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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 10:27 pm
⛪ You might have noticed a warm red glow coming from the old art deco Gospel Hall on Elizabeth St. Venture inside and you'll now find @hanashibar - a brand new Tasmanian izakaya ⛩️
Never been to an izakaya? Think of it as Japan's answer to a laneway bar - a place for casual drinking and small, shareable plates that keep coming as long as you keep ordering, rather than one big meal on one big plate.
Hanashi blends the qualities of two distant, isolated islands: Tassie and Japan 🗾 Neon lights up traditional tonkotsu ramen, made with fresh Tasmanian ingredients 🍜 Shochu sours arrive infused with Tasmanian mountain pepper. Meiji-era woodblock paintings depict the opening of Allgoods in 1956. Even Launcestonian gets translated into Japanese. Consider this the first intercontinental miso ramen pipeline, from Tokyo to Launceston!
Tucked away inside you'll find a bowls of steaming ramen, a not-so-secret karaoke bar, and an extensive whisky menu 🍜🎤🥃
Hanashi takes the very essence of the izakaya, the liveliness, the randomness, the colour and the noise, and does something Japanese-Tasmanian with it. It brings it together with you, over a locally brewed rice lager and a good story.
They're now open six nights a week (closed Sunday) so head over for good food, bad karaoke, and more good times 🍻
📍 66A Elizabeth Street
📸 @sileomedia
#restaurant #launceston #tasmania
Never been to an izakaya? Think of it as Japan's answer to a laneway bar - a place for casual drinking and small, shareable plates that keep coming as long as you keep ordering, rather than one big meal on one big plate.
Hanashi blends the qualities of two distant, isolated islands: Tassie and Japan 🗾 Neon lights up traditional tonkotsu ramen, made with fresh Tasmanian ingredients 🍜 Shochu sours arrive infused with Tasmanian mountain pepper. Meiji-era woodblock paintings depict the opening of Allgoods in 1956. Even Launcestonian gets translated into Japanese. Consider this the first intercontinental miso ramen pipeline, from Tokyo to Launceston!
Tucked away inside you'll find a bowls of steaming ramen, a not-so-secret karaoke bar, and an extensive whisky menu 🍜🎤🥃
Hanashi takes the very essence of the izakaya, the liveliness, the randomness, the colour and the noise, and does something Japanese-Tasmanian with it. It brings it together with you, over a locally brewed rice lager and a good story.
They're now open six nights a week (closed Sunday) so head over for good food, bad karaoke, and more good times 🍻
📍 66A Elizabeth Street
📸 @sileomedia
#restaurant #launceston #tasmania
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