Place to eat in Adelaide

Hey food lover! Spoil your appetite with the finest produce of Adelaide. Adelaide has its own vibe with locally baked pies and cakes that will surely make your tummy rumbling for more. Try the tender rock lobster from the Southern Ocean or hand-fed Angas beef raised on the banks of Murray River. Welcome to the world of South Australia where sumptuous food and wine are found at every turn.

1. Orana and Street ADL

Address: 285 Rundle Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Price range: $$$

The standout newcomer the extraordinary 25 seat restaurant, Orana and Street ADL, was established within a spate of new bars and restaurants opening in Adelaide this summer.
This new eatery is comprised into 2 sections. Street ADL offers informal dining, cocktails and a selection of delicious ‘street’ food. At Street ADL, you will find delicious hamburgers, pulled kangaroo sangas, BBQ pork ribs, Coorong mulloway and South Devon steak. Whilst Orana offers more intimate setting with a stunning selection of dishes that incorporate a vast list of Australian offerings including KI scallops, Coorong Mulloway, Kangaroo, Marron and aged beef that are matched perfectly with local, national and international wines. Expecting to taste the real Australia with 2 tasting menus; lunch $150 including wine and dinner $295 with wine.
Go-to dish: Kangaroo backstrap paired with mountain pepper and sow thistle.

2. Peel Street Bar

Address: 9 Peel Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Price range: $

Meet Chef Jordan Theodoros and his crew in his pioneer lunch bar in this little laneway called Peel Street. Lots of buzz in a precinct rapidly becoming known as “bar central”. Serving up Middle Eastern and Asian flavours, this bar has a pared-back, semi industrial style with exposed beams and brick walls, and a long polished concrete bar where lunchtime “on the concrete” specials are displayed.
It’s full flavoured, gutsy, simple cooking governed by the seasons. It looks casual, just like the atmosphere at Peel Street but food that tastes this good doesn’t come easily.
Go-to dish: mulloway fish pastry with sauce tartare and iceberg lettuce.

3. Eros Ouzeri Restaurant

Address: 275 -277 Rundle Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Price range: $$

Originally was constructed for the Adelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange, Eros Ouzeri still maintains much of its history and bustling ambience while providing refined service, and a modern twist on the recipes and technique passed down through generations of traditional culinary Greek delights.
Get captivated with a delicious mix menu with the standards such as the traditional house-made dips, pickled and cured meats and the old favourites like lamb souvlaki and grilled octopus. For more selective diners, there are vegetarian and gluten free options provided, like hand-rolled baklava cigars and the classic galactoboureko.
Located in the heart of the City, you’ll find Eros Ouzeri easily accessible and sure to cater for and satisfy the most discerning palate.

Go-to dish: lamb souvlaki and grilled octopus.

4. Ruby Red Flamingo

Address: 142 Tynte Street,
North Adelaide SA 5006
Price range: $$

Rudy Red Flamingo offers the Italian equivalent of tapas with menu items all designed to be shared. Must try dish are the Spiedini (the char-grill prawns, calamari, button mushrooms and capsicum) and the Salsiccia Di Porchetta (pork and fennel sausage).
The interesting part of this no-booking policy is the match-making game the staff will insist for the customers to join in. Service is otherwise appropriate; providing assistance without being intrusive.

Go-to dish: Polenta, Cannelloni, and Spiedini

5. Nano Ready 2 Go

Address: 23 Ebenezer Pl
Adelaide SA 5000
Price range: $

The idea behind NANO ready 2 go is to combine the delicate hand-made-from-scratch Italian bread with amazing coffee to facilitate a busy city lifestyle.
Here, customers are met by a family that cares. They care about what they feed you and how you feel afterwards. It makes the whole precinct feel more connected, more relevant. Tucked off the Rundle Street in Ebenezer Place, is big, bright and very Italian with all the right elements for breakfast, fast or slow.
Terrific pizzas and focaccias, everything baked fresh that morning, friendly staff, great coffee and orange juice pressed in front of you. Minimal wine offering but it does the job.
Everybody goes there. Breakfast (and lunch) keeps going until 3.30pm.

Go-to dish: pasta of the day, such as linguini arrabiate