Good menu, but I didn't try the food. I came for the bands. It's a comfortable place with a variety…read moreof couches, chairs and tables. Band space is smallish, but they seem to have a fair bit of events on, from blues to drum & bass. Very relaxed and unpretentious atmosphere.

The homestead has great drink specials which revolve around the day in which you come. Any time…read more That you come here however you feel a part of a family and are always welcome. Even if you're new in hobart you're bound to find a few friends in the homestead.

The Westend Pumphouse is a cosy pub on Murray St in Hobart. It's a great place to chill out for a…read moreperiod of time, out of the cold with a cool beverage. It has a great selection of craft beers to keep the beer connoisseur very happy. And for the foodie - the food is fantastic! Not your average pub grub, but a little different and extremely tasty! I highly recommend a visit :-)

16-02-13 One rule of Hobart my family and I had to learn the…read morehard way: BOOK WAY IN ADVANCE FOR WEEKENDS. We tried to book for nearly the entire day. NOTHING was available for a table of six! In the end we managed to get an Irish pub in the city. When we turned up, it was a case of taking a look, shuddering and going 'Great. What now?' Thankfully, one of us had the temerity to ask the staff there where there was something a bit... Nicer. They recommended the Pumphouse just up the road. We walked up and to our delight, found a really nice, clean hospitable environment with a spacious aesthetic. Sitting next to the window we ordered some drinks. I ordered a mojito (a fond favourite from my time in Northern Italy) and it was quite nice, slightly too sweet for me but from my experiences with mojitos, it was a good one. I just don't have a sweet tooth so I prefer the more limey ones as opposed to the more sugary ones. Only a minor quibble. We then started ordering our dinner. I decided on the wallaby porterhouse (medium rare) with chimi churri and pangrattato ($17) and a side smashed potatoes with herb salt. ($9) It was amazing but the very small serve of wallaby was not great value for $17. When you say 'porterhouse', you usually think of a nice thick steaky chunk of meat not a half palm slice of meat. The flavours were just right and the aoili-style condiment with the meat went down very nicely with the smashed potatoes which were (I suspect) double fried to perfection. Golden, crunchy exterior with a lovely soft buttery inside. The only reason it didn't deserve a five star review in my opinion was the meat came alone. If it was a super-posh place that serves each dish alone, well, fine, be all wanky and all that but this was just an upper-class pub. It should have at least come with some kind of salad or string beans or SOMETHING. Or been bigger. 4/5.

I was surprised the restaurant is not listed on Yelp. It is one of few adjacent but not affiliated…read morewith the MacQ 01 hotel. Although I had walked by the restaurant several times, I came here only after fellow travelers whom I met earlier in the day recommended not only the restaurant but also the chocolate dessert. The bar and the restaurant have their own menu. I was previously warned the bar has a nicer ambiance than the restaurant, but the restaurant menu is better than the bar. Whether it is the norm or not in Hobart restaurants, bread is not complimentary. Because I planned to have dessert, I chose not to order the bread or any sides to ensure room. For my main entree, the wallaby roast caught my attention. As it was my first time, I did not realize the meat would be a bit tough rather than being tender. The horseradish buttermilk accompanied the wallaby meat very well. Rather than being very pungent, the sauce only had the horseradish taste. When I was given this recommendation, I was under the impression there was one chocolate dessert. Unfortunately, there appears to be two, the Frogmore Cigar and the Snickers. My waitress considered the latter the restaurant's chocolate dessert because of the hot chocolate sauce poured over the peanut butter parfait. If this wasn't the chocolate dessert which I had been recommended, it is a very close second.

Three years on and just as good. Great atmosphere in this hundred year old bakery/ caferead more

On our last day in town, we finally had a chance to walk down here and check the place out. It…read moreturned out to be one of the more memorable spots we hit up. We were staying just above the wharf and spent about 20 minutes walking over. They had a great array of crusty, sweet and savory pastries, pies, and breakfast items. Perhaps the most impressive thing was the fact that their list of specials took up an entire chalkboard. Everything from sweet rolls too, wallaby and rabbit, pie, to some delicious eggs Benedict and a big English breakfast. They had something for everybody, and everything was really good! The place is housed in a relatively old building with a lot of character! Not so old that you're worried that you would find petrified things in the wall, but old enough that you definitely know the place has had a chance to fall over and won't. The staff was really nice, took great care of us and found us seats very quickly, despite the place being busy. All in all, this is a must check out spot whenever you are in town!

we had the best time here!! they staff (Dan) is the absolute best! would recommend sitting at the…read morebar for the best service! tell dan his american friends say hello! also get the chicken parmie, GAS

The BEST VALUE MEALS IN TOWN! Fast service, Cheap Good…read morequality meals. All five meals provided were sensational. Will be back for sure.

Used to be good. Now it's poor quality food that's poorly cooked and nasty. Hotcakes are tastless…read moreand just slopped onto the plate. Toast was like supermarket bread. Too cheap to even supply butter. Sausages where really low quality. If your from North America avoid the Eggs Benedict with a ten foot pole. Hollandaise sauce is probably cheap brand from a supermarket. Cook should be fired as he does not know how to cook, waiting staff could not give a damn. M. Pelic NSW, Australia

Tucked away in the corner of Salamanca Square, my husband and I had an amazing lazy Sunday…read morebreakfast. Staff were great, food was delish, coffee and hot chocolate were awesome. And the decor is eclectic. Old school diner feel with actual laundry machines lined up agains the wall. Highly recommend: The Old New Egg dish: scrambled eggs, feta, rocket, beetroot relish on garlic sourdough. Trio of Mushies: mushrooms, feta, salsa verde, rocket on garlic sourdough.

Love going to Pollen any chance I get! Great for people with food allergies and intolerances (I…read morehave fructose malabsorption and never find it hard to order something delicious here). The assortment of teas is fantastic and the atmosphere is great. Even my dog loves visiting Pollen!

Welcome to the sweetest, cosiest little corner of Battery Point. Okay, I could be wrong because the…read moreentire suburb is adorable, but stepping into Pollen makes me really happy. Warm decor, cute space, friendly staff and a delicious menu. It almost feels sacrilegious to drink coffee here but it's so good, I can't not! Plus... I'm trying this new "direct and honest" thing lately, so when the gent asked me how my coffee was on my last visit, I told him honestly that it wasn't the best, but it was drinkable. He took it off me, demanded my feedback, and came back a few minutes later with a much improved version. Just awesome service.

My mom and I visited and we both ordered very differently since I'm vegan and she's pescatarian…read more She ordered seafood chowder and fresh oysters and she thought they were delicious, and I on the other hand ordered a vegan curry and thought it was totally subpar and absolutely meh. Then again perhaps they just don't do vegan food well there and can only be trusted to do well on their specialties. That's why I gave this four stars -- because I get a sense that most of their menu items they probably do well, but there's a few duds on the menu are that are probably not in the chefs wheelhouse.

This is gonna be a weird review…read more Here's the thing: St Albi isn't what I expected at all. I'd seen so many photos of the hip fitout that I had my assumptions about the menu, and those assumptions were way off. What St Albi is, secretly, but far more accessibly for the locals, is a gastropub. The menu is tried and true pub style, fancied up around the edges. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, and once my dining pal and I had gotten our heads around this, our meals were awesome. I'd go so far as to say my steak was the best steak I've had in Hobart. Yep, I'm gonna make that call. But having said that, I didn't head to St Albi that night expecting to eat a steak. My friend and I started with an entree and a half each, because we both needed to try the chowder but also another thing each. The chowder was out of this world delicious, and I'm pretty sure it had some sage in it (or just the right combination of other herbs and spices that tricked me into thinking it was sage), but I've been back since just for the chowder and it didn't have quite that same flavour to it. I was a little disappointed, but the chowder is still super, super delicious and comes with an enormous prawn hanging out in it (entertaining but awkward to eat, nobody look at me please). I won mains hands down with my steak, which I forced my friend to try as well (ok I didn't have to force her very hard). I chose the Cox coffee rub for it because I was intrigued. I chose medium rare because that's how steak should be cooked. And I chose some duck fat potatoes and honey brown mushrooms for sides because I couldn't not. Seriously, so good. But so much food. Because this is a gastropub, not a fine dining restaurant. If someone had explained this to me before I went, maybe I wouldn't have had 1.5 entrees before my enormous main, leaving less than zero room for my dessert (yes, even my dessert stomach abandoned me) and giving me actual pains because I was so full (and yet still got most of my sides to take away and devour the following day with some scrambled eggs because I'm a genius). I love you, St. Albi, now that I properly understand you. Maybe next time I'll know how to leave room for one of your desserts?

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.