Stanley Hotel Bistro

Our dining experience here on the both occasions we have been here were second to none. What a fabulous dining experience. The food was so scrumptious and delicious. The mini warm loaf of bread was so delicious along with the selection of butters. The presentation of the food was excellent. The service waiting staff were so attentive and friendly too. Definitely well worth a visit. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Service was very good and polite, we only had a short wait as we had not booked (our fault not theirs). Had the chicken schnitzel with chips and salad chicken was cooked lovely, I enjoyed the salad and dressing really tastie. Gravy really topped it off.

Had entree of the salt & pepper squid, steaks for main, they were cooked to absolute perfection! The hot toddy’s WOW!!! Next level! Atmosphere was casual and staff; attentive & welcoming. Great place! Highly recommend!

Food was ok but one of us has this Seafood Chowder which was clearly reheated many time as there were thin film layer on the top of his soup and he ended up nauseating and felt sick that night. BLT also very disappointed for the size and tasteless. The service was extremely extremely slow....yes, we can see it under-staff but at least staff should learn to remember First Come First Serve, not First come, LAST serve as 3-4 tables who came after us, all got their food before us. Really disappointed as we read the reviews before visiting Stanley and it was so good...We ended up, canceling our dinner as a result.

Oysters either natural or Kirkpatrick were delicious. The fish, scallops and ships with tatare sauce were divine

Stanley Bistro – Steak Done Right 🥩 Tried both the Porterhouse and Scotch Fillet – and honestly? Can’t pick a favourite. Both cuts were cooked to perfection: juicy, flavour-packed, and melt-in-your-mouth tender. Cape Grim quality really shines through. If you’re in Stanley, don’t skip this spot – serious steak lovers will thank themselves later. #CapeGrimBeef #StanleyBistro #stanley #TasmanianEats #tasmania #LocallySourced

Maddie and Harriot were exceptional. The steak that I had was one of the best ever. They had a great wine list and nothing was roo much of a fuss.

Pretty average meal, but fairly underwhelming given the high prices. We had high hopes for the seafood from the reviews, but the chowder required almost an entire salt (and pepper) mill in order to taste of anything, and the scallop pie was very neutral. Nice service though, and very fast. Maybe we'd recommend trying the wine bar or Zivah for food next time, despite not eating at either (I think your experience would be better).

Three years ago I would have given this place five stars, as my first experience of Stanley and the pub was really one to remember. My friend and I, travelling through in a campervan, stopped overnight and got a bit tipsy in the public bar drinking delicious Boags Wizard Smith ales and meeting abalone divers next to the fire before having the meal of our lives (the chowder blew us away) in the bistro out the back. A year ago, on my first return to Stanley since moving to Tasmania, I would have knocked the rating back to three stars. The pub didn't live up to the memory I'd been hanging onto. It was still tasty but the whimsy was gone, and I stayed upstairs at the pub overnight (I hadn't done so on my first visit), which was an interesting experience. I don't stay in a lot of pub accommodation but I reckon this was bang on for a standard pub room, so all good, but it's not an accommodation option I'd personally leap at. My third visit was just a couple of weeks ago. I took my visiting BFF up to Stanley for the night because the north west is the Tasmania of my heart, my favourite corner of the state, and I'm still inexplicably drawn to Stanley. The accommodation we stayed in recommended the pub for our meal. It was... fine. Tasty food but nothing overwhelming. The bistro room itself smelled a bit weird, a little musty. The service was sweet. I have to stop ordering the seafood bisque (did it used to be a chowder? Has it changed? How's my memory?) because as tasty as it is, I don't think it'll ever live up to that first precious memory. We also visited the bottle shop for the first time, and the range of Tassie wines was better than in the bistro! We grabbed a bottle of Blue Penguin Shiraz (which ended up being confusingly fruity for a Shiraz) and the public bar staff were good enough to pop the cork open for us as our accommodation's room didn't have a bottle opener (and we're so used to screw caps these days, we didn't even think to check). So I'm gonna stick with three stars. My nostalgia for the pub is stronger than my present experience, but it's still a good spot for this little town.

After a long drive great pub food and comfortable room. Central location to the town. Make sure you book ahead as Dinner hours in Regional Tassie is usually 6pm to 7:30pm as a rule of thumb. They looked after me here and after a short wait had a 3 course meal. Very attentive staff.