2KW Bar and Restaurant, Adelaide: What’s on the menu?

The 2KW Bar and Restaurant is one of the top rooftop bars in Adelaide and the menu offers high quality local produce cooked in a Josper charcoal oven.

The 2KW Bar and Restaurant in Adelaide is one of the coolest places to eat and drink in the South Australian capital. A big factor in this is the setting on top of one of Adelaide’s most historic buildings at 2 King William Street. This Adelaide rooftop bar offers fabulous views of the city. The Terrace Bar looks out over the Adelaide Oval and Government House.

2KW also does a good job of fitting a range of vibes, from pre-theatre cocktails to sit down occasion meal.

2KW menu

At the heart of the 2KW menu is the Josper charcoal oven. It allows chef Trent Lymn to marry local produce to Mediterranean recipes and Argentinian asado-style cooking.

Those local producers get centre stage, though, with proud listings on the 2KW menu.

Pick your perfect Adelaide day trips

Barossa Valley tours: 1. Wine-tasting with lunch 🍷. 2. Food and wine tour. 3. Small group wine tour with exclusive VIP tastings.
Kangaroo Island in a day – including sea lions 🦭, koalas 🐨and national parks.
Adelaide Hills tours: 1. Sights plus Murray River lunch cruise combo. 2. Small group cheese, chocolate & wine tour with Hahndorf German village.
McLaren Vale tours: 1. Small group wine tour with lunch. 2. Hop-on hop-off wineries tour 🍷. 3. Food and wine indulgence tour, including the gloriously weird d’Arenberg Cube.
Victor Harbor and southern highlights tour – including the Granite Island horse-drawn tram.

Most dishes in the 2KW restaurant are designed for sharing. Options include the Paroo kangaroo tartare, sourdough toast, pickled shallots and bush tomato for $16. You can also have Two Gulfs crab with mezcal and fermented chili for $20. Or Yumbah greenlip abalone with buckwheat risotto and Jerusalem artichoke for $27.

At the meatier end of the scale, there’s a 1.2km lamb shoulder. This comes with mint caramel, edamame and rau ram for $80.

Dishes being prepared at 2KW in Adelaide. Photo by Duy Dash.

2KW wine list

The 2KW Bar in Adelaide is also mighty proud of its wine list, which is 66 pages long including cocktails. There’s an admirable choice of South Australian gins, including the Applewood Coral from the Adelaide Hills, the Barossa Distilling Co Shiraz gin from the Barossa Valley and the Never Never Southern Strength from the McLaren Vale.

**15 fabulous Adelaide experiences to supercharge your visit**

DOLPHINS 🐬: Swim with wild dolphins, kayak with the resident bottlenose pod or watch them on a dolphin cruise.
FOOD AND WINE 🍷: Indulge on Adelaide food tour including Adelaide Central Market. Or try a wine discovery tour with tastings at the National Wine Centre. Or the ultimate Penfolds Magill Estate experience with full estate tour & Grange tasting.
WILDLIFE 🐨: Spot koalas on a guided Morialta nature hike. Or walk from Waterfall Gully to Mount Lofty with entrance to Cleland Wildlife Park.
CRUISES ⛵: Watch the sun set on a twilight coastal cruise, get to know the city on a Torrens River cruise or take a high tea cruise aboard the Popeye.
SPORT 🏏: Dare to take on the Adelaide Oval Roofclimb or enter the fabled scoreboard on the behind-the-scenes stadium tour.
ACTION 🚵‍♂️: Descend Mount Lofty on a downhill mountain bike tour or kayak along the Torrens River.

Wines available by the glass include the Henschke Julius riesling from the Eden Valley, the Bellwether Ant Series cabernet sauvignon from the Coonawarra and the Pizzini Brachetto sparkling wine from the King Valley in Victoria.

The full 2KW menus are on the restaurant’s website.

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