Peel Street

A great vibe and great coffee. My new favourite in Adelaide. I recommend you check it out.

The only negative to this place is the limited amount of seating for such a killer place.
I consider myself a picky eater and even I found something to eat at this restaurant! and it turned out to be very delicious especially when paired with the wine that was chosen by my waitress.
The menu on the wall idea needs to have a smaller paper copy for the tables as its really hard to look through people to see it… just sayin’

With such high expectations was I setting myself up for disappointment?
With great company the 15 minute wait for a drink order could be forgiven, the extra 20 minutes with empty drinks before we flagged some one down for another not so easy to swallow. Food was delicious– pork belly and salmon salad standouts albeit very similar flavours. After our food was cleared it just seemed like we were an inconvenience. After reluctantly being offered coffee (gorgeous coffee BTW) then half heartedly offered dessert, the bill was given without us asking for it (golden no no in hospo and missed opportunity to sell more booze to social alcoholics). The waiter then thought it was ok to sit at the table and process the bill (without banter, invitation or thanks) and then proceeded to bring in and pack up the outside furniture next to us while the restaurant was still a third full. We walked out without acknowledgement or farewell from the 4 staff we passed on the way out.
I can usually let it go but the service was so blatantly indifferent and unprofessional that it left a bad taste in our mouths. Charging restaurant prices and dictating 6pm or 8.45 sittings gives the consumer the right to expect more.
I know I do.

Food in Adelaide is better than anywhere in the country. I deduce it comes down to the amazing fertile and rich soils of the Barossa and the like that floods Adelaide with abundant, fresh and exquisite produce ripe for a creative and dedicated Chef to make magic.
Peel Street takes the very best and concocts it into the most magical dishes I have ever had. No fine dining stiffness here. Simple, inspiring and magical dishes that are a true melting pot of styles and culture.
A huge blackboard fills the far wall with an assortment of small and large dishes including lamb mince — hummus — pomegranate — coriander, prawns — papaya — chilli — peanut — vinegar, fried fish — curry — yogurt — cucumber.
The countries best produce with amazing service. A must see in Adelaide!

I am so used to people telling me that this x new place is amazing because blah blah blah. So when I heard all of this about Peel St Café, I was prepared for a good meal, but not an amazing one.
Which left me completely unprepared for what I experienced. The environment is warm and comfortable– a good vibe with friendly staff. A good selection of wines was there for our selection, be prepared that conventional soft drinks are not available.
We allowed the staff to choose our plates due to an inability to make decisions and what we experienced was a rich array of foods from a variety of cultures– Asian, Middle Eastern, European flavours and combinations. The food was indescribably fresh, portions generous, quality obvious with a rustic feel to the plates, and we were pleasantly surprised by how our bill for six ended up looking.
Will definitely be back.

I’ve returned and still can’t fault this place. The service has gotten better and better with each visit.
One grievance — the name. Here’s a use case:
Friend or colleague asks where is nice in Adelaide to eat. You say «Peel Street». They ask «But where on Peel Street». You explain Peel Street on Peel Street.
See the problem? Not that it is really a problem — it gets you talking. And sharing with them reviews like the one I wrote previously.
Tip: Sit at the bar.

I’ll keep this short & sweet as everyone has already said everything that I want to say.
Five stars all round — quick & friendly service, a great atmosphere & extra points from me for being able to book (the planner and control freak in me gets super anxious when I can’t book somewhere!).
Everything on the menu sounded delicious & everything we ordered was! Our party of three each picked out a meal & upon ordering were told that they were designed to share — so we did!
We did go in thinking it might be one of those places with inflated prices & small, pretentious serves but we could not have been more wrong! Everything was plenty big enough & great value for money.
I will definitely be back!

Adelaide continues to be amazing with Peel St! I came here for a coffee in the morning which was excellent but seeing the menu on the blackboard I knew I had to come back for dinner but as it was a Friday night they were completely booked! Thankfully my friend and I were fine with a super early sitting as we had a show to go to at the Festival Centre. What can I say about the food though… OMG!
The restaurant is designed around sharing plates and each one has been perfectly designed to tantalise every tastebud in your mouth. We had the Pork Belly and Prawns, Crispy Snapper Wings and the Armenian Lamb Soldiers and neither of us could choose a favourite. The wait staff were excellent and so knowledge about everything on their menu including telling us their own personal favourites and describing how all the wines tasted!
I need to come back to Adelaide some time soon just to come back here!

Amazing food! Great plates for sharing. Be careful to order foods that compliment as there are a couple of different cuisines on the menu, but if you pick right you will be satisfied!
Our faves were the chicken salad, pork belly and Eton mess. Yum!

You would miss this place if you weren’t looking for it. I met a friend here and was really impressed by the funky style and service. I can’t comment on the food as we only had drinks here, but if the place had not have been fully booked for lunch, we certainly would have stayed. I’ll definitely return to check out their menu.

3 weeks booking for dinner, well it was all worth it. We had the early seating but will have to leave by 8.30pm, proves the popularity of this sought after dinner venue.
From the minute you enter the door with big smiles of greeting n were promptly shown the table from behind the bar but followed swiftly with both food n drinks menu, n requested of choices of water.
We were told that best to share the food which is fine by us. We had 3 entrees and that’s more than sufficient and will have to be back for dessert some other time.
The serves were generous and both the tuna and lamb we chose were of middle eastern cuisine and with well balanced flavours.
Our third entrée which we requested not to be served until we had finished the other 2, and that’s just that, we were glad of the little breather.
Double baked blue cheese soufflé with blue cheese ice cream as dressing over the bitter salad leaves, pears & walnut is just beautifully executed! The soufflé was so light and not being a big fan of blue cheese, sharing was the way to go! The cheese was not overpowering and the slight sweetness of the ice cream was just right for me but my friend finds it to be too sweet for her taste, so I suggested that this dish could be our after dinner cheese n ‘dessert’?
Will be back again some other season to try different menu.

All I know is GET IN MAH BELLEH!
Starting with dips — pumpkin and cumin and smoky eggplant drizzled with olive oil on lovely toasted turkish bread, yum.
Moved on to the Chilli Salt Duck with masterstock and salad. Seriously, go and try this. The chilli salt that you prinkle on made it, and, for me dunking the pickled cucumber in the masterstock then the chilli salt was delightful.

Just loved this place! Mediterranean meets Asian. Great wine list, brilliant service. I loved the open style kitchen, the fact you can watch the chefs and see the great produce. Next time I’m back in Adelaide, I’ll be back!

Peel street in short; just hitting 5 stars. Food, setting, drinks — great. Service and pricing had me hovering over the 5^th star.
I’ve been generous with the last star as I went here with my partner and another couple two weekends ago smack bang in the middle of manic-​Marc. Although the food and wine on offer was amazing the service was lacking.
For Entrée we had pork belly with prawns served with a chilli/​lime/​ginger and mint garnish. Really delicious, beautifully cooked. Lamb soldiers — mince atop turkish bread with minted yogurt came next; simple fresh — overpriced for the serving size, ingredients and quantity on the plate.
For mains we had a cold beef salad and a salt & pepper squid (boring I know…). Four slices of good grade, perfectly cooked meat atop the salad which consisted of chilli, lime and mint. Garnish was very similar to the pork belly/​prawn entrée. The squid was wasn’t oily or stringy and was the most generous serving we saw across all meals.
Seating isn’t cramped and the interior/​kitchen and open seating onto the street isn’t like anything else in Adelaide at the moment. The foods completely unique too; contemporary and/​or thai fusion depending on your menu picks.
I reckon Peel Street is topping a staple in Melbourne — Chin Chin at the asian fusion game. The pork belly and beef in particular were bursting with flavour; fresh, crisp citrus, restrained but effective use of chilli, sweet mint all combined perfectly. It’s easy to throw these all into a Thai salad Larb style but I’ve not had them combined this well before; there’s clearly been a lot of thought gone into the sourcing of ingredients, prep and presentation of all meals.
Service delays didn’t affect our table greatly but 2 – 3 more table visits across the space of two hours to replenish water and clear plates would have gone a long way.
For the food on offer here I can ignore some service inconsistencies and a couple of meals i perceived to be 15−20% overpriced and still highly recommend Peel Street.

Peel Street is one of those places that made me an instant fan. I’ve only been for coffee so far, which was great, but I’m keen to try their lunch and dinner menus. The whole restaurant is open and you can sit at the bar and watch the chefs at work or grab a table if your in a group. There is limited seating and they are generally booked out for dinners so ring ahead. Two of the owners are chefs and work in the kitchen and the third is the barista, so they have a tight control over the direction of the restaurant which is great.
I’ll write more when I’ve been in for lunch or dinner! :)

This was my second visit to peel st. And it did not disappoint! Staff are friendly and knowledgeable. The atmosphere is great as well. Our waitress guided us through the menu and her suggestions were perfect. The tuna was sensational and was even enjoyed by my tuna hating husband. We left there full, happy & full of praises. Do yourself a favour and go!
My tip — ask the waiters. The menu can be a bit confusing if you’re not a foodie.

You know it’s been a good lunch when you’re still telling every person you meet about the experience days later. This is what I’m like after a lunch time visit to Peel Street earlier this week. I can’t stop talking about the seared tuna on a bed of tahini sauce with a pine nut, pomegranate salsa. It was so good that our table of three demanded two serves. It’s not as if they were small dishes, we were just plain greedy.
Then we polished off the «zucchini toastie» which wasn’t at all what we were expecting but a big abundant pile of zucchini done three ways (purée, fried and shaved raw) and mingled with other fresh veggies. Not the dainty, pick up and nibble number we thought we were getting but tasty all the same.
The chicken liver pâté was one of the best I’ve had. The accompanying salad and pickled «bits» and toast was excellent and made this $ 21 dish great value. God knows how we had room for a portion of roast chicken with italian veggies and some wine, but we did and it was good. All good.
I can imagine this place being packed and a little rowdier in the evenings, but our lunch time lady date was the perfect time to explore the menu and take it all in without feeling rushed.
I love that the menu is mainly made up of specials — a showcase of local produce and the skill of the kitchen who can seemingly flit between cuisines yet make the whole meal of mixed dishes feel cohesive. I can’t wait to go back and see what they do next time.

Finally got to have a feed at the Peel Street Restaurant with some work mates. This one of the early entries to the Peel Street Food/​Drink upgrade with several others opening or opening soon.
It’s a popular place for sure, we could only sit at the bar to eat.
The menu is varied in tastes and prices (a great thing)
We all ended up with the ‘Concrete’ special — Southern Fried Chicken (cold) with dirty lentil salad. It was nicely cooked and the salad was all very tasty for sure. With a glass of wine it was a great lunch for under $ 30
It’s certainly somewhere I’d like to go to again.

Oranges and I get along like a cat with fleas.
No really, I’m allergic to citrus.
So you can imagine what I was like walking into a place that was called Peel St and it was on Peel St… well probably not…
Apart from their delightful Lemon Meringue cupcakes and moist orange and almond cakes for sneaky afternoon tea, this place has nothing to do with citrus.
What it does have to do with is a simple, wholesome, unpretentious lunch and dinner menu that Martin (Head Chef and owner) has designed to remain seasonal and interesting.
Every time I go in here, even if it is for just a sneaky G&T or even sneakier Iced Coffee with orange vanilla ice cream (not on the menu but just do it) the menu on the blackboard painted main walls is different. Coffin Bay oysters one week, snapper wings the next. It’s a shame I forgot to look at the seasonal menu on the board the day I dined in as there were some great options up there too! Even just a crappy specials of the day printed menu would be useful, especially when they are busy, and that is every dinner at the moment.
We were seated at the window overlooking drunk passersby on a balmy Friday night and the atmosphere was buzzing.
We ordered warm olives, dripping in oil (the way it should be), tuna crudo so fresh it fell apart on the fork (sashimi for the unofficiated) with a horseradish dressing, bean smashingly good smash with goats cheese and a half chicken with quinoa. Note on the chicken: a half is enough for 2, the quinoa has a caramalised onion and fresh cucumber in it that means it no longer tastes of cardboard but was so good my meat eating partner asked…“mmm what’s this delicious rice dish stuff?“
Overall with multiple drinks and 4 dishes between us we rolled out of there, saving more than we would in most other restaurants of that quality.
All I can say is book (thank god they allow this). The people of Adelaide have already spoken about how popular this place is by the looks of the Friday night waiting lists.

As soon as you enter 9 peel st you forget about the bad language and tacky fast food joints that followed you down Hindley st.
It was love at first site when I entered with the warm exposed brick and wooden features in the place. I love that this is a playground of choice when choosing to sit including the bar, the high top bench, the window bench, the regular tables or the cute little booth at the far end of the restaurant.
Our booking was for 8:30, so by the time we sat down to order we were informed about 3 items from the menu were no longer available.
Let’s get one thing straight you don’t come to be served by the maître d of the year. Staff were friendly but were all frazzled and running around the joint like someone lost their diamond ring. Had to ask a random waiter if we could order, had to ask if we could have an ice bucket for the wine, poured our own wine … You get the idea.
The food on the other hand was fantastic and well worth the wait! I have been waiting for a funky middle eastern inspired place to open in Adelaide and now it has! The beautiful tastes of sumac, cumin and fresh parsley will just consume you.
We had a vegan diner and she was well catered for and blown away by her meal. All main meals were beautifully presented and tasted great.
I will Definitely be back here however will try for an earlier booking so I have first pick at the menu!