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Announcing Adelaide’s top casual dining venue – The Maylands Hotel

Adelaide’s best casual dining venue has been named at this year’s AHA|SA awards!

Eastern-suburbs favourite, The Maylands Hotel Kitchen + Bar has taken out the award for best bistro casual dining (inner metropolitan) at the 2021 Australian Hotels Association (SA) awards held last night.

Recognised as the most prestigious awards in the hospitality industry, they honour the achievement of excellence in a wide range of categories. With a large number of entries, The Maylands Hotel win as top casual dining venue is one well-deserved and well-earned.

Recently undergoing extensive renovations to all of their major spaces, their efforts quickly attracted to attention of locals, visitors and industry professionals alike. Their updated interior embraces a vibrant new look, that blends fashionable, classic and original art deco aesthetics and finishing’s perfect for a homely, unpretentious feel. With the completed updates, they’ve also managed to maintain the century-old character pub exterior, keeping its heritage and history intact.

Lower dining – The Maylands Hotel
Upper lounge & long bar – The Maylands Hotel

Nestled in the heart of the leafy suburb marked by its name, The Maylands Hotel has been a long-standing landmark for the community. With their four distinctive areas and different seating style – classic front bar, open plan casual upper lounge, lower dining, intimate horseshoe booth dining spaces and dog-friendly alfresco options – there are more reasons for diners to return as each time they do, there is a different area of the venue to experience that refreshes the appeal. Their popular function spaces and meeting rooms also provide a variety of options for social groups, sports clubs and corporates looking for their next event venue.

Serving up meals all day, 365 days a year, Head Chef, Cristian Carbone and his experienced kitchen team are guided by not over-complicating dishes instead focusing on simple ingredients and complementing flavours. Ingredients that are mostly sourced from local producers creating for a modest seasonally aligned menu of Modern Australian dishes and traditional pub classics with a twist. Matching their unique food offerings with an extensive range of refreshing craft beers and local premium wines and a large collection of small batch gins. They also offer up brunch every Saturday morning from 9-11.30am, with their selection of locally produced, seasonal plates being a delicious, healthy way to kick start the weekend.

The Front Bar – The Maylands Hotel
Brunch at The Maylands Hotel

With a relaxed atmosphere and family-friendly appeal, it’s no wonder this iconic hotel has been awarded Adelaide’s best metro bistro. With a new lease on life and now prestigious award to back it up, reservations for this delightful pub are sure to fill up quickly, so make sure to book your spot, and discover what’s made this treasured pub one to frequent, just ask the locals who love it!

The Maylands Hotel is privately owned and operated by South Australian hospitality group – the Matthews Group of Hotels. The company’s longstanding heritage and longevity has a reputation of excellence in the hospitality industry.

Find The Maylands Hotel at 67 Phillis St, Maylands SA

To keep up to date with their events and happenings, follow their Facebook page.

For their full list of menus and to book, click here.

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