The Best New Cafes in Adelaide to Try in 2024
Gather up your brunch-loving, coffee-obsessed pals and head straight to one of the best new cafes in Adelaide.
Adelaide's cafe culture is seriously underrated, drawing everyone from serious breakfast aficionados to lovers of a strongly brewed coffee.
Each month, new bakeries, hole-in-the-wall coffee shops, casual eateries, and bougie brunch venues pop up across the city and surrounding suburbs, delighting customers with their originality in both dishes and décor.
To keep you across the city's latest openings, we've compiled the best new cafes in Adelaide to add to your list this month. Enjoy!
Shelly's Kiosk
Opening just in time for long summer days in Semaphore, Shelly's Kiosk is a modern and health-conscious seaside cafe for all-day dining. Owner James Sacca has poured his all into the renovation, replacing long-standing Noonies on the Beach to create a space that offers a little bit of everything, for everyone.
Start your morning with tea, coffee, juice and breakfast, or enjoy a post-swim meal, with tapas-style 'beachside bites' served from 2.30 pm. Throw in cocktails, beer and wine, acai bowls and brunch classics, and you've got the recipe for our new favourite summer spot!
1 Esplanade, Semaphore South
Friends With Florence
Welcome to Friends With Florence, one of the friendliest new cafes in Adelaide, where indulgence meets warmth. This charming spot features five exquisite paninis alongside a cabinet bursting with breakfast bagels, focaccia, and pastries, all complemented by some of the city's finest coffee.
But back to the panini. Savour the likes of a pancetta panini with crispy pancetta, sun-dried tomato, and rich truffle pecorino cream. Delight in the chargrilled eggplant panini, layered with tender eggplant, luscious sugo, and creamy bocconcini. Or for a heartier option, try the porchetta panini, featuring succulent porchetta and nutty caciocavallo cheese, uplifted by zesty gremolata. Each bite is a delicious journey through the flavours of Italy!
3 Wheaton Road, Melrose Park
Ray's by Out in the Paddock
Guess who’s back and better than ever. Following their incredible success with Bottega and the Soho Supper Club, the brilliant event and hospitality innovators at Out in the Paddock are making their mark once again. This time, they’ve made things official—Ray’s, their beloved pop-up cafe, has found a permanent home in Burnside, and it’s here to stay.
Whether you’re after a delicious meal or a standout coffee, Ray’s is sure to impress. With offerings like Basque cheesecakes, vibrant salads, bagels, donuts, and the much-anticipated return of their famous chicken sando, it’s an experience not to be missed.
Located in Burnside, Ray’s is one of our favourite new cafes in Adelaide for 2024, and we think you need to try it, pronto.
Atrium Mall, Burnside
Yuna
This Henley Beach cafe is a beautiful representation of Japanese culture and cuisine, thanks to its cool tones, exposed timber and concrete interiors, exceptional matcha and hojicha blends, and the best snack in the game right now - the onigiri.
In flavours of smoked tuna, kimchi egg and soy mushrooms, these seaweed-wrapped delights will never not hit the spot.
Other home-style dishes at Yuna include tamago (egg) and juicy fried chicken shokupan sandos, cold soba noodles and Japanese breakfast sets alongside specialty coffee and sake. Try the matcha with salted cheese foam for something uniquely delicious.
It's comfort food at its finest, and one of our favourite new cafes in Adelaide.
Shop 7/34 Henley Beach Road, Mile End
Rustic Gourmet
While Rustic Gourmet was an Adelaide CBD staple for many years, the crew recently opened up a brand-spanking new cafe in Norwood Green - much to the delight of those who live and work in the area.
The cafe is chic, clean and simple, and the baristas make a mean cup of coffee. Open 7 days a week, it's the perfect spot for a brunch catch-up, with a fresh menu of classic breakfast dishes, fritters, hot cakes, salad bowls and light bites.
3/88 Magill Road, Norwood
LUMA Coffee Club
Henley Beach has a new hotspot in the form of LUMA Coffee Club. With light timber accents, sage green and white tiles that fit the coastal location perfectly, and dreamy arched doorways, this cafe is an aesthetic dream.
Whether you grab a coffee, a healthy smoothie, an Acai bowl, or a sourdough toastie (the Chicken Melt is a must-try!), LUMA offers a warm and welcoming space perfect for relaxing. This is one of Adelaide's hottest new hangouts.
60-62 Mitton Avenue, Henley Beach
Thelma
Thelma is the new cosy coffee shop in Piccadilly, currently open Friday to Sunday. Just a little north of Stirling in the Adelaide Hills, Thelma has taken over the space formerly held by Brid, with the new team focused on retaining its charming, community-focused atmosphere.
Pop in for coffee brewed with Kindred beans and enjoy freshly baked goods made on-site in the tiny kitchen, as quickly as space allows. Come later for a glass of wine - or two - from a small but mighty wine list that focuses on sustainably farmed drops.
The food menu changes frequently to showcase the best local produce the chefs can find, making each visit to Thelma a chance to unwind and savour the flavours of the Adelaide Hills.
176 Piccadilly Road, Piccadilly
Butter Canteen & Provisions at Lipson Street Collective
This teeny family bakery and catering company is now serving out some delicious sweet treats from their residence at Lipson Street Collective.
Head to Butter Canteen & Provisions on Friday and Saturday from 8.00am to indulge in some of the best slices of cakes in the business, as well as the likes of oreo choc chip and honey roasted peanut cookies, madeleines, and genmaicha rice crispies. There's savoury fare too - think homemade sausage rolls, kimchi corn and cheese focaccia, greens hand pies and freshly filled baguettes.
It's all best served alongside the expert sourdough from resident sourdough baker Paul, who's onsite Thursday through Saturday, 7.00am until sold out.
49/51a Lipson Street, Port Adelaide
Don's Deli
Another sandwich spot? Why Adelaide, you spoil us! Say hello to Don's Deli. With a focus on takeaway, this is your perfect detour before work or for a quick bite at lunch.
Coffee, sandos and pastries are the order of the day, with a vibe that embraces Italian tradition and focuses on simple deli-style fillings in their sandwiches.
Focaccia sandos await, from porchetta to loaded continental styles, as well as toasties with mortadella and pesto.
And yes, while it is more for the grab-and-go crowd, those who want to linger a bit longer can do so on a couple of stools and crates outside.
324 The Parade, Kensington
Bread & Butter
Former sous-chef of East End Cellars, Sittichai Bunlung, is now the proud owner of Woodville's newest hotspot, Bread & Butter. From dream to reality, this cafe exudes freshness and creativity.
Start your day with their signature bread and butter, a simple pleasure elevated to perfection. But the menu doesn't stop there—indulge in tempting treats like buttermilk hotcakes with caramelised apple and miso butterscotch, or savoury delights like house-made meatballs with scrambled eggs and salsa.
Feeling peckish? Add a side of the magical crispy mushroom chips with aioli or dive into their wagyu beef burger.. The venue's ambience is as inviting as its menu, with a refreshing vibe and charming décor featuring plenty of lush greenery.
Bread & Butter welcomes all—including your furry friends!
69 Findon Road, Woodville South
Tonino Deli
The next best thing to a Euro summer vacay? A visit to Tonino Deli, which is bringing the best of Italy to Adelaide. Be charmed by the friendly vibes and inviting aromas drifting onto the street.
Think authentic prosciutto and mozzarella, chicken cotoletta and melanzana focaccia sandwiches and perfect coffee in the morning, and spritzes, affogatos and a glorious selection of pasticcini and dolce in the afternoon.
Cannoli, anyone? It's just like Nonna made 'em!
114 King William Road, Goodwood
Hark Coffee Roasters
Great coffee with a side of adorableness thanks to the owner's Groodle onsite - that's a coffee shop we can get behind. Hark Coffee Roaster's second venue has put down roots in Panorama, serving up brews that keep your spirits high all day.
Head to this long-filled suburban warehouse for their signature dark-roasted coffee and a selection of sweet and savoury bites, including a mouthwatering bacon and egg roll with housemade relish.
The unique space features a massive glass wall, allowing you to witness the art of coffee roasting in real-time. Indulge in high-end filter coffees at the dedicated pour-over bench, or take home beans sealed for freshness in vacuum-sealed pouches.
Feeling adventurous? Visit the brew bar and create your personalised blend.
57 Boothby Street, Panorama
Hey Zozo's
This Henley Beach newbie is dishing up our favourite brekky-to-go dishes in a spot overflowing with community vibes.
Taking over the pink digs from Homesick Henley, Hey Zozo's has become a go-to for locals looking for great coffee, quick bites and friendly banter.
Hey Zozo's - sister venue to Hey Juj in McLaren Vale - has a tasty menu of sandos and fresh pastries and warm and welcoming interiors. The space is on the small side, so we recommend grabbing your morning bev and bite to go and heading for a stroll along the glistening Henley Beach.
1/337 Military Road, Henley Beach
Gelato Messina
While this is more gelato than coffee, there was no way we could ignore Gelato Messina finally finding a place to call home in Adelaide.
A long-term staple for ice cream fanatics interstate, Adeladeans have waited patiently to get our hands on some of the best ice cream in Australia, and we have not been disappointed.
With over 20 flavours to choose from plus fancy fortnightly specials, take-home tubs, celebration cakes and creamy thick shakes for those who prefer to drink your gelato, you are spoilt for choice. The benefit of the line out the door? Plenty of time to pick your scoop of choice.
The fitout? Chic. The ice cream? Oh-so-creamy. The vibes? Immaculate.
44 The Parade, Kent Town
WORK
Opening in the the CBD on bustling Pririe Street, WORK is a welcome addition to the early and mid-morning coffee break for city slickers.
With a winning combo of crumbly pastries and fresh bread from Prove Patisserie plus beans from Adelaide roastery Rio Coffee, WORK is all about keeping it fresh and local, for the locals.
With busy office workers in mind, the industrial-chic cafe is open from 6 am on weekdays, with an extensive 'Grab and Go' selection of paninis, muffins, cookies and the cheeky ethos that it is, in fact, cool to go to work.
100 Pririe Street, Adelaide
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