The Best New Restaurants in Adelaide
“What good new restaurants should I try?”
Broadsheet’s editors field this question, or a variation on it, almost every day. While we’d just as soon recommend one of Melbourne's straight-up best restaurants or a long-standing institution, the pull of a hot new place is hard to deny. So here it is: our edit of the best new restaurants in Adelaide, updated regularly. Some of these places are redefining the way we eat and will go on to become classics. Others will be shorter lived. Either way, these are the spots we’re enjoying eating and drinking at right now.
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Mini Lokanta
The 10-seater restaurant is only open Saturday nights and is situated in a home cook's front room. Come for an eight-course set menu highlighting Mediterranean, Balkan and Middle Eastern flavours.
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Staguni
Find seasonal, snacky plates inspired by chef Clare Falzon’s Maltese heritage at this converted Barossa schoolhouse. You might start with crusty Maltese bread before moving onto Limestone Coast pink snapper.
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Asha
The Good Gilbert team’s fun diner pays tribute to Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Maghrebi cuisines. A tight wine list is backed up by tea-based nonalc cocktails and boozy alternatives.
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Buta Yama
A classic shio tonkotsu ramen is the star of the menu – created in consultation with a world-renowned ramen chef. Or go for a spicy miso ramen inspired by the famous Kikanbo ramen shop in Tokyo.
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Mensa
The open kitchen is turning out traditional and fancified Italian dishes, including a selection of pastas extruded in-house daily. Otherwise you can snack on Abruzzese-style crumbed and fried olives stuffed with pork mince.
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Pinco Italo
This iteration of Pinco brings a refined Italian menu and grown-up charm to Union Street, with handmade pasta, share plates and cocktails – all in a warmly renovated industrial space.
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That’s Enrico
Come for four pizza done four ways including a thin Roman-style made with sourdough, a gluten-free option and one with a double-cooked ciabatta-like dough. Choose toppings like lasagne-style bolognaise and potato with truffle.
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Vasili’s Table
Step into Vasili's Table and suddenly you're on the Aegean coast. At this farm-to-table venue, you'll find Greek cuisine, almost entirely house-made ingredients and even a stage for Greek performers.
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Icardis
A woodfired oven is the heart and soul of this Mediterranean diner. Forget your post-holiday blues with flavours from across the region, ranging from handmade pasta and smoky prawns to Negronis infused with peach and honey.
