Sometimes you eat at a restaurant and while the food was very interesting, you have absolutely no desire to return. Africola is not like that. They have created an accessible and clever menu that very gently pushes the boundaries. You could get a meal here that is essentially meat and 3 veg and while the […]
Friendly, fresh, and relatively fast. I have had better rolls, but if you’re in the area, this will do you fine. There’s also a large dining area which is great for those wanting a sit down meal. Location Henley Beach Road, Torrensville, Adelaide, SA
This place has been around for ages, and after dining here, it’s not hard to see why. It is a touch more expensive compared to other Asian restaurants on this street, but for this you get a refined dining experience, superb food and fabulous service – a trifecta that doesn’t happen very often on Gouger. […]
BaNH mi not baHN mi. N before the H. It’s Viet, not German! I think I’m going to have to preface every banh mi review with that. I get irrationally angry when I see it spelt wrong. Anyway, Strawberry Fair…I’d heard a lot about this place but was never in the area. Finally made it […]
People – stop spelling it baHN mi. It’s baNH mi. It’s a Viet dish not a German road. With that out of the way, my review for this place… Crusty bread, fresh ingredients, perfect meat to salad ratio, good pickle flavour plus a whole bunch of side options available. Pretty good all round. Mega points […]
Pleasant enough experience – good service, nice decor, okay food at okay prices – unfortunately with so much other competition in the vicinity, this place occupies a really awkward gap for me. Hopefully the current interest in Filipino food helps these guys out. Location North Terrace, City Centre, Adelaide, SA
This diminutive stall is a mandatory stop when I’m having market “yum cha” – an exercise whereby I eat little portions from lots of different eateries. It’s basically for when I’m between meals but still feel like snacking! In this case, the herb pancake and chicken wings are sure to satisfy. If you feel like […]
I really enjoyed my experience at the Mexican Society. The Mexican / Chinese thing is inspired, but looking back on it now, wasn’t that obvious to me. I think I was just won over by the lovely presentation of the food – everything was so colourful and wonderfully presented. Thankfully the taste lives up to […]
My dining partner and I had a pad thai and a green chicken curry from Koko Thai and thoroughly enjoyed both. The service was a tad overbearing as I think the staff were a bit bored; the restaurant wasn’t very busy at the time and they kept coming up to our table and unnecessarily offering […]
My friend took me here with the disclaimer that while the food was good, the service was a bit lacking. It’s not that bad though – just perfunctory. I’ve certainly had worse where asking for table water felt akin to insulting the staff’s family. Anyway bring good conversation, your patience and appetite. You’ll find the […]
Holy crap the kebabs here are so good. I want to try everything on the menu but the servings are so huge! Super friendly staff too. Very very highly recommended. Location Ferryden Park
So…I’m not much of an alcohol drinker. That might be enough for most of you to discount this review, but on food alone, I found my experience of Hill of Grace to be slightly lacking. The food is not bad – just not to my taste as I didn’t really find anything that had me […]
I’m disappointed that searching for yiros on here doesn’t return Yianni’s as the top result! It really is the best yiros in Adelaide. Simple, fast, cheap and tasty. Food without the pretention 2 Votes for helpful, 1 Comment Jul 10, 2016, Danoz: Yiros cooked rotisserie style over charcoal. Enough said. Meat has been cooked rotisserie […]
As another reviewer commented, it’s really hard to hate this place. The service is superlatively friendly and the food is good. Not Vietnamese – more just Asian inspired. It knows the area and it’s audience well and has adjusted it’s menu and prices accordingly. Worth going for the service alone. 2 Votes for helpful Location […]
The competitive CBD Vietnamese dining scene has just been dialled up another notch. Expensive fit outs, comprehensive menus, huge servings and now western suburb prices in the city. It’s a little crazy but for less than $20 you will now be able to get a belly bursting amount food – and it’s good food at […]
No complaints here. Great food, great atmosphere and excellent service. Would be particularly good to visit in the warmer months as it has a great outdoor area which could probably host quite a lot of people 2 Votes for helpful Location Fullarton
Very friendly staff, quaint setting and most importantly, very yummy baked desserts and savoury treats. Would please both vegan and non vegan eaters alike. 1 Helpful vote Location Aroha Terrace, Forestville, Adelaide, SA
The experience of dining here could be improved if service staff wore hooded cloaks and decorated the place as if it were some arcane and occult pagan temple. This would make the unfriendly and uncommunicative bar man seem mysterious. It probably wouldn’t excuse the weird 90s styled food, but at least then a night here […]
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to like a place as much as with Gondola Gondola. I will return, but please pay as much attention to the food as to the superb job you guys have done on the fit out and design of this place. I want so bad for you guys to do […]
With so many new eateries opening in Adelaide, it’s important to remember to pay patronage to the stalwarts of the Adelaide dining scene. Press* has been around for a while and after my first visit here, it’s easy to see why. Unpretentious, good and thoughtful food with effortlessly attentive service. Modern Australian at its best. […]
Mostly hit, with some occasional but notable misses. Love the modern fit out for this place. Also like the diverse serving staff – it feels odd to pick that out, but they’ve avoided the temptation to just hire Asian staff which makes this place feel really cosmopolitan. Service itself is brisk but friendly and food, […]
This place is great! Attentive and personable service that really makes you feel like you’ve just arrived at someone’s home for a big and boisterous party. Most importantly, the food is superb! My companions and I made absolute pigs of ourselves and had almost everything on the menu. The only items that didn’t have us […]
Both me and my dining companion were initially wary of this place. We’re both of Vietnamese background and have been to many great Vietnamese restaurants in Adelaide. We figured Madame Hanoi would just be a more expensive and pretentious version done by a white guy (yeah I know, that’s racist of me!). After dining here, […]
Mmmm roti. Me and my Malaysian co-diner were happy all round with Papparich. We arrived around 11.30 am and waited only a few minutes before being ushered to our tables. Our waiter then gave us our menus and explained how the ordering system worked. Everything in the menu looked great and when it arrived, looked […]
Comme ci, comme ca. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve dined here, but is it terrible that I can only remember a painting of a pug dog’s butt hole and some weirdly extruded corn puree? Anyway, this place is oooookay. The food isn’t mind blowing, but good enough for those with money to burn. […]
Omnivore approved!. My friend and I shared a vegan satay with coconut rice and tempeh schnitzel with chips. While the tempeh didn’t really resemble meat, the satay was disconcertingly did! Pretty tasty and fairly priced in a good quiet location. Service was friendly and prompt too – but then again, we were two in a […]
Ambivalent. So I’ve been here a few times, but I’ve yet to witness this terrible service that previous reviewers have mentioned. The ramen here is generous and inoffensive. I’m not a ramen expert so I can’t vouch for how authentic it is, but I’ve yet to have a ramen that had me hankering to revisit […]
Pork Belleh. If you’re not a Southerner and you’re making the trek to Marion to see a movie, it can be difficult to find somewhere good to eat along the way. There is that awkward gap between finishing work and the time the movie starts. It’s too short for a sit down in a formal […]
Ambivalent Omnivore. As an omnivore with lots of vegan/vegetarian friends, this place is definitely one of the better vegetarian places I’ve tried. The fake proteins are interesting, but I think the better dishes are those that don’t try to be something they’re not. Worth trying out. Location Gawler Place, City Centre, Adelaide, SA
So in place of the old Nghi Ngan Quan, we now have Mai Kitchen. The food and service is good but I foresee an up hill battle in attracting patrons to this new venture. Yes, the ambience of the restaurant is much better; The new decor is nice and that bloody door bell has been […]
I’m sure this is the hipster in me, but I actually loathe this place. Yes I want Vietnamese food to be celebrated, but I have such a problem with the idiotic interior design and styling of this place. The mason jars are infuriating and the space is so dark and awkward. As for the food […]
The ‘A’ word…. Dare is say it, but this is probably the most authentic tasting Thai food I have had in Adelaide. If they could get fresh galangal economically, it would be spot on. But that’s a very minor quibble. The flavours and textures are so perfect, it made me realise how far off other […]
Yet another great bread roll place. I like how ubiquitous Vietnamese bread rolls are becoming in Adelaide.As the competition increases, so does the quality. This is probably among the best in the area. My only (minor) complaint is that the bread is slightly over baked. Yes they should be crispy, but I hate wearing too […]
Vietnamese bread rolls are pretty simple and yet so many still manage to screw them up. This place keeps it simple and gets it right while keeping it cheap. Win win! Location Henley Beach Road, Mile End, Adelaide, SA
Terrible service, filthy venue, amazing doughnuts. Sometimes, service can be so bad, it can be entertaining. It seems staff here are only trained to about 80% capacity. You could order the same thing three times on three separate occasions, but get an entirely different order each time. Order an affogato? Be asked by your server […]
FOMO. Awesome food and wine, marred ever so slightly by imperfect service. That is not to say that service was bad. It’s just not at the level of what you would expect from a degustation experience of this calibre. Part of this is no doubt intentional – this is meant to be informal and fun […]
Bread roll yiros Frankenstien. If you like your bread roll the size of bicep, stuffed full of meat, then this place will have you covered. For me though, I think the bread rolls here have crossed the boundary and are so different from what I know to be a Vietnamese bread roll that I find […]
Beef noodle here is not bad but…. …it’s not like any pho I’ve ever had before. They did a few things which I normally hate. Top of the list is pre-putting bean sprouts, basil and chili in. Bean sprouts should be optional as it normally waters down the broth. Then there was the noodle itself. […]
You know a place is good when it’s busy with people of the same cultural background of the food, on a Saturday, in the middle of the day even though it’s hidden away in a shop complex. Yummy and different! 2 Votes for helpful Location Prospect Road, Prospect, Adelaide, SA
Disclaimer: I don’t really understand going out for breakfast / bunch. These are meals you can very easily prepare at home with some practice. Can’t vouch for the coffee here either as I didn’t try it. With all that out of the way, I guess all I can review is the ambience. With the charm […]
Service and food are okay. If you are craving some Vietnamese food and can’t be bothered going further west then I guess you could do worse. Location Prospect Road, Prospect, Adelaide, SA
Spot On. Our group of 7 had the beef noodle, duck noodles, combination rice and crispy fried chicken rice. Everything was great! Granted this place is a bit more expensive than other similar places in the area, but the decor is new and clean – not something that many restaurants in this area can lay […]
I can imagine this place becoming a very famous institution. The range of desserts is huge, different and tasty. Highly highly recommended. Location Main North Road, Blair Athol, Adelaide, SA
This definitely isn’t a first date restaurant – more the sort of place you’d visit with a close friend or partner of several years in tracky dacks. Food is okay. Service is friendly albeit a bit slow. Location Churchill Road, Prospect, Adelaide, SA
Om nom…. Screw it. When you start paying this much for food, being superficial is part of the package. I don’t care that the on wall menu is hard to read – it looks amazing. And the wall art. YES YES YES. I could sit and study it for ages. Mash I love you and […]
Has great potential. I really like the design and interior of Golden Boy. Service is also excellent and extremely attentive. Unfortunately though, me and my dining partner had to rush off to go see a movie. I think this might have been part of the reason why the latter end of our dining experience was […]
The worst thing about this place is having to choose which of the awesome pizzas to have. Super tasty! 1 Helpful vote Location Alfredton, Alfredton
What is a Shawarma?. It’s like a yiros, except more flavourful. Definitely worth making a detour for! Location Main North Road, Blair Athol, Adelaide, SA
The smell that you get approaching this place is sooooo promising but unfortunately is a bit of a let down when you actually eat an item. Their house chimichurri sauce is pretty good and fairly different from what I’ve had previously. However it’s not enough to motivate me to return. Location Goodwood Road, Goodwood, Adelaide, […]
Different, yummy and worth trying out once but not sure I’d return Location City Centre