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    Bar Wa Izakaya

    4.3 (13 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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    Funky bar
    Keith H.

    Do not know why I go to Japanese restaurants when I do not understand the menu or enjoy the food. However you should go to this place for the ambiance and the cocktails. I had vegan Ramon which was salty but tasted good. Chicken was fine and apparently fish also up there. But cocktails well done and unusual ( as far as I am concerned).

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    Bradly P.

    BAR wa Izakaya was a wonderful place to attend after a long day walkin around in Hobart, Tasmania Australia. The bar is a Japanese Izakaya serving up some tasty grilled chicken skewes and alcoholic beverages. We decided to enter around 930 PM on a weeknight with a group of 10 and we were seated fairly fast. The host sat us at our large table and took our drink orders. Bar Wa is open late to the community compared to all the other local establisments. We went ahead and ordered fresh oysters and alot of Chicken yakitori grilled chicken skewers. For our drinks we went ahead and ordered local Australian draft beer and flavored chu hi's. The food and drinks came out quick and I must say the chicken was looking great that was freshly grilled and had a nice grilled char to them. The beers were light, fresh and crisp that were at the perfect temperature to wash down the grilled chicken. The oysters were beautifuly laid over a bed of ice and had a lime to compliment them with hot sauce. The chu hi's were to sweet for me that appeared to have alot of flavored syrup mixed with the soju. Overall great place to go to with friends when your having a evening out in Hobart. The drinks and food were all delightfully good with superb customer service!

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    Abi S.

    Portion sizes are kept well sized enough to be shared amongst 2 people leaving enough room for more dishes. Every dish I had was tasty and fresh. The highlight was the scallops for me, they were juicy and tasty combined with the red salt. Chicken skewers were a standout and so was the edamame. Standout by default: oysters and salmon sashimi Price point for all my dishes was approximately 80.00 Photo not shown: 1 Asahi beer

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    They had me at half price oysters! Great beers, vibe and oysters what more can you want?

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    Kitchen is open all day. Solid three and a half for food, big range of whiskeys, chill, laid back vibe.

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    The highlight was the scallops for me, they were juicy and tasty combined with the red salt.

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    Society - Salamanca - Hobart's largest spirit library

    Society - Salamanca

    4.5(2 reviews)
    1.4 km
    $$

    Society is the only place I actually want to drink in Salamanca. I tend to avoid that corner of…read moreHobart, because it's touristy and gross, but it's so nice to know that somewhere like Society exists down there and I can take refuge there. The gin selection is exceptional and there's always a gin of the week, which is a great opportunity to try a gin you may not have encountered before. Society also now makes their own tonic syrup in house, and I believe they're the first place in Hobart to be doing that. ALL THE KUDOS! It's such a special sort of offering and shows how much they care about their drinks. Also back to gin again, Society do gin tasting platters... correct. Half nips of four different gins (be it a Tasmanian platter, an Australian platter or a tailored platter) with a splash of tonic and a garnish to suit each different gin. A really fun way to try a few different variations in one sitting, because gins can be so different! I LOVE GIN! There are always plenty of events happening at Society too, all posted on their facebook, from regular weekly events like Tapas Tuesday to one-off events like fundraiser dinners and spirit masterclasses.

    We're just visiting Tassie for a few days and got a recommendation from a couple of locals to check…read moreout this "cool bar", and it really is that - modern feel, great chill music. This Thursday was raclette night and they take bookings for the few tables they have for a 6pm or 8pm seating - we booked 8pm but decided to sit on one of the comfy couches. The raclette was delicious and a generous portion of melted and crispy raclette cheese and prosciutto over potatoes with a bit of salad for $15. There is a huge selection of spirits though we had a nice bottle of Cabernet which was also good value.

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    Dier Makr - First course

    Dier Makr

    4.3(3 reviews)
    0.8 km
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    Tonight I experienced an eight course masterpiece at Dier Makr, truly are artists crafting the…read morefood. Eight course meal each course totally different truly a work of art. Thank you for the amazing time tonight

    Dier Makr has all the ingredients to make me fall in love with it (restaurant style, not marriage…read morestyle), and yet... I walked away underwhelmed. Or, not really... maybe just whelmed (are we in France?). Here's the thing--recounting individual dishes after my dinner date, I was pretty excited about each (though the main flavour of the night was "salty"), but my response for the entire dinner was "it was ok". I think it felt like it was missing a main meat course, or something, like the big shebang wasn't there? I'm confused and upset. The thing about Dier Makr, though, is that the menu is seasonal and changes month to month and sometimes (often?) week to week, so I only need to give it a few weeks and it'll be different, and I'll give it another chance, and perhaps then I'll be blown away. Watch out for the update, I guess. Side note: if I was rating this on drinks alone, it would get five stars. The first time I visited was just for drinks (and a couple of bar snacks), and after a round or two of menu item cocktails (all delicious) my friends and I challenged the bar with a couple of rounds of specific orders, which they totally knocked out of the park. We left that night a little bit in love with the place. Before the cocktails, we shared a bottle of wine, which came with a little handwritten note of staff opinion about the wine. Every single wine in the cellar had one. I wanted to read through that cellar like it was a library. Honestly, five stars.

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