The East Coast
Super-popular Freycinet Marine Farm grows huge, succulent oysters in the waters around Coles Bay, while its farm-gate cafe also dishes up fish and chips,…
Must-see restaurants in Tasmania
Bruny Island
Hankering for a quivering sliver of cheese? Head to the Bruny Island Cheese Co, where Kiwi cheesemaker Nick Haddow produces eight varieties of fromage…
Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur
Drink in the views as well as the coffee at this restored, solar-powered 1957 caravan at the Pirates Bay Lookout that doles out fastidiously prepared…
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…
Tasmania
On fine days, the windows at this retro-laminex cafe pull back and you can eyeball the Big Penguin across the road. Its quirky vibe and the tasty menu,…
Launceston
The much-awarded Stillwater, inside a historic flour mill on the Tamar (parts of which date back to 1832), has long been at the top of Launceston’s dining…
The East Coast
With a broad deck, an eclectic scatter of tables and chairs, and a crochet-clad tree out the front, this cafe on the main drag is a real gem. Sidle in for…
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…
The East Coast
An unexpected find in a little country town, this chipper wholefoods cafe serves excellent homemade soups, burgers, pasties, vegetarian wraps, fabulous…
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…
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…
Launceston
Sweet indeed is this cafe – the best in the city centre – cooking up an interesting breakfast and brunch menu, including miso wild mushrooms, turmeric…
Launceston
Go to the source (or the butter, in this case) in this cavernous new cafe inside a former motorcycle warehouse turned butter factory. With its black walls…
Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur
Sometimes rated as Tasmania’s best fish and chips, this unexpected caravan at the Blowhole car park in Doo Town serves up the usual range of battered…
The East Coast
Gobble some east-coast fish and chips from this super-friendly, marina-side caravan. It cooks up flathead, trevalla, barracouta and flake – whatever is…
The East Coast
Sit on the outside deck of this waterside shack and you'll think you're at the railings of a ship. The lobster comes myriad ways – baked, grilled, inside…
Derwent Bridge Wilderness Hotel
Cradle Country & The West
This large, barn-shaped hotel offers the best eating and the warmest welcome (thanks to possibly the largest fireplace in Tasmania) around Lake St Clair…
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…
Bruny Island
If you’re staying the night on Bruny, your dinner choices are singular: Hotel Bruny. The menu at this shoreline pub is tastily parochial – the oysters…
The East Coast
Excellent pub bistro food, striving for minimal intervention between paddock and plate. The menu features the likes of wallaby pies, plus an unsurprising…
Tasmania
Timbre's kitchen is the ultimate in seasonal menu design – the menu changes at least weekly, and is dependent on what produce local growers have delivered…
Tasmania
Housed in a former bicycle factory attached to the heritage-listed Empire Hotel, Cycles presents a cafe-style vibe within a pub. There are treats such as…
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…
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,…
Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm Cafe
Tasmania
Come here to indulge in everything raspberry. Set next to a berry farm, this cafe has a lakeside deck and an indoor space with open fire. Menu offerings…
Hobart
Exposed brick, white marble tables, black leather seats – the colours and textures here are appropriately dramatic for an upbeat waterfront diner, serving…
Hobart
At the base of the much-maligned Marine Board Building, Frank brings fabulous South American–inspired flavours to the Hobart waterfront. Everything is…
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…
Tasmania
Named after the Kauri Timber Company and constructed using plenty of its product, the massive bistro at Tall Timbers serves pub-style meals that make the…
Launceston
Beef is big in Launceston (as you'd expect with Cape Grim so close). A mod-industrial space near Cataract Gorge, C on P specialises in steaks cooked on…
Tasmania
Deloraine's best cafe does a bustling coffee trade and serves baguettes, pies, soup and quiche for lunch. Dinner on Friday and Saturday nights is more…
The Southeast
Local produce, local produce, sustainable local produce...doesn't anyone import anything nasty anymore? But seriously, this cafe (yes, it's an old bank)…
Launceston
Atop the terrazzo steps of the gentlemanly old Northern Club, this handsome red-brick building is now home to a fine-dining restaurant and a sassy lounge…
Hobart
About 3km north of the city, this stylish, light-filled restaurant-bar occupies a converted beach pavilion on shallow Cornelian Bay – the swimming…
Mt Field National Park
Walking into the Possum Shed is a bit like stumbling into a CWA (Country Women's Association) meeting. Knitted goodies and other crafts line the walls,…
Cradle Country & The West
Though our natural inclination is to avoid buffets, the spread in Strahan Village's hilltop hotel was a pleasant surprise, featuring well-prepared…
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…
Launceston
This classy bistro in an old art-deco butcher shop specialises in Tasmanian free-range, grass-fed, artificial-hormone-free, dry-aged beef. It claims to be…
The Southeast
'Local' is correct at this streetside cafe, which sources all ingredients from Tasmania and as many of these as possible from the Huon Valley. The…
Launceston
One of the best breakfasts in Launceston is served at this hybrid cafe/homewares store in far-flung Kings Meadows. Eggs done in a variety of ways (we love…
