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The Best Tapas in Adelaide For Sharing & Sipping
Adelaide's tapas scene is better than most people realise. These eight spots are exactly why.
Adelaide’s tapas scene has quietly become one of the best reasons to skip a sit-down dinner altogether. Udaberri and Casablabla hold down Leigh Street, Bar Madrid pours a complimentary tapa with every drink on The Parade, and further-flung spots like Villa 77 and Cumbia Bar Kitchen prove the best grazing isn’t confined to the CBD. Here’s where to pull up a stool.
Udaberri Pintxos Y Vino
The one everyone knows, and the one that still earns it. Udaberri does Basque-style pintxos on one of Adelaide’s best streets, in a space that hums without ever tipping into chaos. Order the kingfish, the mushrooms, and if you want just that bit more, the rib-eye steak.
Sitchu tip: Book upstairs if you’re staying a while.
11–13 Leigh Street, Adelaide
Casablabla
Leigh Street’s other essential stop, and a very good reason to make a night of the whole block. The multicultural tapas menu at Casablabla roams freely — glazed pork ribs, tacos and bao buns, plus a drinks list worth working through. Sometimes there’s salsa dancing, but if your calendar doesn’t line up, it’s still exactly where you want to be.
12 Leigh Street, Adelaide
Bar Madrid
The concept is simple and completely genius — every drink comes with a complimentary tapa, just like in Madrid. Bar Madrid on The Parade does Spanish and South Australian wines, jamón ibérico, cold meats and cheeses in a cosy, unhurried space that feels like it belongs somewhere else entirely.
4/47 The Parade, Norwood
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Comida
A Spanish restaurant tucked into Adelaide’s most famous German village — and somehow, it works beautifully. The garden alone is worth the 30-minute drive to Comida, and the tapas menu takes care of the rest — croquettes, tartare, fritters, and sangria by the glass or carafe to wash it all down.
100C Mount Barker Road, Hahndorf
Bar Torino
Hutt Street’s most quietly confident bar. The share plates at Bar Torino are considered and precise — anchovy crostini, pork arrosticino, octopus carpaccio, patatas bravas — and the cocktails are genuinely good. It stays open late Monday to Saturday, which tells you everything you need to know about the kind of night it’s built for.
158 Hutt Street, Adelaide
HMBL Tapas Co
Mount Barker isn’t the first place you’d think to look for tapas, but HMBL has a way of making you feel like you’ve stumbled onto something good. Small plates that roam freely — prosciutto and peach with bocconcini, baked brie with rosemary and honey, grilled chorizo with summer salsa, and Feed Me and Feast Me set menus for when the whole group shows up hungry. More than 30 hand-crafted cocktails, a curated South Australian wine list, round out the reasons to take a trip up the freeway.
37 Gawler Street, Mount Barker
Villa 77
Villa 77 is the kind of place that earns real loyalty — warm, unpretentious, and consistently excellent. Home-style Spanish tapas, a sangria bar that delivers, and a Feed Me menu that takes all the pressure off ordering, but the seafood paella is the one to know about. Time your visit with the first-of-the-month flamenco night, and you’ve got one of the best nights out in Adelaide.
77 Unley Road, Parkside
Cumbia Bar Kitchen
Cumbia is Latin American cooking done with real intention, pulling from across the continent and landing somewhere genuinely exciting. Peruvian ceviche with SA kingfish and leche de tigre, Shark Bay scallops two ways, corn ribs with pickled jalapeño and feta. Or for something bigger, a deluxe Paella that earns every bit of table real estate it takes up. Fridays and Saturdays, the kitchen runs late — so, should you.
Adelaide Central Market, 43 Grote Street, Adelaide
Best Tapas in Adelaide: Frequently Asked Questions
Adelaide’s tapas scene runs well beyond a single strip. Leigh Street is the heart of it, with Udaberri doing Basque-style pintxos and Casablabla serving a multicultural menu of glazed pork ribs, tacos and bao buns just doors apart. On The Parade in Norwood, Bar Madrid pairs every drink with a complimentary tapa, while Hutt Street’s Bar Torino keeps things considered with share plates like octopus carpaccio and patatas bravas. Further out, Villa 77 in Parkside and Cumbia Bar Kitchen at Adelaide Central Market prove the city’s best grazing isn’t confined to the CBD.
Leigh Street is home to two of Adelaide’s standout tapas venues. Udaberri Pintxos Y Vino, at 11 to 13 Leigh Street, is known for Basque-style pintxos including kingfish, mushrooms and rib-eye steak, in a space that stays lively without tipping into chaos. Just down the block at number 12, Casablabla offers a multicultural menu spanning glazed pork ribs, tacos and bao buns, with occasional salsa dancing nights. Together, the two make Leigh Street one of the most reliable stretches in the city for a proper tapas crawl.
Yes. Some of the region’s most rewarding tapas is found beyond the city centre. Comida, in the German village of Hahndorf, pairs a Spanish menu of croquettes, tartare and fritters with a standout garden setting. HMBL Tapas Co in Mount Barker offers small plates like prosciutto and peach with bocconcini and grilled chorizo with summer salsa, plus Feed Me and Feast Me set menus. Bar Madrid in Norwood and Villa 77 in Parkside also make the case that Adelaide’s best tapas experiences are often a short drive from the city.
For tapas with a Latin American lean, Cumbia Bar Kitchen at Adelaide Central Market is the standout. The menu draws from across the continent, including Peruvian ceviche with South Australian kingfish and leche de tigre, Shark Bay scallops served two ways, and corn ribs with pickled jalapeño and feta. For something more substantial, a deluxe paella is also on offer. The kitchen runs late on Fridays and Saturdays, making it a strong choice for a leisurely weekend grazing session at the market.
Villa 77 in Parkside is a strong pick for marking an occasion, particularly if the visit lines up with its first-of-the-month flamenco night. The home-style Spanish tapas menu includes a Feed Me option that removes the pressure of ordering, alongside a seafood paella worth planning the visit around. For a quieter, more polished setting, Bar Torino on Hutt Street offers considered share plates and genuinely good cocktails in a late-opening space suited to a more low-key celebration.
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