Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
One MICHELIN Key, 2026
The Tasman stands near the Hobart waterfront and joins three buildings: 1840s Georgian sandstone, 1940s Art Deco and a glass pavilion added in the 2020s.
Our team recommends
The hotel is just up the street from Brooke Street Pier and Franklin Wharf, with places to eat along the water. The old harbourside quarter, with its winding streets and houses from the 1800s, is a longer walk, and MONA and the airport are each about 20 minutes by car.
You follow the pointed glass of the Pavilion to the door, where the concierge took our bags and we were offered a welcome glass of Tasmanian sparkling wine. The Art Deco building once held government offices, and the Heritage building was St. Mary’s, a private hospital, built in 1847.
Our first night was in the Art Deco building, in a king room with floor-to-ceiling windows over the harbour, where we watched sailboats and the sunset from two armchairs by the glass. A handwritten note, a Tasmanian Pinot Noir and local chocolates were waiting, and every room has its own inlaid wooden ceiling.
The next night we moved to a suite in the Heritage building, with a gas fireplace in the living room and the original stone walls in the bedroom. Doors to nowhere and a filled-in chute kept us guessing at the stories the rooms could tell, and the bathroom had high ceilings, a soaking tub and a rain shower.
Breakfast at Peppina stands out for its quality, much of it from Tasmanian producers: brie, Pyengana cheddar, smoked ocean trout and leatherwood honey, with eggs cooked to order and coffee brought to the table. At dinner, Peppina cooks Italian dishes with local produce.
The Deco Lounge made a fine lobster roll for lunch and good coffee every morning. Mary Mary, the cocktail bar, sits at the far end of the Heritage building, and the gym keeps its old stone walls.
We found old and new joined seamlessly, and The Tasman will be our first choice when we return to Tasmania.
From our guests
Our team recommends
Our team found it right for anyone who loves architecture and good food, and suggests splitting the stay between the Art Deco and Heritage buildings.
From our guests
Our guests write about the whole hotel: breakfast, the rooms and the location.
From our guests
Most of our guests stay in a king room in the Art Deco building.
Our team recommends
Split your stay if you can, with a room over the harbour in the Art Deco building and then a suite in the Heritage building for its character. A Heritage studio suite keeps much of the same character in a smaller space.
In the Heritage building, we’d choose the St. David’s Park Suite, with a fireplace, sandstone walls and a Baltic pine ceiling, looking over the park. For the water, the two Pavilion Suites sit on corners above the waterfront and the River Derwent, each with a freestanding tub. The Aurora Suite, on the Pavilion’s roof, adds a terrace with a firepit over the harbour.
From our guests
The entire hotel is awesome. Breakfast is elevated. Rooms are unique and huge. Great location. I can’t say enough about this hotel.
With every stay
What the program adds to your stay.
Tell us your dates and who’s coming, and we take it from there. Within one business day we confirm your room, the program’s benefits and your requests with the hotel.
We can arrange a room over the harbour, a suite in the Heritage building or a table at Peppina before you arrive.
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