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Date night bars in Hobart

Low light, good drinks and somewhere to talk: the Hobart bars we would pick for a night for two.

Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.

Date night: 6 bars

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1 ยท North Hobart

Willing Bros Wine Merchants

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.

  • ๐Ÿท Wine
  • ๐Ÿ’• Date night

๐Ÿ“ 390 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart TAS 7000

2 ยท Salamanca and the waterfront

Mary Mary

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.

  • ๐Ÿธ Cocktails
  • ๐Ÿธ Classics
  • ๐Ÿ’• Date night
  • ๐Ÿ—๏ธ Hidden

๐Ÿ“ 2a Salamanca Place, Hobart TAS 7000

3 ยท Salamanca and the waterfront

IXL Long Bar

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.

  • ๐Ÿธ Cocktails
  • ๐Ÿธ Classics
  • ๐ŸŒฟ Gin
  • ๐Ÿ’• Date night

๐Ÿ“ The Henry Jones Art Hotel, 25 Hunter Street, Hobart TAS 7000

4 ยท Salamanca and the waterfront

Evolve Spirits Bar

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.

  • ๐Ÿธ Cocktails
  • ๐Ÿฅƒ Whisky
  • ๐ŸŒ‡ Views
  • ๐Ÿ’• Date night

๐Ÿ“ MACq 01 Hotel, 18 Hunter Street, Hobart TAS 7000

5 ยท The city centre

Sonny

Wine and vinyl bar

A 20-seat wine bar that plays vinyl and takes walk-ins only.

  • ๐Ÿท Wine
  • ๐ŸŽถ Music
  • ๐Ÿ’• Date night

๐Ÿ“ 120a Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7000

6 ยท The city centre

Lucinda Wine Bar

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.

  • ๐Ÿท Wine
  • ๐Ÿ’• Date night
  • ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Food

๐Ÿ“ 123 Collins Street, Hobart TAS 7000

Map: date night

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Your questions

What are the best date night bars in Hobart?

Start with Willing Bros Wine Merchants, Mary Mary, IXL Long Bar, Evolve Spirits Bar and Sonny. Our full list has 6 bars.

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Who wrote this guide

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.

No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.

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