A super-cool newcomer with clever produce-driven cooking, plenty of it off a wood-fired grill, Bar Lune is bang on the zeitgeist for casual share-plate dining, clever cocktails and small-batch wines.
Opened 2021
In reality, it is less bar and more restaurant, with a simple, pared-back fit out that has functionality at its heart. By day it is bright and breezy, and by night it exudes the aura of warmth and welcome that every good neighbourhood joint needs to shine.
The wine offering name-checks many of South Australia’s newer and smaller producers with a safety net of more established local names of a more established generation. When Adelaide’s eastern suburban families stop by, and they do in droves, both the parents and the kids are well-catered for. If you like grenache, for example, you’ll find producers like Ox Hardy and Riley Harrison side by side.
If you’re grazing and drinking by the glass, you’ll be happy here, as the selections are made with an eye to drinkability and freshness. And if you wish to cast your eye further afield, the list is peppered with a well-chosen collection of wines from well-known producers in the major styles of countries like France and Italy.
The handful of owners collectively bring valuable experience to this project, and it shows in every aspect of the place. The way that chef Sam Worrall-Thompson and partners Toby Porter, Tony Bales, Josh De Haas and Brett Hicks-Maitland have parlayed their past to create a venue that strikes the chord of what’s current is impressive.
Bar owner and chef Adam Robinson previously placed food first in his priorities, but since opening alt Wine Bar, he’s designing food as the supporting act to beverages for the first time in his career – and he’s loving it. He built this vision after finding a shopfront in busy King William Road, in the affluent Adelaide suburb of Hyde Park, which has great bakeries, cafes and restaurants. “What was missing was the best type of wine bar offering a cheeky glass for locals.”
After working in regional South Australian hotspots Fino Seppeltsfield and Pike and Joyce Wine Room, Josh Kleemann returned to his hometown of Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills and took over a 1960s bank, converting it into a wine lounge with a peaceful, homely vibe. “I saw a lack of local watering holes, especially something focused…
A picture-perfect location nuzzled next to the sand that stretches into the azure Gulf St Vincent has inspired the most idyllic type of wine bar on the beach.
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