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Adelaide Restaurants and Adelaide Dining
(Adelaide, South Australia - SA, Australia AU)



Adelaide has around 750 restaurants and eateries, both in and around central Adelaide. The city of Adelaide's reputation for dining out has increased greatly over the past ten years and many new restaurants have opened up throughout Adelaide and in other nearby areas of South Australia.

Many of the restaurants and dining venues in Adelaide have won impressive awards and accolades, and Adelaide's restaurants are without doubt some of the best restaurants in South Australia. It is widely reputed that Adelaide has more restaurants per head than anywhere else in the whole of Australia.




Restaurants in Adelaide are incredibly cheap in comparison to other major cities in Australia and there is an extremely diverse selection of restaurants and eateries located throughout Adelaide. Serving many different types of cuisine from all over the world, Adelaide's restaurants often have outside 'alfresco' seating areas, with scenic views of Adelaide and the surrounding area. One of the most unusual restaurants in Adelaide is the Buffalo Boat in the Glenelg district, which is a large wooden sailing boat featuring a popular restaurant inside.

Restaurants in Adelaide are particularly concentrated in and around Adelaide city centre. Popular areas for dining in Adelaide include Rundle Street - one of the main central dining areas in Adelaide with numerous highly regarded restaurants, Melbourne Street - with particularly upmarket restaurants and chic eateries, O'Connell Street - in North Adelaide covering the whole spectrum of food, and King William Street - with a number of cafés and traditional Australian public houses with dining areas. Other areas of Adelaide with impressive restaurants include Durham Street, Flinders Street, Gawler Place, Hindley Street, Jolleys Lane, Semaphore Road, The Parade, West Terrace and Wright Street.

For some of the most authentic and colourful Chinese and Cantonese food in Adelaide, look no further than Adelaide's impressive Chinatown district, in the lively multicultural area of Moonta, where you will find large numbers of Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean restaurants. Moonta street is closed to traffic and can be found between Gouger Street and Grote Street. The majority of restaurants in Adelaide take reservations and it is often sensible to book your dining space in advance.

Adelaide Restaurants and Dining: Opening Hours - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia AU
Restaurants and cafés in Adelaide and South Australia generally open every day of the week, with many serving food from 07:00 to 22:00 or later, although some of Adelaide's restaurants may close on Sunday and Monday nights. Most restaurants in Adelaide open for lunch and dinner, while Adelaide's numerous street cafés, friendly coffee shops and central hotels are the most popular locations for breakfast in Adelaide.

Adelaide Restaurants and Dining: B.Y.O. (Bring Your Own) - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia AU
Outside a number of Adelaide's restaurants you will find the letters 'B.Y.O.' or 'B.Y.O. Only', which indicates that the restaurant allows you to bring your own beverage. Restaurants in the Adelaide and South Australia area require a licence to sell alcohol, but are allowed to serve it if you bring it with you when dining at the restaurant.

Adelaide Restaurants and Dining: Wine and Beer in Adelaide - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia AU
Wine lists in most of Adelaide's restaurants consist of mainly local Australian and South Australian wines, which is hardly surprising in Adelaide, with so many world-class vineyards nearby. Some of the most popular wines served at restaurants in Adelaide include rich wines from vineyards located in the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Fleurieu Peninsula, Encounter Bay, Mount Lofty Ranges, Mount Benson, Clare Valley, the Yorke Peninsula and the scenic Adelaide Hills region. Larger restaurants in Adelaide may also serve wine from other countries, together with a number of Adelaide's more specialist, themed restaurants.

Adelaide Restaurants and Dining: Breakfast in Adelaide - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia AU
Breakfast in Adelaide has become an enjoyable and extremely social event. Starting at around 06:00, breakfast in Adelaide is generally served until 11:00, although a number of restaurants, cafés and eateries in Adelaide do serve all-day-breakfasts, particularly at weekends.

Adelaide Restaurants and Dining: Lunch in Adelaide - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia AU
Lunchtime in the Adelaide and South Australia ranges from a gourmet buffet lunch in a fashionable restaurant or wine bar in Adelaide's Central Business District (CBD), to a freshly-made sandwich, or 'sanger', available at one of Adelaide's many inexpensive sandwich shops. Most lunch in Adelaide is usually eaten between 12:00 to 14:00, and Adelaide is also home to a vast array of fast food restaurants and eateries, such as high-street burger bars, tasty Australian fish and chips, pizza outlets and many other specialist takeaways.

Adelaide Restaurants and Dining: Dinner in Adelaide - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia AU
Many locals and visitors in the Adelaide and South Australia area regularly choose to dine out for dinner, sampling the cuisine of Adelaide's superb restaurants. Dinner is generally eaten between 18:00 to 22:00, and Adelaide has an enormous selection of restaurants, brasseries, bistros and eateries for you to choose from. Evening meals at Adelaide restaurants varies from inexpensive bar snacks to outstanding, luxurious meals, in gourmet restaurants.

The city of Adelaide has become far too diverse to be recognized for just one type of cuisine in particular and there are countless excellent restaurants located throughout Adelaide, including:

• Adelaide American-style restaurants, delis and diners - serving all-American diner food
• Adelaide Australian restaurants - serving locally-caught fresh fish and other grilled food
• Adelaide English, Irish and European restaurants - including traditional, tasty, light British food
• Adelaide Chinese restaurants - served in traditional Chinese surroundings
• Adelaide French restaurants - often including atmospheric bistros and brasseries
• Adelaide Indian, Indonesian and Malaysian restaurants - many ethnic restaurants have recently opened in Adelaide
• Adelaide Italian and Adelaide Pizzeria restaurants - serving authentic Italian cuisine, such as homemade pastas
• Adelaide Japanese restaurants - offering simple, tasty Japanese cuisine
• Adelaide Singles restaurants - friendly restaurants for those dining alone in Adelaide
• Adelaide Seafood and Fish restaurants - using freshly caught local fish and other seafood
• Adelaide Spanish and Mediterranean restaurants - including themed Tapas bars, with a vast choice of small meals
• Adelaide Thai and Asian restaurants - serving all kinds of spicy Thai cuisine
• Adelaide Vegetarian restaurants - there are several vegetarian-only restaurants in Adelaide, although most restaurants in Adelaide serve a variety of vegetarian meals

 
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