This is a joint review from two yelpers who stumbled across this cute little cocktail/tapas bar one…read moreThursday night. The walls of this bar make you feel like you are in a child's bedroom. The theme is based on the tale of the flying trunk. The cocktails are delicious. We had the salted caramel star and the so flute. I loved the little pretzel star in the salted caramel. They also serve tapas food. They also serve tapas food. We had the pan fried gnocchi with artichokes, and the buffalo mozzarella with tomatoes. Mmm! The prices are pretty reasonable as well. The cocktails are $17 - $20. The tapas is under $15. We also had a lovely conversation with the owner evi about the design of the place. I'd love to come back again on my way home from workies :) Nothing much more I can add to what Karen F had commented, both Adam & Evi are great hosts. Very attentive and explained both the cocktails and food very well and enticed us into trying them. Enjoyable evening.

Pigs fly, elephants have long trunks and all things alcholically magical happen at The Flying…read moreTrunk. I have only been here for a wine and cocktail so far but this place really adds to the quirky little shops, bakeries and cafes that are popping up on KWR! Fast and friendly service, combined with some unique concoctions and names of cocktails means you will spend most of your time there deciding which cocktail you'll get when you next return. The Elephant Espress is on my list to try next time. If you are like my other half though and think cocktail is for cordial drinkers then never fear - the wine and beer list is for quoffers and swirlers alike. These guys take their booze seriously and I am definitely signing up for one of their monthly "tasting flight masterclasses" in the future.

This is by far, Adelaide's best kept secret right now. Small bars are popping all around town, but…read morethis one stands true to the whole hole-in-the-wall hidden bar concept. GENIUS. It is so refreshing. If you're not looking hard enough you would easily miss it. Walk in and it's like the prohibition era, from the grungy shelves to the dark, moody decor and booths to the sad music. It is easily one of the best themed cocktail bars in Adelaide. Drinks are fantastic. Some bars have expensive drinks for not much and they don't taste great. Not at Baddog, they are top notch and the barman does it right in front of you on the bar so you don't miss a thing. Brilliant. Best find of the year for me so far.

Zack has built an amazing speak easy style bar that makes you feel like you've ducked back in time…read moreto a prohibition era. The waist coats, crystal glasses and twisted stainless steel and silver spoons all work to make this a top spot for a cocktail or cheeky beer. A maestro of the common and rare cocktails and a range of spirits you wont find in many bars Zack makes this bar. Sitting at the bar is mandatory for the first drink in my opinion then sneak off to the lux booths for quiet and intimate drinks. Its dark, has very cool décor and edgy clean bathrooms. Bad Dog Bar doesn't have tvs, doesn't have pokies and doesn't have tap beer and for goodness sakes never order an apple-tini :) and that's the way we like it. Top Tip: order the pickleback - rye bourbon shot followed by some freshly made pickle juice. The SMoking Joint cocktail is also a fav!

Just what the area needed, Hula Hoop now provides in a cute little wine bar (seats about 25 inside…read moreon bar stools) with solid wine list and tasty snacks/dinner. Outside are another 6 or so tables of 4 with a temporary gazebo over the top, and heaters and rugs to keep you warm. Looking east over a small park, this will be a winner in the warmer months. The food menu was designed by Andre of Masterchefiness, and although I've only had a sample of the tasting plate, the menu includes larger dinner options such as a robust ragu. It's all fresh and seasonal and I'm looking forward to dinner soon. The staff are friendly and convivial and more than happy to oblige with requests. The inside tables (3) can be booked, but staff are happy for you to use until reservation time. If you want to kick on & there's a few of you it would be best to book. Inside fills fast and it's noisy, so if you want a more intimate chat get there early (5pm Wed-Fri & 2pm Sunday) or sit outside, but otherwise enjoy the excitement shared by locals of a venue that fills a missing gap for the locals.

Amazing little gem of a place. Breakfast brunch supper. Wonderful staff! Good food! Good coffee!…read moreWine bar at night

I should point out that this place is pretty pricey, but then again the beers here are also pretty…read moreunique, so I guess that goes with the territory. This little bar is located in one of Adelaide's side streets, namely where there tends to be more of a hip crowd than the more youngish crowds you tend to find around the corner. However, this bar is a rather nice bar, though it certainly does get pretty crowded at times. However, it wasn't too bad.

When I was a kid, I used to dream about buildings like this. Such a cute little cubby with cute…read morelittle windows. Hidden & squashed between two big buildings. The botanical section in the middle is so well excecuted with the little uplights in the garden. Great, friendly service. The size of the venue is quite limiting though, difficult to get a seat given it was during the holiday period and nothing much was open in the area. Cocktails were just delicious. We went on a night where torrential rain hit so we we had to find an alternative venue as there weren't any spots left inside, so didn't get a chance to try more food or more cocktails (sad face) :( Will be back again perhaps on a less busy and less torrential night. xo

This place is a dive. Woeful service, they pride themselves with employing numpties. A normal…read moreperson on any level would be more competent with a better customer focus than I received there. Its my local, I don't frequent there because customer service is abysmal. Food is overpriced and below average. Save yourself a trip. Don't. There are a lot of hotels in the area. Avoid

This is one of those pubs that if I were in Adelaide I would be more than happy to go out of my way…read moreto visit, especially on a sunny day. The beer garden is nothing short of fantastic, and it certainly has had a huge facelift since the time it was your standard corner pub. The atmosphere has changed dramatically and it is much more of a trendy inner city pub that your local suburban watering hole. Okay, it is not the cheapest place to go for a meal, but it has this really great atmosphere and it is certainly quite a relaxing place to enjoy a beer. In fact when I was doing some night course as the Bible college around the corner I would regularly stop here for a drink, and sometimes even drag my friends here afterwards for a bit of a night cap. This is certainly a place that I would recommend.

Do you like a pub that's not too OTT? The Hyde Park Tavern - funnily enough in Hyde Park - is a…read more'mature' pub. That's not to say its old or dated, in fact it's pretty up to date and modern but its not full of teeny boppers. Put it this way, if you're over 30, you're not going to feel out of place in this pub. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. On their menu, I like the Warm Chicken Salad with pumpkin, pear, feta and fig balsamic and they do a good Chicken Schnitzel. Prices for mains are average at around $20 for pasta to $28 for a steak. Wines are around $30 a bottle but you can go high end with wine and spend $90 on a Rockford Basket Press Shiraz or $95 on a Penfolds St Henri Shiraz if you're cashed up. I like the fact that most of the restaurant menu is also available in the bar area if you're keen for something more casual. There are pokies but they're far enough removed from both the bar and restaurant to not annoy those who've come in for a drink or a meal. In fact most of the time you're not even aware they are there. If you're looking for somewhere to hold a function, there's an upstairs area that can cater for up to 120 people. All in all the HPT is a good pub. It's a pub pub if you know what I mean.

I have to say that this place really didn't impress me all that much. Okay, it isn't really that…read morebad but there wasn't anything all that fantastic about it either. Basically it is one of those suburban pubs in one of the classier areas of Adelaide, and it certainly does show it. Like most suburban pubs they have a bistro and hidden around the back a room full of pokie machines. They don't really have anything in the way of a beer garden, just a small area to the side where all of the smokers congregate (though it does have a couple of tables and you will find people eating out here). There offering on tap is okay, though it mostly includes imported beers (as well as the locals, though they did have a couple of craft beers available). It wasn't a bad place to sit down for a about fifteen minutes, but not one that I would be going out of my way to visit again.

This restaurant was not a good experience, their food took in total two hours between ordering and…read morethe arrival of the dishes. The food was also average, as many of h the meat tapas did not have much meat, but instead was mainly batter. The staff were very inconsiderate, and took away dishes still being eaten because they looked partially empty. In one of the restaurant's specialty tapas, the deep fried fish bites, the layer of batter was about 1 centimetre thick, leaving only about 5 millimeters of meat in the centre. Additionally, later when the food arrived, the manager of the restaurant said that we should have "pre-ordered" our food, while there was no option to do so while over the phone for booking. Additionally, the restaurant's dessert specialty, churros, also took over an hour from when we requested that they be delivered. The churros' texture was slightly hard to chew through, and the chocolate sauce provided was minimal and extremely sweet. Their specialty, paella, was extremely bad compared to other paella, as the rice was extremely wet, contradictory to the conventional state of paella. The portions of the food were slightly below reasonable for the price paid, especially for the mains, as the prices for their special "feed me" were 28.50 per person, much above the price usually paid for this quality of food. In conclusion, the food at this restaurant was very much under expectations, the price was not reasonable, and the service was terrible. Do not go to this restaurant.

A warming atmosphere and absolutely lovely staff make this place worth visiting…read more The food is ok. I hate saying that because I think there's a lot of love poured into them. I have high expectations for my tapas and some of the dishes were lacking that punch you get from a great tapas dish. We ordered 6 between the 2 of us and they all came out at the same time so half of them were cold by the time we got to eat them. We ended the night on some churros and they were to die for! Crunchy on the outside and fluffy in the middle.

This pub has been through quite a few iterations, but these days it is basically 'the Unley Hotel'…read more Actually, I can't quite remember the name of it back when my friend's had their engagement party here, however it was a pretty good pub. Little has changed though, except for the name, though they do have some great beers on tap, something that I definitely really quite like. Yeah, it actually isn't all that bad, though it doesn't have a beer garden, but then again there isn't really all that much room for one. Actually, it solves that problem with a rooftop bar, though technically it is really just a balcony.

When I arrived, was greeted by the "barman" whom immediately ignored me when waiting at the bar to…read moreorder. He then continued to work with a second bar-person at the other end of the bar whilst ignoring me and also noting my presence. They served someone else before I walked over. The female bar staff member was quite nice and was hospitable. I ordered pasta at 1pm, and waited until 130pm before they even acknowledged the fact that they had a large group upstairs and it may be a while longer. The pasta (Mediterranean) was bland and overcooked. Flavour was disappointing. They also didn't have salt on hand, and when I asked, I was handed a small jar with no top. I also noted that staff were eating before we did, despite "ordering" after....

I liked this bar- quite a selection of draft beer, as well as a huge amount of wines. You can tell…read morethis spot is popular with the locals, as it was packed every Happy Hour. There is a cool glass wine cellar where you can see lots of bottle of wine, there is a water feature that's cool, and you can sit on one side next to the lobby or at tables on the other side of the bar. A nice vibe altogether. Simply a nice gather spot with lots of cold and fresh draft beer.

Collins Cocktail heaven…read more The Collins will spoil you for all time -everywhere in the world (well maybe not the Traders Bar on the 33rd floor of the Sheraton sipping a Rose Lychee martini overlooking the Twin Towers in KL - are you green with cocktail envy?!) This is my special night out or even not so special night out starting point. The cocktails here are truly unique and now having collectively tried quite a few with partner and friends I can't find fault. (My personal favourite is the Violet Champagne Cocktail.) The setting is luxuriously decadent and seductive, the cocktails seduce even more and the alcoholic ambience is stupendous. A Sydney friend makes this her only must do whenever in Adelaide. Not that us Radelaideans need to compare ourselves in anyway - do we? I can't rave much more except to hint that whether it's Valentine's day, Birthday, Anniversary, Chinese New Year, Haven't Seen Old Friend's For Ages or you've just had a shitty week at work make a beeline for The Collins. Your efforts will be rewarded and the world will look beautiful again.