It's a little bit French and a big bit classy. La Buvette has raised the late-night drinking scene in Adelaide’s West End to new heights. Not to yuck anyone's yums, but most of the booze rooms around here are mainstream haunts with notoriously sticky dancefloors, broken toilet doors, multi-coloured flashing lights and somewhat stale-smelling – which is exactly what the doctor orders, sometimes. But we’re here to chat about the finer things in life, or the West End.
La Buvette delivers something far more refined: meticulously selected French wines and aperitifs in understated laneway surrounds amped up by streetside, Drucker bistro chairs. Close your eyes, count to three and step inside the closest thing to Gap Paree in Adelaide – all thanks to yesteryear light fixtures, marble tabletops and an intricate wooden bar, exposed stone walls and beams, gold detailing, along with a deep blue colour palette that is just downright sexy. Order yourself a bottle of rosé from Côte De Provence, France, and you’ll need not book yourself a long-haul.
Time Out tip: It’s not just about the tipple at La Buvette – French fare is to be expected. Feeling adventurous? Sample the escargots à l'Alsacienne – that’s snails prepared with butter, white wine and plenty of garlic and parsley too.