Still wondering how to treat Mum this Mother’s Day? Check out these 15 Adelaide lunch spots
If you’re yet to lock in Mother’s Day plans, check out this list of 15 Adelaide suggestions – from wineries to breweries, and high tea to an art class with wine, there’s something for every mum.
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Wondering where to treat mum this upcoming Mother’s Day? Venues in and around Adelaide are dressing to the nines and putting on a show fit for the Queens in your life.
We have curated a list of places offering up experiences from making your own specialised gin, high teas, fancy lunches and paint and sip afternoons.
Check out our list of where to take mum next Sunday, May 14.
Smiling Samoyed Brewery
Location: 20-22 Hansen St, Myponga
Cost: $70 per person or $89 including a matched beer with each course, $25 per child
Of all the ways to treat your mum this Mother’s day, there’s not much better than taking her to a brewery with good food, good beer and adorable fluffy dogs.
Smiling Samoyed Brewery in Myponga, of course named after their owners favourite dog breed, are offering all of the above including a Samoyed cookie decorating activity for the kiddies.
The brewery came about in 2012 with owner Kate Henning describing its creation as “a home brewing hobby gotten out of control.”
“I bought a home-brewing kit for my boyfriend at the time — now husband — and we made some pretty bad beer not knowing what we were doing,” Ms Henning said.
After some research into beer-making, the couple perfected their recipe so much so that their friends asked to buy their beer. The rest was history and the brewery opened not long after.
Ms Henning owns the brewery with husband Simon Dunstone and the two have two kids, six year old Alvin and three year old Harriett.
The original smiling samoyeds — Mia, Cooper and Poppet — are unfortunately no longer with us but have each been honoured with their own tribute beer which is available for sale. The current Samoyed ambassa-dogs are the ever-fluffy and friendly Hoppy and Kent.
Fate called in terms of Hoppy — Ms Henning and Mr Dunstone got a call from the RSPCA about Hoppy on the day they were brewing their Poppet tribute beer batch.
“We bring the dogs to the brewery pretty much every day for people to have a pat and a cuddle,” Ms Henning said.
“People come for a range of reasons but quite a lot of people come to see the dogs.”
On Mother’s Day this year the brewery will be putting on a three-course lunch which includes a seafood share plate to start, then a pizza share plate followed by a dessert share plate. Kids are also catered for with their own menu and will be given a sweet Samoyed shaped cookie to decorate for mum.
Anderson Hill
Location: 407 Croft Rd, Lenswood
Cost: $85 per person, children $50 per child
Treat mum to unsurpassed views of the northern Adelaide Hills and a wine filled lunch at Anderson Hill.
The winery will be offering a three course meal with a choice of two starters and three mains, followed by a petit fours plate of desserts. Children are also catered for with a menu of their own.
“This is my first Mother’s Day without my Mum, I’ve created the menu around delicious home-style food that I know she would have loved,” said chef Jai Curran.
“It’s delicious classic flavours, not trying to be over fancy or challenging. A great wholesome meal that everyone will enjoy.”
There will be three seatings throughout the day to allow as many mums as possible to relax, have a bite and a good sip of wine.
Mount Lofty House
Location: 1 Mawson Dr, Crafers
Cost: Adults $189 per person, children age three to 10 $28 per child
Only 15 minutes from Adelaide CBD is the magnificent Mount Lofty House.
For Mother’s Day this year the house are opening up both Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant and Martha Hardy’s Kitchen for dining.
Bookings are still available for both venues to treat mum to a slice of luxury overlooking the Piccadilly Valley.
Mums will be greeted with a glass of sparkling and a taste of their new Autumn menu featuring the season’s latest produce including mushrooms, plums and figs.
Mediterranean Breeze
Location: 171 Reservoir Rd, Modbury
Cost: $50 per person
Owner Nawres Al Mamoori, better known as Al, said his restaurant will feature a set menu for Mother’s Day for both lunch and dinner.
A local belly dancer will also contribute to the Mediterranean feel, performing in two sessions for lunch and dinner.
On the menu is a mix of the restaurant’s cold mezze including hummus, baba ganoush and other tapas, meat skewers with Lebanese bread and baklava to follow for dessert.
“Mothers should be celebrated and appreciated everyday of the year for the unconditional love they provide and the unparalleled efforts they put in. It is a little thing we are doing to say thank you,” Mr Al Mamoori said.
The Hilton
Location: 233 Victoria Sq, Adelaide
Cost: $99 per person
At The Hilton, their Mother’s Day high tea is tradition. On arrival, Mums are treated to a glass of sparkling wine and then are served an exquisite selection of sweet and savoury bites prepared by The Hilton’s own in-house patisserie.
Make sure you book in for this one asap as the venue said it usually sells out.
Heysen Kitchen Cafe
Location: Shop 8/20 Heysen Dr, Trott Park
Cost: Contact the cafe for bookings.
Tucked away in Trott Park is Heysen Kitchen Cafe, who are putting on a special Mother’s Day menu.
“The Mother’s Day menu is something a little special, with options for the sweet mum, the spicy mum, the gourmet mum and the warm toasty mum,” said owner Nerina McCoach.
“Over the past 10 months since opening, we have been fortunate to welcome expectant mothers and then watch their young children grow. We offer a warm friendly environment for mothers and their families, a space where laughter and children’s voices are the soul of our cafe.”
The menu will feature buttermilk crepes with honeycomb butters, chocolate sauce, ice cream and strawberries, scrambled eggs with a toasted croissant and salmon, toasted bread and butter pudding with poached rhubarb, custard and thick cream and halloumi and zucchini fritters with chilli salsa, grilled chorizo, rocket, feta and poached eggs.
Prohibition Liquor Co
Location: 22 Gilbert St, Adelaide
Cost: Cocktail making class $65 per person, high tea $75 per person and $25 per child
Prohibition Liquor Co is giving you a chance to raise your glass to Mum this Mother’s Day with a cocktail making class and a boozy high tea.
Enjoy in learning the process of stirring, shaking and curating two special Mother’s Day themed gin cocktails as well as dine on a grazing platter. The cocktails will be made using Prohibition’s specially-made Mum’s Gin, which you can also purchase while you are there if you’re a last minute gifter.
Who doesn’t love a high tea with a few gins? Delight in a high tea tower loaded with savoury bites, scones and sweet treats then wash it all down with gin-infused pots of G & Tea or an original G & T.
The Suburban Brew
Location: 26-30 Provident Ave, Glynde
Cost: $65 per person
Anvers Winery
Location: 633 Razorback Rd, Kangarilla
Cost: $140 per person, children under 12 $25 per child
Exclusively a winery and cellar door since 1998, Anvers Wine branched out and opened a restaurant in July 2022.
This year they are putting on their first spread for Mother’s Day, a venture that venue manager Chris Howard said will become an annual event.
“Our brand new restaurant has stunning views of the winery, and all the tables have a beautiful view of the vineyards,” Mr Howard said.
The menu will feature family share plates of various tapas and grazing plates, a seafood platter, a main of chicken roulade and flat-ironed steak and an array of sweet treats to finish.
Paxton Wines
Location: 68 Wheaton Rd, McLaren Vale
Cost: Free
No bookings are required for this venue on Mother’s Day — and it’s completely free.
Paxton Wines in McLaren Vale are inviting families to come on down for a picnic-style event on their grounds.
There will be live music from 12pm to 3pm, a hamper giveaway, food trucks and a free glass of Paxton’s delicious Pinot Gris on arrival for every mum.
Paxton Wines advises guests to bring their own plastic glassware, rugs and chairs due to limited availability.
Ayers House
Location: 288 North Terrace
Cost: $80 per person
Historic and luxe Ayers House will be offering up four spaces for their Mother’s Day High Tea.
Choose to dine among times gone by in the Conservatory from 11am to 2pm, Ballroom/Library from 12pm to 3pm or Henry’s Table from 1pm to 4pm.
Three tiers of traditional treats will be served including a selection of scones, cupcakes, tartlets, quiches, sandwiches and sausage rolls.
Throughout the afternoon, patrons will be continuously served bubbles, tea, and coffee. Bookings can be made through Eventbrite.
Palais Hotel
Location: The Esplanade, Semaphore
Cost: $60 per person
What better than to be by the seaside and enjoy a decadent lunch to celebrate the Mum’s in your life?
Palais Hotel in Semaphore will be offering a special menu for Mother’s Day in the ballroom including a shared entree of cold meats, cheese, pickles and bread along with dips as well as a shared main of various dishes. To finish will be a delectable raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake.
Book your luncheon through their website.
Mick O’Shea’s
Location: Main South Rd, Hackham
Cost: Bookings made via website
Why not join in on the fun with a whole weekend dedicated to just Mum?
Irish pub Mick O’Shea’s in Adelaide’s south is hosting a two-day extravaganza featuring all-day dining on Saturday May 13, happy hours and live music as well as all day dining on Sunday May 14, plaster painting, a petting zoo, live music and a happy hour.
Red Ochre Barrell & Grill
Location: War Memorial Dri, Adelaide
Cost: $90
How does a lunch date with mum by the river sound? Red Ochre Bar & Grill, perfectly placed overlooking the River Torrens, is hosting a three-course lunch with a menu to die for. Take your pick of eucalyptus smoked pumpkin, prawn and avocado or cider braised pork belly to start, Cone Bay barramundi, black angus sirloin or pepper leaf gnocchi for main and chocolate mousse or panna cotta for dessert.
Create and sip at Jacob’s Creek
Location: Barossa Valley Hwy, Barossa
Cost: $80 per person
A fun afternoon of food, wine, art and of course quality time with Mum is in store at Jacob’s Creek.
To celebrate Mother’s Day the winery is pairing up with Art Innovations Gallery and putting on a paint and sip session.
All painting supplies will be included as well as a wine tasting, a glass of your favourite wine along with taking home your curated masterpiece.
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