December 2025 / January 2026: Five To Try
Hungry for more? We’ve got you covered!
Home Grain Bakery
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Looking to line the stomach a few hours before a gig, while simultaneously chomping on the best pie you’ve ever eaten in your life? Aldinga’s Home Grain Bakery is where to head. The trek out of the CBD to this cute heritage-listed building is worth it, just to taste a bite of their Smoked Brisket, Cheese and Jalapeno pie, or Spinach and Cheese Parcel. Vegans are in for a treat too, with their vegan Vanilla Slice and Raspberry & Chocolate Slice! Grabbing a pastry here will leave you feeling wholesome and full to the brim.
Yes please: Smoky BBQ Pork Pie and a Kitchener Bun.
Where: 13 Old Coach Road, Aldinga
Follow: @homegrainbakery
Lola’s
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Disco scenes and foodie dreams unfold within the burgundy and rose walls of Norwood’s latest wine bar, Lola’s. Velvet curtains, mirrored ceilings and pink marble countertops set the perfect vibe for a post-work hang to cleanse off the working week. The menu features small bites, delectable à la carte picks and delightful drinks like their Caramel Espresso Martini or signature fruity sparkling The Lola. But it’s their food you can’t look past, with dishes like their take on a classic French appetiser of leeks, vinaigrette and gribiche. With a disco ball and a vinyl DJ deck, this is the spot to be.
Yes please: Homemade Gnocchi with cheese sauce and crispy shallots.
Where: 88 Magill Road, Norwood
Follow: @lolasnorwood_
Fino Vino
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The celebrated Owner and Executive Chef David Swain and Owner and Restaurant Manager Sharon Romeo of Fino Willunga and Seppeltsfield bring you Fino Vino, a 70-seat warm yet classy restaurant, where local produce shines. The meticulously crafted menu screams “experience”, which feels like the ethos of the space. It is an experience – the orange tiles, brick walls, velvet booths, paired with picks like dry-aged Black Angus porterhouse with Fino butter tickling your taste buds, or octopus, served with pickled green tomato and white bean purée. It is elegance, best experienced with their 4 or 6-course tasting menu, and a few glasses of locally sourced wines to wash it all down.
Yes please: Grilled quail with five spice and kimchi.
Where: 82 Flinders Street, Adelaide
Follow: @finovino_adelaide
Uncle Authentic Hainanese Chicken Rice
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Uncle Authentic Hainanese Chicken Rice, or as we in The Note office affectionately call it, “Uncle Chicken”, might just be the most talked-about lunch spot in any office, ever. This small joint is somehow SA’s best-kept secret and a wildly popular favourite, with a daily lunch rush out the door, despite minimal media attention. Their Malaysian and Singapore-influenced menu revels in its simplicity, offering mouthwatering crispy-skin chicken rice: slow-fried marinated deboned chicken with fragrant rice, bean sprouts and cucumber, plus their special ginger and chilli sauce. You don’t need to look beyond the basics here. You’ve never tasted chicken and rice like this.
Yes please: Uncle Traditional Chicken Rice with Asian Greens.
Where: 4A/8 Waymouth Street, Adelaide
Follow: @uncleauthentic
Lucky Dumpling & Noodle
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After eating here, you’re going to feel pretty lucky that we recommended it to you! Lucky Dumpling & Noodle, based on North Adelaide’s O’Connell Street, is a Malaysian-style masterpiece. The lunch spot is the perfect place to head to before a gig if you’re craving those sweet Asian flavours, with an oh-so-scrumptious list of dumplings and a magnificent menu of noodle and rice dishes. Think Beef and Kimchi Cheese Dumplings, Hainan Chicken Tossed Noodles, served with fried wonton, Sarawak Laksa Noodles and Chicken Fried Rice. It’s the kind of place you can go to over and over again, and never get sick of it.
Yes please: Honey Char Siew Pork Tossed Noodles with a side of Prawn Dumplings.
Where: 24 O’Connell Street, North Adelaide
Follow: @luckydumplingandnoodle
