Hobart Restaurants by de Groots

Me Wah Launceston

Tasmania isn’t generally known for its Chinese food, but the folks at Me Wah Restaurant in Launceston are swiftly changing this misconception. By combining traditional Cantonese cooking techniques with Tasmania’s freshest produce, head chef, Gordan Tso creates a fused menu of eye popping spices and unique flavours to take Tasmanian’s out of their cuisine comfort zone.

Kabuki by the Sea

Kabuki by the Sea is a Japanese gem nestled in the seaside, overlooking the phenomenal Great Oyster Bay. It’s the perfect lunch pit-stop for couples, families or lone rangers navigating their way around Tasmania. After a long drive, stretch your feet and relax with a glass of Tasmanian wine and a delicate Japanese meal, made with the freshest local produce, straight from the ocean below.

Botanical Gardens Restaurant

A day filled with bird watching and tree spotting can tire even the most seasoned travellers, so when lunchtime rolls around, head inside to the Botanical Gardens Restaurant to sit back in air-conditioned comfort to enjoy creative gourmet meals made with Tasmania’s freshest produce. The new deck caters to those who can’t get enough vitamin D, offering sweeping views across the gardens and overlooking the Derwent River. If you’re in Tasmania for a special occasion, the Botanical Garden’s Restaurant can cater to any sized function from intimate gatherings to large weddings.

Cove Bar and Restaurant

Tasmania is world-renowned for its picturesque natural beauty, and there’s no better vantage point to soak up the sun and sights than at Cove Bar and Restaurant. Enjoy a pre-dinner drink in the comfortable lounges beside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows before moving into the restaurant to select a meal made with only the finest, fresh, local Tasmanian produce. Indulge in the range of seafood offerings for entrée, fill up on unique meats, sauces and vegetables for the main but make sure you leave room for dessert; the decadent chocolate dishes will take you to heaven.

Tynwald

Tynwald restaurant marries lush green surroundings with a unique seasonal menu to give diners a memorable Tasmanian experience. The Modern Australian menu, compiled by specialty chefs, twists the classics to offer exciting new takes and flavours. Standout dishes include grilled quail on a bed of sweet potato and banana pudding, all made with fresh and local ingredients.

Peppers Calstock Deloraine Tasmania

Country Australian food is often regarded as second rate to modern Australian cuisine but here, at Peppers Calstock Deloraine, the chefs do everything in their power to change this assumption. Diners can experience the restaurants freshly baked breads, house-smoked salmon and local award wining cheeses. There is also an extensive international wine list to match.

Red Feather Inn Cooking School

Tasmanians are staunchly proud of their local produce and it really isn’t a wonder why. Owner Lydia Nettlefold shares her knowledge with a range of classes on offer. Go all out on their foodie retreat where the weekend will be spent doing cooking classes, sipping the local wines or simply indulging in all that Hadspen has to offer. Or get your hands floured-up with a “perfect pasta” class or perhaps you need to refine your sausage making skills.

The Agrarian Kitchen

Led by the former food editor of Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine, Rodney Dunn, the Agrarian Kitchen is Tasmania’s first sustainable farm-based cooking school. Only 45 minutes from Hobart, in the Derwent Valley, the school also houses a vegetable patch, orchard, berry patch and herb garden, all grown using organic principles. You can choose from either “The Agrarian Experience”, which focuses on ways to use seasonal produce; “The Agrarian Masterclass”, where you can learn to make cheese and butter, baking breads, ice-cream and confectionery or; “The Agrarian Way”, where you can learn the basic skills of sustainable cooking.

Bellini

Bellini unites European style with Tasmanian flavour. This beautiful timber-clad restaurant sits over the Launceston Seaport and captures the refined yet casual Launceston vibe. The beautiful, airy restaurant is framed in floor to ceiling glass, making it a perfect wedding reception venue. With such a stunning view and an ocean breeze, who could resist some spectacularly refreshing seafood pulled straight from the ocean?

BrewHaus Cafe & Bar - White Sands Estate

The BrewHaus Café and Bar is a casual space within White Sands Estate where the holiday atmosphere reaches through every meal of the day. Sample the signature IronHouse beer from the in-house brewery, and compare the range to other award-winning golden ales. Dishes from the modern Australian menu are loving prepared with fresh Tasmanian produce from scratch, and cater to all palates.

Le Blanc Fine Dining - White Sands Estate

At the beautiful White Sands Estate, the serene and quiet Le Blanc restaurant overlooks the calming canoe lake and ocean. Dishes reflect the simple and delicate beauty of the surrounding environment, with executive chef Glen Cordwell creating modern Australian dishes driven by the produce of local artisans.

Sandy Bay Beach Woodfired Pizza

Sandy Bay Beach Woodfired Pizza at Long Beach serves Tassie ingredients in imaginative and guilt-free combinations. It’s a stone’s throw from the sand, water, and the Lighthouse Park, so walk the dog there, tether him to a post, and drop in for dinner.

Ethos eat Drink

The boys from Picalily have opened Ethos Eat Drink. Located in an old stable in the center of a city block which been blocked off for the last 100 years it has been totally restored. The menu is small plate tapas-style running from breakfast time until late with a focus on fresh ingredients and locally sourced everything

Cool Thai

Casual, cheap, cheerful and chilli-hot – you’ll find the lot at Cool Thai in North Hobart. This little restaurant serves authentic Thai cuisine that’s always fresh.

Chillies

Chillies authentic Indian restaurant in Sandy Bay offers classic Indian fare at good prices. The relaxed, convivial atmosphere makes for pleasant dining with sparkly decor and sociable staff.

Tant Pour Tant

Cabinets displaying delicate treats and savoury tarts bring a little Parisian style to breakfast and lunch in Launceston. The patisserie and bakery make everything fresh but it is the amazing cakes and colourful sweets that you will find hard resisting.

Garagistes

Charcoal black décor, fashionable food to share at communal tables and a large collection of natural wines from around the world make this one of the city’s most exciting wine bars/restaurants. RECENTLY NOMINATED IN THE TOP 100 RESTAURANTS IN AUSTRALIA BY GOURMET TRAVELLER 2012 AWARDS

Sweet Envy

Tasmanian pastry chefs Alistair Wise and Teena Kearney have drawn on their experience in London and New York having received rave reviews by the New York Times to create Hobart’s most decadently-delicious cake shop and coffee house.

Grape Bar and Bottleshop

With topnotch European cuisine which is just as good as the wines, Grape Bar and Bottleshop is now the best wine bar in Salamanca, Hobart’s most popular and liveliest dining precinct.

Vanidol’s

Vanidol’s in North Hobart offers a mix of Asian cuisines - Indonesian, Indian and Thai. With consistently excellent, fresh food and a cheery atmosphere, the restaurant is always bursting at the seams – so book ahead!