The Ultimate Guide to Adelaide on a Budget

Written By Money Seeds

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Instagram and TikTok are great for finding new restaurants and cafes to try!

WHAT’S ON DURING THE YEAR

Adelaide International Tennis Tournament- January

Cellar Door Fest - February

Adelaide Fringe Festival - Feb to March

WOMADelaide - March

Adelaide Marathon - August

CITY

TO DO IN THE CITY

  • Central Markets- various food options

  • Botanic Gardens

  • Museum/Art Gallery

CAFES IN THE CITY

  • Cilo Cafe - Terrace view of Rundle Mall

  • Leisurely Coffee- for fluffy pancakes

  • 34 Wyatt Street- Filipino inspired cafe 

  • Meet Dessert - for Korean dessert bingsu

DINNER IN THE CITY

  • Midnight spaghetti $15 pasta Wednesday night

  • Bar/cocktail streets at East End (Vardon rd) $$ 

ADELAIDE HILLS

GOODWOOD/HYDE PARK

  • Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers Market on Sundays 8.30am to 12.30pm in Rose Terrace Wayville

    • Poh from MasterChef has a stall here, while I didn’t buy anything it was cool to look at.

  • Gilles at the Grounds (check their instagram for the dates as it varies)

  • Hello Neighbour / Artusi by Night (all menu items can be made gluten free)

  • St Louis for desserts

BEACH DAYS

  • Hallet Cove Boardwalk

  • Henley Beach 

    • MALOBO (Popular for coffee bowls & high quality matcha)

    • Sea Salt Society

    • Pasta GoGo

    • Nauti Buoy

  • Brighton Beach

    • Best for op shops - Prelove Hove, Salvos, Red Cross & Vinnies

    • Mr Le's Vietnamese Food - Budget-Friendly and the best banh mi. There is limited seating, so it’s best to get takeaway and have it at the beach. It is popular with the locals, and only open 9.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Saturday.

    • Jetty Road for cafes and boutiques

      • C.R.E.A.M

      • Royal Copenhagen- very popular ice cream parlour

  • Glenelg 

  • Norlunga

    • Op shops - Savers and Salvos

    • Cafes - Boy Bloom and Agath

    • River Mouth View Point

Hahndorf

  • A cute German town

  • Otto Bakery

  • Beerenberg Farm 

  • Mt Lofty

SOUTH ADELAIDE

Carrick Hill

  • Picnic spot - a mansion and garden with views of the city. Able to BYO picnic. It’s only a 15 minute drive from the city.

Renmark

  • Arrosto coffee (sells the best coffee drip concentrate)

  • 23rd Gin Distillery 

Popular Adelaide Food Chains

  • Ban Ban - Korean Fried Chicken

  • Soonta- Healthy Vietnamese food

  • FruChocs- South Australian confectionary made of dried apricot, peach paste and coated in milk chocolate.

  • Balfours Bakery- famous for their frog cake & vanilla slice

  • Pasta GoGo - Henley Beach, Unley, Norwood, North Adelaide, Glenelg & Modbury.

  • Plus82 - plus 82 korean bbq (different food at each different location so best to refer to the website and booking required).

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