Press* Food & Wine

Dinner at the recently reopened @press_food_and_wine! This was from a couple of weeks ago. It was an absolutely fantastic meal! We went with a la carte rather than the feed me menu. The food was amazing. The wine selection was great. The service was excellent. Overall, a huge huge improvement over the old Press. . Gazander oysters: we normally aren't huge fans of oysters, but these were really nicely done 🙂🙂. Tastes very fresh, and not too oyster-y. Good way to start off the meal! . Bread: nice warm bread, with a very smooth butter. I was very hungry when the bread got served, so it was perfect timing 😂😂. . Potato skins, fromage blanc, tarragon: these stuffed potato skins were fantastic! They're super crunchy, and the stuffing was super creamy. Amazing dish 😍😍🤤🤤. . Chicken liver parfait, choux au craquelin, onion caramel: omg I totally loved their version of the chicken liver parfait! The choux pastry was excellent, and gave it a nice sweet flavour. The liver parfait was super smooth. Just absolutely perfection 😍😍. . Seasonal crudités, spiced yoghurt: nice pickled and fresh vegetables. Good to have along with the heavier dishes like the liver parfait. . Boston Bay pork ribs, pepper, lime, plum: these pork ribs were nice and tender, and the sauce was really interesting 🙂🙂. Not like your typical pork ribs. . Kingfish crudo, olive oil, pink pepper, fennel: this dish tasted very fresh 🤤🤤. So delicious! . Kangaroo tartare, leek, yolk, potato: I must say I've never had kangaroo tartare before 😜. Tastes a little bit like beef tartare, but this dish was delicious! It was very much full of flavour, but didn't really have a raw meat feel to it. . Abalone, chicken skin, root vegetables: I couldn't really taste the chicken skin, but this dish was nicely balanced. Lots of different flavours and textures 🙂. . Dry-aged beef, beef fat vinaigrette, celeriac: Wow! This beef was excellent! It was soooooo good! Very tender. Full of flavour. Perfect 😍😍😍. . Boston Bay pork, bbq paste, zucchini: another good main dish. Big piece of nicely grilled pork chop. Can't go wrong 🤤. . Wood-grilled Murray cod, kohlrabi, native citrus: the cod was super tender, and the flavours were very nicely balanced, but it was a bit on the small side. I think if it was my main and we weren't sharing, it might not have been big enough 🤷? . Potatoes, smoked salt, parsley: always love a bowl of delicious crispy potatoes 🤤🤤. . Wombok cabbage, green sauce: didn't think wombok would ever make it into a western restaurant 😜, but it was a delicious side dish! Unexpected but good! . Lemon, yoghurt, lemon thyme: delicious dessert dish! The ice cream was a little bit like a semifreddo. Good balance of tangy lemon and sweet flavours 😍. . Figs, honeycomb, vanilla: I always love having figs in a dessert dish 🤤🤤. This was so good! . Smoked chocolate, coffee, orange: this was a really interesting dish! I didn't know it was going to be like a mousse 😜. It was very light, but creamy. yum!

We ventured into the city last night for a meal at Press as we have wanted to go for a long time. It always gets highly recommended by friends so we were expecting great things. We opted for the $90 feed me menu but next time think I would just order from the entrees and mains list as we got venison (which I don’t really like) and rump which was nice but not my favourite cut of steak. The kingfish Crudo was delicious as was the beetroot dish, the prawns were tasty but a few things felt a bit flat and needed a bit more seasoning. All in all it was an enjoyable experience, the service was excellent and it was a beautiful restaurant but for me it wasn’t as flavourful and delicious as I was expecting. I would go back and order our own menu next time.

Definitely a must eat place in Adelaide. Service is excellent and food were top notch. Oysters were so fresh and tasty; definitely try their beef dish, any of it! Roast chicken was so juicy and well marinated with generous serving. Staff always attended your water and drinks, ensuring everything was fine. Would definitely come back!

I took my mum (50+) and grandma (90+) for the set lunch on mother's day and we were all left underwhelmed and still hungry. For $90 a head I expected more. Our first dish was sourdough bread which came out burnt and the crust was hard as a rock. I wanted to believe it was just meant to be hard on the outside but soft on the inside but from the looks of the other tables it was just ours that was burnt. The pork main was nice but two dishes to share between 5 people is why we were still hungry at the end. To finish off, the dessert would of been a delight but it had been sitting out for too long and the cream had started to melt. Overall, though some dishes were done poorly, others were done well but it was definitely different even if it was lacking. I'm not writing this to put anyone off but I hope this makes it easier for people to chose where to go based on who they might be with and for what occasion.

We were a group of 5 who were travelling to Adelaide from Melbourne. We came across Press and decided to make a booking weeks in advance as it looked like a popular and well rated place. Unfortunately it did not hit the mark with us, which was unfortunate as all other places we ate at in Adelaide/Barossa Valley over the weekend were fabulous. Firstly, we arrived at our booking at 8pm and were seated by the door, given a drinks menu to start. After about 5-10 minutes we tried to get someone's attention to order some drinks but were not able to get the attention of any staff. After about 15 minutes with no one to take our drinks order or give us a food/la carte menu, we ended up grabbing a food menu ourselves from the front desk. After a few minutes we decided what we were going to order to eat, however we still could not get the attention of any staff. We made eye contact and had our hand up to signal a waitress, who made eye contact on more than one occasion but did not at least acknowledge us to even tell us she would be a moment or so. After a while another staff member came over and took our order. Once we made the order the food came out as entrees and mains. The entrees were decent, with the potato skins and kangaroo tartare being highlights. However, the beetroot carrots were quite disappointing. Unfortunately, that was the best of it, because when the mains arrived (we ordered 4/5 mains - Chicken, Steak, Pork, Murray Cod). The murray cod tasted bland and had little flavour. The Steak was extremely chewy despite being medium rare (which was recommended by the wait staff)(Also quite pricey for 5 slices). Although, it was the chicken that was by far the worst dish, which looked half eaten, tasted very average and was plated horribly. The pork was the only decent main with a nice sauce, however it was nothing mind blowing. Considering the service and quality of food we received, we did not even want to consider what was available for dessert, and could not wait to leave after the mains. Sounding a little nit-picky they had also forgotten one of our drinks and gave me the wrong beer (pale ale instead of draught), when I brought it up with the staff they were very hesitate to change my drink and said that's the way their draught was, despite the obvious colour/taste differences, and I had also noticed draught on other patrons tables). Keeping in mind the $40p/head deposit if we cancelled our booking as well as the price of food and drinks we expected a lot more from Press. Perhaps having such good experiences in the days before around Adelaide/SA we had a high standard set which is why it was even more of a disappointing last dinner in Adelaide. Unfortunately we will not go back to Press and would not recommend it to any friends or family who are in Adelaide.