Old-time Havana mural, pastel-coloured stools, palm fronds painted on the windows, gallons of rum behind the bar – Rude Boy channels a little bit of the Caribbean into downtown Hobart. The cocktails here are killer: make your way through a 'Death in the Afternoon' (absinthe, lemon, passionfruit and sparkling wine) and you'll be inclined to stay for another. Reggae rules.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Hobart attractions

1. Allport Library & Museum of Fine Arts

0.13 MILES

The State Library is home to this excellent collection of rare books on the Australia-Pacific region, as well as colonial paintings, antiques, photographs…

2. Hobart Convict Penitentiary

0.24 MILES

The courtrooms, cells and gallows at 'the Tench' had a hellish reputation in the 1800s, and every convict in Tasmania passed through here. The barracks…

3. Hadley's Gallery

0.32 MILES

An installation sponsored by the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery is the Hadley's Gallery at Hadley's Orient Hotel. Inside is a fascinating display of 29…

4. St David's Cathedral

0.34 MILES

Hobart's city-centre cathedral (1823) looks a tad austere, but inside the mood is serene and architecturally uplifting. Duck inside and regain your…

5. Theatre Royal

0.36 MILES

Hobart’s prestigious (and very precious) Theatre Royal has been host to bombastic thespians since 1837, and despite a major fire in 1984, it remains…

6. Town Hall

0.39 MILES

Duck your head into the fabulously lavish lobby of Hobart's stately Town Hall. It was built in 1864–66 in a style based on Rome’s famous Palazzo Farnese…

7. Franklin Square

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Encircling a statue of Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (aka Tasmania) from 1837–43, Franklin Sq is one of central Hobart's…

8. Maritime Museum of Tasmania

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Highlighting shipwrecks, boat building, whaling and Hobart’s unbreakable bond with the sea, the Maritime Museum of Tasmania (out the back of the town hall…