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The Grand Bar

2.6 (12 reviews)
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Open • 11:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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Fish n chips. Hot dog in back ground
Mat O.

Let's be honest. The bar itself has a totes 'dive bar' feel to it. It's never going to get 5 stars unless a massive reno happens. It's the sort of place you'd expect to be frequented by tourists, not locals. And being said tourist, I was there. After reading other reviews, I was more than a little sceptical about ordering food. But as I ordered my 4th glass of wine I kinda figured it was necessary, or the passengers on the tram back to the CBD would treated to Mat O's singing and dancing show. I couldn't decide between the hot dog or fish and chips. Luckily my mate was in the same boat. So we ordered both and of course added a side of tater tots (you'd be mad not to)! The food arrived relativity fast considering 2 big tables ordered before us. It was hot and fresh. And I gotta say, both dishes were really good. The fish was crispy, with the flesh cooked to perfection. The hot dog too was amazing. I'd happily order either dish again.

Elissa L.

The Grand Bar is very peaceful during the day, I actually quite like it. Picture a warm afternoon at the beach, nursing a beer on one of the tables by the big open widows, warm breeze playing with your hair.... And then there's Sunday nights, where all the gold chains and bitties come out the play with each other and themselves. I think they call it dancing, but more it just looks like some kind of large ethnic orgy. do not subject yourself to a Sunday unless a night off sleaze is what you're after, also understand if you are a female and over 21, you are probably going to feel old. however if this is your kind of scene (latest music, dance floor and flirting) then I recommend you get in early because the line up gets pretty long, I stood in it for an hour once, not fun when its freezing weather. If you're sensible, then The Grand Bar is a day time thing for you, but if you like to get messy and gyrate with all the other organisms then this is your bar baby.

Michelle M.

This is a very nice bar if you visit it during the day or early evening. It is ideally located on the foreshore with uniterrupted ocean views. If you sit in front of the open (floor to ceiling) windows you can feel and smell the salty sea air as you have a nice bevvy. It's a really lovely beachfront bar. Once night falls though I don't rate it quite as highly. It may be going a bit far to call it feral but it does seem to be very 'messy'. I'm used to party people but I always feel the patrons are absolutely 'shit-faced' here. In fact now I think of it I reckon I tend to drink more than usual on the rare occasion I'm here (usually enforced by a hens night). Maybe it's as a coping mechanism to block out the anarchy of the crowd and atmosphere? Anyway if your two fave things are Top 40 hits and drunks go and be happy. In a nutshell-daylight delight!

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Glenelg Jetty Hotel

Glenelg Jetty Hotel

3.2(9 reviews)
0.2 km•Glenelg
•$$

There are 4 exclusive parts to the Jetty Bar…read more Take a step back in time to the front bar, when this drinking hole was known to locals as The St Vincent Hotel (The joys of dating a Cougar). Excluding a fresh coat of paint, updated carpet, the front bar bar is still in original form (including the regulars that drink there). Look out for the snake bite specials, going out at 10 bucks a jug. You can still catch a local rock/punk band playing on your favourite night of the week (I can't remember what night that is). A step through the corridor and past an ATM, will take you to another bar with big screen TV's and a decent coctail menu. Bi-fold glass doors open up to Moseley Square. This place is more upmarket, so leave your flannel shirt and the previous bar, and whack on your Don Travisty instead. If you're over front bar action, head to rear bistro which has the vibe and decor that reflects a Goldcoast Casino in the 90's. The schnittys are hot, and still at fair bistro prices. Finish your meal to the ambience of a water feature, and if you need time to re-coup, the pokies are just to the right. When you're ready to move on, take 5 steps to the rear car park, or continue on to "The G"

The Jetty Hotel is one of the oldest pubs in the bay. While it has undergone some cosmetic changes…read morein recent years the actual layout still remains pretty well unchanged from how it used to look when it went by the name the St Vincent Hotel. Interestingly when the pub first opened back in 1869, it was known as The Jetty Hotel so it has gone back to its original name. If you like to listen to some music while you sip your drink, The Jetty has live bands on most Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. When the bands aren't playing they have a jukebox in the front bar that's rocking from 7 each night and on Wednesdays you can get into a bit of karaoke if that's your thing. The Jetty Hotel isn't a ritzy experience. It's the kind of pub where you have a beer and put your bets on if you're in the front bar but it is a good place to watch the world go by. If you're in the market for a bite to eat, you can get a good feed either in the front bar or the Watergarden Bistro. They also have a café and a function room to accommodate close to 150 people. Should you so desire you can stay at The Jetty. It has 16 rooms and the rooms are well priced.

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Glenelg Jetty Hotel
Glenelg Jetty Hotel
Glenelg Jetty Hotel

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Bay Bar Dos - The view is wonderful .... the beach, the jetty, summer fun

Bay Bar Dos

2.5(2 reviews)
0.2 km•Glenelg
•$$

Finally made it down to this 'new' place in Glenelg and so glad I did! Awesome location, good…read moreservice, laid back atmosphere and totally impressive food. The food is all served Tapas style so its best to go with a few mates and all get a little something of the menu. A great addition to the other choices of Jetty Road. Lots of great looking specials too that we were told change daily. Some great drink choices too, includes an extensive wine list and cocktails and sangria. All the beer and cider is served in bottles..... I hope they may get at least one/two tap beers in the future. The greatest thing is the view from the outside seating area at sunset...... fantastic!!

Bay bar don't is more like it. The best thing about the place is it's location with a great view…read more The service was slow and the meal was PAINFULLY slow. My husband and I ordered 5 tapas dishes and two hours later we had only gotten 4 dishes!!! Our parking meter was about to expire so we went to the cashier and said we wanted the bill and to cancel the last dish. Well to our surprise they had forgotten the last dish anyway!! This was after we had waited over an half of hour for the dish and waitress had told us 20 minutes earlier that it was only a few minutes away! This service could be forgiven if the place was really busy but there were only a few people. Another couple was also irate and complaining to the waitress about how long it was taking for a meal. The food, what little we did get, was delicious. But given the small portions and extremely long wait, it just wasn't worth it. I think I saw a few skeletons in the corner still waiting on their meals when we left.

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The Moseley Bar & Kitchen

The Moseley Bar & Kitchen

2.9(14 reviews)
0.3 km•Glenelg
•$$

The Moseley looks nice, they've done a great job decorating the place, but the food is a letdown…read more The food wasn't horrible, but it wasn't good either. The best way to describe it was "meh". First impressions were great, we were greeted out the front by a lovely lady who took us right to the elevator (as we had a pram). We went upstairs and i was impressed by the fitout, the place looks good! We ate lunch upstairs (in the more casual setting) and got a burger with chips, margherita pizza and potato skins. The burger was okay, the chips were average. The pizza tasted kind of bland (which is surprising considering their large wood pizza oven) and the crust tasted slightly burnt. The biggest letdown by far were the potato skins with cheese and bacon. After cooking the potato skins they must have been left to cool slightly and then sprinkled with cold cheese and bacon, resulting in the cheese not being melted. Apart from flavour issues it meant the cheese and bacon weren't stuck to the potato skins, so every time we picked one up all the toppings fell off and we ended up with a plain piece of potato. Not good, really not good. I ended up having to use a fork to scoop up all the cold cheese and bacon out of the bowl, it was messy and awkward. The upstairs is self-serve. You order and pay at the bar and are given a buzzer, then you have to collect the food at the kitchen. The cutlery and napkins also have to be collected from the kitchen, we couldnt find plates anywhere so it made sharing our meals hard. There was also a mix-up with our meals and the buzzer, but as they are still new we considered that teething problems. I was so disappointed, as I was hoping for something better. The balcony is great and it would be awesome for a lazy drink on a warm summer's day. But the food needs to be drastically improved! On a plus the staff seemed quite friendly. Here's hoping they fix the food issues!

Firstly, this place looks great, and is in the perfect position if you're out and about in glenelg…read moreand looking for a bite or drink. So after making a reservation for 6pm and then calling a couple of hours later to only get the answering machine, I left a message to say we would be 30 mins. later, and wanted to change the reservation to 6.30. Of course when I arrived I see they crossed out the reservation and marked it a No Show. We were seated but a note to management to make sure you check your messages. Onto the evening. The girl serving was friendly and seated us with menus. As with most Adelaide restaurants this is now where it gets frustrating when comparing it to the US restaurants we frequent. We didn't see the girl again for another 10 minutes which is when she asked us if we wanted water for the table. She then disappeared for another 10mins or so until revisiting to ask us for drinks at which time I suggested we order drinks and all food to move things along. I also asked if they would provide bread for the table which she said they would. It took another 5-10mins to get the drinks and then another few minutes to get the bread, of which there were 8 small slices, for the 9 people on the table. I then got her to come back and requested more bread which of course took another 5-10mins. Guessing by now you get the picture and problems with service. A note to the management who I'm sure are probably going to dismiss and ignore this, but after working and frequenting many hotels and restaurants throughout the world, I would suggest have your bread ready, have your water ready. When you seat people, ask them immediately which water they would like, and immediately have another staff member put some bread on the table. It not only gives the customer something to nibble and drink while waiting, but will give you some time to go and serve the other tables or for the staff to go and chat in the corner amongst themselves which seems to be a favorite past time of the overpaid hospitality staff in Adelaide. Now to the food. We sat downstairs as they were booked out upstairs. They have an upstairs more casual menu and a downstairs, fancier menu. They would not allow you to look at and order items off of the upstairs menu downstairs, they say because the 2 kitchens are separate. This makes a little sense, but, firstly if you have a group of people in your restaurant and you have a couple of people preferring to order something off of the other menu, let them. Get the staff to go upstairs, request the meal and bring it down. You are in the service industry. Serve your customer. You are much better having a happy customer who feels you have gone beyond to make sure they've had a great night. Word of mouth is key to your business survival. Food wise, the squid entree was tasty, the ceviche was ok but fish is overpowered by the fruitiness of the sauces and while the plate is colorful, the fish looks more like it's been ravaged and torn apart by the local sharks before placed on the plate. Others said the soufflé was just ok. For mains I had the 14 hr lamb, which again wasn't bad, a little flavorless. I would suggest they bake in more of a sauce or pressure cook it with vegetables etc to infuse some flavor, as once you cut into the chunk of lamb it gets quite plain and stringy. Other family members had the skirt steak which looked ok but was very inconsistently cooked with pieces ranging from medium-well to rare. They were all described as being medium. Also when preparing skirt steak, the meat should be tenderized with a rub, ala the Mexican carne asada, and well rested after cooking, and generally served sliced across the grain, so it does not come out chewy. Another member had the seafood sausage roll which was quite good, but again a little bland. I would like to see an interesting spicy sauce on the side to go with it. We ordered all of the sides available, as you don't get much on the side of your dishes, and they were probably the tastiest things of the night while being quite small for the $8.50 each. White sangria was great although overpriced and the wine and beer list is good. Again nice setting, average food and service overall. We had a much nicer, tastier, and cheaper dining experience across the square at the Italian Restaurant without the $50 per head price tag.

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The Moseley Bar & Kitchen
The Moseley Bar & Kitchen
The Moseley Bar & Kitchen

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Sunset Bar - Lord Nelson Brewery Three Sheets Pale Ale

Sunset Bar

2.7(10 reviews)
0.4 km•Glenelg
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I've been to Sunset Bar a couple of times. The first time was when I was looking for a 21st venue…read moreand decided to see what they had to offer. Unfortunately they don't have a private function room, but they offered the back end of the bar for us, which wasn't what I was looking for but they were very helpful and accommodating to what I said I liked and wanted etc. The second time I came here was a Sunday night with a few of the girls. We decided to have a couple of quiet drinks and to splurge on a cocktail. I chose the Snickers cocktail which was delish!! It cost about $16 but it was huge. That night Sunset Bar wasn't overly busy and there were a few very drunk girls making fools of themselves (but I guess you can get this anywhere), but apart from that the location of Sunset Bar is great, it's got a large bar and plenty of seating and dance floor space. You can also sit outside on the Marina side or beach side. A perfect summer spot!

Really nice place! Unfortunately we didn't get to see the view as the back half of the bar was…read moreroped off for a function. We came here for a couple of drinks and this bar is the perfect place for it. The wine list is nice with a a good amount of options by the glass and a "wine of the month". There's a good selection of craft beer and cocktails also - I had the snickers one which was amazingly delicious. We also tried some wedges which were perfect and crispy. I found the staff really helpful and friendly (although maybe it was because we were mainly served by a bearded bartender and had an equally bearded friend with us!) and they cleared our empty glasses really quickly which was good as we had limited space on our table. My only complaint was that the live music on the night was way too loud, it was much louder than the normal music playing over the speakers and forced us to yell at eachother to have a conversation. Note: They also accept paywave and credit on bar.

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Sunset Bar - Great vibe for a summery Sunday afternoon, live music, sea views.

Great vibe for a summery Sunday afternoon, live music, sea views.

Sunset Bar - Cocktails!

Cocktails!

Sunset Bar - Sangria

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Glenelg Pier Hotel - Function room seating.

Glenelg Pier Hotel

3.2(10 reviews)
0.2 km•Glenelg
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I didn't realise it when I walked into this bar but it is actually park of the Oaks Apartment Hotel…read morethat sits on the Glenelg foreshore. Since all of these apartments have suddenly appeared on the Glenelg foreshore over the years it was a little difficult to work out what it a part of the hotel complex and what wasn't. While I've never been a huge fan of the bars that you find in hotels, this one actually wasn't all that bad. They have a nice balcony (though one of the overlooks a carpark and the hotel opposite, which isn't all that great, but another does overlook the beach). The beers were okay and they do have live music. I'd probably come back here if I happen to be around Glenelg again (which is likely to happen sometime).

Ahhhh Sunday arvos, the perfect time to catch up on some book work, do some weeding or clean the…read morebathroom! Pffft, whatever, I'll sink some piss instead! Once in a while I find myself down at the Pier with mates on a Sunday arvo for some brewskis on the balcony. I have also found myself there on the odd weekend evening also but haven't really felt the same vibe as I have on a Sunday arvo. It probably has more to do with my mood than anything else, but there you have it! The nights I have been there on the turps it has not been overly crowded, but I gather it does get a bit more packed on Public holidays, so plan ahead if the Pier is in your sights!

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Glenelg Pier Hotel - View from the function room.

View from the function room.

Glenelg Pier Hotel
Glenelg Pier Hotel - The Pier Bar

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The Grand Bar - bars - Updated May 2026

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