Adelaide Nightlife Tips by PetStarr

Nightlife Spot: Cargo

This place is an old Adelaide favourite in the newly-established West End district that still pulls in the crowds after dark. It's open mid week but it's most pumping on Friday and Saturday nights, and you should pick your night depending on what you want. Friday nights are generally a bit less busy than Saturdays, with funky, happy bass-driven dance music. The crowd is cool. Saturday nights the place is packed, the crowd is quite young (18-25) and everyone is wearing the 'latest' fashions. The music is harder techno and trance. Gues which one I like best... :)

This place usually stays open until about 5am.

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Theme: Nightclub
Dress Code: No strict dress code as such, but use your common sense. Don't wear thongs and a dirty old t shirt. Sneakers and jeans are fine. Saturday nights tend to be a bit more 'fashion conscious' so if you want to pick up then you'd better dress up to the nines. :)
Address: Hindley St West, Adelaide.
Directions: Opposite the Worlds End pub.
Website: www.cargo.com.au

Nightlife Spot: Worlds End

Set in Adelaide's ultra-cool-but-not-showing-it-off West End, this pub is excellent all day long. During the day it's fantastic for a bite to eat or a drink, either out on the street people watching, in the front bar, the pool room or the shady beer garden. At night it's a popular meeting place for almost everyone going out in the West end. Their food is fantastic value (you can get a great meal for about AU$6 - $12), the staff are friendly (they look scary but they're not) and the music is generally hip hop or funk (depending on what night you go). The crowd is always a mix, ranging from dressed-up posers to the multi-pierced, ultra-alternative types.

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Theme: Other
Dress Code: Definitely no dress code. Anything goes in here.
Address: Hindley St West, Adelaide.
Directions: Opposite Cargo club on Hindley St West.

Nightlife Spot: Supermild

Set underground, Supermild is a very small, very groovy little club. Opening around 9pm and closing very, very late, it's a good place to either start or end your evening. 1970s decor and music, a small dancefloor, dj booth and cosy seating setup, this place is an Adelaide retro favourite (although the mainstream nightclubbers are starting to find it now, so it can get a bit weird at times...). The music is for dancing, but it's always on the more mellow side; definitely no hardcore clubbers to found here. Fantastic cocktails menu, and free water on the bar for all - what great guys! Definitely open Friday and Saturday nights, not sure about mid week.

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Theme: Nightclub
Dress Code: No dress code, but if you really want to look like you 'fit in' then either go for the street/skater look or some understated 70s vintage.
Address: Hindley St West, Adelaide.
Directions: near the Morphett st corner, next to the Townhouse Hotel.

Nightlife Spot: Fumo Blu

This place is pretty swanky - very sleek decor and even sleeker staff (check their website, it has a VR movie on it). It can be a bit hit and miss (not helped by that stupid tv in the corner - it's not cool guys, turn it off!!) but you're pretty much always guaranteed to see some very good looking people, and if you don't - you can always stare at their awesome tropical fish tank. No space for dancing: the music is not really hard anough anyway. They say they're a cigar bar but I've yet to see anyone smoking one in there...

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Theme: Nightclub
Dress Code: Pretty strict - If you wear sneakers, make sure they're designer or at least clean, or you probably wont get in. Men definitely have more problems getting in than women... On the whole, dress to impress (but fellas, suits aren't necessary).
Address: Rundle Street, Adelaide.
Directions: It's the door in the wall with the mean looking bouncer underneath the blue sign. :)
Website: www.fumoblu.com.au

Nightlife Spot: Mojo

Mojo is gaining popularity in the West end - it's a bit divorced from the other places so it's easy to miss it. You can go nuts on the dancefloor (if you can get on it) to hip hop or fairly hard dance music, you can chill out in the two couch areas, or go outside to the beer garden to cool off. If you're out for a night of clubbing in the West end you have to try Mojo out.

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Theme: Nightclub
Dress Code: Guys: Anything that looks vaguely 'street' will get you in no worries. Avoid shorts and sneakers, and anything touristy looking.
Girls: Anything goes.
Address: Hindley St West, Adelaide.
Directions: Closer to the West Tce end of Hindley st West, opposite the Saville Park Suites.

Nightlife Spot: Garage

I have never been to this club before about 3am, and I don't want to. I've heard it's great, but to me the atmosphere is all wrong, and the crowd stinks. However, having said that, if you are still out at 3am and still want to get your groove on in a big way, head to Garage. The dancefloor is large, and the music is LOUD!!! If you like your dance music loud and you don't care what you have to do to get it, go here.

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Theme: Nightclub
Dress Code: No dress code.
Address: Waymouth Street, Adelaide.
Directions: On the corner of Waymouth St and Morphett St, Light Square.

Nightlife Spot: Minke Bar

Minke is about as close to club perfection as you can get in Adelaide. Having said that, it does have its off nights (but doesn't everywhere?). Multi levels of music cater to most people's tastes, with a heavy focus on funk and hip hop on the ground floor and techno, trance and d&b on the top floor (also called Skylab). One door price (usually about $10, more expensive than most clubs) will get you into both levels. Stays open until about 5-6am on Fri/Sat.

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Theme: Nightclub
Dress Code: No particular dress code, but avoid thongs and shorts and touristy clothes.
Address: Crippen Place, Adelaide
Directions: Corner of Morphett St and Crippen Place, behind the Rosemount Hotel (Hindley St). Near the base of the Morphett St bridge. Look for the nondescript door in the wall facing the church carpark.

Nightlife Spot: Mile High Club

Not many people know about this place, but it's a gem because after all the other clubs have closed, this little beauty is usually still kicking on until morning - it opens at 3am. Hidden away in the top floor of a building called Basement, you will have to brave a walk along the the seedier part of Hindley st to get there (it's worth it, be brave) but at 5am you're probably just concentrating on walking straight anyway... :) The seats, complete with traytables, are all taken from an old aeroplane, and every once in a while a stewardess will take your drink order. This place is TINY and if you can get a seat, power to you, but if not just break out on the dance floor to the excellent dance music. Or take a breather on the mini balcony out the back.

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Theme: Nightclub
Dress Code: None.
Address: Hindley Street, Adelaide.
Directions: Top floor of the 'Basement' building (look for the red neon sign) on the Northern side of the seedy part of Hindley street.