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The Best Bars with Games and Trivia Nights in Adelaide
Put the phone down. Adelaide's best nights out come with a side of friendly competition.
Adelaide has always done the unhurried night out well. Add a deck of cards, a quiz question or a Jenga block to the equation, and it gets even better. From casual games nights at some of the city’s best bars to free weekly trivia across the suburbs, these are the Adelaide bars with games and trivia nights worth putting in the group chat.
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The Best Bars with Games in Adelaide
Alfred’s Bar
Come the first Monday of every month, Alfred’s Bar turns bingo night into a very good reason to leave the house. From 6.30pm, settle in for a round of bingo with free entry, walk-ins welcome and a bar tab up for grabs. Consider Monday night plans sorted.
14 Peel Street, Adelaide
The Lost Dice
For nights when you want your drinks with a side of friendly competition, The Lost Dice is the place to play. Spread across three floors, this board game café and bar has more than 650 games to choose from, alongside regular Dungeons & Dragons sessions, trivia, tournaments and games of Blood on the Clocktower and Magic: The Gathering.
111 King William Street, Adelaide
KHOU Cellar and Wine Bar
Terrazzo, marble, mood lighting and a wine list serious enough to make you forget you’re about to lose at Uno — KHOU is a chic Kent Town wine bar that knows how to have fun. Pull up a seat indoors or out, grab a blanket, and wait for the house rules debate to inevitably derail everything. Games come out from 4pm, Negronis are always on, and whether it’s Connect Four, Jenga or Uno, things get surprisingly competitive surprisingly fast. The collection is always growing — chess, trivia and charades are the latest additions — and on Wednesdays and Thursdays, vinyl spins in the background (bring your own records, they love it). Feel free to bring your own games too, just know a +4 is coming for you either way.
65 King William Street, Kent Town
Nauti Buoy
Beachside by day, surprisingly competitive by night. Nauti Buoy runs fortnightly quiz nights and monthly Uno tournaments out of its Henley Beach home — and both are exactly as unhinged as they sound. The quiz is written in-house every time (40 questions, two mystery mini games), and the Uno tournaments operate on an everyone-plays-everyone basis that starts chaotic and ends with new friends, new enemies, and one very smug champion walking away with a custom belt and a $200 voucher. Karaoke, Monopoly Deal, Mario Kart — if there’s demand, they’re in. Keep an eye on their Instagram for upcoming dates.
1 Henley Beach Road, Henley Beach
The Best Trivia Nights in Adelaide
The Stag Public House
If your idea of a perfect Wednesday involves proving you know more than everyone else at the table, The Stag is calling. One of the best free trivia nights in Adelaide CBD — no bookings required, prizes up for grabs, and an all-Aussie beer and wine list to keep things interesting. Just show up with your sharpest team by 7pm.
299 Rundle Street, Adelaide
151 King William Road, Hyde Park
Brighton Metro Hotel
Funny Quiz is an Adelaide original — serious trivia, hosted by local comedians, with every question written from scratch and a healthy dose of SA flavour baked in. Stand-up and quiz obsessive Jono Makai runs the show every Tuesday at Brighton Metro in the beer garden — easily one of the best pub trivia nights in Adelaide’s south. Register from 6.30pm, questions from 7pm.
466 Brighton Road, Brighton
Bar Lune
The first Wednesday of the month at Bar Lune looks like this: the Lune Laneway, The Weekly Fifty from 7pm, the kitchen open, and a wine list that makes every wrong answer a little easier to accept. One of the most low-key and enjoyable trivia nights in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs — a neighbourhood wine bar firing on all cylinders.
303 The Parade, Beulah Park
alt. Wine Bar
alt. was already one of the better reasons to spend a Monday on King William Road. Add the fact that it’s first in line for The Weekly Fifty’s questions each week — kicking off at 6.30pm with food specials, drink deals and prizes — and it’s one of Adelaide’s best wine bar trivia nights, full stop. Teams of two to six; book via their Instagram.
Plant 4 Bowden
Adelaide’s biggest free trivia night happens every Thursday at Plant 4 Bowden. Get there from 5pm to sort dinner across the precinct — pizza, Pakistani, dumplings, doughnuts — then settle in for Quiz Meisters from 6.30pm. Flying solo? There’s a community table for that.
5 Third Street, Bowden
Frequently Asked Questions About the Best Bars with Games and Trivia Nights in Adelaide
It depends on the venue and format. The Stag Public House’s trivia requires no bookings, just arrival by 7pm with a team. The Lost Dice’s Dungeons & Dragons sessions and tournaments are generally more structured and worth checking ahead for. alt. Wine Bar asks teams of two to six to book via Instagram, while Nauti Buoy’s Uno tournaments and quiz nights are best tracked through its Instagram for dates and any registration requirements. Alfred’s Bar’s monthly bingo is walk-in only, with free entry and no booking needed.
Several Adelaide venues run standout trivia nights. The Stag Public House offers free CBD trivia every Wednesday from 7pm across its Rundle Street and Hyde Park locations. Brighton Metro Hotel’s Funny Quiz, hosted by a local comedian, runs Tuesdays in the beer garden. Bar Lune in Beulah Park and alt. Wine Bar on King William Road both host The Weekly Fifty on the first Wednesday and every Monday respectively, while Plant 4 Bowden runs Adelaide’s biggest free trivia night every Thursday with Quiz Meisters from 6.30pm.
The Lost Dice is a board game café and bar located at 111 King William Street, Adelaide. Spread across three floors, it houses a collection of more than 650 games, making it one of the city’s most comprehensive game bar venues. Beyond casual play, The Lost Dice runs regular Dungeons & Dragons sessions, trivia nights, tournaments and games of Blood on the Clocktower and Magic: The Gathering. It suits everything from a casual drop-in game with friends to more dedicated tabletop gaming groups looking for a structured, recurring session.
The Lost Dice on King William Street is Adelaide’s dedicated board game venue, spread across three floors with a collection of more than 650 games plus regular Dungeons & Dragons sessions, tournaments and games of Blood on the Clocktower. KHOU Cellar and Wine Bar in Kent Town is another strong option, with an expanding board game collection including Uno, Jenga and Connect Four available from 4pm, alongside chess and trivia additions. Nauti Buoy in Henley Beach also runs Monopoly Deal and Uno tournaments for those chasing a competitive edge.
In Adelaide’s CBD, The Lost Dice on King William Street is the standout, offering more than 650 board games across three floors along with trivia, tournaments and regular Dungeons & Dragons sessions. Alfred’s Bar on Peel Street is another CBD option, running free bingo nights on the first Monday of every month with a bar tab up for grabs. The Stag Public House, with a CBD location on Rundle Street, adds a strong free trivia night to the mix, running every Wednesday from 7pm with prizes and no bookings required.
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