Night Life
Grab your friends and head to these pubs and clubs in Adelaide. For even more ideas and locations, download the entire Hip Guide here.
PUBS
Exeter Hotel - 246 Rundle St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8223 2623
A casual pub popular with uni students and those in the know. Good beer, good pub grub & live music every night in the beer garden.
Crown & Sceptre Hotel - 308 King William St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8212 4159
Trad pub meets groovy club. Eat, drink or shake it to a range of funky styles at the Sceptre.
Electric Light Hotel & Producer's Bar - 235 Grenfell St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8232 2666
Enjoy a quiet beer in the front bar, kick back with mates in the excellent beer garden, or check out the live music in the Producer's Bar.
Tap Inn - 76 Rundle St, Kent Town, Adelaide. Phone 08 8362 2116
An indoor golf range and 54 kinds of tapas on the menu are just two of the reasons to check out this quirky place.
Gilbert St Hotel - 88 Gilbert St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8231 9909
A great old corner pub with fabulous food that morphs into a happening night spot after dark.
World's End - 208 Hindley St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8231 9137
Another favourite with the students and hipsters. You won't find any pretensions here, but you will find everything else you expect from a great pub.
CLUBS
Earth Nightclub - 27 Hindley St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8410 8838
With two levels, banging beats, and enough black lights to make you crazy, Earth is the place to be if you love your harder sounds.
Supermild - 182 Hindley St West, Adelaide. Phone 08 8212 8077
The way a small nightclub should be: dark, intimate and underground.
Electric Circus - 17-19 Crippen Place, Adelaide. Phone 8212 7333
Follow the cool kids to Electric Circus and dance the night away to big house tracks and phat beats.
Rocket Bar - 142 Hindley St, Adelaide. Phone 0401 636 995
One of the funkiest spaces for music in town. Most Fridays you'll find the rocketeers digging indie disco sounds, while Saturdays are deep funk and soul.
HQ - 1 North Tce, Adelaide. Phone 08 7221 1245
The biggest club in town, with five rooms of sound and lighting. Hosts hot acts from the global dance scene.
Mars Bar - 120 Gouger St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8231 9639
Adelaide's legendary gay nightclub runs until the wee small hours, making it the perfect place to kick on after a show. Along with a solid lineup of DJs it also hosts drag shows and MCs.
Sugar - 274 Rundle St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8223 6160
Sugar manages to fit a bar, nightclub, cafe and art gallery into a small, sweet space. Adelaide legend Driller Jet Armstrong provides the soundtrack as resident DJ.
Six Bar Lounge - 157 Waymouth St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8212 1885
A classy home of house, with sultry sounds, pumping electro and dance floor killers.
BARS
La Boheme - 36 Grote St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8212 8884
A very cool little spot with great artwork and tunes. Laid-back early, pumping later on.
Marble Bar - 109 Waymouth St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8231 4602
One of Adelaide's hottest house venues, open til 5am Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays.
Distill - The Health Bar - 286 -288 Rundle St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8227 0825
Can drinking be good for you? Find out at the beautiful people's new bar of choice.
First & Hotel Richmond - 128 Rundle Mall, Adelaide. Phone 08 8215 4421
Unwind with a cocktail on the balcony and watch the world go by below. Ultra-chic.
Savvy
149 Waymouth St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8221 6030
Feel the love at this groovy lounge bar. The sound is sultry house and ambient beats.
Dragonfly - 193 Victoria Square, Adelaide. Phone 08 8212 5661
This versatile space is a funky, friendly cafe by day before morphing into party central as the night winds on, with live DJs & tasty cocktails.
Lotus Lounge
268 Morphett St, Adelaide. Phone 08 8231 0312
Delightfully retro-chic, with Adelaide's cutest little tiki hut in the courtyard. Live DJs on the weekends.
Boho Bar
27 Unley Road, Unley. Phone 08 8271 0274
Red velvet & funky couches plus divine cocktails make for a Moulin Rouge-style feel. The entertainment ranges from cabaret to live music.
Buddha Bar - 31-39 Gouger St. Phone 08 8410 7736
Two words: classy karaoke. Yes, it is possible. Let the Buddha Bar show you how. This place is fabulous.
Mesa Lunga - 140 Gouger St, Adelaide. Phone 8410 7617
Sophisticated spot for the upmarket crowd, with a great dinner menu and a live DJ later in the night.
