Beautifully designed restaurant. The food and drinks are amazing. The staff is great. Highly…read morerecommend.

We came across Mothervine this week. It wasn't overly busy but they just opened for business and my…read moreguess is it won't be quiet in there for long. They offer wine by the taste, glass and bottle. We opted to make our own flight of Southern Australian wines based on their wine list (this was an awesome idea.) We also had the side of spiced nuts to compliment the wine. The staff was very helpful and friendly. We would definitely go back on our next trip to Adelaide.

The Banque is technically owned by The Oxford Hotel but as it is a completely separate building, it…read morecan make for a great venue space and is deserving of its own individual review. You book The Banque through the Oxford staff and they either hire in extra waiting and bar staff for your function or use additional staff from their bar. The Banque is also only opened for functions and is not available to the public at any other time. I have been to many a college function hosted at The Banque and it also makes a great place for 21st and big dinner functions. There is quite a large floor space and it can be filled with tables for a sit down meal, or left blank for a reasonably spacious dance floor. There is also an allocated space for a DJ or a band and doubles well as a speech podium. I believe this is an upstairs section as well, which I have never been too but that could only be available to those who promise over a certain amount of people. You can also hire security from the Ox for a minimum of 4 hours to keep control of the situation and guest list if you require. They can also supply nibble platters if you were after finger food, but again remember as with most event spaces it will be outrageously overprices so think long and hard about whether you need mini spring rolls and wedges or if you should just ask people to eat before they arrive.

I'm from the South and have a complex about not fitting in at the best of times, so on my first…read morevisit to Grace I was shaking in my boots. So much light, so much posh, so many manicures! But after a few minutes of good service and chilled out vibe I was able to relax. The place to be on The Parade is thanks to that A-Team the Trims family, who are also responsible for the equally buzzy Sparrow and The Manse. All the carry on and hoo haa about this place I reckon is well deserved, coming here is a unique experience and there's nowhere else around quite like it. You get a little drinks card to hang onto so you can order ten dollar glasses of wine and pricey food without having to actually think about how much you're paying. Last time I came here we had fries, which come out on a wooden block with an accompanying bowl of 'aerated ketchup,' which was absolutely delicious. They appear to be fans of aeration, there are also donuts with aerated chocolate sauce, and scallops with aerated almond cream. We all know how Adelaide folk like to get all worked up over new things, and I reckon this place is worth the hype.

Yay for cute new places to get your cocktail on!…read more There are a few factors that I feel are colouring my review that I should be upfront about: 1. The first time I went here it was a for a launch party. "Launch party" is code word for "free booze". Not paying for booze will give you a good opinion about ANY venue. 2. It's literally 1 minute walk from my house. 3. When I mentioned them on Twitter they immediately started following and chatting. Social media win. The interior is slick, white and modern, stylish but with personality. It's a little too crisp and considered for ragamuffins like myself but overall it's inviting. (They also use a great font for their signage, which design geeks such as myself will appreciate.) The venue itself is surprisingly comprehensive - peeking through the front door you would be tempted to think it's a slip of a place, but you'd be wrong. While it's narrow it extends back from the front area to dining tables, to a huge eating area, to a beer garden. And that's not mentioning the courtyard out the front. They also do deals throughout the week - my fave has to be the $5 hotdogs. I prefer the chilled out vibe of weeknights; on Fridays and Saturdays when the DJs are spinning tunes it gets really packed out and it's pretty expensive. People? Meh. Just give me a $5 hotdog and my bestie any day.

Giallo, you had me at writing "please consider sharing all dishes from entree to main," on your…read moremenu. For someone like me who gets serious food envy, this place is the place to take any friend, lover or family member who selfishly only ever wants to keep their dish to themselves. Why? Because you can say "well the menu recommends we share..." Giallo Wine Bar has recently been taken over by new management, who also owns Greenway Gallery next door. The setting is intimate and small and the outdoor area would be beautiful in summer. I'm not so sure about the random art pieces in glass cabinets around the restaurant but never mind you'll be too distracted by the menu. Whenever I dine out I try to pack in as many experiences as possible to my meal. As a result I will normally order 3 glasses of different wines rather than a bottle to share. Again, this place is a perfect setting! Go in, say what you feel like and the waiter will bring you something new and different to try. They have an amazingly diverse wine list that doesn't just stock from SA - that excites me. Their share plates are not big, but the richness and intensity of flavours mean that 3 or 4 plates + a salad for 2 is plenty. My favourite dishes were the scallops with a white bean puree and crisp pancetta or their Gawler River quail with caramalised pear and sherry vinegar. The blend of ingredients meant there were many oo's and ah's had with each bite. Service was wonderful and very efficient and there was never a moment our wine glasses or water was empty. Don't be on a budget when going here and please don't complain that the meals are too small. Sharing is caring people and stop being a greedy guts!

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Went to The Caledonian for a XMas work function and wes very impressed. I had never been to the…read moreCaledonian before, so had no expectations. The food was excellent. a good number of choices for a set menu (6 entrees, 7 mains and 3 desserts). I had the Lamb back strap for entree, which was cooked to perfection. The Fillet steak with roasted Shallot's, potato and red wine jus was to die for! I prefer my meat to be well done (the foe of every chef) and therefore didn't expect the perfectly cooked (for me) piece of fillet steak that arrived. though well cooked it was still very juicy and tender. I had the pudding for dessert, which was lovely but the other choices looked divine I'll definitely go back

The worst service; we waited 50 minutes for our drinks. The food order was over an hour! This…read morewas lunch time! What the heck? This is the last time, unless a change is made that I'll suggest eating there again. Just a woeful experience. Not blaming staff, poor girl was the only person staffed on to a full restaurant. My guest was too polite, I would have walked out. I chose to write this review as this has been my local for the last 2.5 years and sadly have watched the demise of any service. A few of my friends now actually refuse to attend due to the last time being asked to move from the only table (in the bar area), without a Reserved notice, to be told we could stand at the bar!

A bar in the trendy part of Adelaide, so you can probably guess what to expect here - finger food,…read morecocktails, and a decent selection of craft beers. Actually, this place goes beyond decent to actually having a number of not too common South Australian beers, so I can definitely work with that. Yeah, this place was pretty cool, and laid back as well, and being close to the cinemas is also a massive bonus. Certainly a place I'd check out again.

Whoot Whoot! Gin + Owls = Some of my favourite things and already know this café come secret hole…read morein the wall bar on Fridays & Saturdays will be my new "hang out." Decorated with a twist of "Where the Wild Things Are," Howling Owl has managed to create a cafe and bar setting that could have you sitting back and watching the world go by for hours. Their Adelaide map tables are a beautiful touch and if you sit and while away the time here you will notice the intricate attention to detail that has been put into this place from the owl calendar to the Cry Me A River painting above the bar. The Friday and Saturday night drinks list is bias towards South Australian beers and wines and how could you fault them on that? Meanwhile the only spirit served in the bar is gin. And in my humble opinion I can't see why you would ever drink anything else. The selection of gin and cocktails on the menu have clearly been created by a keen gin lovers hand and I'm looking forward to/hope they will offer *cough cough* gin appreciation classes or opportunity to tell you about gin behind from behind the bar soon! Don't let just the eye catching cabinet of sweets and savouries from Steven Ter Horst, "Abigail" and Willabrand distract you. these guys also have tasting platters they can put together for you and cheap as breakfast treats under $10! Gold. Once people catch on that this place is here it will be huge. Dont't miss out on bandwagoning early!

I remember walking past this place with a friend and commenting on how out of place it actually…read moreseems on Hindley Street. Look, in a way it came across to us as a wine bar, and we certainly weren't the type of people who would want to frequent a wine bar. However, recently I decided that I'd actually check it out, namely because it has been sitting there for ages, and I still haven't visited it. Well, this ended up being a really pleasant surprise, especially since it came across as basically being like a European style bar. It even had beer, and some really, really nice beers at that. Oh, and they also have an awesome cellar downstairs as well. Really worth checking out.

Walked in because it looked like a wonderful bar. Found out quickly, the aroma of food was…read moreintoxicating, that they had a full dinner menu and made reservations for the next night. The place just had everything right. The decor the lighting the music. It was perfect. When we arrived for dinner we had already planned out our orders having salivated over the menu the night before. We'd been careful not to eat to much at lunch so as to have room for all the food. It was every bit as amazing as we hoped! Our favourite was the roasted cauliflower. The pumpkin was delicious the quail mouthwatering. If we lived here we would make this place one of our regular haunts.

Nice little quaint and cozy bar. They had 3 beers on tap and the larger tasted great. We sat at the…read morebar one night and cozy lounge area another. Staff were friendly one night and the next night not very sociable. They are open late which is great! I'd stop here for an ale again thats for sure. Rating it as a small cozy wine bar I give it a 4.5 ( rounded to 5.

When you are made to feel like you are the only person in the bar worth serving (despite how…read morechaotic everything is around you) you know you are in for a good night. We stood up at the bar and enjoyed the buzz of the place (not with doof doof music or loud obnoxious patrons) but with chatter and people weaving together a night of fun for themselves. You can also sit at a booth upstairs and watch over the crowd, perch in one of the windows at the front or sit on stools at small benches. If you are someone who hates making decisions, this tiny hole in the wall, 65 person bar has already made half of them for you. Their simple menu includes 3 beers on tap and a selection of craft brews by the bottle, 3 whites and 3 reds by the glass, a selection of wines by the bottle and then any cocktail you request can be made. The staff are incredibly knowledgeable about all of the drinks on offer and make a point of telling you about what you are drinking, what it tastes like, or giving you recommendations. There are also only 4 food items on the menu - Coriole Olives, Pickels and 2 charcuterie boards made from The Charcuterie (a spin off from Lucia's Deli in the Central Market). We had the duck pate which doesn't sound or look that appetising but is actually not a paste but more of a shredded duck in pork belly fat goodness. The proscuitto platter again only came with bread and pickles but it didn't need anything else because of the quality of meat - it was a young cut of meat so not too typically proscuitto salty, very thinly sliced but still not bland. Now I have to warn all those typical Adelaidians our there who "refuse to line up." At 7pm on a Friday the line up was about 8 persons deep but we were inside within 20 minutes. Because this isn't a bar for spending hours and hours at people move in and out pretty quickly. So suck it up princess because CLT is worth the wait.

Way to go Ingrid!! I…read morehad done a little research online before my trip to Adelaide on the Wine Museum, but when I arrived I was a confused. The building is quite huge, but the museum portion and restaurant were much smaller than expected. Ingrid assured me I was in the right place. She pointed me in the direction to start the museum tour, and said when I finish to return to her in the cafe. The museum is a nice small educational space. It discusses the beginnings of wine, types of varietals - their tastes, smells, growing conditions, and best results. I've been learning about wine for over 30 years and was impressed by these few rooms and all the information. Next I headed back to Ingrid in the cafe. Where she explained I needed a wine card. This card could be swiped in any and or all of the cafe machines to purchase a taste, half glass or full glass of any of the 100 Australian wines available. They were set up in sixes by varietals, favorites and price. Ingrid also showed me the simple menu that paired well with wines. I went with a create your own charcuterie board. It was perfect. It was a gorgeous 85 degrees out, perfect for their patio. The only negative was if the occasional breeze popped up, there was a foul odor from a nearby garbage dumpster. A large portion of the building is used as an event venue. And a good section of the basement level stores thousands of cases of Australian wine. All in all a great way to spend several hours learning, eating and tasting so many of Australia's wine that you may never find anywhere else.

The "Wine Centre" opened in 2001 and is a public exhibition building about winemaking & its…read moreindustry in South Australia. The front of the building looks like a section of a wine barrel. Outside the building are rows of grapevines, showing 7 local varieties of grapes. We walked around the center's interactive exhibits about winemaking, introducing us to the technology, varieties & styles of wine. There is a wine tasting area, & we can even create our own wine. We shared an Australian kangaroo platter & charcuterie platter while sampling some delicious Australian wines in the Wined Bar. There were red, white, sparkling, sweet & fortified wine flights from $15-$18. Beer, cider, cappuccinos and liquor are on the menu as well. I tried the white wine flight and my husband the sweet wine flight, all of the local wines were amazing! Lunch was reasonable with wine, tax and tip it was $53 American dollars total.

Great new venue showcasing the new soon to be completed bridge over the River Torrens. The Blue…read moreHive host's Sunday Sessions featuring different foods and boutique wines and beers along with a chilled out area to relax it. It is kid friendly and if it is a hot day has a couple of misters in the hive creation. Just make sure you don't set yourself up to comfortably under one of these as you will get wet. So sit back listen to funky music, eat some yummy food and have a drink or two and soak up the atmosphere!

Me: "Have you been to The Blue Hive yet?"…read more The Rest of Adelaide: "Huh? No. What is this hive you speak of?" Me: "Um it's like a blue hive construction...like, it's blue and in the shape of a hive kind of...um...it's in the Riverbank Precinct." The Rest of Adelaide: *Blank look Me: Just off the footbridge on the city side, you can't miss it really, they host a stack of cool BBQ's before and after footy matches, there was a cool summer food and market series there in 2014, it's a good place for kids and has graffiti on the wall." The Rest of Adelaide: "Ohhhh..." Me: "Look it's pretty cool, just follow them on Facebook and head down to one of their events. They have a bar there too." The Rest of Adelaide: "Ooo a bar! Ok I'll have to check it out then!"