Two men charged over an alleged stabbing that left three people in hospital have faced court for the first time for their bail hearings.

Emergency services were called to a hotel on Morphett St in the Adelaide CBD shortly before 5am on Monday following a report of an assault.

Police arrived to find two men and teenager with stab wounds.

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The 16-year-old boy received injuries to his back, thighs and hands, while a 27-year-old man from Craigmore sustained a laceration across his chest and a 31-year-old Murray Bridge man suffered a laceration to his head and wounds to his abdomen.

All three were taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.

The 27-year-old from Craigmore has since been arrested and charged with affray and four counts of assault.

Another 25-year-old man, from Fulham Gardens, was arrested and charged with affray and assault.

On Tuesday, the Adelaide Magistrates Court heard that it was a “catch-up with friends” that turned violent.

SAPOL said it was Craig Makosa, 25, who brought the machete to the meet-up, alleging he turned on one of the victims in the belief he had stolen his phone.

Makosa is accused of then swinging the machete, hitting a man who was trying to defend himself with a chair.

He is also accused of stabbing the 16-year-old.

In court on Tuesday, the man with the chair, 27-year-old Chol Apech, who was also arrested and charged told the magistrate he was acting in self-defence and asked to be released on home detention bail.

He will find out next week if his appeal was successful.

Makosa had his bail application denied due to a “long history of violent offending” despite his lawyer arguing that he is a victim too.

He will remain behind bars until September.