Hope & Anchor

Hobart


Staking a claim as Australia's oldest continually licensed pub (1807), the Hope & Anchor has suitably refused to gentrify. The woody interior is festooned with nautical knickknacks (duck up the stairs to see the museum-like dining room) and equally ungentrified clientele. Dinner served nightly, and lunch Monday to Saturday.


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