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I am going to be in Adelaide in a week on so. Could some one please point me in the right direction for restaurants and / or wine bars. Licensed is fine. Would also like to know if any have live music.

Thanks

Rick

Hi Rick,
What kind of price bracket are you looking for?

Upmarket:
Cianti Classico
Vincenzo's Cucina
Le Manse
The Melting Pot
The Sauce
Alphutte

Mid-to-upper:
Vileroy
Ambrosini's
Concubine
Mesa Lunga
Mapo

Cheap:
T-Chow
Ying Chow
Baan Thai
Parente's
Sapore

Thanks Paul. Upmarket Italian would be good. Also wine bars.

Regards Rick

Rick Morcom wrote:Thanks Paul. Upmarket Italian would be good. Also wine bars.

Regards Rick

Chianti Classico on Hutt Street would be my suggestion.

Cheers, Geoff

Rick Morcom wrote:Thanks Paul. Upmarket Italian would be good. Also wine bars.

Regards Rick

G'day Rick,

Have a gander at Auge and The Apothecary.

I second Chianti Classico and also second The Apothecary.

I guess there is also the obvious option of the restaurant at Magill Estate.

Re: Wine bars - you have to check out the Exeter Hotel on Rundle St, a local institution. It's a little grubby, but the wine list is expansive (where else can you buy a bottle of Chris Ringland Three Rivers over the counter?) and reasonably priced. There's some good live music occasionally too.

Cheers,
Ian

rooview wrote:Magill Estate has truly transformed itself and is definitely a destination restaurant. 10 minutes from the CBD and overlooking vines that supply Magill Estate Shriaz and often a portion of Grange. Restaurant is one of the best designed architectural spaces I've seen. Food is very good with a molecular focus. Wine is obviously Penfolds and friends which is arguably the lowlight. Some maintenace issues beginning to creep in - and some guests come in doused in perfume. But speak to Remon (the helpful sommelier) and he'll relocate if necessary. I enjoy the rear tables even tho' they're really used. Highly recommended for food and environement. See: http://www.penfolds.com/microsites/magill/default.asp for menus/prices. It is quasi-molecular food - but stick to the tasting menu and it's fab!

After the second go of Luke Stepsy's food at the Penfolds Magill Club food-wine appreciation tasting I have to say I still see the restaurant as a work in process...

I really don't get Luke's seeming obsession of matching pineapple with pinot noir (maybe I would if the degree of caramelisation was consistent - or I should say what I've been served has been lacked any, and it has been an extremely bad match).

From what I've experienced and the reports of the Grange dinner tastings the impression I'm getting is they're either lazy or when it gets busy the wheels fall off... At the Magill Club tasting they were only prepared to serve three dishes with the wines, while the rest were rushed through minus food which was a bad mistake on the part of the restaurant and the organisers. You may see the 'Penfolds & friends' wines as the lowlight - in contrast I think the quality of the food & service has a long way to go to match the wines on offer, and to match the level of food and service of the place in years gone by.

My 2c,
ian

n4sir wrote:Re: Wine bars - you have to check out the Exeter Hotel on Rundle St, a local institution. It's a little grubby, but the wine list is expansive (where else can you buy a bottle of Chris Ringland Three Rivers over the counter?) and reasonably priced. There's some good live music occasionally too.

Cheers,
Ian

The Exeter is awesome....where else can you sit in a public bar with a cross section of punters ranging from emo uni-students to pollies....pull up a stool at the bar and drink Krug....noice!

Thanks all, will report back, but will definitley give the Exeter a go.

Regards

Rick

if you're just after a glass of vino, the apothecary is a nice choice, even if you don't plan on having dinner there.

there's also the wine undergound on pirie st, which i have not made it to yet,but have heard good things about.

the other place i'd recommend if you're after a great glass of wine, and a fabulous pizza, would be goodlife on hutt st (all organic/biodynamic), and melt (the pizza based brother of the pot - previously melting pot). Let me know if you are going there!!

n4sir wrote:Re: Wine bars - you have to check out the Exeter Hotel on Rundle St, a local institution. It's a little grubby, but the wine list is expansive (where else can you buy a bottle of Chris Ringland Three Rivers over the counter?) and reasonably priced. There's some good live music occasionally too.

Cheers,
Ian

Ian I wish I knew that years ago - there was a period when I was in Adelaide every second week and walked past the Exeter dozens of times,