Best new restaurants in Adelaide – ESMAY
Chef Alanna Sapwell-Stone has found a permanent home for her pop-up concept Esmay. Set to open in November inside the Hackney Hotel in Adelaide, the restaurant will be a continuation of the 2020 endeavour that saw Esmay serve set menus in Noosa for three months, before popping up in locations across Australia in the following years. The move comes after years spent in the Northern Rivers, including Sapwell-Stone’s prolonged stint at The Eltham Hotel.
“From the Hearth Restaurant in Perth to the bustle of Canberra’s wine bars, I learned how the setting shapes the experience — and how important it is to create a sense of belonging, no matter where you are,” Sapwell-Stone said in a statement.A full redesign of the 40-seat dining room will reflect the building’s history and create a blank canvas for the award-winning chef to deliver seasonal and technically refined menus, drawing chiefly on hyper-local South Australian produce. Esmay will fall under the remit of Blanco Horner Hospitality Group (Restaurant Botanic, Botanic Lodge), and is shaping up to be a hot new destination in Adelaide’s dining scene.