The Hobart List
Five editorial picks, ranked by the only filter that matters: why you are dining.
Aløft
Christian Ryan's pan-Asian Brooke Street Pier flagship — Hobart's most reliable contemporary fine-dining and a nine-course tasting menu with the most photographed waterfront view in the city.
Templo
The 20-seat chalkboard-menu CBD institution — Templo's daily-changing modern-Italian programme, with the most reliable chef-driven mid-tier dinner in Hobart.
Frank
The Hobart waterfront Argentine institution — Frank's wood-fired asado grills with a Derwent estuary view and the city's most reliable shared-plate dining.
Landscape
The IXL Jam Factory waterfront restaurant — Nathaniel Embrey's asado-grill kitchen built into the historic 1858 Hobart industrial building.
Scholé
Luke Burgess's 10-seat Japanese-inspired wine bar — Hobart's most distinctive contemporary chef-driven kitchen and the city's most reliable solo-dining destination.
Best for First Date in Hobart
Intimate, conversation-friendly rooms. Impressive without being intimidating. The tables where first impressions are made.
Templo
The 20-seat chalkboard-menu CBD institution — Templo's daily-changing modern-Italian programme, with the most reliable chef-driven mid-tier dinner in Hobart.
Landscape
The IXL Jam Factory waterfront restaurant — Nathaniel Embrey's asado-grill kitchen built into the historic 1858 Hobart industrial building.
Best for Business Dinner in Hobart
Power tables, private rooms, considered wine lists. Where the deal gets done.
Aløft
Christian Ryan's pan-Asian Brooke Street Pier flagship — Hobart's most reliable contemporary fine-dining and a nine-course tasting menu with the most photographed waterfront view in the city.
Templo
The 20-seat chalkboard-menu CBD institution — Templo's daily-changing modern-Italian programme, with the most reliable chef-driven mid-tier dinner in Hobart.