Allegra Dining Room, Adelaide: Restaurant review

This earthy fine-diner above busy city pizza joint Etica is powered by a set menu of up to 16 plant-based dishes. The minimal-waste menu might be bookended by punchy parsnip soup to start and boozy eggnog to finish, and include lashings of flavour from toasted wattleseed to Gospel rye whiskey along the way. Snacks include lacto-fermented vegetables dipped in dried soybean and sesame butter, or a tiny potato croquette infused with yuzu twang. A rich Jerusalem artichoke and potato gratin could be followed by a palm-sized oyster mushroom schnitzel seasoned with saltbush, juniper berries, fennel seeds and pepper, while a tart lettuce and vinegar granita makes a thrillingly modern palate cleanser. The narrow space seats just 28 diners against a backdrop of fresh floral arrangements, chilled house music and ’90s plywood ceiling tiles. More playful surprises such as handwritten notes and farewell Polaroid snaps complete this captivating package.

Price Guide

$$$$

Bookings

Essential

Wheelchair Access

Opening Hours

Dinner Thu-Sun

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