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The Best Coffee in Hobart, From Specialty Brews to Must-Try Matcha
Hobart coffee hits different — sip, savour, and step into the day like it was made for you.
Hobart pours coffee with panache. Beyond the postcard-pretty waterfront and the bustle of Salamanca, the city runs on a caffeine culture that feels instinctively modern: laneway spots dialling in the perfect espresso, pastry-laden counters are doing the morning work with serious beans, exacting pours and enough character to make a second cup feel inevitable. From Battery Point matcha to Moonah batch brews and CBD coffee counters built for quick, beautiful rituals, these are the spots for coffee in Hobart worth crossing town for.
Maxie Coffee Bar
Island Coffee
Somewhere Coffee Bar
Somewhere Coffee Bar is where Hobart’s CBD coffee scene gets its cleanest little jolt: pale light, neat lines, rotating filters and espresso poured with the confidence of people who know exactly what they’re doing. It’s compact, considered and built for the first cup that turns the day around. Pair it with a Pigeon Whole pastry, and you’ve got Elizabeth Street’s easiest answer to the eternal question: where should we get coffee?
5/118 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Sunbear
Sunbear is Collins Street’s coffee comforter, but there is real rigour beneath the gentle surface. Coffee Supreme’s South Blend keeps the espresso round and reliable, with a single-origin filter for drinkers who like to chase the notes rather than just the hit. The family-run room is built from gathered and thrifted pieces, with vintage mugs, timber, house-made treats and a menu that lets Tasmanian produce do the talking. Order the sunny omelette and stay for a second cup.
145 Collins Street, Hobart
Ozus Coffee
Ozus feels right at home on Hampden Road, where Battery Point’s sandstone cottages and village pace make even a quick coffee feel like a small ritual. The brews are consistent, rounded and easy to love, but the menu gives it staying power: crisp-edged waffles, generous toasties, bright brunch plates and enough courtyard appeal to stretch one coffee into two. A neighbourhood cafe with manners, appetite and a very loyal local following.
56 Hampden Road, Battery Point
Wide Awake Coffee
Wide Awake may be small, but North Hobart coffee people know exactly why it matters. Elrick and Clare, the duo behind Sash and Agent Cooper, pour Padre’s Lucky Boy blend for espresso with a smooth, milk-friendly sweetness, backed by rotating single origins for filter drinkers chasing something more nuanced. Pigeon Whole pastries and Six Russell focaccia round out the counter, making this Elizabeth Street bar a sharp little stop for coffee taken seriously, without the sermon.
271 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart
Wondr. by Villino
Villino has been part of Hobart’s specialty coffee story since 2007, with its Criterion Street cafe now joined by Wondr. in Moonah, where the roastery sits at the centre of the action. The coffee program moves through house blends and rotating single origins with a roaster’s confidence, giving espresso drinkers body and clarity while filter fans get something more curious to chase. At Wondr., the behind-the-scenes theatre is half the fun.
43 Sunderland Street, Moonah, Tasmania
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Audrey Coffee
Audrey Coffee brings easy charm to the Eastern Shore, with Rosny Park and Rokeby cafes built around good beans, generous service and a genuine local following. The coffee is steady, well-made and unfussy, the sort of cup that keeps neighbourhood regulars loyal without needing to make a speech about it. Add its environmentally minded approach, friendly counter culture and the feeling that someone knows your order by the second visit, and Audrey earns its place in Hobart’s coffee rotation.
Shop 1/6 Bayfield Street, Rosny Park
Unit 1/27 South Arm Road, Rokeby, Tasmania
Pilgrim Coffee
Pilgrim Coffee is for people who can taste the difference. Baristas with state and national competition runs behind them bring real skill to single-origin beans, silky milk coffee and decaf good enough to make you question your loyalties. Exposed brick, timber floors and gentle light set the scene for halloumi rolls, cinnamon scrolls and coffee with actual intent. Come for a quick cup and you may find yourself ordering another.
54 Liverpool Street, Hobart
Abercrombie Coffee
Abercrombie Coffee puts Villino’s specialty beans to work in North Hobart, with house-blend espresso, rotating single-origin batch brews and shelves lined with filter beans, coffee gear, reusable cups and locally made ceramics. Sweet and savoury bites keep the counter moving, but the egg and halloumi bun with its hashbrown upgrade is the order to know. In the off-season, the frozen coffee menu keeps regulars coming back.
Sitchu Tip: Order the egg and halloumi bun with hash brown, then pretend you came for coffee alone.
431 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart
BLOOM Coffee x Bites
BLOOM Coffee x Bites is Collins Street for people who like their cafe stop with a little curiosity. Villino house blends and rotating single-origin espressos sit beside cold brew, matcha lattes and sweets with real personality, from Strawberry Cream to Matcha Basque Cheesecake. The cupping sessions are the clever hook, bringing roasters such as 5 Senses, Audrey Coffee and Villino into the room for anyone keen to taste beyond their usual order.
102 Collins Street, Hobart
Intro
Intro Coffee sits upstairs in the Cat and Fiddle Arcade, a bright little caffeine detour above the CBD rush. The espresso is sharp, the beans rotate, and the locally sourced bites make it an easy stop before a wander through the arcade’s oddball shops. Pause under the musical clock, climb to the upper level, and you’ll find a Hobart coffee bar that makes a quick city break feel unusually well played.
Cat and Fiddle Arcade, Upper Level, Shop 2 60-64 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Six Russell Bakes
Okay, so Six Russell Bakes in Sandy Bay is basically your new coffee soulmate. Minimalist vibes, insanely good Single O coffee (plus guest roasters rotating like a little caffeine party), and pastries that practically demand a second round. Grab a sourdough toastie or a seasonal sweet, sip your brew, and just… exist. It’s one of the best coffees in Hobart, guaranteed, where you’ll wonder how you ever survived mornings without it.
6 Russell Crescent, Sandy Bay
Shake Coffee Roasters
Shake Coffee Roasters gives Moonah its serious bean address, with Colombian, Honduran and rotating origins moving through espresso, batch brew and slow-pour territory. The fit-out has bite: black subway tiles, exposed brick, low-hung lighting and enough grit to suit the suburb’s northside edge. Pair your cup with a Six Russell Bakes pastry and settle in for coffee that feels considered and chic.
85 Main Road, Moonah
Ecru Coffee
Ecru Coffee keeps things small, sharp and deeply caffeinated on Criterion Street. Villino beans run the show, moving through clean espresso, batch brew and a takeaway trade that tells you plenty about its local following. There are only a few outside stools, so this is more city ritual than long brunch: order well, grab something sweet, and let one of Hobart’s smallest coffee bars do exactly what it came to do.
18 Criterion Street, Hobart
Yellow Bernard
Yellow Bernard is a tiny Cat & Fiddle Arcade coffee bar with serious CBD muscle. Gridlock beans drive the machine, with single-origin espresso, the Project Yellow house blend and Fast Eddie cold brew keeping the regulars loyal. Seating is scarce, the pace is brisk and the macaron cabinet knows exactly how to tempt a second transaction. It’s compact, caffeinated and very good at making a quick coffee feel like a Hobart ritual.
The Cat & Fiddle Arcade, 1/109 Collins Street, Hobart
Staple Coffee
Staple Coffee is Bidencopes Lane doing what Hobart does best: small room, good beans, no fuss, cultish local loyalty. The coffee is quick, clean and taken seriously, with cappuccinos, espresso and takeaway cups moving across the counter from morning rush to mid-afternoon rescue mission. In-house treats, gluten-free sweets and Pigeon Whole Bakery bagels keep things dangerously convenient. Not showy, not precious, just a CBD caffeine stop that earns repeat behaviour.
2 Bidencopes Lane, Hobart
Bear With Me
Bear With Me makes South Hobart feel like a very sensible place to cancel your next obligation. ONA Coffee runs through espresso and slow-drip pours, while the menu goes further than the usual cafe safety net with dandan noodles, miso rice bowls and breakfast plates built for real hunger. The room has that easy neighbourhood generosity people chase on weekends: good coffee, better food, and a reason to stay for the second cup.
399 Macquarie Street, South Hobart
District B
District B has earned its Moonah regulars the old-fashioned way: creamy milk coffee, strong batch brews, single origins and an iced soy latte with its own little fan base. The counter keeps breakfast practical with pastries and daily-made bites, while seasonal blends and the team’s Bellerive roastery, Little Fire Coffee, give the coffee program extra range. It’s North Hobart’s quieter sibling suburb, making a very easy case for crossing town before 10am.
96 Albert Road, Moonah
The Best Matcha in Hobart
Happy Larry Deli
Happy Larry Deli may draw the first crowd with its towering focaccia sandwiches, but the drinks menu has its own little cult following. Matcha comes in rose, raspberry, cloud and red velvet variations, coffee gets spritzed, and sparkling Kreol soda handles the summer thirst. Then there’s the strawberry iced matcha, already the order people talk about like a secret they are terrible at keeping. Come hungry, leave oddly devoted to a drink.
Behind ANZ Bank, 59-63 Liverpool Street, Hobart
Lēoht
Lēoht makes Battery Point feel lit from the inside out. Set inside an 1853 Georgian cottage with Tasmanian timber, local brick, woven textures, a working fireplace and sun catching the terrace, this Hampden Road cafe has more going on than a good flat white. Specialty coffee sits beside black sesame lattes, bright seasonal food and a drinks list that wanders into wine by night. A graceful stop for coffee, matcha and something slower than the usual cafe dash.
46A Hampden Road, Battery Point
Erda
At Erda in Battery Point, drinks are anything but ordinary. The cult order is Blue Sky: banana, matcha, coconut cloud, Blue Majik oat milk and Tasmanian leatherwood honey layered into a cup that looks almost too pretty to disturb. Specialty coffee, hojicha and playful brunch plates round out the run sheet, but this is the stop for anyone who likes their cafe order with colour, care and a little extra joy.
167A Harrington Street, Hobart
Farzi
Farzi sits on Castray Esplanade with Salamanca at its shoulder and a menu that knows exactly how to work a camera. Specialty coffee keeps the morning crowd steady, but the matcha side of the room is where things get interesting: matcha hotcakes, glossy iced pours and brunch plates with enough colour to stop a scroll mid-swipe. Waterfront-adjacent, polished without stiffness and deeply fluent in pretty things you actually want to eat, this Battery Point cafe has main-feed appeal.
13 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point
Hobart’s coffee scene has never tasted better, from laneway hideaways to suburban roasteries rewriting the rules. Wherever you go, one thing’s sure: your next cup won’t just wake you up, it’ll win you over. Explore these essential restaurants and must-visit bakeries for more delicious experiences around the city.
