If not for the view, you'd come for the food. If not for the food, you'd come for the view.

That view is a holiday all by itself. Out across the smooth lawn, past the rusty steel sculpture, over the expanse of the moody water of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and across to the shoreline of a bay whose otherworldliness that makes you think that it might have looked like that before whitefellas set foot here.

The food is a celebration of the best local produce prepared in classic gastro-pub style. Choices include Bruny Island oysters (from your table you can see across the channel to where they were harvested). The contemporary design creates space for the view without shouting too much.

If you want the ultimate summer dining experience, take the private catamaran from Hobart and soak up the sunset along the way.