Adelaide Hills 5 Star Boutique Hotel
An Iconic Adelaide Hills Hotel
Celebrating the Tradition of Luxury
Australia's Most Awarded Hotel
⬩ Australian Hotels Association Best Overall Hotel Mount Lofty Estate 2026, 2025, 2024 & 2023
⬩Trip Advisor #1 Luxury Hotel in Australia & South Pacific 2025 & 2023
⬩Trip Advisor #1 Hotel in Australia & The South Pacific 2024 & 2022
⬩ Australian Hotels Association Best Luxury Hotel Accommodation Sequoia Lodge 2026, 2025, 2024 & 2023
⬩ Australian Hotels Association Hardy’s Verandah Best Restaurant Accommodation Division 2026, 2025
⬩ Australian Hotels Association National Winner Employee Excellence in Service Christopher Speck 2024
⬩HM Best Luxury accommodation in Australia for Sequoia in 2023
⬩ Australian Bridal Industry Association: Best Hotel Wedding Venue SA, Winner 8 Consecutive Years
⬩ Australia Good Food Guide 3-Hat for Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant 2026 & the last 7 years
⬩ Trip Advisor Gatekeeper’s Day Spa Travellers’ Choice Award Winner 2026
WELCOME TO OUR HISTORIC HOTEL & ESTATE
A million miles away yet so close.
Mount Lofty House was built in 1852 by prominent statesman Arthur Hardy as his summer house. Arthur Hardy is reminiscent of a South Australian Jay Gatsby; indeed his wife Martha described their lifestyle as ‘a kind of feudal splendour’. Their beautiful manor soon became the state’s premier address for lavish and infamous parties for Adelaide’s elite of the day. From such lofty beginnings the manor was passed through a number of South Australian families, including a period as commune in the 1970s. In the disastrous 1983 fires of Ash Wednesday Mount Lofty House was burnt to the ground before rising from the ashes like a phoenix to truly become one of South Australia’s great icons…
Signature Experiences
⬩Enjoy the best fine dining experience in South Australia, at the 3 Chef Hat awarded Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant
⬩Three bars and lounges including Hardy’s Cocktail Bar
⬩175 year old cellar and awarded wine list with over 1300 labels
⬩Explore Mount Lofty Estate gardens or the neighbouring Botanic Gardens
⬩Relax with a spa treatment at Gatekeeper’s Day Spa
⬩Nightly champagne and house history tour hosted by our Concierge
⬩Challenge your partner with a game of billiards, chess or relax in the house library
⬩Relax in our swimming pool overlooking the Piccadilly Valley
⬩Experience the Adelaide Hills – world class dining, cellar doors, connect with nature, and so much more.
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