Boutique hotels
-
The Louise
- Style
- Contemporary courtyard chambers
- Setting
- Hillside vineyard retreat
Barossa Valley Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
(+61 (0)8 8563 0405)
1918 Bistro & Grill
Other Barossa restaurants come and go, but 1918 Bistro & Grill, occupying a 1918 house off the main street under a mammoth Norfolk Island pine tree, is an enduring gem. It’s an upmarket operation serving creative Asian- and Middle Eastern-inspired mains. Peruse the sensational wine list from a table on the veranda – the place to be for a lazy summer lunch.
94 Murray Street, Tanunda, South Australia 5352
(+61 (0)8 8562 4561)
The Branch
Break into this converted red-brick bank vault in Nuriootpa for hip Mod-Oz offerings (burgers, pizza, salads and risottos) plus the odd Asian and Euro interloper like the lamb madras curry and Thai beef salad. Big breakfasts, heart-starter coffee and impressive wine and beer lists too.
15 Murray Street, Nuriootpa, South Australia 5355
(+61 (0)8 8564 2488)
Vintners Bar & Grill
Classy, classy, classy… Vintners is arguably the Barossa’s best restaurant (oh, how they argue), with a winning formula of simple elegance in both ambience and food. Expect vineyard views, white linen, attentive service, outdoor summer tables and an open fire in winter. Perfect.
Corner of Stockwell and Nuriootpa Roads, Angaston, South Australia 5353
Cafés
(+61 (0)8 8564 2061)
Collingrove Homestead
Six kilometres south east of Angaston, the rambling Collingrove Homestead was knocked into shape by John Angas (of Angaston fame) in 1856. These days it’s run by the National Trust, who provide an antique-strewn setting for afternoon Devonshire teas. It’s open from 1pm–4.30pm Monday to Friday, and from 12 noon–4.30pm Saturday and Sunday.
Eden Valley-Angaston Road, Angaston, South Australia 5353
(+61 (0)8 8562 1129)
Linke's Nuriootpa Bakery & Tea Rooms
It’s worth detouring a few kilometres north of Tanunda to the Barossa’s agricultural hub, Nuriootpa (just ‘Nuri’ to the locals), for the amazing bienenstich (a German cream-nut-and-honey pastry monstrosity) at this long-standing bakery. Less menacing sandwiches, juices, pies and baguettes also available.
40 Murray St, Nuriootpa, South Australia 5355
(+61 (0)8 8524 4424)
Lyndoch Bakery & Restaurant
This traditional German-style bakery, down the road from Tanunda in Lyndoch (technically the Barossa’s southern-most town), has had food-fans peeling off the highway for years. Expect plenty of pretzels, heavy rye breads, sauerkraut, wursts, fruit pies, cakes, salads and hefty ham-and-cheese-filled sandwiches.
Barossa Valley Highway, Lyndoch, South Australia 5351
