Adelaide
  • Lower Light Hotel
  • Magill Estate Kitchen
  • Mai Kitchen
  • Maid of Auckland
  • Manee Siam Goodwood Rd
  • Maranellos Salisbury
  • Meat & Wine Co
  • Mensa
  • Mia Margarita Henley Beach
  • Miss Pho Norwood Pde
  • 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
  • Oar Cafe Military Rd, West Lakes
  • OG Hotel
  • Orso
  • Oyster Bar Glenelg
  • Palladino's Cucina Henley Beach Rd
  • Parade Thai
  • Parisi's King William Rd
  • Park Lok
  • Parwana
  • Pearl
  • Peel St Restaurant
  • Peel Street Restaurant
  • Penny Blue
  • Pho Doan Vien
  • Phuket Jetty Rd, Glenelg
  • Pickled Duck
  • Pier Hotel Largs Bay
  • Pirate Life Port Adelaide
  • Pizzateca
  • Pony and Cole
  • Regent Thai
  • Rocco's Pizza
  • Rosemont Hall Prospect Rd
  • Rosemont Hall Prospect Rd, Prospect
  • Rostrevor Pizza Bar
  • Rue de Siam
  • Sabai Partridge St, Glenelg
  • Sabi Cafe Glenelg
  • Sailmaster Tavern
  • Salopian Inn
  • 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's
  • Sunnies Prospect Rd
  • Surfies Brighton Surf Life Saving Club
  • Tamarind Mawson Lakes
  • Taverna Greek Psistaria
  • Taverna Greek Psistaria Port Rd, Hindmarsh
  • Thai Days Goolwa
  • Thai Orchid
  • The Cremorne
  • The Emperors Crown Chinese Restaurant Salisbury
  • The Exeter
  • The Franklin Hotel
  • The HWY
  • The Little Hunter 25 Victoria St, Adelaide
  • The Little Rickshaw Aldinga
  • The Oyster Bar Glenelg
  • The Pancake Kitchen
  • The Spot Melbourne St
  • The Thai Room Victoria Square
  • The V Virginia
  • The Vietnam Addison Rd, Pennington
  • The Vietnam Pennington
  • Tiki's Thai Cuisine
  • Tony Tomatoes
  • Tunki West Lakes
  • Utopia
  • Vasarelli McLaren Vale
  • Vigna Bottin
  • Villa 77 Unley Rd
  • Vine n Essen Hahndorf
  • Vivu Vietnamese
  • Von Thai
  • West Oak Hotel Hindley St
  • Wine and Steak
  • Wok the Duck Mount Barker
  • Z Town Burgers

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 June 2026.

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