Leigh Street Luggage

Leigh Street Luggage is a bar in Adelaide CBD built around European-inspired cocktails, wine and the pleasure of staying for a while. It opens from 4pm daily, making it suited to an after-work drink, an early evening catch-up or a later night out. The venue also offers reservations, private functions, birthday events and catering, giving groups several ways to use the space beyond a casual visit.

The drinks list includes distinctive cocktails such as A Love Story, made with strawberry gin, Amaro Meletti, strawberry and lemon, and the Apple Bergamot Spritz, combining cucumber-infused gin with bergamot, apple, citrus and soda. For something to share, the Fromage platter brings together truffle manchego, brie, pecorino, seasonal fruit, quince and lavosh. Aperitivo hour runs from 4pm to 6pm Monday to Friday, with a dedicated aperitivo menu available for early evening visits.

The venue’s identity draws on its past as a luggage-filled storefront and its location on Leigh Street. Its design retains traces of that earlier life, including weathered cases, a propeller detail and photographs associated with travel. The story has shifted from departure to arrival: wine and amaro now take the place of passports and tickets, while the space is presented as somewhere to pause and feel briefly removed from the everyday.

Jazz is part of the weekly programme, with performances from 8pm on Wednesdays and from 9pm on Fridays. That makes Leigh Street Luggage a natural choice for a drinks-led night with live music, while its functions and catering offering give larger groups another reason to visit. With a Google rating of 4.6 from 164 reviews, it has also built a strong local reputation. The combination of cocktails, wine, shareable food, travel-themed surroundings and scheduled jazz makes it particularly well suited to couples, small groups and anyone looking for an atmospheric Adelaide CBD bar rather than a quick stop.