Fast Lunches in the Adelaide CBD

From the many Asian restaurants that line Gouger Street to the salad bars and other takeaway joints endemic to Peel Street and surrounds, the CBD is packed with places to get a fast, cheap lunch. Here are our top picks.


Updated on 17 May 2021

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Bai Long Store
Restaurant
Bai Long Store
This ambitious modern-Asian restaurant and store challenges its neighbours on the ailing Hutt Street strip.
Mandoo
Restaurant
Mandoo
All the dumplings.
Abbots and Kinney
Cafe
Abbots and Kinney
Inventive pastries to go.
Adelaide Pho
Restaurant
Adelaide Pho
How quickly can you slurp?
Asian Gourmet
Restaurant
Asian Gourmet
Defeating hunger since 1985.
Goodies & Grains
Shop
Goodies & Grains
Vibrant juices and lots of grainy salads.
Jack Greens
Cafe
Jack Greens
Where salad is the hero.
Let Them Eat
Cafe
Let Them Eat
Raising the bar for vegetarian food.
Little NNQ
Restaurant
Little NNQ
The faster alternative to NNQ Woodville.
Lucia's Fine Foods
Shop
Lucia's Fine Foods
A Central Market legend.
Mamachau
Cafe
Mamachau
Go for the KFC Bao (fried chicken with Asian slaw and kimchi mayo).
Sit Lo
Restaurant
Sit Lo
For banh mi, pho, noodle bowls and baos.
Thea Tea Shop
Restaurant
Thea Tea Shop
Get in early or you'll wait.
Two-Bit Villains
Restaurant
Two-Bit Villains
Vegan and vegetarian burgers.