Adelaide’s 25 best brunch hot spots to try in 2025
Bottomless bubbles and breezy beachside spots to family-friendly fixes and farm-to-table approaches – these are the top choices for your brunch caffeine hit.
Food & Wine
Wild amount your coffee could soon cost you in Adelaide
The price of a humble flat white is set to rise as the cost of coffee beans skyrockets globally. So just how much could your daily brew set you back in 2025?
Kitchens closed: 11 SA favourites gone amid Adelaide hospo hell
Last year was a tough one for Adelaide’s battling hospitality sector. These are just 11 of the top spots we lost in 2024.
Revealed: South Australia’s top 14 restaurants named
From the Adelaide Hills to the coast and the city to the Riverland, the state’s best dining spots have been crowned. See our reviewer’s top picks.
Sneaky move on the cards as Pizzateca boys launch new site
The crew behind Pizzateca have opened their latest suburban pizza bar in Adelaide’s north – and flagged plans to serve up slices interstate.
12 must try eateries: The hospo successes bucking the trend
Comfort food and value for money have become a recipe for success amid the doom and gloom of Adelaide’s restaurant closures. Taste test these new foodie hotspots.
Meet the top wine dogs of South Australia’s famed cellar doors
It’s a pawfect pairing – wine and pats – and these pups are on duty at some of the state’s best wineries specialising greeting wine lovers and eating leftovers.
‘With a heavy heart’: Popular Port Vietnamese restaurant closes
A Port Adelaide Vietnamese restaurant is the latest venue to be caught up in the hospitality crisis.
Neighbour dispute has future of $2m gin distillery on the rocks
The future of a $2 million distillery and function space in Adelaide’s south is in limbo and faces ongoing complaints from a neighbour.
Ranked: The 24 best restaurant dishes from across SA in 2024
Delicious, delightful and truly decadent dishes from across South Australia, ranked by SA Weekend food reviewers.
Food fight: Restaurant reviewer apologises after spicy social stoush
An SA food critic’s visit to an acclaimed new restaurant left an award-winning chef “disgusted” – prompting an apology from the reviewer.
Kings of the ocean: Meet SA’s fisho families
SA is known across the world for its seafood, from the lobsters down south or the tuna of Port Lincoln. But who are the families behind the fish?
Why you’re paying more for seafood this Christmas
Prices of many popular seafoods, including much-loved lobster, are on the rise and may be out of reach for many this Christmas. Here’s why and what you can do.
Spirits high as distiller launches new Adelaide Hills home
A South Australian spirits maker has opened the doors of its new state-of-the-art distillery in the Adelaide Hills.
Spice road: Neighbouring restaurants heat up beachside strip
Things are getting spicy near one of Adelaide’s most popular beaches, as two Indian restaurants set up to trade – directly across from each other.
The Advertiser app: SA’s best news now has daily recipes too
The Advertiser’s app for smartphones and tablets is the best way to stay in touch with the news in South Australia – and now we can inspire your cooking and baking, too.
Global stars and local foodies to take centre stage at SA food fest
The world’s best bartender plus a Michelin-starred Italian chef will join some familiar faces as the country’s biggest food and drink festival launches its 2025 program.
SA food icon opens up on horrifying stair fall from attic
SA celebrity chef Maggie Beer reveals how she ‘felt like a guinea pig’ while recovering from an accident that left her in the emergency department.
Inside the secret cut-price sister restaurant of our state’s finest
Same owners, similar view but a completely different price point. So does it rival the best restaurant in SA? Our reviewer gives her verdict.
Where to catch India’s cricket stars dining in Adelaide
India’s cricket superstars and their partners have arrived in Adelaide for the Second Test, but where will they go for a taste of home? Here are their favourite spots around town.
Top eatery serves up triple-time as pub group spits chips over Aus Day
The owner of an iconic Port Willunga restaurant said employees should have the choice to work on Australia Day, amid a furore over a pub group cancelling celebrations of the national day.
‘Heavy heart’: SA brewery announces shock closure
A popular waterfront brewery will shut its doors for good in coming weeks, in the latest blow to the state’s hospitality industry.
‘Miracles happen’: Beloved wedding cake maker saved
A mystery SA bakery has stepped in to save a popular cake making business from liquidation.
Dozens of weddings in limbo as popular cake maker collapses
A South Australian cake making business, which specialises in wedding cakes, has fallen into liquidation, leaving dozens of celebrations in the lurch.
Is this cake the best sweet treat in Adelaide?
Our SA Weekend food reviewer had high expectations of this new restaurant offering Modern Australian with a Middle Eastern twist in the ‘burbs. Here’s how it rated.
Adelaide’s most colourful grocer unveils new dream project
A controversial Adelaide greengrocer who made national headlines – repeatedly – over a series of flamboyant stunts and dramas says he’s following his dreams with a new venture.
First look: Get the scoop on new eatery next to Messina
Go inside the new Italian restaurant – next to Gelato Messina’s celebrated Kent Town store – which will finally open its doors today. See the pics.
Spiral to viral: Entrepreneur TikTok teen brings thriving café to CBD
A once-empty café that turned into a TikTok triumph will open ‘SZN 2’ in the heart of the city with young entrepreneur owner, Tom Oswald excited to expand.
First review: Fancy facelift and fresh flavours at old-school hotel
This iconic western suburbs hotel has a new look and a radically revamped menu. So what’s our reviewer’s verdict?
Shock as popular western suburbs pub suddenly shuts its doors
An award-winning western suburbs pub has shut its doors suddenly and quietly, taking customers by surprise.
Could this actually be Adelaide’s tastiest Thai restaurant?
Our SA Weekend food reviewer says there’s a lot to love about this CBD restaurant including an impressive wine wall and delectable duck dish to make your date great.
Superpub opens after multimillion-dollar refurbishment
A popular suburban pub in Adelaide’s south has expanded its capacity by more than 40 per cent following a multimillion-dollar refurbishment.
First look: Adelaide’s towering new diner set to launch
Alfresco dining will come to Festival Plaza when a new restaurant in the Festival Tower building finally launches this week.
‘Nothing like it in Adelaide’: First look at new suburban bar
A new venue inspired by Parisian cocktail lounges and late-night Japanese bars will open above a popular hotel this month. Take a peek inside.
Trio of SA wineries rated among the world’s best
Three SA wineries have been recognised on a list of the world’s best vineyards – and our top-rated venue might surprise you.
SA olive oil’s mammoth win on global stage
A South Australian olive oil has beaten more than 140 rivals to be named the best of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
Coffee shop’s beautiful gesture after cafe’s shock closure
Following the closure of one of Mount Gambier’s staple cafes, the owner of a fellow business put a call out to the community to help raise money for 18 workers suddenly left jobless in a cost-of-living crisis.
‘Good vibe’: Inside the new Sneaky pizza shop in Adelaide’s northeast
The crew behind Pizzateca will launch their latest suburban pizza bar – and have announced more venues are on the way.
How Callum Hann’s refreshed city restaurant really stacks up
The verdict is in on MasterChef alumnus Callum Hann’s refreshed CBD restaurant. Our reviewer says that while it’s ticking plenty of boxes, it might be best to avoid on a first date.
Two in one day: Another beachside venue announces shock closure
Less than a month after launching a new menu – and only a year after it was taken over by new management – a beachside wine bar and restaurant has closed its doors.
Maggie Beer wins big after horror fall
Beloved SA cuisine queen Maggie Beer has beaten global names like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Fry to take out a prestigious award. Find out which one.
Popular cafe set to close for good this weekend
The Grange cafe made the shock announcement on social media after 16 years in business.
Top drop: Hills wine named world’s best
An Adelaide Hills wine has been named the world’s best cabernet at a prestigious global competition – but at $150 a bottle, would you fork out for it?
‘Trailblazer’ makes a splash at McLaren Vale winery
A leader in preservative-free winemaking will take the helm at a McLaren Vale winery. Find out which one.
Hospo heavyweights reveal luxe plan for shuttered country pub
The group behind the Walkers Arms and Largs Pier hotels will revamp and reopen a popular South-East hotel, which has been closed for the past four years.
First review: Inside the hottest new restaurant to visit this spring
Schmick CBD restaurant Penny Blue, inside the city’s newest luxe hotel, has only been open for a month but is already drawing a crowd. Our reviewer finds out why.
MasterChef star slams ‘miserable’ diner for complaining about baby
Acclaimed Adelaide restaurateur and MasterChef star Laura Sharrad says she felt “ashamed and disgusted” when a diner complained about her baby being too happy.
A new spin on the classic seaside kiosk
A new coastal cafe offering tapas-style small bites and healthy brunch options has launched in Adelaide’s west, replacing a popular seaside kiosk.
Maggie Beer breaks her silence after shock Barossa fall
The beloved cuisine queen says she underestimated the severity of her injuries as she updated fans on her long road to recovery.
Confessions of a foodie influencer: ‘The food is often cold’
He doesn’t remember the last time he went grocery shopping because this project manager by day eats out every night – almost always for free.
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