Guidebook for Stanley
Food Scene
Local restaurants and coffee shops
Good pub food .
Friday night raffle at 7pm in the bar.
Meet the locals.
12 locals recommend
Stanley Hotel Bistro
21 Church StGood pub food .
Friday night raffle at 7pm in the bar.
Meet the locals.
Good coffee, home baked scones and carrot cake. Friendly staff. Interesting range of homewares and gifts.
8 locals recommend
The Brown Dog
15 Church StGood coffee, home baked scones and carrot cake. Friendly staff. Interesting range of homewares and gifts.
Its a supermarket! Bread ,milk ,meat, vegies, tea, coffee, fishing gear, newspapers - they have the lot. Good range of products and not too expensive for most things. They also do a range of takeaway food. Open until about 7pm most nights.
Stanley Supermarket And Newsagency
25 Wharf RdIts a supermarket! Bread ,milk ,meat, vegies, tea, coffee, fishing gear, newspapers - they have the lot. Good range of products and not too expensive for most things. They also do a range of takeaway food. Open until about 7pm most nights.
Providore has an excellent range of quality Tasmanian products including wines, and foods such as jams, preserves, cheeses, bread and chocolates. It also has a great range of well designred womens clothing, handbags and footwear. Also some beaautiful gifts - fun designer tea towels, jewellery, wallets - you are going to enjoy this shop!
9 locals recommend
Providore 24
24 Church StProvidore has an excellent range of quality Tasmanian products including wines, and foods such as jams, preserves, cheeses, bread and chocolates. It also has a great range of well designred womens clothing, handbags and footwear. Also some beaautiful gifts - fun designer tea towels, jewellery, wallets - you are going to enjoy this shop!
Good for takeaway fish and chips - buy a feed and take them to the beach - sit on the park bench, admire the view and the seagulls will love you. The restaurant serves freshly caught seafood, including delicious crayfish from, the Hersey fishing fleet.
8 locals recommend
Hursey Seafoods
2 Alexander TerraceGood for takeaway fish and chips - buy a feed and take them to the beach - sit on the park bench, admire the view and the seagulls will love you. The restaurant serves freshly caught seafood, including delicious crayfish from, the Hersey fishing fleet.
Interesting decor, including shells, bonsai and good local artwork, nice for breakfast, lunch or coffee and cake.
Marleys @ Sticks and Stones Shells and Bones
Interesting decor, including shells, bonsai and good local artwork, nice for breakfast, lunch or coffee and cake.
Amazing FISH AND CHIPS!! These are delicious, and made with real Tassie fish and beautiful crispy homemade batter. Their scallop pies are also made in the shop and really tasty with plenty of scallops. In addition fresh and frozen fish are available for cooking at home, as well as local oysters.They also sell delectable Tasmanian ice creams.
Stanley Seafood
Amazing FISH AND CHIPS!! These are delicious, and made with real Tassie fish and beautiful crispy homemade batter. Their scallop pies are also made in the shop and really tasty with plenty of scallops. In addition fresh and frozen fish are available for cooking at home, as well as local oysters.They also sell delectable Tasmanian ice creams.
Drinks & Nightlife
Stanley is pretty quiet most nights. The pub is good for a beer or wine and a chat with the local characters from about 5 -7. On Friday evenings and most evenings during the tourist season things liven up a bit and every now and then there is a local band playing which brings in a bit of a crowd. Charlie Dont Surf is a favourite which gets the locals rockin along.
9 locals recommend
Stanley Hotel
19 Church StStanley is pretty quiet most nights. The pub is good for a beer or wine and a chat with the local characters from about 5 -7. On Friday evenings and most evenings during the tourist season things liven up a bit and every now and then there is a local band playing which brings in a bit of a crowd. Charlie Dont Surf is a favourite which gets the locals rockin along.
This popular little place is wonderfully unique and well worth a visit. The owners are friendly and cheerful, and serve Tasmanian wine and spirits with yummy cheese platters and pizza. Wind down and relax at the end of the day with a glass of wine or a cocktail on the splendid restored antique velvet sofas and arm chairs while you check out their collection of unusual steampunk artefacts and vintage books. Check out their website for opening hours and you will see why it is a favourite venue for locals.
Tasmanian Wine and Food
2 Church StThis popular little place is wonderfully unique and well worth a visit. The owners are friendly and cheerful, and serve Tasmanian wine and spirits with yummy cheese platters and pizza. Wind down and relax at the end of the day with a glass of wine or a cocktail on the splendid restored antique velvet sofas and arm chairs while you check out their collection of unusual steampunk artefacts and vintage books. Check out their website for opening hours and you will see why it is a favourite venue for locals.
Parks & Nature
A must do in Stanley is a walk up the Nut . The Nut is a volcanic buff right in the centre of town, a bit like a little version of Uluru! You cant miss it - unless a sea mist rolls in, it dominates the landscape for miles around. Its a steep climb, but the views are truly spectacular. After dark the muttonbirds wheel in and crash land into their rookeries in their thousands to feed their chicks - Its the natural world at its most spectaclular especially when there is a full moon rising over the ocean.
28 locals recommend
The Nut
A must do in Stanley is a walk up the Nut . The Nut is a volcanic buff right in the centre of town, a bit like a little version of Uluru! You cant miss it - unless a sea mist rolls in, it dominates the landscape for miles around. Its a steep climb, but the views are truly spectacular. After dark the muttonbirds wheel in and crash land into their rookeries in their thousands to feed their chicks - Its the natural world at its most spectaclular especially when there is a full moon rising over the ocean.
Great for swimming if you want to catch a few waves. There is sometimes a rip so be careful - watch where the locals swim as the beach is normally not patrolled. Most people swim in front of the carpark where there are also change rooms and a barbeque area. Its a lovely place for a picnic or bbq dinner on a summer evening. It is also nice place for a walk along the beach with a great view of the Nut as you walk back towards the carpark - the reflections of the Nut in the water on the beach, on a still evening make for some great photos.
Godfreys Beach
Great for swimming if you want to catch a few waves. There is sometimes a rip so be careful - watch where the locals swim as the beach is normally not patrolled. Most people swim in front of the carpark where there are also change rooms and a barbeque area. Its a lovely place for a picnic or bbq dinner on a summer evening. It is also nice place for a walk along the beach with a great view of the Nut as you walk back towards the carpark - the reflections of the Nut in the water on the beach, on a still evening make for some great photos.
Locally known as the bottom beach, Sawyers Bay is a very shallow sandy beach with generally small waves. If you want a swim its better to go to the top beach unless the tide is in, but bottom beach is great for little kids, paddlers and less adventurous swimmers. Its good for laps when the tide is in though. For those that enjoy walking along the beach, the waves lapping at your feet and the seagulls wheeling overhead, blue grey hills in the distance, this is the beach for you. It is a wonderful beach for a long quiet walk - often it is quite deserted. You can walk all the way to East Inlet and back if you have a few hours to spare.
Sawyer Bay
Locally known as the bottom beach, Sawyers Bay is a very shallow sandy beach with generally small waves. If you want a swim its better to go to the top beach unless the tide is in, but bottom beach is great for little kids, paddlers and less adventurous swimmers. Its good for laps when the tide is in though. For those that enjoy walking along the beach, the waves lapping at your feet and the seagulls wheeling overhead, blue grey hills in the distance, this is the beach for you. It is a wonderful beach for a long quiet walk - often it is quite deserted. You can walk all the way to East Inlet and back if you have a few hours to spare.
Shopping
A fab selection of Tasmanian whiskeys and gin for tasting by the glass and buying by the bottle- yum! Also a wonderful eclectic array of designer clothing and Tasmanian arts and crafts. Enjoy a drink with with fabulous hosts Sam and Louise before your meal at one of the neighbouring restaurants - they are open 12 till 7pm
7 locals recommend
The Angel's Share
14 Church StA fab selection of Tasmanian whiskeys and gin for tasting by the glass and buying by the bottle- yum! Also a wonderful eclectic array of designer clothing and Tasmanian arts and crafts. Enjoy a drink with with fabulous hosts Sam and Louise before your meal at one of the neighbouring restaurants - they are open 12 till 7pm
Sightseeing
Wharf Road makes an interesting walk if you follow the foot path around Sawyers Bay past the caravan park to the wharves. Watched over by the award winning Ship Inn and the bluestone VDL building, the little wharf is the first one you will come to - it has seen generations of boats coming and going. It was recently renovated, as it featured in the film The Light Between Oceans. Follow the path further around via the ocean to reach the big wharf and the fishermens docks. The boats from King Island come into the big wharf carrying mostly cattle. The fishing boats bring in mainly crayfish and scallops. The wharves are popular with anglers.
Wharf Road
Wharf RoadWharf Road makes an interesting walk if you follow the foot path around Sawyers Bay past the caravan park to the wharves. Watched over by the award winning Ship Inn and the bluestone VDL building, the little wharf is the first one you will come to - it has seen generations of boats coming and going. It was recently renovated, as it featured in the film The Light Between Oceans. Follow the path further around via the ocean to reach the big wharf and the fishermens docks. The boats from King Island come into the big wharf carrying mostly cattle. The fishing boats bring in mainly crayfish and scallops. The wharves are popular with anglers.