Our verdict
Our South Australia state editor Katie Spain reviews Adelaide’s Angry Penguin, where nostalgic interiors meet polished pre-theatre dining.
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The menu
What to order
- Prawn cocktail with yuzu Marie Rose
- Coffin Bay oysters with Champagne mignonette
- Smoked beef tartare
- Duck two ways (confit and seared)
- Spatchcock coq au vin
- Banana banoffee dessert
- Red Carpet sundowner cocktail
Our South Australia state editor Katie Spain reviews Adelaide’s Angry Penguin, where nostalgic interiors meet polished pre-theatre dining.
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Angry Penguin
The wine
- Wine program
- Curated wine list
- Craft cocktails
Details
- Elegant
- Classic
- Scenic
- Sophisticated
- Well Known
- Intimate
- Date Night
- Business Dinner
- Group Dining
- Special Occasion
- After Work
- Pre Theater
- Design Destination
- Historic Building
- Hotel Restaurant
- Panoramic View
- Craft Cocktails
- Local Sourcing
- Waterfront
- Skyline
- Street Scene
- A La Carte
- Set Menu
- Cocktails
- Wine
A polished, nostalgic setting with a 1970s-inspired colour scheme, plush golden booths, amber curtains and red geometric carpet, framed by artwork and Sidney Nolan’s Ern Malley painting, with floor-to-ceiling windows providing natural light and views over the river and Adelaide Oval; by night the urban landscape shimmers and the interior glows in warm, fossilised amber tones, creating a sophisticated yet comfortable pre-theatre atmosphere.