Hot honey in Adelaide
Emerging
The earliest review we have is from 22 Sep 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.
20Adelaide cafe menus list it
720Adelaide searches in Oct 2026
Honey with chilli through it, drizzled over fried chicken, halloumi, pizza and toast.
Is hot honey 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.
Sep 2026
First Adelaide review in our data.
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
5%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 6% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Adelaide.
20 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 hot honey goes on
Every cafe menu that names hot honey 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 hot honey 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.
- Fried chicken plates4 cafes
Hot honey tenders
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps3 cafes
Sando
- Toast, eggs & brunch plates3 cafes
Whipped Ricotta & Eggs
- Pizza2 cafes
Hot Honey Pizza
- Pita, flatbread & focaccia2 cafes
Hot Honey & Tomato Focaccia
- Snacks & sides1 cafe
Hot Honey Haloumi
- Waffles, bakes & sweets1 cafe
Hot Honey Karaage Croissant
- Other dishes4 cafes
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside hot honey
- Chicken7
- Eggs3
- Whipped cheese, ricotta & burrata2
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get hot honey in Adelaide
33 Adelaide cafes: 20 on their menus, 13 from posts.
Showing 10 of 33 cafes, A to Z
- Alimentary EateryPrice not on the menu
- Argo on the Parade$20
- Aye FrankUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Beachside Bagels - Port NoarlungaUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Blefari Caffè & Cucina$15.90
- BloomUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Bottega Bandito James PlUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Cibo EspressoUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Deep Blue CafePrice not on the menu
- Esculent$10
Adelaide cafes with Hot honey on their menus or in their posts.
How hot honey spread across Adelaide
20suburbs 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.
16 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Hot honey Adelaide FAQs
Hot honey is on 20 Adelaide cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 20 Adelaide suburbs, while Adelaide searches for it rose 39% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).
What is hot honey?
Honey with chilli through it, drizzled over fried chicken, halloumi, pizza and toast. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 20 Adelaide cafes across 20 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 33 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 hot honey on?
Across 20 cafe menus in Adelaide that list hot honey as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are fried chicken plates (4 cafes), burgers, sandwiches & wraps (3 cafes) and toast, eggs & brunch plates (3 cafes). It is most often paired with chicken and eggs.
Where can I get hot honey in Adelaide?
It is on 20 Adelaide cafe menus right now, including Esculent in Old Reynella, Shadow Baking - Glenelg in Glenelg, Shadow Baking - North Adelaide in North Adelaide and The Seller Door in Brighton. 13 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.
Is hot honey getting more popular in Adelaide?
It is early days. The Froth rates hot honey as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: the earliest review we have is from 22 Sep 2026, less than four months ago. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 4.4% of the Adelaide cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Adelaide searches for it were up 39% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
Where in Australia is hot honey biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Gold Coast cafes: 7.7% against Adelaide's 4.4%, over the last 90 days.
How many people search for hot honey in Adelaide?
There were 720 searches for hot honey 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 260 searches (Jan 2025) to 1,600 (Mar 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Adelaide.
When did hot honey first show up in Adelaide cafes?
The earliest Adelaide customer review about hot honey that The Froth has is from 22 Sep 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 hot honey 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.