Restaurant Awards

Tasmania’s best restaurants 2015

Looking for the best restaurants in Tasmania? Here are our favourites from our 2015 Australian Restaurant Guide, compiled in 2014. Come back soon for our 2016 lists.

Looking for the best restaurants in Tasmania? Here are our favourites from our 2015 Australian Restaurant Guide,  compiled in 2014. Come back soon for our 2016 lists.

Garagistes

Garagistes

Bold is the restaurant that opens in Hobart listing only one Tasmanian wine. Bolder still is the place that does that, while using nothing but Tasmanian produce in the kitchen.

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Stillwater

Stillwater

The old flour mill that houses Stillwater looks impossibly quaint, but some of the prettiest views are on the plate…

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Lebrina

Lebrina

The domestic-sized dining rooms in this Georgian cottage are slightly shocking to anyone under 40 used to pumping music and open spaces.

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Me Wah

Me Wah

Me Wah has been the standard-bearer in Tasmania for the best Chinese cuisine for many years. This is a big-night-out restaurant for Hobart…

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Ethos Eat Drink

Ethos Eat Drink

There’s lots to love about this locavore restaurant. Hidden at the end of a covered laneway, with a courtyard overflowing with kitchen garden plants, the welcome is as warm as the old bricks that line the walls – and matched with knowledgeable service.

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Black Cow Bistro

Black Cow Bistro

Tasmanian grass-fed beef may be the obvious attraction of Black Cow Bistro, but its combination of professional service and friendly hospitality is equally important.

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The Source

The Source

In the beautiful flagship restaurant of the MONA complex, chef Philippe Leban channels the museum experience, serving dishes seemingly intended to challenge and surprise.

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Smolt

Smolt

Smolt manages to be most things to many people. With its welcoming, mid-century-modern interiors, you can duck in for a mid-morning coffee, meet at the communal table for a post-work or post-MONA glass of wine from the well-considered list and a small plate or two, or pop in for a sneaky dessert.

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Mud Bar & Restaurant

Mud Bar & Restaurant

The menu at Mud is a bit of a jumble: part Euro-comfort and part fresh and spicy pan-Asian flavour. But given the right expectations, this casual, riverside bistro can satisfy many different appetites.

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Remi de Provence

Remi de Provence

Expect no surprises in this French bistro apart from an impressive, classical wine list that would sit well in a restaurant with much greater pretensions…

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