Food Scene
A personal favourite. Good size meals, kids menu, kids play things, indoor wood fire, outdoor garden...everything. Heysen Trail is just behind the hotel. Go for a walk and then come back for a meal! Kids playground is right next door but it is being renovated due to the recent floods!
10 locals recommend
The Bridgewater Inn
387 Mount Barker Rd A personal favourite. Good size meals, kids menu, kids play things, indoor wood fire, outdoor garden...everything. Heysen Trail is just behind the hotel. Go for a walk and then come back for a meal! Kids playground is right next door but it is being renovated due to the recent floods!
Expensive but really good and fine dining. Has a cellar door as well.
12 locals recommend
The Bridgewater Mill
386 Mount Barker Rd Expensive but really good and fine dining. Has a cellar door as well.
Trendy but friendly tapas and burger bar. Try their Sunday 2 course meal for $25 a head.
16 locals recommend
Miss Perez Kitchen & Bar
2 Druid Ave Trendy but friendly tapas and burger bar. Try their Sunday 2 course meal for $25 a head.
Not cheap but good meals and local to Stirling with great outdoor deck
43 locals recommend
Stirling Hotel
52 Mount Barker Rd Not cheap but good meals and local to Stirling with great outdoor deck
Stirling Cellars & Patisserie
5 Johnston St up market
Millie's Bakery
11 Mount Barker Rd Love their quiches and muffin type cakes.
Boo & Child
143 Mount Barker Rd Good for kids too.
If you like Chinese food, this is just about the only place close to Bridgewater -
220 Old Mount Barker Road
Aldgate SA 5154
08 8370 9228
Aldgate Chinese Restaurant
220 Mount Barker Rd If you like Chinese food, this is just about the only place close to Bridgewater -
220 Old Mount Barker Road
Aldgate SA 5154
08 8370 9228
Crafers Pizza Bar
5 Main St Reasonable price and they will deliver.
Aldgate Pump Hotel
1 Strathalbyn Rd Nice relaxed atmosphere and enclosed garden.
Bubba Pizza
218 Mount Barker Rd great pizzas
Subway
Angas Street Open late when every other cafe is shut!
Great coffee and best salads and cakes. Organic shop is next door.
25 locals recommend
The Organic Market and Café
5 Druid Ave Great coffee and best salads and cakes. Organic shop is next door.
CIBO Espresso Stirling
28 Mount Barker RdGreat coffee
FRED Eatery
220 Mount Barker Rd Nice coffee and cake. It is also open for lunch
Stirling Chickens
75 Mount Barker RdTake away chicken or Fish and chips
Mt Barker Play Cafe
Great for kids
Great Take-away chicken and fish and chip shop. Not far and serves free range chickens
The Aldgate Chip Shop
232 Mount Barker RdGreat Take-away chicken and fish and chip shop. Not far and serves free range chickens
Open for breakfast mornings from 8.30am and serving all day breakfasts. Good organic and fresh local produce.
@ the grocer
397 Mount Barker RdOpen for breakfast mornings from 8.30am and serving all day breakfasts. Good organic and fresh local produce.
Shopping
Coles Bridgewater
2 Carey Gully RdCibo's coffee, Woolworths Supermarket, specialty boutiques, pretty country village with small playground called 'Steamroller Park'.
51 locals recommend
Stirling
Cibo's coffee, Woolworths Supermarket, specialty boutiques, pretty country village with small playground called 'Steamroller Park'.
Parks & Nature
The Heysen Trail runs behind Bridgewater Inn and there is the fairy garden near the Deanery Reserve.
Heysen Trail
Heysen Trail The Heysen Trail runs behind Bridgewater Inn and there is the fairy garden near the Deanery Reserve.
Cleland Wildlife Park
365 Mount Lofty Summit Rd See Koalas and touch them.
Adelaide Zoo
Frome RoadHahndorf Farm Barn
2282 Mount Barker RdGreat gardens but there is no coffee shop or restaurant.
95 locals recommend
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
16 Lampert RoadGreat gardens but there is no coffee shop or restaurant.
Arts & Culture
Hans Heysen - The Cedars
68 Heysen RdSouth Australian Museum
North TerraceWine is the culture of the Adelaide Hills! There are several wineries within a 10 minute radius of the cottage. Check out Nepenthe Winery for great sparkling wine and whites.
15 locals recommend
Nepenthe
93 Jones RdWine is the culture of the Adelaide Hills! There are several wineries within a 10 minute radius of the cottage. Check out Nepenthe Winery for great sparkling wine and whites.
Essentials
Adelaide Hills Medical Clinics
399 Mount Barker RdBridgewater Dental
411 Mount Barker RdStirling Police Station
Stirling Hospital
20 Milan TerraceSightseeing
McLaren Vale
Wineries - best in SA I think. Shiraz and Grenache are great.
Glenelg
Beach scene
Lots of shops along main street with 'German' theme. Great large servings of schnitzel and sausages at the local restaurants.
252 locals recommend
Hahndorf
Lots of shops along main street with 'German' theme. Great large servings of schnitzel and sausages at the local restaurants.
Woorabinda Drive
Woorabinda Drivesmall Lake with bird life and walk
Big Rocking Horse
452 Torrens Valley Rd Wooden toy factory
Drinks & Nightlife
Nice top of building bar. Best to go during week night as it gets crowded fast.
122 locals recommend
2KW Bar & Restaurant
2 King William StreetNice top of building bar. Best to go during week night as it gets crowded fast.
Maybe Mae
15 Peel StHidden Bar....you may not find it!
Peel St
9 Peel StBar and best funky interesting salads in town....
Lady Burra Brewhouse
4 Topham MallTapas and brewery with a good range of local beers