Hobart's best bars are small, warm and full of Tasmanian spirits. Most sit around Salamanca Place and the waterfront, with more along Elizabeth Street in the city and up in North Hobart. This guide covers 15 of them: cocktail bars first, from a spirits library in an old hospital to a rum bar that won Rum Bar of the Year, then wine bars, a pub pouring since 1807 and Australia's oldest working brewery, with our top picks, a map and walking routes.
Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.
If you only have one night, start here.
More bottles than seats.
North HobartA spirits library in an old hospital.
Salamanca and the waterfrontHobart's award-winning rum bar.
The city centreTasmanian hops, apples and botanicals.
Salamanca and the waterfrontRare whisky by the water.
Salamanca and the waterfrontLark's whisky bar.
The city centreHot buttered rum since 1807.
The city centreSake and Japanese whisky under neon.
The city centreTwenty seats and vinyl.
The city centreA bar 17 metres underground.
South Hobart and MonaTap a pin for the bar. Numbers match the list.
Sandstone warehouses on Salamanca Place, Battery Point behind it and the hotel bars on Hunter Street by the docks.
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Cocktail and wine bar
Hidden behind the sandstone walls of the old St Mary's Hospital building, an intimate bar with a curious library of spirits. Try the Corpse Reviver No2B, made with gin and absinthe.
📍 2a Salamanca Place, Hobart TAS 7000
Hotel bar
An old-school long bar in The Henry Jones Art Hotel built around what Tasmania does best: hops, apples and botanicals. Try the Island of Fire, made with all-Tasmanian ingredients.
📍 The Henry Jones Art Hotel, 25 Hunter Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Hotel spirits bar
A waterfront lounge at the MACq 01 hotel with rare spirits, a long whisky list and fossils up to 550 million years old on display.
📍 MACq 01 Hotel, 18 Hunter Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Taphouse
A Salamanca taphouse pouring Moo Brew, Tasmania's own brewery, open midday to midnight Thursday to Sunday.
📍 Ground floor, 25 Salamanca Place, Battery Point TAS 7004
Brewery
A brewery on the waterfront with the biggest beer garden in the city. The flagship is the Harbour Master amber ale.
📍 16 Evans Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Elizabeth Street, Collins Street, Macquarie Street and Argyle Street, a few minutes' walk up from the water.
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Rum bar
Best Cocktail Bar and Rum Bar of the Year 2022
A rum-led cocktail bar that won Best Cocktail Bar and Rum Bar of the Year in 2022. Try the Rhubicube.
📍 130 Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Whisky and cocktail bar
Lark Distillery's tasting room by day and a whisky and cocktail bar by night.
📍 30 Argyle Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Izakaya bar
A neon-lit izakaya for cocktails, sake and Japanese whisky, with a fireside lounge upstairs.
📍 216-218 Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Historic pub
Pouring since 1807 in a heritage-listed Georgian building. Order the hot buttered rum.
📍 65 Macquarie Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Wine and vinyl bar
A 20-seat wine bar that plays vinyl and takes walk-ins only.
📍 120a Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Wine bar
A small wine bar that takes the overflow from its sister restaurant Dier Makr, with wines by the glass picked by chef-owner Kobi Ruzicka.
📍 123 Collins Street, Hobart TAS 7000
The Elizabeth Street strip north of the city, for wine bars and late bites.
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Wine bar
A small North Hobart wine bar with more bottles than seats. Sit at the bar or the window and work through an encyclopaedic list, or let the staff choose.
📍 390 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart TAS 7000
Bar and diner
The Winnie to locals, cosy in winter and lively in summer, for a drink and a large bite to eat in North Hobart.
📍 381 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart TAS 7000
Worth the trip: Australia's oldest working brewery and the bar 17 metres underground at Mona.
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Museum bar
Mona's own bar, 17 metres underground. It opens only from 10am to 5pm, with the museum.
📍 Mona, 655 Main Road, Berriedale TAS 7011
Brewery bar
The bar at Australia's oldest operating brewery, pouring Cascade beer alongside Tasmanian wines and spirits.
📍 140 Cascade Road, South Hobart TAS 7004
Two routes in walking order, with the time between each bar. See them all on a map.
5 bars · about 16 minutes on foot in total
5 bars · about 75 minutes on foot in total
Start with Willing Bros Wine Merchants and Mary Mary, then Rude Boy. Our top 10 above covers the rest.
Salamanca Place and the waterfront, then Elizabeth Street in the city. They are a few minutes' walk apart.
The Still Whisky Bar is Lark Distillery's bar and Evolve Spirits Bar has a long whisky list.
The Hope and Anchor on Macquarie Street has been pouring since 1807.
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This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides, including Australian Traveller, Sitchu and Urban List.
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