Three years ago I would have given this place five stars, as my first experience of Stanley and the…read morepub 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…read morebook 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.

Nice midrange accommodation at one of the north west's precious gems…read more The Seaview Inn came up as an option when I was loyally browsing hotels.com and as it had a twin room, my hetero lifemate and I locked it in for our bestiversary trip away. The proprietor was lovely, and was happy to fetch us a couple of wine glasses for the nice drop we'd acquired from the good ol' Stanley Hotel. Why is it that twin rooms are often the lamest? I feel of all the accommodation options at Seaview, the twin room was in the worst corner of the whole place. No Sea View for us, nope--we got to look into the neighbour's yard instead. Awkward. However, we didn't let our shoddy view stop us, and instead grabbed the spare blankets from the cupboard (suggested by lovely proprietor) and made ourselves comfortable out on the bench at the front of the Inn with a bottle of red wine to ward off the cold, taking in the full glorious view of the Nut and the adorable little town gathered at its base. I couldn't help but be jealous of the view that almost every other room here had, though. Oh well, live and learn! Next time we'll just have to bunk in together.

Best baked goods I've ever had. Baked on site throughout the day. Savory muffins were hot out of…read morethe oven. Scones and jam delicious. Great coffee. Full breakfast and lunch menu. Great view. Table service . Don't miss it! Found this gem the last day of vacation. If we had found it earlier I would have gone everyday.

Cosy cafe. Coffee was very good. Service was friendly and the muffins and scones we had were…read moreexcellent. Well recommended