Must-see restaurants in Midlands & Central Highlands

  • Jackson’s Emporium

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Enterprising Jackson’s (an emporium since the 1850s) offers up locally sourced cafe fare (quiches, burgers, chilli con carne, soups), plus desserts, wine…

  • Ross Village Bakery

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Overdose on pies and astonishingly tall vanilla slices. The owners get up before dawn every day to set the 1860 wood oven blazing. Wood-fired pizzas on…

  • Zeps

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Hyperactive Zeps is pretty much the compulsory coffee stop for drivers between Hobart and Launceston. It's a place of two halves – takeaway coffee, pies…

  • Feisty Hen Pantry

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    This likeable little hen has a very small roost out the back of Oatlands Lodge. It feels like a farmhouse kitchen and serves up all-day breakfasts,…

  • Bakery 31

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Home to the Tasmanian Scallop Pie Company, this chipper Ross bakery is a fair way from the coast…but reserve your cynicism and wolf down an excellent…

  • Ross Hotel

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Dinner options in Ross are scant, but the town’s heritage pub offers an old-school menu, including crumbed scallops, roast o' the day and homemade damper…

  • Highlander Restaurant & Bar

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    This very decent restaurant does excellent evening meals (including takeaway pizzas) and has a bar with good Guinness on tap and plenty of single malts …

  • Pancake & Crepe Shop

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Seafood crêpes, hot soup, scones, tea and decent coffee – an ideal little Midlands pit stop if ever there was one. Add to the equation a charming 1850s…

  • Teez Café

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Does warming breakfasts (try the Hydro Pan Breaky: free-range eggs, chorizo and tomato in a pan, served with toasted Turkish-bread fingers), good coffee…

  • TKO Bakery Cafe

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Hanging off the side of the old Kentish Hotel, TKO delivers total-knockout steak sandwiches, steak-and-bacon pies, soups and scallop pies (either curried…

  • Wild Fennel

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    This timber roadside cafe does a roaring trade in pies, burgers, omelettes and hot soup, best consumed by the open fire. Order the ominously named Black…