Boilerhouse King
The largest rooms, where the fruit coppers used to sit, with ceilings high enough that the bedhead looks small against them.
Converted jam factory, on the water
Boiled fruit once left this building in tins. Now it's forty-eight rooms on the Hobart docks.
The brick and the steel trusses are original, and the salt gets into everything, which comes with the address. Fishing boats tie up across the lane and start their engines early. The windows on the harbour side open, and we'd suggest trying one.
Inside the building, two floors up from where you check in, Wyndcliff Point has a small casino. Breakfast, the bar and the whisky snug are all on the ground floor, under the old hoist beam.
Stay
Three ways to sleep in a factory
Forty-eight rooms over three floors. No two match exactly; the old building didn't leave much choice.
Pressing Loft
Top floor, under a sloping ceiling, with one dormer window that frames Mount Wellington on a clear morning and shows only cloud on a wet one.
Wharf Twin
Two beds, lane side, close enough to the water that you'll hear the first boat leave at quarter past five.
Eat & drink
Four places to eat and drink
The Weighbridge
Dinner six nights a week in the old loading bay. The menu is short and leans on whatever came off the boats that afternoon, cooked over coals. Book ahead on Fridays.
Pectin
A long copper bar with twelve stools and a good sherry list, open from four. Snacks are served until late, and the oysters are shucked in front of you.
Deckhand
Coffee, pastries and breakfast from half past six, which suits the fishermen and doesn't spoil anyone else's morning. You can take a cup away from the sill.
The Stillroom
A snug behind Pectin with eight chairs and Tasmanian whisky on the shelf. There's no music, so people bring a book, and we're glad when they do.
Upstairs
18+
Wyndcliff Point Casino, the hotel casino on the second floor
Wyndcliff Point Casino is the hotel's own casino, on the second floor of the same building, two flights directly above the lobby. Guests reach the casino by the steel stair beside reception, or by the lift in the corner if they'd rather not climb, and nobody has to go outside.
The casino room is compact: a few tables, a bar along the bare brick and roof trusses low enough that you can read the rivets. It opens in the evenings and closes when the floor empties, so there's no set closing time. We ask for tidy clothes and closed shoes.
You must be 18 or over to enter, and we check photo ID at the door on every visit, hotel guests included, even if you showed it the night before. Staff set limits on the floor and they vary by table, so ask before you sit down. To self-exclude, come to reception and we'll arrange it with you in person.
The casino is a land-based floor inside the hotel. This website offers no online casino games and takes no bets, deposits or payments.
Getting around
Where you are
- Airport. Hobart Airport is about 20 minutes east by road. The airport shuttle stops two lanes away; reception books taxis and holds luggage either side of your stay.
- On foot. Constitution Dock, the waterfront boardwalk and the Salamanca warehouses are all within a ten-minute walk, and the whole route is flat.
- Ferries. The Brooke Street Pier terminal is five minutes away; boats run up the Derwent to MONA several times a day.
- Saturday. Salamanca Market fills the street from eight until three. Parking vanishes early, so leave the car where it is.
Find us
Come down to the docks
Wyndcliff Point
11 Jamworks LaneHobart TAS 7000
Tasmania, Australia
Reception is staffed around the clock. If you have questions about the casino, such as evening hours, dress or ID, ask at the desk.