Mr & Mrs Smith

MONA Pavilions

Hobart, Australia

Maverick, multi-tasking MONA Pavilions mixes a serene riverside setting with ultra-contemporary pavilions, original art, a winery, microbrewery, lip-smacking restaurant and alternative festivals – and comes up trumps. With an ambitious private museum also on site, this is one for culture vultures, gourmets, gadget heads and style fiends.

Need to know

• Rooms Eight pavilions, all suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $324.55 (AU$336), excluding tax at 10 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (AU$336) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include cooked breakfast in the Source restaurant or continental breakfast in-room, a seasonal local platter on arrival and a bottle of Muse Series wine.
• Facilities Winery, microbrewery, gym, sauna. In rooms: free WiFi, TVs in bedrooms, living areas and some bathrooms, integrated CD/DVD players, iPod dock, Bang & Olufsen phone, original art, minibar, temperature-controlled wine storage, kitchen, Aesop amenities.
• Poolside Low-lying and intimate, the heated infinity lap pool nestles beside Roy pavilion, with angled floor-to-ceiling windows so you can gaze out to the tree-fringed river while you swim. Work out at the gym alongside, then wind down at the sauna.
• Check-out 11am, but flexible for Smith members (or for the 'flirtatious', as MONA's cheeky in-room compendium suggests). Check-in, 3pm.
• Children MONA Pavilions has a sophisticated adult vibe, but kids are welcome and the private, two-bedroom pavilions make cool family cocoons. The hotel can supply baby cots (AU$20 a night), roll-out beds for older kids (AU$50 a night) and babysitters. More...
• Also The adjacent MONA gallery, and its café and bars, are closed on Tuesdays, but pavilion guests can enjoy an exclusive museum tour at 3.45pm. The Source restaurant will still be open to guests for breakfast and alternative dinner arrangements can be made.

Food and drink at MONA Pavilions

• Hotel restaurant

  On the first floor of MONA's sharp-suited, ultra-contemporary reception building the Ether, you'll find destination restaurant the Source, a cool confection of minimal white tables and crisp glass walls which make the most of killer rustic views. Charming manager Joseph Burton will guide you through chef Philippe Leban's delicious French-influenced Mod Oz dishes, which embrace the mantra 'think globally, but act locally' with great oysters, scallops, lobster and trevalla on offer, as well as delicious desserts, and own-label wine and beer produced on the premises.

• Dress code Go minimal and modern to match the mood; stylish sartorial statements for admiring the art, architecture and gourmet offerings, plus lower key threads for lounging in your private pavilion.
• Top table Request a table by the window overlooking the river – or venture out onto the terrace in warm weather to soak up fresh air, sunshine and aquatic horizons.
• Last orders The Source is open for breakfast daily, for lunch Wednesday–Monday, and for dinner Wednesday through to Saturday, from 6.30pm to 9pm. Bartenders mirror the same hours.
• Room service A la carte room service is available from 6pm to 8pm; the selection changes daily. Continental breakfast can be ordered to your room between 7.30am and 10.30am.
• Hotel bar

  The glass-walled, airy Source restaurant also boasts a sleek bar, but it only stays open late on Friday and Saturday evenings. You won't go thirsty, though, as free tastings of Moorilla vineyard's cool-climate Huon and Tamar Valley wines are yours for the sipping from 10am-5pm daily, adjacent to Source at the stylish Cellar Door bar. Marvel at the vibrant John Olsen artwork on the ceiling, while you savour world-class wines or limited-release Moo Brew beers from the bespoke microbrewery also housed here. Brewery Nights take place Fridays from 5pm, for quaffing the cool stuff on the terrace, or pop to the MONA museum Wine Bar out near the lawn for tempting drops and cheese platters.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

MONA Pavilions 655 Main Road, Berriedale, Hobart, Tasmania 7011