luxury in Australia Mount Lofty Estate

Mount Lofty Estate, located 15 minutes from the Adelaide CBD, has become a destination for luxury accommodation, culinary adventures and nature-based escapes.

The Estate now offers five-star Mount Lofty House, Australia’s best luxury lodge, Sequoia Lodge, the awardwinning Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant, Martha Hardy’s Kitchen and Gatekeeper’s Day Spa.

The Estate grounds are also home to artesian springfed hot pools, an infinity pool, tennis court, vineyard and a wildlife enclosure. Several walking trails can also be accessed from the adjacent estate grounds.

Mount Lofty House, was named the number one Luxury Hotel in Australia and the South Pacific at the 2023 TripAdvisor Best of the Best Awards. Sequoia Lodge was voted Trip Advisor’s Traveller’s Choice Award, marking both properties to list amongst the top hotels in the world.

Mount Lofty House

Surrounded by botanic gardens, boutique wineries and overlooking the stunning Piccadilly Valley, the iconic designer five-star boutique hotel is famous for rooms, suites and cottages with historical charm and indulgent luxury.

Mount Lofty House is also home to the three-hatted Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant, with South Australia’s finest produce celebrated in every dish.

Guest can also indulge at The Gatekeeper’s Day Spa cottage offering a holistic menu of relaxing rituals, rejuvenating experiences and gentle beauty treatments.

Sequoia Lodge

Sequoia is an adults only intimate six-star luxury lodge, carved into the escarpment on Mount Lofty Estate in the glorious Adelaide Hills. Sequoia is home to fourteen luxury guest suites and a local team offering an unrivalled level of highly personalised service. Each of the executively appointed suites are nestled in a secluded sanctuary under the shadow of a looming Sequoia tree.

The suites offer unrivalled 180 views of the patchwork Piccadilly Valley and have been designed as a tranquil oasis with a sunken lounge room featuring a stone-clad fireplace, a spa-like retreat bathroom, and guests also sleep under the star-filled sky on a king-sized bed.

Sequoia guests have exclusive use of the lodge’s lounge and a panoramic sun deck. Within the lodge grounds, there are artesian spring-fed hot pools, a wildlife enclosure, tennis court and several walking trails can which can also

Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant

Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant is a culinary journey through the Adelaide Hills, with South Australia’s finest produce celebrated in every dish.

Hardy’s Verandah serves a five-course degustation menu, following the ‘Valley to Verandah’ concept, paired with a multiaward-winning wine selection, sake collection, and creative cocktail menu.

Guest can also enjoy a tour through the mystical 170-year-old wine cellar below the restaurant and an aperitif or digestive in the New York style cocktail bar adjacent Hardy’s.