Must-see restaurants in The Southeast

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Bruny Island Cheese Co

    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…

  • Hotel Bruny

    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…

  • Old Bank Of Geeveston

    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)…

  • The Local

    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…

  • Peppermint Bay Hotel

    The Southeast

    On a mesmeric D’Entrecasteaux Channel inlet, jaunty Peppermint Bay is a cool, contemporary bar/bistro, open all day for coffee (or a drink), for lunch…

  • Jetty Cafe

    Bruny Island

    Part cafe-restaurant, part provedore, part local art gallery – the stylish Jetty Cafe (designed by ace architect John Wardle) is a North Bruny highlight…

  • Home Hill Wines

    The Southeast

    Home Hill Wines has a fab restaurant in a slick-looking rammed-earth building with pasture views. The seasonal menu offers select Tasmanian produce –…

  • Lotus Eaters Cafe

    The Southeast

    This mighty-fine hippie cafe has rustic decor that belies real culinary savvy: expect terrific eggy breakfasts, curries and soups, with a rigorous focus…

  • DS Coffee House Cafe

    The Southeast

    Despite the mealy-mouthed name, this is Huonville’s funkiest cafe, with quirky retro furniture and uni-student vibes. All-day breakfasts, sourdough…

  • Pancake Train Restaurant

    The Southeast

    This upbeat flapjack shack occupies a carriage of the going-nowhere Margate Train. Order the Tasmanian-salmon version with creamy caper sauce. Soup, pies,…

  • Commercial Hotel

    The Southeast

    Cygnet's old 'bottom pub' has turned its front dining space into an all-day cafe, serving light meals and passable coffee. But where you really want to be…

  • Oyster Cove Inn

    The Southeast

    This tarted-up monolith lords over Kettering's boat-bobbing harbour, with a couple of broad deck areas and a span of sunny grass rolling down towards the…

  • Aqua Grill

    The Southeast

    Reliable takeaway or dine-in pizzas (the 'Sicily' has plenty of pepperoni punch), plus fish and chips in all shapes and sizes (try the blue-eye trevalla)…

  • Brookfield Margate

    The Southeast

    This 1930s timber seed-drying shed with a chequered history now hosts a cafe. All-day breakfasts, a chicken burger, seafood platter or a scoop of some…

  • Boat House Cafe

    The Southeast

    This floating diner on the Huon River near the bridge plates up decent fish and chips, burgers (try the fish burger) and pineapple fritters for dessert…