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7 Divine Restaurants Where You Can Celebrate A Lush Mother’s Day In Adelaide

Adelaide Vegan Review

The days start comin’ and they don’t stop comin’ – that’s the 2024 vibe – which means Mother’s Day in Adelaide is just around the corner. Sunday 12 May is the date to jot down in your calendar if you’re one to celebrate – and if you are one to celebrate via the medium of restaurant, you should probably get a booking underway.

If you’re lucky enough to have someone close to your heart that you’re able to honour Mother’s Day in Adelaide with, there are seven hotspots where you can rest assured knowing you’re in safe hands when it comes to class plant-based dining.

1. Herringbone Restaurant, Adelaide

Complete with an indoor tree that shades you whilst you dine, Herringbone Restaurant is a vegan’s dream as far as interior design goes. The Halifax Street eatery stands by its earth-to-table approach and utilises what’s in season and what’s good across all months of the year.

Vegans aren’t a second thought either, Herringbone plates up carefully crafted dishes that are equally as satisfying for both your taste buds and eye balls. Plus, if you’re particularly starving, Herringbone offers a degustation menu to boot, as seen in our guide to the best vegan degustation menus in Adelaide.

Where: 72-74 Halifax St, Adelaide

2. Africola, Adelaide

Nestled along Adelaide’s spiffy East Terrace dining strip sits Africola – a groovy South African-inspired restaurant with the whole kit and caboodle. Not only can you expect exquisite cuisine, but all five of your senses will be abuzz amongst flamboyant artworks, eccentric decor, tasteful tunes, and herbaceous aromas.

Seasonality plays a mammoth role in Africola’s rotating menu, but never fear, there’s an eternal section devoted to vegetables. Go full steam ahead into flavourtown with the dahl aside coconut and coriander chutney, or float steadily around the stratosphere with the mushroom, white bean, and chilli crisp. The degustation menu will have you well and truly on your way to the moon – godspeed. Check out our guide to the best restaurants in Adelaide’s East End here.

Where: 4 East Terrace, Adelaide

3. Aurora Restaurant, Adelaide

With a feature in our guide to the best vegan-friendly restaurants in Adelaide’s West End, Aurora Restaurant quite frankly turns on the heat, having won a multitude of awards since their 2021 inception. Aurora pride themselves on embracing local produce and curating memorable dining experiences for all to relish.

Plant-eaters aren’t treated as a burden either, with the restaurant boasting a dedicated vegan menu. Put your decision-making hat on and choose from the a la carte list or get inspired by the five-course tasting menu. Aurora’s previous menu saw the likes of a smoked lion’s mane with daikon, mushroom and Jerusalem artichoke. Big yes.

Where: 63 Light Square, Adelaide

4. Magill Estate Kitchen, Rosslyn Park

A mere 15-minute drive east from Adelaide’s city centre lies the world-renowned Penfolds vineyard and winery. Housed within the grounds are a number of eateries and drinking experiences, and Magill Estate Kitchen (MEK) is just one that caters for cruelty-free diners.

MEK welcomes gluttons for both brunch and lunch sessions in their slick, spacious luncheonette. With a separate vegan and celiac-friendly menu, MEK serves up fare with the likes of fried broccoli with turmeric curry, cucumber and coriander. However, if you’re desiring something remarkably fine, pace over to Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant.

Where: 78 Penfold Rd, Rosslyn Park

5. Allegra Dining Room, Adelaide

As seen in our guide to 100 per cent vegan cafes and restaurants in Adelaide, Allegra Dining Room is back in action after a breif hiatus across 2021 and 2022. The intimate, fine dinery conjures up astounding plant-based nosh with creativity, seasonality, and complex flavours at the forefront of their ethos.

The set menu sees dishes that average Joes wouldn’t see in their wildest of dreams – take their Jerusalem artichoke chips with coffee dip and truffle purée for example – as seen on one of Allegra’s ever-changing menus. Vegan or not, if you haven’t indulged at Allegra Dining Room yet, then you are doing your mind, body, and soul a disservice – it’s art.

Where: L1/125 Gilles St, Adelaide

6. Topiary, Tea Tree Gully

Perched within the foothills of Tea Tree Gully to the north-east of Adelaide’s city centre, Topiary truly is top of the game, having secured an Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat Award in 2023. Taking up residence in a 140-year-old home, Topiary encapsulates everything earthy, from the locally sourced produce and the sunlit dining room to the lush garden surrounds and zero-waste disposition.

Rustic plates are decorated with the Gully’s plants and topped with your choice from the breakfast, a la carte, or forager’s degustation menu. The woody-herb hash brown with finger lime and karkalla might just be up your alley, or perhaps a delicate, sourdough pizza.

Where: 1361 North East Road, Tea Tree Gully

7. Francesco’s Osteria, Torrensville

Although not quite as fanciful as the previously mentioned restaurants, Francesco’s Osteria is wholesome nonetheless. This Mother’s Day, the Italian eatery is collaborating with Vegan Festival Adelaide to put on a special Mother’s Day event that’s completely cruelty-free.

On Sunday 12 May, feast upon Northern Italian soul food for a full three-hour ‘vegustation’, with seven courses of Francesco’s finest served up for $65 per person. It’s best to get in quick, the annual vegustation is notoriously a sell-out event – nab your tickets here.

Where: 146b Henley Beach Rd, Torrensville

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