The Best New Cafes in Adelaide to Try in 2024
Gather up your brunch-loving, coffee-obsessed pals and head straight to one of the best new cafes in Adelaide.
Adelaide's cafe culture is seriously underrated, drawing everyone from serious breakfast aficionados to lovers of a strongly brewed coffee.
Each month, new bakeries, hole-in-the-wall coffee shops, casual eateries, and bougie brunch venues pop up across the city and surrounding suburbs, delighting customers with their originality in both dishes and décor.
To keep you across the city's latest openings, we've compiled the best new cafes in Adelaide to add to your list this month. Enjoy!
Rustic Gourmet
While Rustic Gourmet was an Adelaide CBD staple for many years, the crew recently opened up a brand-spanking new cafe in Norwood Green - much to the delight of those who live and work in the area.
The cafe is chic, clean and simple, and the baristas make a mean cup of coffee. Open 7 days a week, it's the perfect spot for a brunch catch-up, with a fresh menu of classic breakfast dishes, fritters, hot cakes, salad bowls and light bites.
3/88 Magill Road, Norwood
LUMA Coffee Club
Henley Beach has a new hotspot in the form of LUMA Coffee Club. With light timber accents, sage green and white tiles that fit the coastal location perfectly, and dreamy arched doorways, this cafe is an aesthetic dream.
Whether you grab a coffee, a healthy smoothie, an Acai bowl, or a sourdough toastie (the Chicken Melt is a must-try!), LUMA offers a warm and welcoming space perfect for relaxing. This is one of Adelaide's hottest new hangouts.
60-62 Mitton Avenue, Henley Beach
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Butter Canteen & Provisions at Lipson Street Collective
This teeny family bakery and catering company is now serving out some delicious sweet treats from their residence at Lipson Street Collective.
Head to Butter Canteen & Provisions on Friday and Saturday from 8.00am to indulge in some of the best slices of cakes in the business, as well as the likes of oreo choc chip and honey roasted peanut cookies, madeleines, and genmaicha rice crispies. There's savoury fare too - think homemade sausage rolls, kimchi corn and cheese focaccia, greens hand pies and freshly filled baguettes.
It's all best served alongside the expert sourdough from resident sourdough baker Paul, who's onsite Thursday through Saturday, 7.00am until sold out.
49/51a Lipson Street, Port Adelaide
Yuna
This Henley Beach cafe is a beautiful representation of Japanese culture and cuisine, thanks to its cool tones, exposed timber and concrete interiors, exceptional matcha and hojicha blends, and the best snack in the game right now - the onigiri.
In flavours of smoked tuna, kimchi egg and soy mushrooms, these seaweed-wrapped delights will never not hit the spot.
Other home-style dishes at Yuna include tamago (egg) and juicy fried chicken shokupan sandos, cold soba noodles and Japanese breakfast sets alongside specialty coffee and sake. Try the matcha with salted cheese foam for something uniquely delicious.
It's comfort food at its finest, and one of our favourite new cafes in Adelaide.
Shop 7/34 Henley Beach Road, Mile End
Don's Deli
Another sandwich spot? Why Adelaide, you spoil us! Say hello to Don's Deli. With a focus on takeaway, this is your perfect detour before work or for a quick bite at lunch.
Coffee, sandos and pastries are the order of the day, with a vibe that embraces Italian tradition and focuses on simple deli-style fillings in their sandwiches.
Focaccia sandos await, from porchetta to loaded continental styles, as well as toasties with mortadella and pesto.
And yes, while it is more for the grab-and-go crowd, those who want to linger a bit longer can do so on a couple of stools and crates outside.
324 The Parade, Kensington
Bread & Butter
Former sous-chef of East End Cellars, Sittichai Bunlung, is now the proud owner of Woodville's newest hotspot, Bread & Butter. From dream to reality, this cafe exudes freshness and creativity.
Start your day with their signature bread and butter, a simple pleasure elevated to perfection. But the menu doesn't stop there—indulge in tempting treats like buttermilk hotcakes with caramelised apple and miso butterscotch, or savoury delights like house-made meatballs with scrambled eggs and salsa.
Feeling peckish? Add a side of the magical crispy mushroom chips with aioli or dive into their wagyu beef burger.. The venue's ambience is as inviting as its menu, with a refreshing vibe and charming décor featuring plenty of lush greenery.
Bread & Butter welcomes all—including your furry friends!
69 Findon Road, Woodville South
Tonino Deli
The next best thing to a Euro summer vacay? A visit to Tonino Deli, which is bringing the best of Italy to Adelaide. Be charmed by the friendly vibes and inviting aromas drifting onto the street.
Think authentic prosciutto and mozzarella, chicken cotoletta and melanzana focaccia sandwiches and perfect coffee in the morning, and spritzes, affogatos and a glorious selection of pasticcini and dolce in the afternoon.
Cannoli, anyone? It's just like Nonna made 'em!
114 King William Road, Goodwood
Hark Coffee Roasters
Great coffee with a side of adorableness thanks to the owner's Groodle onsite - that's a coffee shop we can get behind. Hark Coffee Roaster's second venue has put down roots in Panorama, serving up brews that keep your spirits high all day.
Head to this long-filled suburban warehouse for their signature dark-roasted coffee and a selection of sweet and savoury bites, including a mouthwatering bacon and egg roll with housemade relish.
The unique space features a massive glass wall, allowing you to witness the art of coffee roasting in real-time. Indulge in high-end filter coffees at the dedicated pour-over bench, or take home beans sealed for freshness in vacuum-sealed pouches.
Feeling adventurous? Visit the brew bar and create your personalised blend.
57 Boothby Street, Panorama
Hey Zozo's
This Henley Beach newbie is dishing up our favourite brekky-to-go dishes in a spot overflowing with community vibes.
Taking over the pink digs from Homesick Henley, Hey Zozo's has become a go-to for locals looking for great coffee, quick bites and friendly banter.
Hey Zozo's - sister venue to Hey Juj in McLaren Vale - has a tasty menu of sandos and fresh pastries and warm and welcoming interiors. The space is on the small side, so we recommend grabbing your morning bev and bite to go and heading for a stroll along the glistening Henley Beach.
1/337 Military Road, Henley Beach
Gelato Messina
While this is more gelato than coffee, there was no way we could ignore Gelato Messina finally finding a place to call home in Adelaide.
A long-term staple for ice cream fanatics interstate, Adeladeans have waited patiently to get our hands on some of the best ice cream in Australia, and we have not been disappointed.
With over 20 flavours to choose from plus fancy fortnightly specials, take-home tubs, celebration cakes and creamy thick shakes for those who prefer to drink your gelato, you are spoilt for choice. The benefit of the line out the door? Plenty of time to pick your scoop of choice.
The fitout? Chic. The ice cream? Oh-so-creamy. The vibes? Immaculate.
44 The Parade, Kent Town
WORK
Opening in the the CBD on bustling Pririe Street, WORK is a welcome addition to the early and mid-morning coffee break for city slickers.
With a winning combo of crumbly pastries and fresh bread from Prove Patisserie plus beans from Adelaide roastery Rio Coffee, WORK is all about keeping it fresh and local, for the locals.
With busy office workers in mind, the industrial-chic cafe is open from 6 am on weekdays, with an extensive 'Grab and Go' selection of paninis, muffins, cookies and the cheeky ethos that it is, in fact, cool to go to work.
100 Pririe Street, Adelaide
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