Fico - Hobart

Beautiful ambience and decor. I loved the little details such as the little fish craved into the wooden table. The art piece on the wall of a face made out of wood with animals and vegetation.<br/ <br/ Service was friendly and food was delicious. We had:<br/ Oysters: fresh with great vinegary garlic sauce to go with it<br/ Venison cappelletti: pasta was cooked al dente, the mushroom sauce was amazing with lots of earthy flavour<br/ Pigeon and black rice: well cooked pigeon and the black rice was so flavoursome with pieces of meat throughout<br/ Garden salad: simple and fresh<br/ Mandarin and Yuzu coconut gelato: great and citrus and delicious<br/ Carb and bananas gelato: sweet. I loved the banana wafer that came with it<br/

Lunched here a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful dining room. 2 waitresses both really nice. Smiled the entire time. I had 2 starters, the fish was amazing, served in a soy sauce jelly, very clever. Potato tortelli also good, clean simple and light. Nice bit of eel dried on top gave it texture, smokyness and salt. Wine choices by the glass really good. Highly recommend this place.

This place is a wonderful find. Quite spacious but with relatively little seating, it’s intimate but without the epic price tag that often involves. We started with the sourdough with fig leaf oil and balsamic careful, these thick slices of warm sourdough are almost a meal in themselves! For entree with had the ballotine brioche game terrine baked inside brioche loaf with game jus. It was meaty, earthy and delicious. Then for our main we had potato tortelli with eel and chervil which was quite the revelation. The inspiration is Japanese Italian and it was the perfect blend of the two flavour palates. The tortelli was creamy and rich with the eel adding an awesome bite. They have a vast wine list but we opted for their strong German beers the white triple was particularly good. The waitresses were knowledgeable and fun and I highly recommend you stop in!

The photos don’t really do Fico any justice. Everything about this place was amazing. The food, service, drinks and atmosphere were all wonderful. If I’m ever back in Hobart again I will definitely be going back here to see what else they have created. Each dish was packed full of flavours and absolutely delicious. Huge shout out to the wait staff, they did a fantastic job as well.

Wow!! Definitely one to eat at if in Hobart. The food and wine pairing degustation is worth doing. Be sure to book in advance. Non-pretentious restaurant with fantastic food and service. The wine pairings were excellent and push your boundaries a bit but without being over the top. Really well done!! Highly recommend!!