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PRICE RANGE
$25.00 – $63.00
CUISINES
Italian, European, Australian
Meals
Dinner
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Novaro’s is offering a modern European dining experience. With lush surrounds in the renovated Edwardian homestead, we're here to make you at home in our dining room & take you on a special journey that is best enjoyed slowly. Our local produce is to warm & delight. Our menu highlights the freshest of Tasmanian produce and European elements that combine perfectly to create an exceptional experience.
PRICE RANGE
$25.00 – $63.00
CUISINES
Italian, European, Australian
Meals
Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, American Express, Mastercard, Visa
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4.5
557 reviews
Excellent
419
Very good
84
Average
27
Poor
16
Terrible
11
TassieTravellers99
Launceston3403 contributions
Mar 2020 • none
After many years and under a change of ownership we returned to Novaro's for a delightful dinner for our anniversary. Although a little pricey it is quality throughout and staff were professional and attentive. We enjoyed a small handcrafted soup as an amuse bouche. For entree we had scallop and crayfish ravioli although the flavour was light. The gnocchi was much better. The market fish was light and delicious and the wine list extensive. Surprisingly we did not have room for dessert. Well worth visiting for a special occasion.
Written 4 April 2020
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Milton C
Brisbane100 contributions
Mar 2020 • none
What a delightful restaurant in the CBD Launceston and residing in an old Heritage style building. The new owners, a young couple, were friendly and enthusiastic to make sure that we had a thoroughly memorable and delightful experience. They succeeded, so well done.
Service was impeccable and the meals were absolutely delicious. The Oysters, Duck, Lamb rump are all recommended.
The restaurant is on the high $ side, however you get what you pay for....a truly wonderful and unforgettable experience.
Written 30 March 2020
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ozteddy
Brisbane434 contributions
Dec 2020 • none
Have wanted to try Novaro's for quite a long time and am sorry I waited so long for the experience.
Put simply, everything about the evening was first class - staff, service and food. Prices are not cheap, the menu is quite small, but this is fine dining and everything our group of four tried was excellent and it deserves it's #1 rating.
Written 19 January 2021
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Dolphy1
Leichhardt15 contributions
Dec 2020 • none
What a start to our holiday in Tasmania. The nice, little restaurant served what was the best oysters I Down Under followed by an excellent fish dish and desert all enjoyed with some most delightful Tassie wino. If you in Launnie - this is a must stop dinner place, you won't regret it!
Written 19 December 2020
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Whydrinkwater
Newcastle19 contributions
Jan 2022 • family
This restaurant was overrated and overpriced. Kingfish was overcooked on a bed of undercooked beans. Duck was dry and vegan risotto option inedible at $40 a plate. Bread and wine ok. Service was good.
Written 11 January 2022
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SWB
Sydney1114 contributions
Apr 2021 • couples
We had a great dinner with amazing food and service. Highlights were the crayfish pasta entree and the kingfish which we had for the main. Great flavours throughout and the staff were really attentive without being overbearing. A beautiful dining room and a diverse range of wines and other drinks available.
Written 26 April 2021
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Donna S
Launceston11 contributions
Sept 2020 • none
Wow oh wow, dined here last night with my husband and absolutely loved everything.
The food was beyond delicious, the service was a complete class act and the atmosphere was perfect.
We had the lamb, seafood pasta, oysters (which were plump and flavoursome and I will in future compare other oysters I eat to these melt in your mouth beauties)
We could not recommend Novaro’s more and cannot wait to return.
Such a big Thankyou to the two lovely, happy ladies who served us so well.
Written 4 September 2020
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Mike&Anne
31 contributions
May 2022 • none
The decor and service are charming. The food is delicious. The wine selection is a little limited and quite pricey. We enjoyed the limoncello cured salmon and carpaccio for entrees, followed by beef ragu and slow cooked pork fettucine for mains. We had just enough room to share a tiramasu which was sensational. It is on the pricier side and well worth it if it's in your budget. A great night out.
Written 27 May 2022
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Ethen2011
1 contribution
Aug 2022 • none
Outstanding service; our waiter was very well spoken and experienced in her position, The food was amazing and of very high standard, couldn't be happier, well worth the money. Our group had travelled down from New South Wales or a holiday and stayed the night in Launceston at the Grand Chancellor, this restaurant was in close proximity located only a very short walk, literally behind the hotel. I myself come from a fine dining background and found this place to be faultless, defiantly worth the experience.
Thanks again guys.
Written 16 September 2022
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mitchy_11
Sydney86 contributions
Mar 2021 • none
This little gem is up there in the top two restaurants in Launceston. It has a very personal feel and yet the quality of the food and service is just as you would expect from top end establishments serving modern Australian cuisine. Superb dishes, entree’s, mains and deserts. I have to call out the Affogato was the very best I have had - ever. It was the homemade biscotti that tipped it into top spot. You just have to come and experience this dining and service. Good wine list too but don’t be surprised that this will cost you if you like good wine. Loved it!!
Written 24 March 2021
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MrGTS
Melbourne46 contributions
Apr 2022 • none
Gordon Ramsay needed Urgently
What a disappointment, fantastic time in Launceston until tonight. Very polite and friendly ladies out front , but in very weird looking matching shirts ( not regular hospitality uniform) possibly a warning sign.
6.30 seating but when ordering oysters didn’t have 2 dozen only a dozen and another half dozen! Ok with that until they arrive. No liquid in the shell , i complained and was told they were fresh that day . A silly non truth unless they only ordered 1 and half dozen as we were first customers for the day , but as i had a visitor guest i didn’t make too much fuss . They were disgusting.
Then the gnocchi, no flavour , only water, not a reduction in the bowl .
I had already complained about oysters so shut up . Our Bill was $400 . $72 for oysters which was actually for the original 2 dozen they didn’t have. After further complaint they took them off the bill . Still expensive and absolutely terrible.
Francos by comparison is Fantastic
If no italians in the restaurant do not expect italian food. I wasn’t even reasonable, it was
horrible.
Written 28 April 2022
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Bridget Pepper
Encounter Bay33 contributions
Feb 2021 • none
We have eaten a lot of great food in Tassie but Novaro raised the bar! The lobster and scallop raviolo was to die for and the wallaby cooked to perfection.
The wine list is impressive and the service is second to none. Well done!
Written 4 March 2021
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Loclin H
1 contribution
Aug 2021 • solo
The title says it all. Food was exceptional! Bursting with flavour but not overly complicated, refined but every element carefully put together to create an amazing final result. Hats off to the owners who have an amazing restaurant with incredibly talented chefs. A special mention to Lucy, who as always was amazing! Perfect job all round, can't wait to be back.
Written 19 August 2021
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Eileen Rosalind L
Mount Barney National Park6 contributions
Feb 2024 • couples
Beautiful setting with art Deco chandeliers primed our excitement.
Friendly, knowledgeable staff introduced fresh smoked salmon pate along with truffle ricotta tortellini on cauliflower mousse set the scene. Fish not wallowing in batter (apart from salmon & trout) is such a rare dish in Tasmania but tonight Kingfish fillets with curry leaves & eggplant changed our opinion- delightful!
Written 15 February 2024
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John T
1 contribution
Mar 2024 • couples
How disappointing. I ordered smoked salmon pate which was flaked salmon fillet with very little flavour and not smoked. I then had pressed lamb which was difficult to cut as well as chew. This was not the fine dining experience I was expecting. Poor ingredients, lacking flavour and overpriced.
Written 16 March 2024
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