Luma Restaurant & Bar

Luma Restaurant & Bar brings a polished restaurant-and-bar experience to the ground floor of The Playford MGallery on North Terrace in Adelaide CBD. Its 180-seat dining room is styled in a contemporary Art Nouveau design, with sculptural lighting, tall pillars and a warmly lit stone bar. The setting has plenty of occasion, but the venue’s own approach is less formal than its surroundings might suggest: it is intended to feel like a place to settle in, whether you are starting the day with coffee and a pastry, stopping for lunch, enjoying dinner or meeting for a drink after work.

The food draws on European culinary traditions while placing South Australian producers and regional flavours at the centre. Executive Chef Hugh Hazelwood leads a kitchen focused on bold flavours, modern technique and considered use of produce. The Earth & Ember menu, described on the site as a low-waste approach, uses ingredients thoughtfully rather than treating sustainability as an add-on. Named dishes include oyster ice cream with cucumber, dill, sea herbs and caviar; wild rabbit agnolotti with tarragon, prune and black truffle; and Black Angus beef fillet with heirloom beetroot, potato and horseradish. The menu also includes a South Australian cheese offering with quince and muscatels, Riverland grapefruit with Hentley Farm sorbet, and the Playford bombe Alaska, which is set alight at the table.

There is more to Luma than a single dinner menu. The venue offers breakfast, an all-day bar menu, lunch and dinner, along with weekend high tea. Friday and Saturday evenings include live entertainment, giving the bar and dining room a livelier focus at the end of the week. The range makes it suitable for different occasions: a solo coffee, a relaxed drink, a date, a celebratory meal or a gathering that needs a substantial hotel venue. The smart-casual dress code keeps the atmosphere approachable, while the design and service setting provide a stronger sense of occasion than a casual café or bar.

Luma’s recent accolades listed on its website include two Chef Hats in the 2026 Australian Good Food Guide, a Readers’ Choice Award and recognition for its bar design and lighting. Those honours sit alongside a clear sense of personality: inventive food, regional sourcing and theatrical details without insisting that diners behave formally. For Adelaide visitors and locals wanting a creative meal in a distinctive North Terrace setting, Luma offers a broad dining experience that can be as simple or occasion-led as the visit requires.