Dockside Tavern

Great Friendly staff. Food is yum. Great to sit outside & enjoy the sun & get a nice breeze from the river while enjoying a nice cold beverage .
I’ve been there a few times. Will definately be going back

Don’t go here for coffee.
The place smells of cleaning fluids and the coffee is awful.

This is one of the few late Victorian buildings left in Port Adelaide.
HISTORY
The pub was opened as the Britannia Hotel in 1850, but it had to be rebuilt in 1898 because of rising river levels.
As a keen cyclist I was interested to learn from my Port Adelaide Heritage Pub Trail brochure that during the days of the «Six O’clock Swill», when people used to down beers before pubs were forced to shut at 6pm, men used to grab the nearest bike parked outside and cycle home in the rush to leave the pub — irrespective of whether the bikes belonged to them or not.
SERVICE
The efficient bar staff are friendly and know how to pour a good beer.
ENTERTAINMENT
There is often live music on Fridays and Saturdays, and a pub trivia night on Saturdays.
The pub hosts poker night on Tuesdays and there are also pokies for people who like the machines.
MEALS
I’ve yet to try the meals which seem to be typical hearty pub grub consisting of mainly meat and chips. There’s a choice of three different steaks, there are schnitzel and there’s a good list of seafood options.