Adelaide Hills

The best cafes in the Adelaide Hills


The Adelaide Hills lifestyle is unrivalled. There’s nowhere quite like it and people travel from all over Australia and the world to experience it. World-class wine regions, culinary experiences, rolling hills full of hikes and walking trails, weekend markets, and events. 

While the Hills is known for its cold climate white wine, its coffee/café scene attracts loyal locals and day-trippers, near and far. These cafes are peppered across the Adelaide Hills, so plan your next weekend drive around this list. 

Here are our top 20 favourite Adelaide Hills cafes: 

  1. FRED Eatery, Aldgate 
  2. Sazon Espresso, Mount Barker
  3. Lady Luck, Mount Barker
  4. Kitchen Family Pantry, Mount Barker 
  5. Funk Coffee + Food, Mount Barker
  6. The Organic Market & Café, Stirling 
  7. Patch Kitchen & Garden, Stirling 
  8. Marshi’s Kitchen, Stirling 
  9. Fourth Hill Providore, Verdun 
  10. Emma & Ivy, Lobethal 
  11. Mighty Mighty Coffee Roasters, Lobethal 
  12. Woodside Providore, Woodside
  13. The Good Pantry, Gumeracha 
  14. Uraidla Republic Café, Uraidla 
  15. Green Valley Strawberries, Nairne
  16. Verte Kitchen, Mylor
  17. Cherry Bomb Café, Ashton
  18. Kitchen 2C, Hahndorf 
  19. Same But Different, Hahndorf
  20. Red Cacao, Stirling

While we could keep going, this list should give you a good taste of our coffee and culinary scene, here in the Hills. 

If you’re looking to make a move to (or within) the Adelaide Hills, reach out to us. We’re all long-term locals. The Nitschke family alone has been here for four generations, so we know the area better than any real estate agent – or tour guide for that matter.  

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