adelaide CBD

Stem

Restaurant

The sprawling concrete jungle has a spacious wine cellar, a private dining room and a whole lot of plants. Plus woodfired pizzas, seasonal cocktails and a menu by an ex-Osteria Oggi chef.

Jumbo Burger

Restaurant

The Oklahoma smashburger reigns supreme at this all-day diner in the city. It’s also serving daily breakfasts and drinks including mezcal Negronis and South Australian wines.

Two-Bit Villains

Restaurant

This soda bar and diner dishes up fully vegetarian burgers and hot dogs. They taste like the real deal, too. The patties – made with soy mince or black beans – aren't a like-for-like beef replacement, but the whole thing adds up to something greater than the sum of its parts. Trust us, you won't even miss meat-based burgers.

Fair Seafood

Restaurant

The team behind Stirling’s fave fish’n’chipper is behind this 100 per cent traceable seafood shop and eatery in the Central Market. Come for dry-aged sashimi and wines, and leave with fresh fish to cook at home.

Aurora

Restaurant

This socially sustainable restaurant at Adelaide’s multi-level Light precinct is helmed by a top chef with Michelin star cred. Come for dishes influenced by global cuisines and native Australian produce.

Belles Hot Chicken Adelaide

Restaurant

The Melbourne-bred chain is bringing its Nashville-hot tenders, chicken sandwiches and boozy slushies to South Australia – for good this time.

Exchange Coffee

Cafe

Occupying an iconic corner in Adelaide’s East End, Exchange Coffee has long been at the front of the pack in the city’s specialty coffee scene. Come for Market Lane coffee brewed every which way, produce-driven brunch dishes and a signature sandwich worthy of its cult status.

Homeboy

Cafe

Pop by the cafe that gained more than half a million social media followers for prosciutto and mozzarella sangas, cinnamon scrolls – baked fresh every 30 minutes – and coffee.

Coffee Branch

Cafe

Coffee Branch helped kickstart the city’s modern cafe scene and is still going strong. No slow food, long lunches or fancy brewing gear here. Just great coffee and a straight-shooting menu geared towards takeaway.

My Kingdom For A Horse

Cafe

A short gallop from Adelaide Central Market, this colourful venue does food all day, roasts coffee on-site and seats 100 patrons in comfortable retro-Danish style.

Peter Rabbit

Cafe

One of Adelaide’s buzziest cafes holds a lush garden and a shipping-container-turned-eatery. When the weather’s fine, it's hard to beat a spritz on the deck.

Elementary Coffee

Cafe

One of the standard-setters for Adelaide’s specialty coffee scene lives in a spacious warehouse serving photogenic breakfasts to go with your single-origin brews.

Makan Wine Bar

Bar

Two Paper Tiger chefs are behind this big-flavoured wine bar, where contemporary Southeast Asian dishes meet new-wave drops in a relaxed and lofty space.

Latteria

Bar

The Osteria Oggi crew’s Hutt Street hotspot isn’t a restaurant. It’s best thought of as a bar with knockout food – one that’s open all day and flaunts Italian-ish cocktails until late.

Sol Rooftop

Bar

Not your average rooftop bar. Here the team is reducing waste with innovations such as tomato skin “paprika”, apple core “flour” and celeriac-skin treacle, plus sorbets and ice creams created from vegetable by-products.

Trap

Bar

Months of development go into the house creations at this elite 15-seat cocktail bar under Cold Chisel Lane. And they're tasty enough to trap you here for a few hours at least.

Clever Little Tailor

Bar

CLT is cosy, classic and has a quality libation to satisfy every whim. If you’re after snacks, it’s got you covered with imported tinned fish, local cheese and sliced-to-order charcuterie.

Proof

Bar

One of Adelaide’s original small bars also happens to have one of the city’s strongest drinks lists. It's also turning out elite bar snacks in the form of levelled up toasties.

Urban Cow Studio

Shop

The East End institution keeping art on the streets.

Lucia's Fine Foods

Shop

The offshoot of Adelaide’s first pizza restaurant is a first-rate Italian delicatessen specialising in pasta sauce and take-home meals.

Goodbyes Tarndanya

Shop

The first South Australia outpost broadens this curated fashion marketplace's network that already spans Melbourne, Hobart and Canberra. With stock rotating so regularly you’ll likely encounter dozens of new pieces every time you visit.

Gourmet to Go

Shop

Need a quick feed while shopping at the market? Stop here.

Dough

Shop

It’s best known for its fig-and-fennel loaves and other savouries, but this Central Market bakery is also a top choice for sweets.

Clarity Records

Shop

Spinning independent music since 2010.

Adelaide Fringe

Holding the title of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest arts festival is no small thing. But how do you make the most of the Fringe? Planning. [Browse shows by genre](https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au) to find hard-hitting theatre, death-defying circus or side-splitting comedy. Tickets are on sale now. If you’re notorious for leaving things until the last minute, discounted rush tickets are available most days for that night’s shows. Adelaide Fringe runs from February 16 to March 18.

Adelaide Fringe

This guerrilla arts festival began in 1960 when a bunch of artists decided to stage their own event in rebellion against the tightly curated attitude of Adelaide Festival. Today it continues to foster new talent and independent performance from both Australian and international artists. Its eclectic program carries an air of liberation and experimentation, and spans cabaret, comedy, circus, theatre, dance, film, music, puppetry, visual arts and design. The four-week celebration will pop up in unassuming warehouses, laneways, empty buildings and parks, as well as in theatres, hotels, galleries and cafes. The next event is February 17 to March 19, 2017.

Adelaide Festival

Come March, Adelaide Festival overlaps with Adelaide Fringe and WOMADelaide to see festivals take over the city. Running March 3–19 in 2017, this multi-arts festival also encompasses Adelaide Writers’ Week – a free six-day literary event. The annual festival’s bold programming covers challenging theatre, mesmerising dance and emotionally heavy classical and contemporary music, as well as striking visual arts and new media from an ever-evolving suite of international artists.