Adelaide - Eating
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Adelaide, the home of eating out, has more restaurants per person than any other city in Australia, a nation abundant with good food and the pleasures of al fresco dining. The city’s cultural mix - from Thai to Italian and Indian to Lebanese - offers a bewildering array of cuisines for you to enjoy, complemented by the incredible range of fresh vegetables, fruits, seafood and meats available in South Australia.
Penfolds Magill Estate
Situated on the Magill Estate with panoramic views of the vineyard and city beyond, this 5-star restaurant offers modern Australian cuisine and one of the most impressive restaurant cellars in the world. The restaurant overlooks more than five hectares of Shiraz vines, which are among the most celebrated in the world – they contributed to the first vintages of Grange in the 1950s.
Jolleys Boathouse
This restaurant in a converted boathouse offers fine dining on the banks of the Torrens River with contemporary Australian cuisine.
Eros Ouzeri
This establishment in the heart of the café culture strip specializes in Greek mezes (platters of traditional dips and delicacies), seafood grills and marinated meats.
Good Life Modern Organic Pizza
Mixing the traditions of Adelaide’s Italian community with the fantastic organic produce and free-range meat of the farms of South Australia.
Matsuri
This Japanese restaurant on bustling Gouger Street has excellent sushi, tempura, nabe and ishiyaki dishes.
Jasmine Indian Restaurant
This is a cosy and intimate restaurant with a menu of classic North Indian dishes from kormas to vindaloos with great vegetarian options.
Star of Siam
In the heart of the city near the Central Market, this Thai restaurant is one of the best in town, offering great fresh produce at reasonable prices.
The Greek on Halifax
You have arrived when you see the chimney. Reinvented into The Greek on Halifax, you have come to one of the best Greek restaurants in Australia. For starters try the pickled octopus or kefthedes (spicy meatballs) or haloumi cheeses with roasted cherry tomatoes. Then move on to the the saganaki prawns or crispy whitebait.
Auge
The fare, wine list and service are first class, expect the full "linen on the table" treatment. The dishes utilise local, fresh produce and are clean, simple and elegant. Comfortable and luxurious.
Sosta
Carnivores will feel right at home at Sosta’s but vegetarians may want to steer (get it?) clear. This restaurant is a temple for the faithful to eat spectacular steaks, chorizo, quail, rump, chicken and veal ribs. Try the Parrillada de carne for two, the mixed grill, and you won’t be disappointed.
Ying Chow
Wonderful North Chinese cuisine at reasonable prices in this bustling restaurant that offers, like many in Adelaide, BYO option.
BYO - bring your own (booze) to a restaurant.
Chianti Classico
The restaurant is a beautiful heritage-listed building, which has been restored with the same quality, and attention to detail is found in the food, wine and service. The menu represents the best of Tuscan and Northern Italian dishes to be enjoyed either in the comfort of inside dining or alfresco.
