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Adelaide cocktail trails: three walking routes

Routes you can walk in one night, in order, with the time between each bar.

Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.

Cocktail trails: 3 routes

Peel Street and Leigh Street

6 bars · about 5 minutes on foot in total

  1. 1
    Maybe Mae15 Peel St, Adelaide SA 5000
  2. 🚶 about 1 min to the next bar
  3. 2
    Clever Little Tailor19 Peel St, Adelaide SA 5000
  4. 🚶 about 1 min to the next bar
  5. 3
    Udaberri11-13 Leigh St, Adelaide SA 5000
  6. 🚶 about 1 min to the next bar
  7. 4
    Leigh Street Wine Room9 Leigh St, Adelaide SA 5000
  8. 🚶 about 1 min to the next bar
  9. 5
    Pink Moon Saloon21 Leigh St, Adelaide SA 5000
  10. 🚶 about 1 min to the next bar
  11. 6
    Nevermind22A Leigh St, Adelaide SA 5000

The West End laneways

4 bars · about 10 minutes on foot in total

  1. 1
    Cry Baby11 Solomon St, Adelaide SA 5000
  2. 🚶 about 3 min to the next bar
  3. 2
    Bank Street Social48 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
  4. 🚶 about 3 min to the next bar
  5. 3
    trap.Basement, Cold Chisel La, Adelaide SA 5000
  6. 🚶 about 4 min to the next bar
  7. 4
    Hains & Co23 Gilbert Pl, Adelaide SA 5000

The East End

3 bars · about 5 minutes on foot in total

  1. 1
    The Howling Owl10 Vaughan Pl, Adelaide SA 5000
  2. 🚶 about 2 min to the next bar
  3. 2
    Mr Goodbar12 Union St, Adelaide SA 5000
  4. 🚶 about 3 min to the next bar
  5. 3
    NOLA28 Vardon Ave, Adelaide SA 5000

Map: cocktail trails

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Your questions

How long does a Adelaide cocktail trail take?

Each route has three to six bars. Allow two to four hours with a drink at each, plus the walking times shown.

Which is the best cocktail trail in Adelaide?

For first-timers, the Peel Street and Leigh Street route takes in six bars barely a minute apart.

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Who wrote this guide

This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research, Google Maps and trusted local guides, ahead of bringing Cocktail Week to Adelaide.

No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.

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