Clever Little Tailor

About this place Clever Little Tailor

Clever Little Tailor is one of Adelaide's most admired small bars — a cosy, expertly operated venue on Peel Street in the West End that has become a go-to for Adelaide's queer-friendly bar crowd. The bar is part of Adelaide's vibrant laneway and small-bar scene, a cultural phenomenon that has transformed the city's nightlife over the past decade and produced a network of intimate, character-rich venues that represent the city's drinking culture at its best. The cocktail list at Clever Little Tailor is taken seriously and changes regularly to reflect the team's interests and the seasons. The atmosphere is deliberately intimate — low lighting, good music at a conversational volume, and the sense that the people who work here care about the experience of the people who drink here. The crowd is mixed and includes a strong LGBTQ+ contingent from the surrounding inner-city residential community. The bar's position in Peel Street, one of Adelaide's most celebrated small-bar lanes, means it sits within a cluster of excellent venues that reward an evening of exploration. For LGBTQ+ visitors to Adelaide who want to experience the city's bar culture at its most refined — away from the large venues and the nightclub scene — Clever Little Tailor is the ideal representation of what Adelaide has built in its compact, walkable inner city.