Must see nightlife in Launceston

The 10 taps get busy at this dark and delightful bar, pouring a vast range of craft beers for regulars of every age and social category. Food – fried…

The 'Leap In, Limp Out' motto is dodgy, but the Royal Oak is still Launceston’s best pub. We really don't need to expand on this fact, but it's hard not…

This new little wine bar, tucked into a city alcove, is as cosy as they come. Wines and spirits are exclusively Tasmanian and exhaustive – there's more…

An outlet for Red Brick Road's handcrafted ciders, this small, skinny bar features rustic apple packing-shed panelling and a stainless-steel cider vat…

Sporties is the perfect local: there's a rear deck perfect for afternoon beers, a pool table, live sport on the big screens and live music on Fridays and…

Cool! A Tasmania-centric bar serving libations of all kinds from around the island: whites, reds, beers and spirits. Slide into a leather lounge or prop…

Launceston has a few of these mainstream all-things-to-all-people operations, but Alchemy stands out with bargain weekday lunches ($15), live acoustic…

Launceston's coolest bar delivers bar food (fried chicken, pork ribs, burgers), cocktails and craft beer beneath a faux hanging garden. Thursday is vegan…

Hasn't Australia grown out of the whole British/Irish theme pub thing? Not in Launceston, where the old Cock 'n' Bull is still coming on all Yorkshire…

This low-lit watering hole is trying hard to push the hackneyed old Irish pub concept somewhere closer to today. It's kept some of the good bits in the…

Launceston is fat with students but thin on clubs – an odd scenario. Club 54 is a far remove from the fabled Studio 54 in NYC, but it's the only passable…