Need somewhere private where you can discuss a deal? Or a special place to thank your top client? Here are the best restaurants for business in Adelaide – tested by our reviewers withFugazzi has history. In its previous incarnation as Rigoni’s, it was the regular haunt of politicians, lawyers, journalists and anyone who did, or didn’t, matter.
The crisp, puffy gnocco fritto with whipped ricotta, honey and black pepper is addictive, and the hand-rolled taglierini with blue swimmer crab, chilli and garlic is as good as this classic dish gets. If you really want to roll out the credit card, there’s 9+ marble score Mayura Station wagyu at $700 a kilogram.The dining environment is just as detailed and imposing, with its rich reds, lots of timber, marble-veined bar and leather-bound tables.
Sit at the counter overlooking the 3½-tonne oven at the centre of this wall of fire, and it’s hard not to marvel how they can cook for up to 200 without incinerating everything in sight. Let sommelier Apex Lau go to work with his 300-strong list and there will be more surprises, such as pairing that pork short loin with sake. For interstate visitors, there’s a good chance this is the place they’ll want to try the most.| Lots of fun to be had with the off-piste non-wine drinks, such as magnums of Normandy cider and a killer selection of artisan gins.There is always a lot going on at Orso, and it’s not always happening in the lofty dining room.