customs house hotel

friendly pub. i enjoyed the dukhah crusted chicken breast. good blend of flavours and texture.

while its true that the paella resembles risotto more, its a common fault and the food here is great. we had the dips on two occasions and they were really good and accompanied by perfectly toasted turkish bread. the chicken schnitzel was offered with a variety of sauces. i had mushroom which was just tasty enough not to overpower the chicken. my only real complaint is it's really uncomfortably hot inside.

took friends from interstate. wine expensive. food terrible apart from fish and cheeseboard. calamari greasy, ribs inedible with side salad covered in cheap mayonnaise. thai salad was a fish sauce dominated affair with hardly any roasted vegetables. place packed - due to location. we should have known better. avoid avoid avoid

saw menu outside on passing, went in for quick lunch of bar food. not many tables as many drinkers were standing around them. we had excellent chicken parma and s&p calamari. beef burger was a bit oily, had soaked through bottom bun. good value & good sized serves.

we are on a short break from melbourne and stumbled on to this hotel. the food was good, service good , and prices reasonable. if you like seafood it is definetely recommended

after 4 nights fine dining - franklin, fico, mure upper deck and aloft , this was delicious ! the steamed veggies were cooked with care and my eye fillet was perfectly cooked. husband likes his chicken parmigiana too. recommend

stumbled across this establishment on a sunday evening whilst in search for a dinner place.  traditional hotel/pub atmosphere with an interesting menu.  i had the seafood risotto which was definitely a hearty dish.  the duck dish was also unexpectedly exotic and well prepared.  this is the place for a casual, comforting meal, no frills, nothing too fancy but fulfilling nonetheless.  staff were helpful and attentive as an added bonus.

stayed there for 2 nights on our final leg of tassie trip. room came with breakfast choice daily. (you can pick a choice of breakfast and drink from the breakfast menu) we had the egg benedicts, corn fritters, baked eggs and wallaby sausages for the 2 mornings we were there. breakfast portion were very generous and tasty. my favourite was their turkish bread "soldiers" they were so lovely and crispy. coffee on the otherhand was just on par.

it's a bit awkward when you want to eat between 3-6pm as a lot of restaurants, pubs are not open or not serving meals. so, by accident we found this place serving, so we looked at their menu and it's not cheap. all the main starts over $30 and nothing that jumps out- typical pub meals. we were sick of paying a lot for something we don't even fancy. with this second trip in tassie, we got a lot of disappointing food-same as last time- it's hard to find good place to eat. we thought tassie was full of fresh food- but according to a local, all the seafood go to melbourne and sydney market first, then comes back to tassie from there. hmmm. anyhow we ended up ordering 2 entrées, mussels in tomato and chilli & salt and pepper calamari. they were around $16 mark. the serves were generous! and my partner was really happy with the mussels, i was more happy with their chilli oil than the calamari i ordered. overall, both of the dishes were under seasoned, but their chilli oil certainly made up for it!

one of the best meals we had in hobart.  nice, unpretentious gastro-pub fare, very generous portions and given it's tourist trap location, price was ok.  the kids meals were so big 2 of our 3 couldn't finish them, we only wanted a small meal so shared the seafood taster, which was excellent, based on that had the cheese platter, which was just as good
you could easily get a cheaper meal if you head away from the port/salmanca place precinct, but then you'd loose the ambience

overpriced. i had beef and reef for $46. the eye fillet was cooked medium but still chewy and under seasoned. food is ok but not worth what they charge. ambience was lacking with cold white lighting.
i would mot return with so many better options in hobart.

customs house is an old favourite and they have recently done up the main bar. food is always of a good standard, especially the seafood. excellent wine list with some crackers on the reserve list if its a special occasion.

my husband and i had dinner here tonight. the food was fantastic! we had the market fish and the pappardelle ragu and both were cooked well and wonderfully flavoured. this was definitely high quality food for a reasonable price and i will be recommending this restaurant to others.

the food was average at best and very expensive! we ordered scallops and marinara. the scallops were tasteless and looked like they'd come from a frozen packet! the marinara was a bit better but not worth the price charged. the service was also poor. sorry but we expected better!!!

nice casual pub restaurant on the corner in the cbd.
great food and generous portions. service was friendly and the staff were able to find us a table with a short wait.