Must-see restaurants in 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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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,…

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

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

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…

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