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Find the Perfect Drink Deal at the Best Happy Hours in Adelaide
For a post-work tipple that won't break the bank, these pubs and bars are serving the best happy hours in Adelaide.
Adelaide’s best happy hours reward the ones who know where to look: Leigh Street Luggage in the CBD for European-style wine from 4pm, Dolly in Unley for $15 Taittinger and $2 oysters, The Feathers Hotel in Burnside for $7 schooners four nights running. From laneway wine bars to sun-soaked coastal pubs, these are the deals worth building your afternoon around, sorted by area so the nearest one’s never far off.
In This Guide
Best Happy Hours in Adelaide CBD
Leigh Street Luggage
Leigh Street Luggage is your ticket to a European-inspired drinks list, with a curated selection of wine, amaro and cocktails, and a bar-cuterie spread that makes every visit feel like a mini-vacation. Happy hour runs Monday to Friday from 4pm to 6pm, with $14 glasses of champagne, $10 spritz, $8 wine and $6 craft beer.
Suburb: Leigh Street, Adelaide
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Wine bar
Best For: Date night, Group dining, Locals
Gilbert Street Hotel
If craft beers with experimental flavours are your thing, get to Gilbert Street Hotel on weekdays for $2 off all pints, house wines and base spirits. Saturdays bring a Cocktail Hour from 10pm for the late crowd.
Suburb: Adelaide
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Pub fare
Best For: Budget-friendly, Locals, Late night
The Laneway Social
Reborn from the old Belgian Beer Cafe, The Laneway Social has quickly become one of the East End’s most talked-about new arrivals, with elevated pub dining and 40-plus beers on tap. Happy hour runs daily from 4pm to 6pm, with $7.50 select pints and $8.50 select spirits and house wines, while Fridays bring a $15 spritz special.
Suburb: East End, Adelaide
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Gastropub
Best For: Group dining, Weekend plans, Locals
Best Happy Hours in the Eastern Suburbs
The Feathers Hotel
The Feathers Hotel is Burnside’s happy hour institution, running deals most nights of the week. Monday to Thursday it’s $7 schooners or $8.50 pints from 4 to 6pm, while Friday and Saturday shift into $14 espresso martinis from 7 to 8pm, followed by $7.50 base spirits until 10pm.
Suburb: Burnside
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Gastropub
Best For: Budget-friendly, Locals, Weekend plans
Bar Lune
For good food and fine wine, Bar Lune is one of the best neighbourhood wine bar happy hour deals in Adelaide. Golden Hour runs 3 to 5pm on Fridays with $25 cocktail carafes, while Sunday Sessions bring $30 carafes, vino specials and $10 local tins to round out the week.
Suburb: Beulah Park
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Wine bar
Best For: Date night, Weekend plans, Group dining
Best Happy Hours in the Inner South
Dolly
Unley’s coolest kid on the block, Dolly is a sophisticated bar and eatery with a standing margarita tradition. Thursdays bring $15 OG and spicy sips and a rotating special, sometimes pomegranate, sometimes mango.
Suburb: Unley
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Cocktail bar
Best For: Date night, Group dining, Weekend plans
The Cremorne Hotel
A local Unley pub with fun, friendly energy, The Cremorne Hotel serves up $8 pints and $9 house wines every night of the work week from 4 to 6pm, plus $15 cocktails on Thursday and Friday, from Espresso Martinis to South Sides and Margaritas.
Suburb: Unley
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Pub fare
Best For: Budget-friendly, Locals, Weekend plan
Marion Hotel
The Garden Bar at the Marion Hotel has had a proper glow-up, and the drinks list now runs across three sessions worth planning around. Feel Good Weekdays runs Monday to Friday, 6 to 10pm, with $7.50 beers, $15 champagne and $10 tap margaritas. Saturdays bring Garden Party from 8pm to midnight, pouring $10 South Aves and $6 vodka with mix, while Sunday Sessions from midday to 4pm keep it easy with $25 cocktail jugs, $12 spritz and $10 Guinness Imperial.
Suburb: Mitchell Park
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Pub fare
Best For: Outdoor dining, Weekend plans, Group dining
The Unley
Get down for casual happy hour sips at The Unley, where $8.50 pints and $7.50 house wines pour every day of the week bar Saturday from 4pm. A welcoming, bright interior and rooftop bar make it a cracking spot for fuss-free, post-work drinks with friends.
Suburb: Parkside
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Pub fare
Best For: Outdoor dining, Budget-friendly, Locals
Best Happy Hours by the Coast
Brighton Metro Hotel
No matter the weather, it feels as though the sun is always shining at the Brighton Metro Hotel. Download the free Pass app and you’ll unlock $7.50 pints and house wine every day from 4 to 6pm, plus their 2 for $26 cocktails deal when you’re after something stronger.
Suburb: Brighton
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Pub fare
Best For: Budget-friendly, Locals, Weekend plans
Need To Know: The happy hour deal only applies to The Pass app.
Largs Pier Hotel
Known fondly by locals as ‘The Largs,’ the Largs Pier Hotel has happy hour sorted from Monday to Saturday, with $6 house wine, beers from $7, base spirits for $8 and $10 spritzes. Take it to the next level on Fridays with $15 selected cocktails, including favourites like an espresso martini and margarita.
Suburb: Largs Bay
Price Guide: $
Cuisine: Pub fare
Best For: Budget-friendly, Locals, Weekend plans
Frequently Asked Questions About Adelaide’s Best Happy Hours
A handful of venues run happy hour daily rather than restricting it to weekdays. Brighton Metro Hotel and The Laneway Social both offer daily happy hour from 4pm to 6pm, and Dolly’s Daily Dolly Hour runs seven days a week with the same $15 cocktail and $2 oyster deal. Most other venues in this guide stick to a Monday to Friday or Monday to Saturday window, so these three are the most reliable options if you’re after a deal regardless of the day.
Yes, though weekend happy hour in Adelaide tends to run shorter and shift toward cocktail or event-style specials rather than standard weekday pricing. Marion Hotel’s Garden Party runs Saturdays from 2pm with drink specials continuing into the evening, Bar Lune’s Sunday Sessions offer $30 cocktail carafes and $10 local tins all day, and Dolly’s Margy Party runs every Thursday into the weekend lead-up. Friday remains the most consistent weekend-adjacent night for happy hour across most venues in this guide.
Several venues build their happy hour specifically around discounted cocktails rather than standard beer and wine. Dolly in Unley offers $15 cocktails and $2 oysters daily, plus a rotating Thursday Margy Party. The Feathers Hotel introduces $14 Espresso Martinis on Friday and Saturday evenings, and Bar Lune’s Golden Hour includes a $25 cocktail carafe every Friday from 3pm. The Cremorne Hotel also adds $15 cocktails on Thursday and Friday alongside its standard weekday happy hour.
Suburban pubs consistently offer the cheapest standard beer and wine pricing during happy hour. The Feathers Hotel pours $7 schooners and $8.50 pints Monday to Thursday, Largs Pier Hotel offers house wine from $6 and beers from $7, and Brighton Metro Hotel serves $7.50 pints and house wine daily via the free Pass app. For wine and cocktails specifically, Leigh Street Luggage’s $8 wine and $6 craft beer deal is one of the strongest value options in the CBD.
Adelaide’s happy hour venues are spread across the CBD, eastern suburbs, inner south and coastal beaches, so there’s usually a solid option close by wherever you are. The CBD has Leigh Street Luggage and The Laneway Social, Burnside and Beulah Park cover the east with The Feathers Hotel and Bar Lune, Unley, Parkside and Mitchell Park anchor the inner south, and Brighton and Largs Bay serve the coast. Checking which suburb you’re in first is the fastest way to narrow down the closest deal.
Most Adelaide happy hours run from 4pm to 6pm on weekdays, the standard window used by venues including Leigh Street Luggage, The Cremorne Hotel, The Feathers Hotel and Largs Pier Hotel. A few venues extend the offer daily rather than sticking to weekdays only, including Brighton Metro Hotel and The Laneway Social. Friday often runs on a slightly different schedule to the rest of the week, with several venues introducing separate evening specials from 7pm once the standard happy hour window closes.
Keep the drinks and good times flowing after a tipple or two at the best happy hours in Adelaide, moving on to the best rooftop bars with city views or classy romantic bars for a swoon-worthy date night.
