Totally understand why this is one of the top ranked restaurants in the world. Absolutely amazing and creative food spun off of the Australian bush. What an experience!!!! Well worth the price for the food, wine, atmosphere, and service. What we loved most was that the chefs came out multiple times to present dishes and tell us about them...so cool!! There's only 1 menu option (18 different dishes/bites including palate cleansers and dessert). We went with the local wine pairing as we wanted to experience Australian wines coming from the US. Would give this meal 6 out of 5 stars if I could!! Would share the menu but personally loved having it as a surprise so don't want to ruin the fun for others. Just take my word that your mouth will water and you'll want more of everything!!! read more

This is an amazing food experience, well worth the cost and the staff is very professional. I appreciated the thoughtfulness of each dish and the way local ingredients and culture took the centerpiece of every course. The creativity of the chef was undeniable. I went with the local wine selection and each wine was beautifully curated. I learned about the area and tried new wines which I thoroughly enjoyed. read more

Still magic on a plate - HOWEVER! We visited this restaurant a couple of months ago and took some family members to enjoy the magic! We had the Degustation menu with wine pairing, the food was really good and the wine pairing, the menu had changed also good. Staff friendly and attentive! H0WEVER since our last visit the prices have increased by $100 per person and on top of that we were charged for their own bottled water both still and sparkling! Also charged for coffee, REALLY. We also noted the restaurant was not full and this was a Friday night! I wonder why!! read more

Easily one of the most amazing experiences of fine dining, but also, one of the most incredible use of Australian produce in Adelaide. First time visit and I was not disappointed. The chefs took us on an adventure through the outback of what the indigenous people would have eaten with a twist of fine dining ingredients mixed in to flavour. Even with fish, a nice bottle of Adelaide red goes down well with the flavours we enjoyed tonight. Would 10/10 recommend no matter the price. You are guaranteed one of the best evenings of your life. read more

It doesn't get any more exclusive, expensive, elegant or exciting than Orana. I'm a very experienced, adventurous international diner, hooked on degustation menus...and yet.... I never imagined there were so many tastes I had yet to experience. Orana's Jock Zonfrillo's imagination is unsurpassed in the way he sources obscure Australian native plants and extracts from them flavours which have the senses thrilling. He has a stupendously well-informed and devoted staff so the spirit of dining in the close quarters of Orana is one of being tucked into a very caring team world. The eight course degustation is preceded by a parade of snacks and nibbles, all presented with immense pride and lots of information. And the swooning begins. Instead of the wine accompaniments, I asked for just a glass of interesting white - and was guided by the sommelier to an American Semillon which was so vivid in its flavours that that phrase "party in the mouth" came to mind. It was heavenly and, like everything else, a new thrill. And out came the delicacies, one after another, a voyage of tastes and textures, delicacies foraged freshly in the Adelaide Hills or brought from the hinterland of Queensland or from Kangaroo Island - finishing with a dessert featuring strawberry eucalyptus which grows only in some remote area like the Atherton Tablelands. Who knew there was such a thing or such a bliss on the tongue? The menu is constantly changing, according to seasons and the inventions of Zonfrillo. It is not a cheap experience. It is a major treat. It was what I chose for my birthday treat and I am now working on what special event I can conjure up as a reason to return. read more

The food here is an adventure into Australian bush tucker at its most sublime. There is no doubting the care, attention & passion that has gone into creating each delicately balanced & exciting morsel. The service is attentive albeit stilted with youthful inexperience. The reason I couldn't award 5 stars was the wine package which just didn't meet a similar standard. On the one hand the Blanc de Blanc was the perfect accompaniment to the 15 appetisers. The wild fermented Grenache is an inspired choice to go with the kangaroo. the Chenin Blanc was limp & almost vermentino like in its lack of life. The 1st sticky to go with the 1st dessert was unctuous & gorgeous. The final Riesling with the set buttermilk was disastrous & left the palate in a war with itself at the end of the meal. We should have been offered an alternative after making it very clear to the sommelier how wrong it was but we were given a toss away line instead. The wine serves were barely legal, with the hosts idea of a glass being the size of an average tasting at a wine cellar door. For $300 we expected a generous host. My advice to diners is to bye a bottle of Blanc de Blanc to share then a bottle of soft red, or white depending on your palate, followed by a bottle of sticky to cover both desserts. read more

Wow. One of the finest dining experiences I've had anywhere. It's certainly not cheap, but you get what you pay for. The restaurant is small and cosy - probably seats about 25 at maximum capacity. Best to save this place for an intimate occasion with only a few others. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. Often at these kinds of "fine-dining" establishments I feel a little uncomfortable and stiff, but that wasn't the case at Orana thanks to the unpretentious decor and personable staff. There's a set degustation menu, which consists of about 10 "snacks" and then 7 or 8 courses. Each dish is small but satisfying, and there is an emphasis on fresh local native food (for example, the salad was made with ingredients foraged that day from the Adelaide Hills). The food was stunning - inventive, fresh and balanced. Highlights included the prawns served with fermented and dehydrated native plums and a sorbet made with green ants that was surprisingly tangy and refreshing. They have a good selection of wines, but I'd suggest splashing out for the matched wines. Each selection they made to pair with a course was delicious and complemented the food well. As an added bonus, they offered matching juices for each course for my partner who does not drink. Some of the concoctions they made for her were delicious. These guys know what they're doing - just trust them to make the choices for you and go along for the ride. I can't recommend this place highly enough. The staff are friendly, approachable and incredibly knowledgable, and the food and wine is incredible. I don't think I've ever left a dinner feeling so satisfied. Perfect for a special night out. read more

Orana is an absolutely amazing experience and the best way to spend a Friday lunch, especially with my sisters. The delicious degustation menu: Alkoopina' Potato damper Goolwa pippies & beach succulents Macadamia & native thyme Green ants, native bed honey & green mango Kangaroo Island scallop, neptune's pearls & eucalyptus Kangaroo tendon & Tasmanian mountain pepper Coorong mullet, Kris Lloyd's day old chèvre & warrigal greens South Devon beef, quandong, smoked potato & leek Paperbark, macadamia & zig zag wattle All washed down with Krug, Grand Cuvée, Champagne, Reims, France, MV Weingut Bernard Ott, Gruner Veltliner, 'Fass 4', Wagram, Austria, 2014 Bondar Wines, Shiraz, 'The Violet Hour', McLaren Vale, SA, 2014 Rieslingfreak, Riesling, 'No. 8', Clare Valley, SA, 2015 The staff ever so polite, even knowing the breed the milk came from to make the butter and bothering the find out the answers to other questions. It was lovely to leave the restaurant, being farewelled by staff and they certainly made an impression as I want to go back. read more

Superb dining experience of native Australian foods. I'm one who wants to know what's on the menu so I felt proud of myself for indulging in a surprise menu. I surrendered to many foods I normally wouldn't eat and was very happy I did. read more

Orana - Restaurants Near Me - Adelaide, SA

Coming to Australia, I wanted to experience the taste of Australia. Sadly, that mostly meant pub food and excellent Asian fare...not what I expected for Australian cuisine. Fortunately, I had the privilege of dining at Orana. Excitingly daring dishes prepared with bush tucker foraged by the chef himself. Tastes one will never get outside of Australia. Berries, ants and leaves of all kinds find their way into dishes that have extraordinary tastes and textures. The chefs present the dishes explaining what your are about to eat and are happy to provide as much information as you'd care to hear. It's an experience that tastes amazing. Superb fine dining. Standout dishes for me were the Porcini and Pine Mushroom agnolotti, Kohlrabi, dorrigo, quandong & lemon myrtle, Kangaroo, avocado, lilly pilly, kutjera & sandalwood nut, and the Octopus, dry aged beef, finger lime & warrigal greens. It's an expensive place for certain and not for those picky eaters. It's an adventure and a taste of native Australia. read more

AMAZING. Last time I was this wowed by a meal was in San Sebastián. This was fresh, foraged, intriguing fare that surprised at each turn. And it wasn't about trickery or chefy foams or gels or liquid nitrogen just really unusual native ingredients imaginatively matched with local meats and cheese. Can't recommend highly enough! read more

I was shocked by the food and fall in love with it , although my boyfriend was not happy with the bill! Hahhhhh ....

Dining here is an experience - as well as an education into what range of foods grow right on our doorstep (there is an emphasis on local and native ingredients). The tasting menu has about 20-odd courses and is paired with a selection of wines. It sounds a lot but each is really only a mouthful so you don't leave feeling weighed down, although you do get enough to feel properly fed. Although it is a set degustation menu they were able to accommodate some special dietary needs by offering alternatives for certain guests. Intimate atmosphere as the whole place probably holds no more than about 20 diners. Unless you're well off it's a special occasion treat though - our bill came in at about $300pp. read more

Easy a 5 star - brilliant food and great friendly relaxed service. We had about 20 different dishes in the tasting menu - many of which were very new and without a prior taste reference point - so lots of new and genuinely wonderful taste experiences. All dishes were lovely to look at on the plate. My favourite was a 10-12 hour baked beetroot heart with a magnificent goats curd dip. Devine AND I don't like beetroot! Get along, book well in advance and enjoy. read more

What an absolute joke! Pretentious restaurant failing on most of the 18 dishes, many of them served cold when they are supposed to be warm. Expensive "Wine pairing" amounts to cheap cider and 2017's wines. Are people in Adelaide stupid to accept that the emporer is naked on this simple lunchroom? Avoid at all cost. read more

We dined there Friday gone for my wife's birthday weekend. Amazing wine, amazing food, amazing produce, amazing service! Amazing, amazing, amazing! What a very good show! We will be back, that you can be sure. Very, very, very, very, very good! I just can't say better things! read more