The Exeter
Historic pub
An East End pub that has barely been updated since 1929, with its original wooden fridges and bars, cold Coopers, live music and a Wednesday curry night.
📍 246 Rundle Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Pubs and beer bars: 3 bars
Swipe to see all 3 bars →
The Stag Public House
Pub
An iconic East End pub with a kitsch sports bar, an old-school poolroom and a kitchen run by a chef from Orana, Noma and Attica.
📍 Rundle Street, Adelaide SA 5000
The Grace Emily
Historic pub
Opened in 1839 as the Launceston and later named after a regular, a laid-back, grungy West End pub with live music most nights.
📍 232 Waymouth Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Map: pubs and beer bars
Tap a pin for the bar. Numbers match the list.
Your questions
What are the best pubs in Adelaide?
Start with The Exeter, The Stag Public House and The Grace Emily. Our full list has 3 bars.
More Adelaide bar guides
- Cocktail barsEvery cocktail bar in our Adelaide guide in one place: speakeasies, hotel bars, award winn
- Date nightRomantic cocktail bars in Adelaide for a night for two: Maybe Mae, Pink Moon Saloon, Udabe
- Hidden barsAdelaide's hidden bars and speakeasies: Maybe Mae, trap., Nevermind and Bank Street Social
- Fun bars for groupsLively Adelaide bars for birthdays and nights out: Cry Baby, NOLA, Prohibition Liquor Co a
- Whisky, rum and ginAdelaide's specialist spirit bars: Hains & Co, Prohibition Liquor Co, NOLA and Cry Baby.
- Wine barsThe best wine bars in Adelaide: natural wine, long lists by the glass and candlelit rooms.
- Cocktail trailsReady-made Adelaide cocktail trails on foot: Peel Street and Leigh Street, the West End la
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.
Cocktail Week in Australia
Want your bar in this guide?
Run a bar in Adelaide that should be here? Get in touch at hello@cocktail-week.com and tell us about it.