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Hobart Restaurants and Hobart Dining
(Hobart, Tasmania - TAS, Australia AU)



Seafood is the speciality on the island of Tasmania and Hobart is no exception, with numerous seafood restaurants located in and around Hobart city centre. Hobart has a large number of restaurants and although the choice of cuisine doesn't quite compare to some of Australia's larger capital cities, Hobart's food is definitely becoming more cosmopolitan, with new restaurants regularly opening.

The majority of restaurants in Hobart are concentrated in the city centre and along the Elizabeth Street strip in North Hobart, where you will find the greatest diversity in Hobart restaurants and cafés. Seafood is caught daily by fishing boats at Hobart's Victoria Docks, and so restaurants in Hobart don't have far to travel to find the freshest fish, lobsters, prawns and squid.




Hobart's restaurants are strongly influenced by European cuisine and are generally very reasonably priced, with excellent facilities. Many restaurants in the Hobart and Tasmania area also have outside seating areas, with scenic views of Hobart city and the waterfront.

Popular areas for dining in Hobart include Battery Point - a village atmosphere with upmarket food and generous portions, Brook Street - known for its exceptional Hobart dining and gourmet food, Collins Street - with some of Hobart's top Italian restaurants, Asian dining and takeaway outlets, Harrington Street - with home-style Italian cooking and other themed restaurants, Liverpool Street - featuring a popular Cambodian restaurant and friendly Hobart cafés, Murray Street - where you will find bakeries and cafés with alfresco seating, Hobart's Salamanca district - home to Asian, Vietnamese and Japanese restaurants with outside dining areas, and the Victoria Dock area of Hobart - with several seafood restaurants serving the catch of the day.

There are also countless other excellent restaurants, cafés and eateries tucked away in Hobart's backstreets and throughout the suburbs of the Hobart. Most restaurants in Hobart happily accept reservations for both lunch and dinner, so it is often advisable to call in advance to ensure a dining place at the restaurant.

Hobart Restaurants and Dining: Opening Hours - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia AU
Hobart's restaurants and cafés generally open throughout the week, serving food from 07:00 to 22:00 or later. Sunday and Monday nights are the most common days for some Hobart restaurants to close, although many are now open seven days a week. Most of the restaurants in Hobart open for lunch and dinner, while Hobart's enormous selection of cafés and patisseries provide a popular breakfast option in Hobart, and some of these cafés are even open 24-hours a day.

Hobart Restaurants and Dining: Wine and Beer in Hobart - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia AU
The wine lists presented at most restaurants in Hobart and Tasmania are almost completely full of Australian wines only. Throughout the world, Australian wines are renowned as being some of the best, high-quality wines. Hobart's largest restaurants may also serve wine from other countries, as will some other smaller restaurants in Hobart, specialising in traditional cuisine.

Hobart Restaurants and Dining: Breakfast in Hobart - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia AU
Breakfast in Hobart is one of the most important meals of the day and this has become an increasingly important social event in Hobart, particularly at restaurants and cafés in the city centre. Starting around 06:00, breakfast is usually served until around 11:00, although a number of restaurants, cafés and eateries in Hobart do serve all-day breakfasts, especially at the weekends. Many of the hotels in Hobart city centre are also happy to serve breakfast to non-guests, often providing a tempting a buffet, with a mouth-watering range of different breakfast options.

Hobart Restaurants and Dining: Lunch in Hobart - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia AU
Lunch in Hobart varies greatly, from a luxurious, gourmet business lunch at a fashionable restaurant in Hobart's Central Business District (CBD), to a quick sandwich, or 'sanger', freshly made at one of Hobart's countless sandwich bars. Generally taken between 12:00 to 14:00, Hobart is also home to numerous fastfood restaurants and outlets, including burger bars, pizza takeaways and outstanding Aussie fish and chips.

Hobart Restaurants and Dining: Dinner in Hobart - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia AU
Dinner is an important and particularly popular pastime in Hobart. Many locals in the Hobart and Tasmania area regularly eat out for dinner, anytime between 18:00 to 22:00 or later. There are so many Hobart restaurants, brasseries, bistros, café and eateries to choose from that you are almost spoilt for choice.

The city of Hobart is quickly becoming too diverse to be known for one type of cuisine and there are a large number of excellent restaurants situated throughout Hobart and other nearby areas of Tasmania, including:

• Hobart American-style restaurants, delis and diners - serving barbecued diner food, burgers and steaks
• Hobart Australian restaurants - serving fresh seafood, steaks and barbecued cuisine
• Hobart Austrian, German and Swiss restaurants - serving light, continental food
• Hobart English, Irish and European restaurants - with traditional, tasty, uncomplicated British and European food
• Hobart Chinese restaurants - featuring classic Cantonese dishes
• Hobart French restaurants - serving authentic French haute cuisine in atmospheric bistros
• Hobart Greek restaurants - with cosy Greek-style Tavernas, serving lamb dishes and seafood kebabs
• Hobart Indian, Indonesian and Malaysian restaurants - known for their hot curries and spicy dishes
• Hobart Italian and Hobart Pizzeria restaurants - serving pasta dishes and pizzas
• Hobart Mexican restaurants - serving tasty, spicy Mexican dishes and chili based cuisine
• Hobart Seafood restaurants - using only the freshest caught local Tasmanian fish
• Hobart Singles restaurants - specialising in meals for one
• Hobart Spanish and Mediterranean restaurants - with traditional Tapas meals
• Hobart Thai and Asian restaurants - serving spicy Thai curries, rice dishes and hot vegetable soups
• Hobart Vegetarian restaurants - a number of vegetarian restaurants exist in the Hobart and Victoria area, although vegetarians should also consider Hobart's Chinese, Southeast Asian and Italian restaurants, which offer many superb vegetarian options in Hobart

 
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