Grace Emily Hotel

One of those pubs that doesn't feel the need to update but remains popular purely because of that fact. a great supporter of live music which is brilliant. Great beer garden but lots of other seating options as well.

This is one of those pubs that I wish I had spent more time at rather than walking past. I first came here when a friend of mine chose this place for some Saturday night drinks and I really liked it, however I was not able to come back again until quite recently and on my second visit I was even more impressed. There are all these cool things that cover the walls, and what makes it even better is that there are no pokies. It is also a live music venue, but I have unfortunately never been here for a band (though there was a band playing on my first visit). The staff were also really cool, and the grungy atmosphere is what I really like in a pub. Thus the next time I am in Adelaide I am definitely going to put this pub on my list to visit again.

I am never going back to the Grace Emily ever again, which is unfortunate because I quite like the venue itself, however management need to do a serious and drastic overhaul of their bar staff. The last (and final) time I went to the Grace Emily I ordered a coopers sparkling ale from the tap (one of my favourites beers that I drink regularly) and was served a beer that more closely resembled vegemite than a beer with the amount of bottom keg sediment in it. When I asked if I could exchange my "beer" (aka yeast soup) for a fresh one once the keg had been changed, the bar staff flatly refused. Slightly taken aback by this I ask if instead it would be possible to exchange it for a bottle of coopers sparkling ale from the fridge and I would happily pay the difference. Again I was flatly refused. Being absolutely dumbfounded at this stage I asked if I could just have my money back. Again (not surprisingly) they refused. In all the years I have been going to venues around Adelaide I ...read more