Adelaide Oval food and drink prices rise, with more gourmet offerings for footy fans

Whether your team scores a win or misses the mark, keep your tastebuds happy with eighteen new food and drink options, gluten-free options, ample can choices and footy pies included.

Adelaide Oval’s new game day food offerings feature gourmet burgers, vegan options and gluten-free offerings – but footy fans will be forking out more for their chips and beers.

A full strength beer will set fans back $9.40, up from $8.90 in 2022, while hot chips are up to $6.30 – an increase on $6 last year.

The classic footy pie is up 40c from last year, to $5.40, while a small coffee will set fans back an extra 50c at $5.50.

Eighteen new food options and 10 beverages have been added to Adelaide Oval’s kiosks for the 2023 season, as well as a Soonta Vietnamese outlet in the eastern stand.

Adelaide Oval’s new buffalo wings and gourmet rolls.

Healthy salads and gourmet burgers are on the revamped kiosk menu.

Among them are gourmet burgers – with gluten free and vegan options available – buffalo wings, Mexican-style wraps and, for the health-conscious, new sandwiches and salads.

Burger prices start from $13, artisan pizzas will be $14-$15, salads $13-$14 and gourmet rolls at $12.

Executive Chef Philip Pope said the new menu was centred around local suppliers, including Riviera Bakery, Thomas Farms, Poultry Boss and Barossa Fine Foods.

The return of canned beverages to the venue will be celebrated with a slew of new drink options, including White Claw hard seltzers, alcoholic ginger beer, gluten-free and alcohol-free beers and Suntory lemon shochus – but no local offerings.

Ten canned beverage options have been added to the oval's drinks list, including hard seltzers and gluten-free beers.

Oval management also hopes to ease wait times with a new “express bar” for canned beverages, allowing fans to grab up to four drinks per person straight from the fridge.

Adelaide Oval CEO Nick Addison recognised the venue was “competing with the couch” when it came to enticing fans out of their homes and said staple items remained at prices lower than pre-Covid levels.

“Our job is to try and deliver a wold-class experience that rivals that experience at home,” Mr Addison said.

“Price is a really big part of the feedback and we’ve worked really hard to be in a position where some of our staple items are at prices lower than 2019.

“That’s pretty extraordinary considering the inflationary pressure that’s going on in the world … but we want to make it as affordable as possible for the fans, because today’s world is very expensive.”

Mr Addison said works to repair the oval’s damaged turf were set to be finished on Thursday afternoon, ahead of Port Adelaide’s Round 1 clash on Saturday afternoon.