Bars & Restaurants
Slick service, sweet surprise
A SMALL North Adelaide dining room is the scene of some heroic table-waiting - and a most satisfying meal.
Down by riverside
THE ADELAIDE Convention Centre's restaurant arm, Regattas, offers a solid new menu.
Full Italian experience
BIG is the word all round for Campbelltown's cafe sister to the prized Assaggio Ristorante of Hyde Park.
Wine cellar at your door
WINING AND dining at a cellar-door no longer means a weekend drive. Could CBD cellar restaurants be an emerging trend?
Happy little corner find
A SUBURBAN Chinese venue offers a menu full of exciting dishes from Shanghai to Szechuan style.
Taken to a higher level
THERE ARE rooms with a view and then some, but in Adelaide one name crops up again and again when the outlook is deemed to be equal to and at times even more important than the dining.
Melting pot of the Med
ONE OF the city's hottest new restaurants finds a crossover between popular Italian and trendy Spanish.
Chef of the year
BEING A forward-looking chef in a restaurant like Chloe's, with close to quarter of a century of tradition via all the ups and downs of recent fine-dining history, is arguably one of the great cooking challenges of the day.
Best new restaurant
THE GOOLWA in-crowd long have haunted Aquacaf for luscious breakfasts but, once taken over by Jordan Theodoras and Ben McLeod, formerly of the Melting Pot at Hyde Park, Aquacaf has turned into truly fine dining by the water's edge.
Best asian restaurant
THE MASTERLY technique and vivid imagination of Kenji Ito continue to provide a compelling blend of the traditional and modern at this little gem in the city's southeast corner.
New chef's Rising star
A CHARMING bar of old is re-invented with the sympathetic treatment of a thoroughly modern chef.
Playful menu on hotel row
THE swish hotel precinct along North Terrace creates some pretty intense competition for the dining room kitchens.
Hot stuff at Port Elliot
AFTER a devastating fire, Stranded is back in business and dishing up delicious Mexican fare, including margaritas to dine for.
Street food with city chic
RUNDLE MALL lunch time. Adelaide city central at its most democratic. The Mall is pumping with teenage kids on holiday, families in shopping mode, footy final fans in scarfs and colours, the whole shebang.
It's all about gastronomy
ONE of the city's fine-dining establishments is heading onwards and upwards as a new chef settles into its traditions while still pushing some culinary boundaries.
A classic rescue tale
FIRST IMPRESSIONS are most important in business and pleasure, but in many restaurants this simply is forgotten.
Taste of the Greek Isles
HOMER and Clare Aslandis, lately of Kouzina in O'Connell St, bring the flavours of cerulean seas to Victor Harbor.
Marvellous Moroccan
BEHIND a somewhat garish shopfront there lies a rich and exotic cuisine that tells us a lot about its cultural origins.
Just what the doctor ordered
IT'S NOT often this column spends much time in the foyer cafe of a medical centre - and we're thankful for that.
Fun amid the formality
Everyone loves a good ham. Not the meat but a flamboyant showman, and Shiki offers fine dining with a splash of theatre.
Cliched Italian not on menu
AUGE maintains its reputation for excellence in fine dining, with great service, wines and dishes to match.
Raising high water mark
AN old favourite with an injection of new talent is buzzing with strong ideas and finely tuned cooking.
Marketing a difference
A SMART little bistro adds a Mediterranean flavour to the Central Market precinct.
Art in new inventions
YOUNG chef Adam Liston is looking for a healthier approach to fine dining with his current menu at The Wine Underground.
Restaurants: By cuisine
Restaurants: By location
Vietnam's on a roll in north
A SMALL band of northwestern Adelaide suburbs are home to a thriving Vietnamese community that has developed a fascinating hub of restaurants catering for all tastes.
Brewery to dine in
FOOD and wine are well-known partners. At a Hills brewery, the beers are more than worthy companions for some great winter dishes.
True Sauce of pleasure
A SMALL suburban restaurant continues to impress with finely tuned winter-sensitive cooking.
Cosy glow of spice
ARYA at North Adelaide may be newish, but the family pedigree is impressive and the venue a welcome addition for Indian-food buffs.
Bowled over
SOUP is the ultimate budget meal at this time of the year. Join Tony Love's quest to find a satisfying range of global flavours.
Szechuan hot spot
PAST the madness of Chinese-restaurant English idiosyncrasies is a venue offering character, mystery and a sense of dining fun.
Tonic with a twist of Barossa
HIDDEN from the main road, this retro-design round house eatery secures Lyndoch to the Valley's must-do brigade.
No frills but big on taste
A LITTLE bit of Greece in Port Adelaide offers an experience that won't break the bank.
Stirred Pot ideal blend
THE owner's decision to switch focus and create his own French revolution has added fresh verve to a revered Hyde Park venue.
Fresh from the ocean
ARDENT food producers in the state's premier seafood territory are passionate about showcasing local fare.
Kitchen at centre stage
PANACEA IS new, trendy and puts its staff on centre stage. It opened in December and, with the exception of its Christmas break, has been pretty frantic ever since.
Aquacaf - where fine fare flows on
RENOWNED for the best breakfasts on the coast, the Aquacaf has been reborn under the skilled attention of hospitality professionals.
News
State election 'on knife edge'
INTERNAL polling by both major parties shows the election is poised on a knife edge, with the possibility of independent Bob Such holding the balance of power.
Sport
Scott Ninnis sacked by Sixers
THE Adelaide 36ers have sacked coach Scott Ninnis after finishing the 2009-10 NBL season in the bomb shelter for the first time in club history.
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