Bavarian Tavern
281 Liverpool St
Phone: 03/6234 7977
Known to locals as the "Bav Tav", this fun down-to-earth venue has bands, jamming sessions, dancing and cheap meals.

Brooke Street Bar and Café
19 Morrison St
cnr Brooke St.
Waterfront pub, with large windows letting in lots of light onto the wacky beachbar-style interior. Outside tables too. Open until 2am Sat & Sun.

Carbon
11 Franklin Wharf
Hobarts newest, trendiest club. Open Wed, Fri & Sat 11pm-late. Entry $5-9.

Juice Niteclub
7 Watchorn St
Phone: 03/6234 5165
Barn-like bar, lively and packed on Fri and Sat night.

Knopwood's Retreat
39 Salamanca Place
Pub that's a favourite with students, yachties and just about everyone else, with a relaxed coffee parlour/bar feel; plenty of magazines and newspapers, plus outside tables. Open until midnight on Fri, when the pavement outside is packed. Closed Sun.

The New Sydney Hotel
87 Bathurst St
Phone: 03/6234 4516
Hobart's Irish pub, featuring live music nightly except Mon - from traditional Irish to blues and folk.

Republic Bar & Café
299 Elizabeth St
Phone: 03/6234 6954
Laid-back lounge atmosphere, funky decor and free music, usually blues and jazz, five nights a week. Good meals too - with lots of seafood on the menu.

Rockerfeller's Café & Bar
11 Morrison St
Phone: 03/6234 3490
Cocktails, live jazz Sun nights and a Contemporary Australian menu. Lunch Mon-Fri, dinner daily.

St Ives Hotel
86 Sandy Bay Rd,
Sandy Bay
Phone: 03/6323 3655
"Boutique" hotel that has its own brewery. Popular club nights on Fri and Sat. The excellent bottle shop at the back has a good range of Tasmanian wines.

Syrup
above Knopwood's
39 Salamanca Place
Phone: 03/6224 8249
The second floor of this trendy club doubles as a restaurant until 11.30pm; at midnight the nightclub takes over. Thurs & Sat there's techno, house, drum'n'bass on one floor, 1980s retro on another; Fri it's live disco and funk; and Wed is a 1960s theme night with go-go girls and visuals. Open till 6am on Fri & Sat; $5-7.

T-42°
Elizabeth Street Pier
Phone:03/6224 7742
Stylish lounge bar, upmarket but not snobby. Half the place is an eating area serving well-priced modern meals at lunch and dinner, or you can come in for a coffee or cake in the afternoon. Good choice of wines available by the glass. Daily 11.30am-1.30am.

Temple Place
121 Macquarie St
Phone: 03/6223 2883
Sophisticated jazz venue, with restaurant, cocktail bar and cigar lounge. Open nightly and Sun afternoons.

Theatre Royal Hotel
31 Campbell St
Phone: 03/6234 6925
Despite the trendily upmarket renovations, the public bar is as down-to-earth as ever. People spill in here after the theatre. Recommended bistro too. Open until midnight; closed Sun.