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Adelaide, South AustraliaMagill Estate Restaurant
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Adelaide, South Australiaarkhé
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Adelaide, South AustraliaRestaurant Botanic
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Adelaide, South Australiaarkhé
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Adelaide Hills, South AustraliaLVN Restaurant at Bird in Hand
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Barossa, South AustraliaHentley Farm Restaurant
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Adelaide Hills, South AustraliaAptos
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Adelaide, South AustraliaEsmay
Australia has officially entered its Michelin era, and South Australia is the first to take a bow. In its inaugural selection Down Under, the Michelin Guide for 2027 has honoured 11 restaurants with two stars for Magill Estate Restaurant and one for 10 others across the state. It’s the Guide’s first-ever batch of Australian restaurant entries, and it reads like a dream road trip: city counters, hillside tasting menus and winery dining rooms, all within easy reach of Adelaide. If a South Australian food and wine escape isn’t on your radar yet, consider this your nudge.
Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills
If you’ve been feverishly anticipating the arrival of Michelin restaurants in Australia, Adelaide is the place to book your next trip. Start in the city, where several starred venues sit within close proximity, then hit the road and head for the Hills. Just don’t be surprised if the region’s rising culinary stars tempt you to stretch your city break into a longer food and wine-focused getaway.
Magill Estate Restaurant
A round of applause is in order for Magill Estate Restaurant, which earned two Michelin stars in the inaugural selection – the highest star count in Australia’s first guide. Indulge in Chef Scott Huggins’ 10-course tasting menu at the base of the Adelaide Hills, overlooking Penfolds vineyards, with Michelin-highlighted dishes spanning sea urchin with snow peas and tarragon to spring lamb Wellington with kohlrabi.
Anvers Restaurant
Anvers Restaurant earned a Michelin star for its modern Australian Long Story menu, served in a glass-walled winery in charming Kangarilla. If a love letter to the country could be edible, Anvers’ menu nails it: Paroo kangaroo, Murray cod and damper bread, with Anvers wines to round things out.
Aptos
Aptos earned a Michelin star for a multi-course tasting menu built around native Australian ingredients. Chef Justin James serves his dishes across three rooms of a renovated former church in Stirling, so dinner is anything but a quick bite. Set aside no less than three hours to slow down and savour each multi-sensory moment.
arkhé
Freshly adorned with a Michelin star for its fire-led cooking and cross-cultural menu, Norwood’s arkhé invites you to grab a seat at the counter and enjoy a front-row seat to the kitchen’s mastery. Michelin’s standouts include Peking duck wontons with smoked duck broth and Eyrewoolf abalone. If you’re not committing to a full meal, slip in at the bar instead and enjoy a few bites and cocktails. Walk-ins are accepted.
Aurora at ILA
Aurora at ILA earned a Michelin star for contemporary Australian cooking shaped by open flame and seasonal produce, and the setting is half the fun: it sits inside the ILA Visual Arts Museum. Go plant-forward with its regular menu, or book The Immersive Table for something a bit more eccentric and experimental.
Restaurant Botanic
Occupying a former 19th-century teahouse inside Adelaide Botanic Garden, this restaurant could just be one of the prettiest in Australia. Fortunately, its tasting menu is as good as its dining room looks, bringing native ingredients like warrigal, Geraldton wax and bunya to the table. Botanic earned one Michelin star for its distinctly contemporary Australian style of cooking that champions local ingredients.
Esmay
Playful Esmay earned one Michelin star for its seasonal cooking with a bold edge, served in a heritage Hackney Hotel. A meal here could look like calamari and kohlrabi seasoned with fish sauce, wild venison with bone marrow sauce, and a dessert of parsnip with caramelised white chocolate and potato.
LVN Restaurant at Bird in Hand
The lunch-only tasting menu at this lauded winery restaurant is cooked over live fire, with each of the seven to ten dishes perfectly paired with Bird in Hand’s finest wines. It’s a three-hour journey, where the kitchen draws on an onsite vegetable garden and nearby farms, with local seafood and Paroo kangaroo among Michelin’s highlighted ingredients. A long, golden afternoon awaits.
Barossa Valley
The Barossa rewards a slower pace. Build your meal around a winery visit, then stay nearby – perhaps at Novotel Barossa Valley Resort or this ultra-luxe vineyard-framed lodge – rather than driving back to Adelaide.
Hentley Farm
Step inside and luxuriate in the unexpected rustic elegance of a former barn at Hentley Farm, where an excellent tasting menu from the mind of Chef Kyle Johns awaits. A lavish long lunch here could include flash-fried abalone with tomato rice or pork with fermented blueberry jus, or other seasonally influenced delights. Whichever time of year you visit, dishes will pair expertly with Barossa Valley wines.
Clare Valley
Vineyard views and local produce make Clare Valley a natural next stop on a wine-country itinerary. Leave time to enjoy the estate as well as the meal at Skillogalee Barrel House.
Skillogalee Barrel House
Skillogalee Barrel House received one Michelin star for produce-led cooking that draws on nearby farms and estate-grown ingredients. The bright dining room looks out over the vines, and Michelin calls out the lemonade scones and the braised lamb and vegetable pie. Comfort food, with a star on it.
McLaren Vale
For another regional detour, head south to McLaren Vale, where Maxwell Restaurant pairs its tasting menu with wines from the family-owned estate.
Maxwell Restaurant
Maxwell Restaurant earned a Michelin star for a seasonal tasting menu shaped by South Australian produce and chef Fabian Lehmann’s European and Nordic influences. There’s a global thread running through the dishes: Michelin highlights spätzle and Japanese chawanmushi, alongside seafood such as marron with chilli bisque.
