The Australian Good Food Guide, home of the Chef Hat Awards, has announced the 2024 SA Readers’ Choice Awards, showcasing the best regional restaurants across South Australia. These venues have been proudly voted by the readers, and span from every corner of our great state.
Bush DeVine Restaurant | Sevenhill
Exceptional wine meets exquisite cuisine at the award-winning Bush DeVine Winery Restaurant. Diners can delight in a main meal with freshly baked bread, house-churned saltbush butter, and a glass of wine, or indulge in three to five courses with optional matched wines. Celebrating South Australia’s finest produce, their seasonal menu, crafted by Head Chef Thomas Erkelenz, embraces bush tucker flavours and local ingredients.
Bush DeVine Restaurant
Where: 752 Jolly Way, Polish Hill River SA 5453
When: Open 7 Days
To visit Bush DeVine Restaurant’s website, click here.
Elementary by Soul Co | Mount Gambier
For an intimate and exclusive dining experience along the Limestone Coast, Elementary by Soul Co is the restaurant ticking all of the boxes. Set in the beautiful Boandik region (Mount Gambier) of South Australia, the restaurant pays tribute to locally grown and foraged foods, some of which come from their home-grown garden.
Elementary by Soul Co
Where: 12 Margaret St, Mount Gambier SA 5290
When: Open Thursday to Saturday
To visit Elementary by Soul Co’s website, click here.
Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant | Crafers
Hardy’s Verandah serves a seasonally changing, three to seven course degustation menu, following the ‘Valley to Verandah’ concept, paired with a multi-award-winning wine selection, sake collection, and creative cocktail menu. Due to the limited number of diners allowed at any given time they recommend booking your table as soon as possible if you want to experience the restaurant.
Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant
Where: Mount Lofty House, 1 Mawson Dr, Crafers SA 5062
When: Open 7 days for dinner, and lunch Friday to Sunday
To visit Hardy’s Verandah’s website, click here.
Hentley Farm | Seppeltsfield
Located in Seppeltsfield, Hentley Farm offers a dining experience that highlights the best of Barossa’s local produce. The multi-course tasting menus are paired perfectly with their award-winning wines, making for an unforgettable dining experience.
Hentley Farm
Where: Gerald Roberts Rd, Jenke Rd, Seppeltsfield SA 5355
When: Open 7 days
To visit Hentley Farms’s website, click here.
Sidewood Estate | Hahndorf
Founded in 2004, Sidewood Estate has become an icon in the South Australian wine scene with not only incredible wines, but also a gorgeous cellar door that opened in 2020. With an interior that flows outside to an enormous hardwood deck catering to small and large groups dining, guests can enjoy tasting paddles, VIP luxury day beds, lawn bowls, and children’s nature play. It’s no wonder it’s a place on everyone’s bucket list.
Sidewood Estate
Where: 6 River Rd, Hahndorf SA 5245
When: Open Wednesday to Sunday
To visit Sidewood Estate’s website, click here.
The Kitchen at Bec Hardy | McLaren Vale
The Kitchen at Bec Hardy is among the hallowed SA history with Bec Hardy Wines proving to be a staple of the industry. The winery, co-owned by sixth-generation Hardy family member Bec and her husband Richard is much-loved for its welcoming atmosphere and calendar of fun events from yoga to painting in the vines and with the new kitchen experience.
The Kitchen at Bec Hardy
Where: 327 Hunt Rd, McLaren Vale SA 5171
When: Open 7 days
To visit Bec Hardy’s website, click here.
The Line & Label | Port Lincoln
‘The Line & Label’ restaurant is a stunning venue for foodies to enjoy the region’s finest produce. Their fabulous menu is produced from either their own garden beds and orchards or has been harvested, farmed or fished on the Eyre Peninsula. The venue is set amongst the vineyard formerly known as Delacolline Winery, only 2km from the foreshore of Port Lincoln. It offers guests a unique outlook with views of Boston Bay, through to rolling hills and manicured vines.
The Line & Label
Where: 31 Whillas Rd, Port Lincoln SA 5606
When: Open Thursday to Sunday
To visit The Line & Label’s website, click here.
These are some of the best restaurants located outside of Adelaide, each showcasing culinary excellence through their own unique approach, using the finest local produce they can get their hands on.
For the full list of the 2024 SA Readers’ Choice Awards, click here.
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