A roadhouse in a 19th century buttery. Sounds like it should be in a quaint ye olde English…read morevillage, instead it's located at the entrance to the Clare Valley. And with a debonaire looking grasshopper as its namesake, it could be a place straight out of Wind In The Willows. The Grasshopper Roadhouse is one of those places that you feel has been there forever. I remember passing it many times travelling from Clare to Adelaide as a kid. And now I can show it off to my own daughter. Apparently it was named after it's sister business, The Grasshopper Inn, in the UK. And I suppose a roadhouse is the modern equivalent to those old English inns. Unfortunately you won't be able to order a pint of ale to go with your slab of stilton, but you are able to get a decent coffee and Pine-Lime Splice ice-cream (if that's your bag - and when you're 5 years old, it generally is). They also proclaim to have a big all day brekkie, hamburgers and the usual roadhouse fare. You can also fuel up while you're there. There is the option of sitting inside and taking in the general quaintness of the stone building, or you can sit outside at the hewn stone picnic table and chairs. Although on a particularly sunny day, with minimal shade, it may leave you feeling a little on the cooked side. Coming into the so-called 'silly season', it's important to stop, revive, survive. What better way to do that, than in true Ratty and Mole style at the Grasshopper Roadhouse.

Well, we were on our way back from Burra, and the last couple of towns that we had passed through,…read morewhile they did have pubs in them, they weren't really open, so we arrived in Tarlee, which did have a pub, that was also open. Look, I wouldn't expect anything all that fancy from this place, but as a country pub it is pretty good. The staff were quite friendly, and yeah, the the beef schnitzel, yeah that was awesome.

Great location! Nice little cottage real shame the fires not open type and it has eighties spa…read moreinstead of cast iron bath and a lot of eighties fit out (but underneath it is a genuine old cottage). Not as quite good as website depicts. However, location and availability is the key! I would still highly recommend it.

This is a pub that happens to be out in the middle of the country. Well, okay, it does happen to be…read morein a town, so I can't necessarily say that it is in the middle of the country, though this town does happen to be rather small. The pub itself was okay, and it was sort of what I would expect from a country pub. The service was good, and it was clear that a number of regulars happened to be there as well. Mind you, after having visiting numerous such pubs, I have come to the conclusion that being a rather chatty bartender is a compulsory requirement for running such a pub.