Chilli crisp in Adelaide
Emerging
The earliest review we have is from 31 Jul 2026, less than four months ago.
Fewer than 5 Adelaide cafes have it, or the first review we have is under 120 days old. It also covers anything on a small share of cafes that is holding steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
12Adelaide cafe menus list it
400Adelaide searches in Oct 2026
Crunchy chilli oil full of fried chilli, garlic and shallot, spooned over eggs, toast and noodles.
Is chilli crisp still growing in Adelaide?
It's emerging: early days yet.
About Adelaide's figures
Adelaide's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (435 Adelaide cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Adelaide cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.
Adelaide searches a month
Mar 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
Jul 2026
First Adelaide review in our data.
Sep 2026
400 searches, the busiest month.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Adelaide compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Adelaide's share of Australia's searches
7%Aug to Oct 2026The same as 7% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Adelaide.
12 cafe menus
We started reading cafe menus in late 2026. Cafes adding and dropping it each month show here once the first whole month of menu reads is in.
Adelaide, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What chilli crisp goes on
Every cafe menu that names chilli crisp is sorted into one kind of dish by its words: a burger, a toastie and a wrap are all "burgers, sandwiches & wraps".
Each shop counts once, under the dish we list it for below, so a cafe with chilli crisp on several dishes shows under one of them.
The usual price is the middle price of those menus, with a chain's price counted once so one chain can't set it, shown when at least three cafes list a price.
- Toast, eggs & brunch plates10 cafes
Crab Chilli ScrambleGFOIMP
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps1 cafe
Tuna Cheese Melt
- Fried chicken plates1 cafe
Chilli crunch chicken
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside chilli crisp
- Eggs3
- Avocado2
- Mushroom2
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get chilli crisp in Adelaide
21 Adelaide cafes: 12 on their menus, 9 from posts.
Showing 10 of 21 cafes, A to Z
- A PLACE coffeeUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Alimentary EateryPrice not on the menu
- Beachside Bagels - Port NoarlungaUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Bibo Bar and EateryPrice not on the menu
- BloomUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Bottega Bandito James PlPrice not on the menu
- Bottega Bandito ProspectPrice not on the menu
- CoffylosophyUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Crave Specialty CoffeeUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Faar Farr AwayPrice not on the menu
Adelaide cafes with Chilli crisp on their menus or in their posts.
How chilli crisp spread across Adelaide
14suburbs with cafes that have it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Adelaide cafes with a customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
11 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Chilli crisp Adelaide FAQs
Chilli crisp is on 12 Adelaide cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 14 Adelaide suburbs, while Adelaide searches for it rose 69% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).
What is chilli crisp?
Crunchy chilli oil full of fried chilli, garlic and shallot, spooned over eggs, toast and noodles. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 14 Adelaide cafes across 14 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 21 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What do cafes put chilli crisp on?
Across 12 cafe menus in Adelaide that list chilli crisp as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are toast, eggs & brunch plates (10 cafes), burgers, sandwiches & wraps (1 cafe) and fried chicken plates (1 cafe). It is most often paired with eggs and avocado.
Where can I get chilli crisp in Adelaide?
It is on 12 Adelaide cafe menus right now, including Local Luxe Cafe in Malvern, Alimentary Eatery in Brighton, Bibo Bar and Eatery in Kent Town and Bottega Bandito James Pl in Adelaide. 9 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.
What else is chilli crisp called?
Adelaide cafes also sell chilli crisp as "crispy chilli oil" and "chilli crunch". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.
Where in Australia is chilli crisp biggest?
Of the cities The Froth reads, Adelaide has it at the biggest share of cafes: 3% of Adelaide cafes in the last 90 days, against 2.4% in Hobart and 2.4% in Gold Coast.
Is chilli crisp getting more popular in Adelaide?
It is early days. The Froth rates chilli crisp as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: the earliest review we have is from 31 Jul 2026, less than four months ago. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 3% of the Adelaide cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 728 cafes we have followed through both periods, none of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before. Adelaide searches for it were up 69% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for chilli crisp in Adelaide?
There were 400 searches for chilli crisp in Adelaide in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 180 searches (Dec 2024) to 400 (Sep 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Adelaide.
When did chilli crisp first show up in Adelaide cafes?
The earliest Adelaide customer review about chilli crisp that The Froth has is from 31 Jul 2026. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.
How does The Froth count this?
A cafe counts for chilli crisp from the first Google review we found that mentions it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with new reviews or menus (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Adelaide with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.