Hobart Guesthouse guidebook
Food Scene
Just a couple of hundred metres down the road, Pigeon Hole is a sensational place for breakfast or lunch, together with a great coffee. Among many delicious things, they bake Hobart’s best loaves and baguettes.
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místní doporučujíPigeon Hole
93 Goulburn St54
místní doporučujíJust a couple of hundred metres down the road, Pigeon Hole is a sensational place for breakfast or lunch, together with a great coffee. Among many delicious things, they bake Hobart’s best loaves and baguettes.
A great pub menu and fantastic range of tap beers and wines. This is our go-to place for comfort food - we don't even need to look at the menu. All the serves are large but the pork knuckle is absolutely giant!
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místní doporučujíNew Sydney Hotel
87 Bathurst St27
místní doporučujíA great pub menu and fantastic range of tap beers and wines. This is our go-to place for comfort food - we don't even need to look at the menu. All the serves are large but the pork knuckle is absolutely giant!
The Source use the best fresh produce to create contemporary French-inspired cuisine. We love the Source as they always treat us like royalty whether we are dressed in our finest gowns or our scruffiest clothes. A great way to complement a day out at Mona.
The Source
651-655 Main RdThe Source use the best fresh produce to create contemporary French-inspired cuisine. We love the Source as they always treat us like royalty whether we are dressed in our finest gowns or our scruffiest clothes. A great way to complement a day out at Mona.
Located on Hobart's waterfront, Mures Upper Deck is a great place to experience Tasmania’s world class seafood. The lunchtime specials offer great savings over the evening prices.
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místní doporučujíMures Lower Deck
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místní doporučujíLocated on Hobart's waterfront, Mures Upper Deck is a great place to experience Tasmania’s world class seafood. The lunchtime specials offer great savings over the evening prices.
According to their website, "paesano" is Italian for 'good friends from the same village or town'. That's appropriate as this is our great local pizza shop. We often just walk there to collect take-away pizzas but it is also highly regarded as an Italian restaurant. Easy!
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místní doporučujíPaesano Pizza & Pasta
108 Lansdowne Crescent23
místní doporučujíAccording to their website, "paesano" is Italian for 'good friends from the same village or town'. That's appropriate as this is our great local pizza shop. We often just walk there to collect take-away pizzas but it is also highly regarded as an Italian restaurant. Easy!
Fabulous and local food awesome selection of imported wine and some local wines too. Bookings are recommended, but try your luck as a walk-in. Fantastic atmosphere.
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místní doporučujíFranklin Bar & Restaurant
30 Argyle Street33
místní doporučujíFabulous and local food awesome selection of imported wine and some local wines too. Bookings are recommended, but try your luck as a walk-in. Fantastic atmosphere.
This is where you get your raw treats,
almond chai and all kinds of healthy plant based goodness.
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místní doporučujíPollen Tea Room
56 Hampden Road22
místní doporučujíThis is where you get your raw treats,
almond chai and all kinds of healthy plant based goodness.
Throughout the day, the bistro at Smolt Kitchen offers an elegantly simple menu for walk-in customers. Great coffee, intensely fabulous food. We just love the decor too!
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místní doporučujíSmolt Kitchen
107 – 109 Hill St23
místní doporučujíThroughout the day, the bistro at Smolt Kitchen offers an elegantly simple menu for walk-in customers. Great coffee, intensely fabulous food. We just love the decor too!
The Glass House offers 280 degree water views of Hobart's harbour. This is a high-end restaurant but we always feel welcome here, whether we are dressed for the occasion or not. They offer elegant cocktails and a Tasmanian-centred wine list alongside Tasmanian-inspired small plates with a decidedly Japanese influence.
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místní doporučujíThe Glass House Hobart
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místní doporučujíThe Glass House offers 280 degree water views of Hobart's harbour. This is a high-end restaurant but we always feel welcome here, whether we are dressed for the occasion or not. They offer elegant cocktails and a Tasmanian-centred wine list alongside Tasmanian-inspired small plates with a decidedly Japanese influence.
Westend Pump House is an industrial-chic restaurant serving inventive pub grub. It opens early for breakfast too.
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místní doporučujíWestend Pumphouse
105 Murray Street8
místní doporučujíWestend Pump House is an industrial-chic restaurant serving inventive pub grub. It opens early for breakfast too.
Within walking distance, this Greek restaurant offers traditional, family recipes, using only the best in local and Greek produce.
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místní doporučujíUrban Greek
103 Murray St17
místní doporučujíWithin walking distance, this Greek restaurant offers traditional, family recipes, using only the best in local and Greek produce.
Our favourite Indian restaurant. It's not fancy but the food is delicious and we've always enjoyed the atmosphere.
Tandoor & Curry House
101 Harrington StOur favourite Indian restaurant. It's not fancy but the food is delicious and we've always enjoyed the atmosphere.
Located in a beautiful building in downtown Hobart, this European-inspired wine bar and restuarant is an atmospheric place to share "simple, elegant dishes paired with old and new world wines from home and abroad".
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místní doporučujíEttie's
100 Elizabeth St13
místní doporučujíLocated in a beautiful building in downtown Hobart, this European-inspired wine bar and restuarant is an atmospheric place to share "simple, elegant dishes paired with old and new world wines from home and abroad".
Me Wah is an award-winning restaurant offering high-end Cantonese food alongside an impressive wine-list. Professional and elegant.
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místní doporučujíMe Wah Restaurant
16 Magnet Ct36
místní doporučujíMe Wah is an award-winning restaurant offering high-end Cantonese food alongside an impressive wine-list. Professional and elegant.
It is a Hobart ritual to eat fish and chips served from a boat docked at the wharf. Constitution Dock features several more-or-less permanent fish and chips establishments - if you can't decide which one to order from, Flippers is recommended.
Flippers Fish and Chips
1 Constitution WharfIt is a Hobart ritual to eat fish and chips served from a boat docked at the wharf. Constitution Dock features several more-or-less permanent fish and chips establishments - if you can't decide which one to order from, Flippers is recommended.
Thanks to Mona, even Hobart's outer suburbs can have fantastic places to eat. Located in Berriedale, this pizza joint is a great place to wind down after a day at the museum but might even be worth the drive in itself. The space is welcoming, and the menu is interesting and diverse. Certainly not your average pizza place. It features a great selection of beers and wine.
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místní doporučujíLocal Pizza
52 Maroni Rd15
místní doporučujíThanks to Mona, even Hobart's outer suburbs can have fantastic places to eat. Located in Berriedale, this pizza joint is a great place to wind down after a day at the museum but might even be worth the drive in itself. The space is welcoming, and the menu is interesting and diverse. Certainly not your average pizza place. It features a great selection of beers and wine.
Pancho Villa's incredible decor makes this restaurant and tequila bar a great place to spend some time soaking up the atmosphere while enjoying excellent Mexican food.
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místní doporučujíPancho Villa
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místní doporučujíPancho Villa's incredible decor makes this restaurant and tequila bar a great place to spend some time soaking up the atmosphere while enjoying excellent Mexican food.
Everything about Queens is perfectly crafted: the decor, the service, the coffee, but most especially the incredible baked goods. What better place to aim for on an early morning walk?
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místní doporučujíQueens Pastry
144 Harrington St7
místní doporučujíEverything about Queens is perfectly crafted: the decor, the service, the coffee, but most especially the incredible baked goods. What better place to aim for on an early morning walk?
Fabulous coffee (roasted on site) and food. 100% vegetarian and 100% gluten free. Just writing these notes makes me want to visit again as soon as possible!
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místní doporučujíStraight Up Coffee and Food
202 Liverpool Street21
místní doporučujíFabulous coffee (roasted on site) and food. 100% vegetarian and 100% gluten free. Just writing these notes makes me want to visit again as soon as possible!
South American influenced waterfront dining and bar. Fabulous cocktails, good wine, and great food intended for sharing. A great late-night option and, if you haven't planned ahead, space is always reserved for walk-ins so you can try your luck. We just love it!
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místní doporučujíFrank Restaurant
1 Franklin Wharf47
místní doporučujíSouth American influenced waterfront dining and bar. Fabulous cocktails, good wine, and great food intended for sharing. A great late-night option and, if you haven't planned ahead, space is always reserved for walk-ins so you can try your luck. We just love it!
Established in the aftermath of the Pilgrim Coffee fire in August 2018, the Circle Of Life serves up the most incredible doughnuts as part of the new Pilgrim empire.
Circle of Life Doughnut Co
Established in the aftermath of the Pilgrim Coffee fire in August 2018, the Circle Of Life serves up the most incredible doughnuts as part of the new Pilgrim empire.
AKA Pilgrim Coffee. Following a fire in the original premises, the best coffee in Hobart moved so much closer to the house - and it's now open 24 hours a day! Pilgrim Coffee has become Pilgrim Pies so you can grab a gourmet snack no matter what time of day or night it is.
Pilgrim Pies
112 Murray StreetAKA Pilgrim Coffee. Following a fire in the original premises, the best coffee in Hobart moved so much closer to the house - and it's now open 24 hours a day! Pilgrim Coffee has become Pilgrim Pies so you can grab a gourmet snack no matter what time of day or night it is.
Immerse yourself. Faro is the tapas restaurant within the Pharos wing at Mona. Great views, great art - it can be enjoyed as a break during a visit to the museum or as a destination in itself.
Faro
Immerse yourself. Faro is the tapas restaurant within the Pharos wing at Mona. Great views, great art - it can be enjoyed as a break during a visit to the museum or as a destination in itself.
Another of our favourite snacking places that was forced to move thanks to a fire - and chose to move much closer to us! It may have been the "In The Hanging Garden" arts precinct that attracted The Standard, an American-style burger joint, to its new location though. Check the operating hours but it's generally open very late.
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místní doporučujíThe Standard
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místní doporučujíAnother of our favourite snacking places that was forced to move thanks to a fire - and chose to move much closer to us! It may have been the "In The Hanging Garden" arts precinct that attracted The Standard, an American-style burger joint, to its new location though. Check the operating hours but it's generally open very late.
Arts & Culture
With fabulous art and incredible architecture, Mona is unlike any other museum experience. A visit to Hobart is not complete without a day at Mona. Enjoy the art, drink the wine.
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místní doporučujíMONA
655 Main Rd298
místní doporučujíWith fabulous art and incredible architecture, Mona is unlike any other museum experience. A visit to Hobart is not complete without a day at Mona. Enjoy the art, drink the wine.
TMAG is a combined museum, art gallery and state herbarium. Free entry.
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místní doporučujíTasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
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místní doporučujíTMAG is a combined museum, art gallery and state herbarium. Free entry.
The Female Factory is part of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Listing. Little remains of the buildings themselves apart from perimeter walls, but the stories of the thousands of women transported to Van Diemen's Land in the early 1800s remain. Jet recommends the once-a-day live history presentation ('Her Story') while Rachel prefers the hourly introductory tour.
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místní doporučujíCascades Female Factory Historic Site
16 Degraves Street18
místní doporučujíThe Female Factory is part of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Listing. Little remains of the buildings themselves apart from perimeter walls, but the stories of the thousands of women transported to Van Diemen's Land in the early 1800s remain. Jet recommends the once-a-day live history presentation ('Her Story') while Rachel prefers the hourly introductory tour.
The Maritime Museum of Tasmania aims to 'capture and preserve the maritime history of the state for the community and future generations'. Job done!
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místní doporučujíMaritime Museum of Tasmania
16 Argyle Street13
místní doporučujíThe Maritime Museum of Tasmania aims to 'capture and preserve the maritime history of the state for the community and future generations'. Job done!
Shopping
Set between graceful plane trees and the sandstone facades of historic warehouses, Hobart's famous market at Salamanca Place attracts thousands of locals and visitors, every Saturday of the year.
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místní doporučujíSalamanca Market
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místní doporučujíSet between graceful plane trees and the sandstone facades of historic warehouses, Hobart's famous market at Salamanca Place attracts thousands of locals and visitors, every Saturday of the year.
At Spacebar Gallery you will find local Tasmanian and interstate designers of fashion, jewellery, accessories, homewares and visual art. Spacebar is a stockist for Pony Black, Rachel's fashion label.
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At Spacebar Gallery you will find local Tasmanian and interstate designers of fashion, jewellery, accessories, homewares and visual art. Spacebar is a stockist for Pony Black, Rachel's fashion label.
Hard-core book lovers will find themselves amongst friends at Cracked and Spineless. There's a mix of new books amongst the many shelves of overflowing but well-arranged second-hand books. It feels as if each book has been hand-picked by a member of staff.
Cracked and Spineless New and Used Books
138 Collins StHard-core book lovers will find themselves amongst friends at Cracked and Spineless. There's a mix of new books amongst the many shelves of overflowing but well-arranged second-hand books. It feels as if each book has been hand-picked by a member of staff.
Hobart has no shortage of incredible bookshops and Fullers is an award-winning independent bookseller that has been operating for more than 100 years. A great place to browse, with a cafe within, Tasmanian books are prominent.
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místní doporučujíFullers Bookshop
131 Collins St9
místní doporučujíHobart has no shortage of incredible bookshops and Fullers is an award-winning independent bookseller that has been operating for more than 100 years. A great place to browse, with a cafe within, Tasmanian books are prominent.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Long Bar’s extensive drinks list includes specialty cocktails, fine wines, boutique beers, hand-crafted ciders and spirits and liqueurs
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místní doporučujíIXL Long Bar
25 Hunter Street6
místní doporučujíThe Long Bar’s extensive drinks list includes specialty cocktails, fine wines, boutique beers, hand-crafted ciders and spirits and liqueurs
Open late in Salamanca, the Jack Greene Bar is a pleasant place to hang out and catch up with friends. A great selection of drinks matched with gourmet burgers and fries.
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místní doporučujíJack Greene Bar
49 Salamanca Pl28
místní doporučujíOpen late in Salamanca, the Jack Greene Bar is a pleasant place to hang out and catch up with friends. A great selection of drinks matched with gourmet burgers and fries.
On the 3rd Friday of each month, this local brewery opens its doors in the evening for a great night out sampling the local beers. So secret that still, at March 2020, it can't be correctly added to the Airbnb guidebook. Check it out on Facebook to be assured that it exists.
Captain Blighs
64 Warwick StOn the 3rd Friday of each month, this local brewery opens its doors in the evening for a great night out sampling the local beers. So secret that still, at March 2020, it can't be correctly added to the Airbnb guidebook. Check it out on Facebook to be assured that it exists.
With the demise of our previous favourite secret bar, our on-trend friend Jacqui has recommended the Gold Bar. It advertises itself as a speakeasy - a cosy cocktail, gin and whisky bar, specialising in Tasmanian spirits.
Gold Bar
11 Morrison StWith the demise of our previous favourite secret bar, our on-trend friend Jacqui has recommended the Gold Bar. It advertises itself as a speakeasy - a cosy cocktail, gin and whisky bar, specialising in Tasmanian spirits.
The most pleasant bottle shop hidden away in an unremarkable arcade off Salamanca Place. The small venue features a single long table and a couple of stools where you can enjoy a few drinks and some expert advice from the staff before taking home the finest beverages that Tasmania has to offer. It feels like a bar.
Drink Co
33 Salamanca PlThe most pleasant bottle shop hidden away in an unremarkable arcade off Salamanca Place. The small venue features a single long table and a couple of stools where you can enjoy a few drinks and some expert advice from the staff before taking home the finest beverages that Tasmania has to offer. It feels like a bar.
Part of a Mona-associated art precinct, and encompassing nearly an entire city block, In The Hanging Garden is an extensive tiered beer garden with outdoor dining, bars and live music. It's close too - you can walk there in less than 15 minutes.
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místní doporučujíIn The Hanging Garden
112 Murray Street7
místní doporučujíPart of a Mona-associated art precinct, and encompassing nearly an entire city block, In The Hanging Garden is an extensive tiered beer garden with outdoor dining, bars and live music. It's close too - you can walk there in less than 15 minutes.
Parks & Nature
Free entry and open all year round, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens contain a large collection of native Tasmanian plants and country-specific displays. Established in 1818, the gardens also feature several significant heritage buildings.
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místní doporučujíRoyal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
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místní doporučujíFree entry and open all year round, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens contain a large collection of native Tasmanian plants and country-specific displays. Established in 1818, the gardens also feature several significant heritage buildings.
If the mountain isn't covered in cloud, an easy drive to the summit will reward you with spectacular views at any time of the day or night. There are many options for surprisingly-wild day walks in the park too. if you intend to go walking, make sure that you are well-equipped as the weather can change rapidly.
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místní doporučujíkunanyi / Mount Wellington
LOT 1 Pinnacle Rd64
místní doporučujíIf the mountain isn't covered in cloud, an easy drive to the summit will reward you with spectacular views at any time of the day or night. There are many options for surprisingly-wild day walks in the park too. if you intend to go walking, make sure that you are well-equipped as the weather can change rapidly.
Not far from the house, take a peaceful walk along the rivulet. There's a couple of cafes along the way or you could stroll to the Female Factory and the Cascade Brewery. For more detail, check out the suggested walk in the house manual.
Hobart Rivulet Park
Not far from the house, take a peaceful walk along the rivulet. There's a couple of cafes along the way or you could stroll to the Female Factory and the Cascade Brewery. For more detail, check out the suggested walk in the house manual.
Knocklofty Reserve is popular place for local people to walk and ride. From various vantage points along the walk you can enjoy views across the city. For more detail, check out the suggested walk in the house manual.
Knocklofty
Knocklofty Reserve is popular place for local people to walk and ride. From various vantage points along the walk you can enjoy views across the city. For more detail, check out the suggested walk in the house manual.
Essentials
The local post office is inside the West Hobart Express, our local general store, which means that it has extended hours and additional services.
Australia Post
12 Hill StThe local post office is inside the West Hobart Express, our local general store, which means that it has extended hours and additional services.
Organic fresh fruit & vegetables, free range eggs, organic meat, organic dairy, organic groceries.
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místní doporučujíEumarrah
39 Barrack St15
místní doporučujíOrganic fresh fruit & vegetables, free range eggs, organic meat, organic dairy, organic groceries.
Hill Street Grocers believe in sourcing as much local produce as possible, supporting the growers and producers within the community and keeping food miles down.
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místní doporučujíHill Street Grocer West Hobart
70 Arthur St52
místní doporučujíHill Street Grocers believe in sourcing as much local produce as possible, supporting the growers and producers within the community and keeping food miles down.
Grab your essential ingredients and milk for the morning. Close enough to duck out and grab something right now. One Stop Shop - it certainly is!
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místní doporučujíWest Hobart Express
12 Hill St10
místní doporučujíGrab your essential ingredients and milk for the morning. Close enough to duck out and grab something right now. One Stop Shop - it certainly is!
Getting Around
Looking for a fun way to get to Mona? Brooke Street Pier is the departure point for the river ferry. The Mona Roma bus departs from here too.
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místní doporučujíBrooke Street Pier
12 Franklin Wharf11
místní doporučujíLooking for a fun way to get to Mona? Brooke Street Pier is the departure point for the river ferry. The Mona Roma bus departs from here too.