The Cornelian Bay Boat House is deceiving from the outside; a casual affair with a dirt car park in…read morethe middle of a waterfront park. However, walk inside and you'll find a classy restaurant serving high-quality food. The location is also fantastic; right on the waterfront looking back towards the bridge.

From the owner: An excellent reputation for exceptional food and professional friendly service.read more

An historic Hobart homestead that used to sit on 100 acres and looked out over New Town Bay (this…read morebay is now reclaimed land). This delightful sandstone villa was built c1840 and has been home to three notable Hobart families over a period of 125 years. It is now part of the National Trust and is well a visit especially if you want to see how they lived back in the 19th Century.

Small-fry, I've tried with you, but I have to call it…read more The space is small and beautiful but you didn't establish it. I went in with two friends today and despite a corner being vacated, your staff tried to place the three of us in a row, instead of in the corner. Have you ever dined with more than two people seated side by side? Conversation is impossible. We managed to negotiate our way into the corner despite your staffer's grave resistance to it (the hesitation being that us sitting in the corner would leave a single seat either side of us and heaven forbid solo diners from existing... we promised to move if the situation arose, and funnily enough, it didn't). Your menu (no longer presented on a wooden cube) is so expensive. The four cheese toastie was beautiful, but $18? And forgive me, but does anyone actually pay $20 for that porridge? And is a half hour wait for food really that great when you've got your prep piled on counters and only half a dozen seated customers? The coffee is still good.

Small-fry will make you feel like home. Not too many on the menu but what's on it is nice. Also you…read morecould find donuts and other sweet treats off the menu. The chef would cook just in front of you which is like in your own private dining room. Love the atmosphere here! Really Small but so sweet.

Princes Wharf 1, more commonly known as PW1, is Hobart's main convention centre. Better than…read moretrekking out to Derwent Park or the Showgrounds one way or Wrest Point another way, PW1 is an excellent central space for a big-ass convention (Hobart-scale, anyway). I've been to more events here in my two years of Hobart life than I can count on two hands--markets and festivals top my list. I've sat down with 999 others for a long table dinner, I've strolled through aisles of handmade products, aisles of food, I've wrestled for table space at packed food hall events. I've been warm, I've been cold. I've watched international bands play to a packed-out hall. I've drank coffee and I've drank wine. PW1 is a great space--unless there are a lot of people here and you have to use the bathroom. The toilets here are notorious for going to hell within a couple of hours of an event, so you better hope the event you're headed to is a) quiet or b) prepared with portaloos outside. But back to the crux of it--awesome central location for awesome events.

My partner and I had a few visits to Flamingo's during a recent holiday in Tasmania. Being the only…read moreclub in town, the crowd is eclectic and everyone seemed really friendly. There was one show while we were there; oddly enough the Melbourne drag queens were out-shone by the local dancers; but it was all good. Music is nightclub chic and the cages and poles were fun to dance around... The outside smoking area is cold in winter but that's where you can talk to people, right? Would have been better if the bar staff learned a few cocktails, but seriously good all the same... :-)

Worst club I've ever been too! Full of smoke/fog, $15 to get into an EMPTY club, drink prices thru…read morethe roof. The people that were there were very trashy boys. Recommend heading somewhere else