Must-see restaurants in Tasmania

  • 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…

  • Mrs Jones

    Tasmania

    Head upstairs at the surf lifesaving club at Bluff Beach for fine food with an equally fine beach view. The ambitious menu cherry-picks highlights from…

  • The Chapel

    Tasmania

    This hipsterish cafe is housed in a handsome decommissioned chapel and the quality of the food certainly matches the surrounds. The best cafe in Burnie …

  • Summer Kitchen Bakery

    The Southeast

    Head to the side courtyard of this tucked-away treasure, on a street corner in Ranelagh a few kilometres out of Huonville, for a wide-ranging selection of…

  • CharlotteJack

    Tasmania

    The flagship of the Providore Place complex is this glass-walled restaurant from (and named after the children of) TV celebrity chef Ben Milbourne. Select…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Agrarian Eatery

    Hobart & Around

    This classy love child of the Agrarian Kitchen sits inside a cavernous former ward of the Willow Court psychiatric hospital. The main wall is lined with…

  • 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…

  • Thirty Three Cups

    Tasmania

    Towns on Tasmania's northwest coast are known for their cafe culture, and there are plenty of stylish examples where you can enjoy great food and a well…

  • Tasmanian Food & Wine Conservatory

    Tasmania

    With the laudable aim of showcasing Tasmanian food and wine – especially from boutique and small producers – this stylishly converted conservatory 15km…

  • Masaaki's Sushi

    The Southeast

    What a surprise! Tasmania's best sushi – including fresh Tasmanian wasabi – is in sleepy Geeveston. Opening hours are disappointingly limited (and he…

  • T's Chinese Restaurant

    Tasmania

    Country Chinese restaurants never used to be as good as this unassuming treasure. T's delivers a full paddock-to-plate experience, with the free-range…

  • Bangor Vineyard Shed

    Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur

    Turn left 1km beyond the Denison Canal to discover this excellent vineyard cafe, sitting atop an open rise on one of Tasmania's oldest family farms – it's…

  • 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…

  • Geronimo

    Launceston

    Arrive early and begin with an aperitivo at the bar of Launceston’s most savvy restaurant. There's an up-to-the-moment menu of shared plates, wood-fired…

  • Bushman's

    Cradle Country & The West

    A focus on local produce, including Petuna salmon, Spring Bay scallops and Sassafras steak, is the defining feature of the menu at Strahan's best…

  • Letterbox

    Tasmania

    The sleek and ultra-stylish Victoria Arduino espresso machine at this cute cafe in the post office building is put to good use producing coffees to…

  • Dunalley Waterfront Café & Gallery

    Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur

    With its broad outdoor deck and views across the water, this bright, airy cafe is a Dunalley culinary hot spot. The menu ranges from seafood pie with…

  • Pasinis

    The East Coast

    This expertly managed outfit does Italian staples much better than most – homemade pasta, wood-fired pizzas and arancini for example, with the occasional…

  • Splash Café

    Tasmania

    Well, here's an unexpected treat. Located at the entrance to the tourist park on the eastern edge of town, Splash serves delicious food and excellent…

  • Ranelagh General Store

    The Southeast

    The tame old Ranelagh General Store has been reborn as an inventive burger bar. Furnished like your great-grandparents' farmhouse, its burgers rely on…

  • 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…

  • Nut Café

    Tasmania

    Cafes at popular tourist attractions are often substandard, but that's decidedly not the case here. Stanley's best eatery by a long shot, the Nut Café…

  • Get Shucked Oyster Farm

    Bruny Island

    Get Shucked cultivates the ‘fuel for love’. Visit the tasting room, or sit out on the wooden deck overlooking the leases in Great Bay, and wolf down a…

  • Red Velvet Lounge

    The Southeast

    The journey hasn't been as smooth as velvet for this hippy-happy cafe – it burned down in 2014 – but its reincarnation as a vegetarian and vegan eatery is…

  • Lichen Restaurant & Cafe

    The East Coast

    We’re likin’ what they’re doing here – good coffee, casual days that slide into fine-dining evenings, leisurely weekend breakfasts and locally caught fish…

  • Melshell Oyster Shack

    The East Coast

    On the Dolphin Sands sand spit, about 16km from Swansea (and well signposted from the highway north of town), Melshell is a quirky caravan on a working…

  • Post>Office 6985

    The Southeast

    With cool decor, foodie magazines and a bewildering number of specials boards, this Post Office delivers excellent wood-fired pizzas (try the scallop,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bryher

    Launceston

    Bryher's super-appealing 1920s stained-glass shopfront and well-loved floorboards set the scene for a rootsy, meaty menu. The baked giant beans, black…

  • Coal River Farm

    Hobart & Around

    A snappy piece of hillside architecture, Coal River Farm is a family-friendly spot to try some artisanal cheese and chocolate or grab some breakfast or…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Lucky Ducks

    Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur

    With huge picture windows, this bright, all-day waterfront food room is perfect for coffee and cake, a beer, a glass of wine, or all of them in sequence…

  • Pepperberries Garden Cafe

    The Southeast

    Just south of Woodbridge at Birchs Bay, hidden up a winding dirt track, Pepperberries is a sophisticated little glass-fronted cafe in the trees. Utilising…

  • 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…

  • Cheeky Little Place

    Hobart & Around

    The best spot for a coffee in New Norfolk is this cheeky little cafe occupying a minuscule shopfront in the middle of town. On the menu are soups, curries…