12 Of The Best Restaurants In Launceston To Try On Your Next Tassie Trip

Craving a feed at one of Launceston's best restaurants? We’ve got you covered! 

Just a two-and-a-half hour roadie from Hobart, you’ll want to arrive hungry in the UNESCO recognised ‘City of Gastronomy’—one of only two cities in Australia to boast that tasty title. 

Perched atop the Tamar Valley, expect premium produce, farm-to-table eateries and cool-climate wineries set amongst historic buildings in this perfect pocket of Tasmania. 

Ready to feast? Eat your way through Launceston's best restaurants of 2025.

Brisbane Street Bistro

24 Brisbane Street, Launceston

If you ask Brisbane Street Bistro owner and head chef Ian Lewis, there is no such thing as perfect food. But one bite of his BBQ wallaby donut and you’ll likely disagree — the dishes here are straight 10s. The hatted eatery combines classic French dishes with modern Australian techniques and the results will have you doing a lil' happy dance in your seat. While the menu changes seasonally, expect flavour bombs like brown butter roasted cauliflower with cheesy polenta and duck a l’orange with silky Paris mash. 

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Stelo At Pierre’s

88 George Street, Launceston

For bowls of pasta that nonna would be proud of, slip into a booth at Stelo At Pierre’s. Set within a stunning 1950s heritage building, this eatery is giving date night energy. From the pillowy cappellacci to the gnocchi, all of the delicate pasta is hand-made daily using Tassie flour and potatoes. The rest of the menu — from the salt dried fish focaccia to the carpaccio — is sourced from within the Apple Isle. A restaurant that’s delicious and sustainable, that’s a big vibe.

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Diverge

50 Tamar Street, Launceston

You don’t need to stay at Hotel Verge to tuck into a decadent meal at oneiste restaurant, Diverge - but you will want to linger. With bold steel sculptures, warm chestnut timber and a lush green wall that brings the magic of Launceston's wild landscape indoors, it’s relaxed fine dining at its best. The menu reads like a love letter to Tasmania’s top notch produce. Think: Scottsdale pork belly bao, Du Cane pale ale battered Tasmanian scallops and Wild Clover lamb rump. And don’t sleep on the dessert — the Tamar Valley lemon posset will have you ordering seconds.

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Stillwater

2 Bridge Road, Launceston

You'll feel like you've stepped onto the set of romance flick at Stillwater — one of Tasmania’s most awarded restaurants. Set in a beautiful heritage-listed flour mill on the banks of the Tamar River, the menu evolves with the seasons, featuring fresh ingredients sourced direct from Tassie farms. We're talking Indigenous-caught black lip abalone with whipped wakame and lemon butter, and BBQ Lenah wallaby wings with gochujang glaze. The venue also doubles as a boutique five-star accommodation so you can sleep off your food coma in luxury digs. 

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The Black Cow Bistro

70 George St, Launceston

Launceston’s go-to for melt-in-your-mouth steak, The Black Cow Bistro are the local specialists in primo Tasmanian beef. Housed in a former butchery-turned-sleek-eatery, devour delicate eye fillet, fat studded scotch fillet, hearty rib-eye and slow-cooked rump. Not craving beef? Order the a plate of Tassie oysters, the chargrilled octopus with smoked yuzu ketchup, and their famous baked market fish and thank us later. Pair your meal with a tipple from their extensive wine list, focused on Tasmanian and Australian varietals, including a bunch of local Tamar Valley gems.

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Cataract On Paterson

135 Paterson Street, Launceston 

Perched on the edge of the CBD and housed in a converted warehouse, Cataract on Paterson is a Launceston institution. The eatery is the brainchild of Southern Midlands farmers Karen and Stuart Burbury, who wanted to spread their passion for home-grown produce. The result? A kitchen slinging dishes that use only the freshest Tasmanian produce, like high-quality grass-fed beef from Great Southern Pinnacle and locally caught oysters and scallops. For the peak experience, try a stone grill of steak, prawns, scallops, or salmon, cooked on a 400-degree volcanic stone at the table. 

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Alida 

1 Bridge Road, Launceston

Set inside the Penny Royal, a former colonial-era theme park, you'll feel like you've steppedb ack in time at Alida. With a focus on Tasmania's adbundant natural resources, the white-table cloth restaurant slings truly sumptuous seafood and steak that you'll think about long after your last mouthful. We're talking Tassie oysters, baked scallops and grilled sirlion with café de Paris butter. Pro tip: Make sure you try one of their prohibition-era cocktails. 

Image credit: Alida | Website

Mudbar Restaurant

28 Seaport Boulevard, Launceston 

Overlooking the River Tamar, Mudbar Restaurant has been serving up fresh seafood for more than 20 years, so you know it's the goods! A fave amongst locals and wanderlust-seekers, Mudbar is all about paddock-to-plate dining infused with modern pan-Asian flavours. Must orders include Mudbar farm rabbit raviolo with yuzu apple jam and crispy skin duck smothered in black bean chilli. Don't sleep on the sides either — you won't want to share the roasted corn ribs. 

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Grain Of The Silos

89 Lindsay Streer, Invermay

For something a lil' fancy, snag a booking at Grain of the Silos, set inside the Peppers Silo heritage building (the site of converted grain silos). Start your culinary journey with small plates of grilled quail with pancetta and smoked beetroot stracciatella, before moving onto decadent dishes like brown butter gnocchi and grilled pork chop with apple rosemary glaze. Got a sweet tooth? You won't be dissapointed with their dessert cocktails. The lemon meringue pie (limoncello, butterscotch schnapps, lemon juice and cream) gets our vote. 

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Rupert & Hound

30 Seaport Boulevard, Launceston

Located on the banks of the North Esk River at Launceston’s Seaport, Rupert & Hound is must for seafood-lovers. Ask for a table on the deck, so you can bask in Launceston's natural beauty while tucking into some of the best fresh-from-the-trawler dishes you'll ever taste. Gorge on local Gummy shark in a crisp soda batter, baked scallops and juicy garlic chilli prawns. When it comes to tipples, the wine list is unashamedly predominantly Tasmanian, with house beers (Hound Dog Lager and Rupert’s Raspberry Sour) created in conjunction with Scottsdale’s Little Rivers Brewery.

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Halivah

178 Charles Street, Launceston

Havilah opened its doors in 2020 as a place for locals and visitors to learn, taste and appreciate Tasmanian wine. But as well as offering an incredible list of local and international wines (including its own labels), Havilah brings a delicious, produce-driven, continental food menu to the table. Tuck into small plates of Bruny Island cheese, wallaby skewers, pumpkin ravioli and mussels with 'nduja. On Sundays, the bar also doubles as a cellar door where visitors can enjoy wine tastings from Two Tonne Tasmania and Havilah made by winemaker Ricky Evans.

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Saint John Craft Beer Bar

133 St John St, Launceston 

Saint John Craft Beer Bar is a beerhouse first and foremost — featuring 18 taps with a range of international, Australian and Tasmanian craft brews — but they also sling tasty eats that perfectly accompany their award-winning drops. The menu is ever changing but you can expect to wrap your chompers around towering beef cheek burgers, baby corn tacos, chicken wings smothered in blue cheese sauce and fried pickles with bourbon butter. Patrons also get the pitch of over 100 (not a typo) bottled and canned beers, as well as craft ciders, wines and spirits, so settle in for a boozy night. 

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