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Scholé

A Japanese-influenced restaurant and wine bar in an old lolly shop.

Tomas Telegramma

March 31, 2026

1 / 3Scholé restaurant and wine bar has just opened in an old Hobart lolly shop.Adam Gibson

2 / 3Scholé’s grilled southern calamari, hemp, Meyer lemon cream, espelette pepper.Adam Gibson

3 / 3Luke Burgess of Scholé in Hobart.Supplied

Schole

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Chef Luke Burgess was at the cutting edge when he co-opened Garagistes in Hobart in 2010, championing natural wine and hyperlocal produce. It closed in 2015, but a decade later Burgess is back with Scholé, a Japanese-influenced restaurant and wine bar in an old lolly shop.

A meal at the 10-person communal table – a golden glow and timber cladding all around – feels like a sake-fuelled dinner party. The menu changes frequently, but a recent standout was skilfully sliced garfish and pike sashimi in a fermented green tomato and sansho pepper sauce.

Good to know: Bookings are essential, except on Tuesday nights, when Scholé channels tachinomi – Japanese-style standing bars.

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