From $5 pints to a dirt-cheap cocktail, here’s where to find Adelaide’s best happy hour deals

There’s no better way to finish a day ending in Y than with a knock-off – especially when it costs less than a coffee. Check out the best booze deals across town. Cheers!

Whether it’s a $5 pint or a $6 sav blanc, a knock-off drink hits best when it costs about the same as a cup of coffee.

The term “happy hour” is believed to have emerged around the Prohibition era, when people would host cocktail hours at a speak-easy before dining out at a booze-banned restaurant.

While alcohol is no longer off the menu at most venues, pubs and bars across Adelaide still embrace the hour of power with cheap beers and great value cocktails.

We’ve rounded up some of the best deals on offer – and sorted them by area, for your drinking convenience. Cheers to that!

Here’s where to get your best value booze:

City

The Little Pub

17 Hindley St, Adelaide

$8 imperial pints – 5-7pm Monday-Sunday

$5 base spirits, bombs and tinnies – Friday after 9pm

$3 shots, $5 base spirits, bombs and tinnies – Saturday after 9pm

Lady Burra

4 Topham Mall, Adelaide

$8 pints, house spirits and wines – 4-6pm Monday-Friday

The Strathmore

129 North Tce, Adelaide

$10 cocktails – 8pm-9pm Monday-Friday

$10 cocktails, $8 prosecco, $8 G & T – 6pm-7pm Tuesday-Thursday, 7pm-8pm Friday

Electra House

131 King William St, Adelaide

Half price G & T – Wednesdays

Therapy Cocktail Bar

2 Peel St, Adelaide

$14 Old Fashioned, $14 negroni, $9 G & T – Monday-Sunday before 7pm

Havelock Hotel

162 Hutt St, Adelaide

$5 local pints and house wines – 5pm-7pm Monday-Friday

The Duke of York

82 Currie St, Adelaide

$6 house wine, $8 large house wine, $6 base spirits, $7 pints, $10 imperial pints – 3pm-6pm Friday, 5pm-6pm Saturday

Harry’s on Grenfell

12-14 Grenfell St, Adelaide

All drinks $6 – 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday

The Cumberland Arms Hotel

205 Waymouth St, Adelaide

$10 premium gin – from 5pm Friday

The Crown and Anchor

196 Grenfell St, Adelaide

$3 schooners of pale, dark and cider – 8pm-10pm Wednesday

Havelock Hotel staff member Cameron Groskreutz and Penny boss Hugo Pedler. Picture: Roy VanDerVegt

North

The Village Tavern

The Grove Way, Golden Grove

$6 pints – 3pm-6pm Monday-Friday, 1pm-4pm Saturday

Waterloo Station Hotel (Sports Bar)

138 Waterloo Corner Rd, Paralowie

$6 pints, house wine and base spirits – 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday

Cross Keys Hotel

156 Port Wakefield Rd, Cavan

$6 pints – 4pm-7pm Monday-Thursday, 12pm-3pm Saturday

South

The Colonnades Tavern

Colonnades Shopping Complex, Beach Rd, Noarlunga Centre

$4 wines, $6 pints, $5 schooners – 5pm-6pm Monday-Friday, 2pm-3pm Saturday-Sunday

Marion Hotel

849 Marion Rd, Mitchell Park

$6 pints of tap beer and cider, $6.50 selected wines – 4pm-6pm Tuesday

$6 tap beer pints, $10 spritz – 4pm-6pm Friday

$9 G & T, $15 cocktails – 9pm-midnight Friday

The Cremorne

207 Unley Rd, Unley

$7 selected pints and $6 Pomona Road wines – 4pm-6pm Monday-Sunday

Tonsley Hotel

$6 pints – 3pm-7pm Friday

$8 selected craft cans – 2pm–4pm Sunday

Savvy boozers can snag themselves a $7 pint at The Cremorne on Unley Rd. Picture: Russell Millard

West and Beaches

Palais Hotel

86 Esplanade, Semaphore

Tap beer and cider from $5, house wine from $5, vodka with mixers $7 – 3pm-6pm Monday-Friday

Jetty Bar Glenelg

28 Jetty Rd, Glenelg

$7 pints, $5 wines – Monday-Sunday 5pm-7pm

The Hotel Royal

184 Henley Beach Rd, Torrensville

$6 pints of beer, cider and sauvignon blanc – 4pm-7pm Monday-Friday, 12pm-2pm Saturday-Sunday

Wee Willie’s Tavern

565 Military Rd, Largs North

$6 pints and $4 schooners – Wednesdays

Seven 22

722 Port Rd, Beverley

$4.5 house wine and bubbles, $5.5 schooners and pints – 4pm -7pm Monday-Sunday

Brighton Metro Hotel

466 Brighton Rd, Brighton

$6 pints and house wine, $7 spirits and spritz – 4pm-6pm Monday-Sunday

The Mile End

30 Henley Beach Rd, Mile End

$8 SA tap beer, $8 base spirits, $7 house wines – 4pm-6pm Monday-Sunday

The Glenelg Club

ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg East

$4 schooners, $5 selected pints and wines – 2pm-6pm Monday-Sunday

Henley Beach Hotel

157 Esplanade, Henley Beach

$6 selected pints – 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday

If you go at the right time, you can grab a beer at some venues for less than a cup of coffee.

East and Hills

Maylands Hotel

67 Phillis St, Maylands

$1.50 off pints, $1 off schooners and $1 off house wine – 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday

Feathers Hotel & Pavilion

516 Glynburn Rd, Burnside

2-4-1 selected beer and pints, $7 selected house wine – 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday

$12 espresso martini – 7pm-8pm Friday

$7 base spirits – 8pm-10pm Friday

The Stirling Hotel

52 Mount Barker Rd, Stirling

$5 prosecco, house red or house white; $6 Hills Cider, Mismatch lager; $7 Pirate Life Pale Ale, 78 Degrees gin or 78 Degrees vodka; $10 Aperol spritz or orange crush – 4pm-6pm and 9pm-11pm Monday-Friday

The Republic

120 Magill Rd, Norwood

$4 Stone & Wood and Hahn SuperDry, $5 sparkling, $6 Pikes riesling – 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday

Payneham Tavern

319 Payneham Rd, Payneham

Pints and house wine from $5, base spirits from $6 – 4pm-6pm Monday-Friday, 12pm-3pm Saturday (sports bar only)

Kensington Hotel

23 Regent St, Kensington

$6 beers – Monday-Friday 4pm-6pm

Regional

The Pretoria Hotel

50 Randell St, Mannum

$6.50 pints, $6 wines – 5pm-6pm Monday-Sunday

$6 pints, $5 schooners, $5.50 wine (Main Street Bar) – 11am-12pm, 5pm-6pm Monday-Friday

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