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Simon Wilkinson is the restaurant reviewer at The Advertiser and plays a lead role in compiling the delicious. 100 list every year. While living and working as a journalist in London, he has followed the food trails of Europe from Sardinia to Scandinavia. He lives in Adelaide’s beachside suburbs where he is an enthusiastic home cook.

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Simon Wilkinson

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Adelaide sure hasn’t seen anything like this starry-eyed establishment

Adelaide’s newest glitzy, ritzy rooftop entertainment venue in the CBD is like nothing we’ve seen before. But does the dining experience measure up to the setting?

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Wildly unsuspecting restaurant with the most out there of features

This little-known restaurant on the Fleurieu is housed within a wildlife park offering safaris. But there’s something even more unique helping to put it on the map.

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Table of food at Byblos on O'Connell, North Adelaide

Byblos a beauty: Inside North Adelaide’s daring new venue

A feast of new flavours brings a welcome change to the dining options on a retail strip just north of the city – in a prime location where Mancini’s used to be.

Food & Wine

Sashimi platter at Umaii Japanese restaurant, Adelaide

Hong Kong chef brings ’exemplary’ Japanese to Adelaide CBD

Quality seafood dishes and theatrical service make this Japanese restaurant a must-visit. Read our review to see where and what dishes to order.

Food & Wine

Garden tart, salmon roe at LVN restaurant, Bird in Hand winery

Wild fine dining ride goes from wonderful to wacky

The cooking at an ambitious new cellar door restaurant in the Hills is bristling with invention – but not everything hits the mark, as our reviewer discovered.

Food & Wine

SA Weekend pics of Rozelle's restaurant at Carrick Hill.

Carrick Hill the new back yard for Adelaide food legends

Two celebrated families of different eras are brought together by a new development in the grounds of a grand Carrick Hill estate.

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Kingfish crudo, white anchovies, tomato at Ocean Bar & Kitchen, Henley Beach. Pictures Tommy Lane and Zachary Clothier - Twin Socials

New seaside eatery making waves – but is it for good or bad reasons?

This new restaurant is blessed with one of the most prime positions on offer. Our reviewer finds out if its fare is fit for the setting.

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Thanks to Theo restaurant review artwork

Nick Xenophon returns in the unlikeliest of places

Former politician Nick Xenophon has opened a new restaurant in Adelaide’s East End with deep family ties. The question on everyone’s lips now is: How does it fare? Find out here.

Food & Wine

King prawn linguine, blistered tomatoes, wild rocket at Storehouse Flinders East, Adelaide

Adelaide chef raises the baa with stunning lamb belly dish

One of the favourite meat dishes of the past decade is upstaged at a new-ish hotel restaurant just a few blocks from the East End.

Food & Wine

Fogolar Furlan restaurant review artwork

Can next gen save this iconic Italian eatery from shutting shop?

The next generation has taken on a much-loved Italian eatery in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs, with high hopes they’ll be able to keep the doors open.

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