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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Freycinet Marine Farm

    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,…

  • Mr Goodguy

    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…

  • Stillwater

    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…

  • Jo & Co Cafe

    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,…

  • Bridport Café

    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…

  • Beach

    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…

  • Purple Possum Wholefoods

    The East Coast

    An unexpected find in a little country town, this chipper wholefoods cafe serves excellent homemade soups, burgers, pasties, vegetarian wraps, fabulous…

  • Pigeon Hole

    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…

  • Burger Haus

    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…

  • Sweetbrew

    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…

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