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…

  • 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 …

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Jackson’s Emporium

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Enterprising Jackson’s (an emporium since the 1850s) offers up locally sourced cafe fare (quiches, burgers, chilli con carne, soups), plus desserts, wine…

  • Agrarian Eatery

    Hobart & Around

    This classy love child of the Agrarian Kitchen sits inside a cavernous former ward of the Willow Court psychiatric hospital. The main wall is lined with…

  • 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…

  • Bangor Vineyard Shed

    Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur

    Turn left 1km beyond the Denison Canal to discover this excellent vineyard cafe, sitting atop an open rise on one of Tasmania's oldest family farms – it's…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Dunalley Waterfront Café & Gallery

    Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur

    With its broad outdoor deck and views across the water, this bright, airy cafe is a Dunalley culinary hot spot. The menu ranges from seafood pie with…

  • 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…

  • Ross Village Bakery

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Overdose on pies and astonishingly tall vanilla slices. The owners get up before dawn every day to set the 1860 wood oven blazing. Wood-fired pizzas on…

  • 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…

  • Coal River Farm

    Hobart & Around

    A snappy piece of hillside architecture, Coal River Farm is a family-friendly spot to try some artisanal cheese and chocolate or grab some breakfast or…

  • Zeps

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Hyperactive Zeps is pretty much the compulsory coffee stop for drivers between Hobart and Launceston. It's a place of two halves – takeaway coffee, pies…

  • 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…

  • Lucky Ducks

    Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur

    With huge picture windows, this bright, all-day waterfront food room is perfect for coffee and cake, a beer, a glass of wine, or all of them in sequence…

  • 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…

  • Cheeky Little Place

    Hobart & Around

    The best spot for a coffee in New Norfolk is this cheeky little cafe occupying a minuscule shopfront in the middle of town. On the menu are soups, curries…

  • 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,…