Glenelg Surf Life Saving Club
The Foreshore, Glenelg, Adelaide SA 5045, Australia
ClosedToday 17:00 – 21:00 · by the venue's published hoursFull hours
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A popular surf club at Glenelg in Adelaide with a 4.3 rating across 780 reviews.
Practical details
Opening hours
Closed- MondayToday
- 17:00 – 21:00
- Tuesday
- 17:00 – 21:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 21:30
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 21:30
- Friday
- 12:00 – 22:30
- Saturday
- 11:30 – 22:30
- Sunday
- 11:30 – 21:30
Why it's worth checking out
Set on the foreshore at Glenelg, Adelaide, Glenelg Surf Life Saving Club combines a bar and restaurant with an uninterrupted outlook across the beach. The waterfront setting and sunset views make it a natural choice for a meal or a relaxed catch-up by the coast, around 12 kilometres from the CBD.
The venue welcomes everyone, with no sign-in required, and is suited to friends and families looking for a beachside gathering place. Its function and venue-hire offering also makes the club an option for larger celebrations and events, with a front-row location overlooking the foreshore. The club’s website directs larger groups to its reservations team, while restaurant bookings are handled through the Bar & Restaurant page.
There is more to the venue than dining. Glenelg SLSC is a longstanding surf lifesaving club, established during the early Depression by young unemployed men who wanted to help people using the beach. Today, lifesaving, nippers and surf sports remain central to the organisation, alongside the restaurant and bar. The club was named the 2024 SLSSA Club of the Year, reflecting its ongoing role in the local surf lifesaving community.
Spot Score
The Spot Score is our composite of five signals — two about the venue's standing with visitors and three about how complete and current this listing is. It is not a visitor rating and not a verdict on the food or the experience. The 4.3 from 780 reviews is Google's visitor rating, shown separately and never altered by us.
About the venue · from Google
- ReputationGoogle star rating, smoothed for review count
- 72
- PopularityHow many Google reviews it has
- 88
About this listing · our record
- Information qualityWebsite, menu and structured details on file
- 30
- Category fitHow well it matches its listed category
- 70
- FreshnessHow recently we last checked our sources
- 30
Last checked against sources 19 June 2026.
Our independent editorial score — not a user rating.
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