Must-see restaurants in Hobart

  • Pilgrim Coffee

    Hobart

    With exposed bricks, timber beams and distressed walls, L-shaped Pilgrim is Hobart's hippest cafe. Expect wraps, panini and interesting mains (try the…

  • Aløft

    Hobart

    Boldly claiming itself as Hobart's top restaurant, angular Aløft occupies a lofty eyrie atop the floating Brooke St Pier. Menu hits include silken tofu…

  • Jackman & McRoss

    Hobart

    Make sure you stop by this enduring Hobart favourite, even if it’s just to gawk at the display cabinet full of delectable pies, tarts, baguettes and…

  • Templo

    Hobart

    Unpretentious little Templo, on a nondescript reach of Patrick St, is a Hobart dining treasure. With only 20 seats (bookings essential), most of them…

  • Ginger Brown

    Hobart

    This perennially popular and well-run cafe presents a wide-ranging menu, including a house crumpet with raspberry mascarpone and lemon curd, a black…

  • Retro Cafe

    Hobart

    So popular it hurts, funky Retro is ground zero for Saturday brunch among the market stalls (or any day, really). Masterful breakfasts, bagels, salads and…

  • Flippers

    Hobart

    There are four floating fish punts moored in Constitution Dock, selling fresh-caught seafood either uncooked or cooked. Our pick is Flippers, an enduring…

  • Picnic Basket

    Hobart

    This old petrol-station building has been reworked as an earthy cafe, with a quirky retro interior, staff dancing in the kitchen and herbs growing in…

  • Bury Me Standing

    Hobart

    Stepping into this brilliant little coffee-and-bagel joint, run by a chipper Minnesotan who ended up in Hobart accidentally, is like waking into an old…

  • Mr Goodguy

    Hobart

    Aiming for a future-Asian Bladerunner look, this good-looking good guy is a hawker-style restaurant revolving around a central bar, on the ground floor of…

  • Beach

    Hobart

    It's worth driving a few kilometres over the headland from Kingston to the sunny terrace of this angular cafe-bar on Blackmans Bay beach. Wood-fired…

  • Pigeon Hole

    Hobart

    This compact bakery-cafe is the kind of place every inner-city neighbourhood should have. The love child of a family farm at Hobart’s edge, its menu is…

  • Burger Haus

    Hobart

    Boasting big beefy burgers, a little outdoor terrace, craft beers and ciders, and a view that combines a concrete car park with the moody hues of kunanyi…

  • Peacock & Jones

    Hobart

    Almost difficult to find in the courtyard behind the Henry Jones Art Hotel, Peacock & Jones is a marvellously atmospheric space with huge timber beams and…

  • Two Folk Espresso

    Hobart

    You can fit more than two folk in here (well, one or two more – it's little). But size means nothing when the coffee, interior design and morsels are this…

  • Ettie's

    Hobart

    Ettie's shows three faces to the city: a bistro, wine bar and bottle shop (move through all three in sequence). Meals are in the share-plate mode,…

  • Black Footed Pig

    Hobart

    Exposed brick, white marble tables, black leather seats – the colours and textures here are appropriately dramatic for an upbeat waterfront diner, serving…

  • Frank

    Hobart

    At the base of the much-maligned Marine Board Building, Frank brings fabulous South American–inspired flavours to the Hobart waterfront. Everything is…

  • Capital

    Hobart

    Authentic Italian pizza, pasta and dolci (dessert) in the thick of the Elizabeth St action – an experience made even better by one of Hobart's best…

  • Cornelian Bay Boat House

    Hobart

    About 3km north of the city, this stylish, light-filled restaurant-bar occupies a converted beach pavilion on shallow Cornelian Bay – the swimming…

  • Born in Brunswick

    Hobart

    Born in Brunswick is a stylistically elevated Hobart cafe (blond timbers, huge colourful bird murals and white everywhere else) with a creative menu of…

  • Kosaten Japanese Restaurant

    Hobart

    We could say this darkened Japanese bunker in an old stone ordnance store near Salamanca Place is a sushi-train joint, but that would be underselling it…

  • Fico

    Hobart

    This stylish Italian restaurant on the business flanks of Macquarie St somehow manages to feel intimate despite the traffic thundering past (jazz,…

  • Veg Bar

    Hobart

    'Plant-based eatery' may be a coded way of saying 'vegetarian joint', but there's really no need for disguises. Veg Bar is a quality outfit, from the…

  • Roaring Grill

    Hobart

    Beefing up the offerings in NoHo is this sassy steakhouse named for the Roaring Forties winds that wash and dry Tasmania. It's a stylish split-level fit…

  • Three Japanese

    Hobart

    Run by (you guessed it) three Japanese friends, this mod little black-and-white restaurant sources its produce as much as possible from organic producers…

  • Beachfront 32

    Hobart

    What are all those people doing over there? Oh, they're eating and drinking at Beachfront 32, a cafe-bar right on Kingston Beach. Scan the menu (pinned to…

  • Urban Greek

    Hobart

    Fancy Mediterranean offerings in a former garage fitted out with bent copper lighting conduits, a timber bar, polished concrete floors and an intimidating…

  • Liv-eat

    Hobart

    Soups, grilled salads, rolls, sandwiches, wraps, juices and smoothies – all of it fresh and/or made on the spot, and none of it deep-fried. It's a healthy…

  • The Source

    Hobart

    The Source is an excellent (and not overpriced) restaurant at MONA, named after a painting by John Olsen hanging in the entryway. It's a stylish affair …

  • Landscape

    Hobart

    Adjunct to the flash Henry Jones Art Hotel is this top-flight restaurant and grill. It can get pricey in here, but the hushed, moody atmosphere – with…

  • Raspberry Fool

    Hobart

    The all-day menu here features dressed-up comfort food with a chef's spin. Try the cheesy leeks on toast with bacon and a fried egg, or the baked eggs…

  • Sweet Envy

    Hobart

    A delicate diversion along North Hobart’s restaurant strip, Sweet Envy conjures up gossamer-light macarons, madeleines and cupcakes, plus gourmet pies and…

  • Daci & Daci

    Hobart

    A 2018 refurb has this stylish bakery-cafe looking all leather and latte, and suitably slick for the steady flow of public servants and parliamentary folk…

  • Brother Mine

    Hobart

    Bring your bro to this savvy bar-bistro, just over the hill from the main North Hobart hubbub. Spreading themselves through three conjoined shopfronts …

  • Fish Frenzy

    Hobart

    A casual, waterside fish nook, overflowing with fish fiends and brimming with fish and chips, fishy salads (warm octopus with yoghurt dressing) and fish…

  • Annapurna

    Hobart

    It seems like half of Hobart lists modest Annapurna as their favourite eatery (you'd better book). Northern and southern Indian options are served with…

  • Small Fry

    Hobart

    Hip Small Fry sure is small, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in character. Conversation comes naturally at the shared steel counter: sip some…

  • Me Wah

    Hobart

    From the outside, Me Wah looks just like any suburban shopping-mall joint. But inside it's an elegant confection of chinoiserie, almost bordering on over…

  • Magic Curries

    Hobart

    There's a photo on the wall here of the Indian cricket team's visit in 2004 – a while ago, we know, but if it's good enough for Anil Kumble, it's good…