Ulverstone Tasmania: A Special Treat
February 4th, 2011 | 
Author: Can’t help but write good things about Ulverstone Tasmania! Every time we visit, we start planning our return… and always wish we could stay longer. And now we’ve discovered Pedro’s seafood restaurant – we’ll definitely be back!!
The Wharf, Ulverstone Tasmania: Pedro's The Restaurant
Ulverstone Tasmania – the Stats!
Officially, Ulverstone is Tasmania’s largest town (with about 10,000 residents). Part of the North West Coast tourism zone, Devonport lies about 20kms to the east, with the small coastal community of Turners Beach in between. The beaches and views out towards Bass Strait, where the Spirit of Tasmania ferries cross to and from Melbourne, are breathtaking.
If travelling west to the other northern port city of Burnie (about 35kms), take the scenic route via Penguin.
Click image to read about Pedal Buggies in Ulverstone Tasmania
So apart from the scenery, what’s so good about Ulverstone? Tasmania has lots of great regions and towns, you say! How about plenty of things to do for families? Parks and beaches; a water slide and pedal cars; and a free penguin encounter at Lillico Beach?
The water slide on the foreshore at Ulverstone, Tasmania
Pedro’s – The Seafood Restaurant
Still want more? So did we, actually! We went to Pedro’s “The Restaurant” for lunch and had a thoroughly enjoyable outing. Without wanting to make you too jealous, the seafood at Pedro’s is pretty scrumptious.
Ulverstone: scrumptious seafood lunch from Pedro's The Restaurant
At The Wharf in Ulverstone, Pedro’s Restaurant is perched over the edge of the Leven River. We watched boats bobbing on the incoming tide, and marvelled at the huge crustaceans mounted on the wall above the bar.
Ulverstone Tasmania: mounted crustaceans over the bar
The dining room has a nautical theme, reinforcing the location and the seafood menu. Our waitress was lovely and happily accepted changes to the listed ingredients.
The nautical dining room at Pedro's Restaurant, Ulverstone
Pedro’s restaurant menu also has a good selection of non-seafood items. We tried a chilli chicken pasta… and it was delicious. Smooth, creamy and flavoursome; without being overbearingly hot.
Not seafood, but still delicious: chilli chicken pasta from Pedro's
And with Ulverstone being such a great coastal holiday town for families, it stands to reason that children are welcome at Pedro’s. There’s even a special menu for the under 12′s. We couldn’t bring ourselves to order up a serve of Daisy the Cow, so Foghorn Leghorn was the go (aka chicken schnitzel).
Menu choices for families with children at Pedro's in Ulverstone
We should point out that the salad wasn’t pushed all the way to
one side when the plate arrived at the table. But everyone
knows salad greens will contaminate yummy food. Don’t they?
No such problems round the rest of the table. We enjoyed hearty serves of seafood (prawns, scallops, fish and calamari) accompanied by some perfectly cooked chips. Our food selections came from the light lunch menu and the prices were reasonable.
Lunch anyone? Seafood selection, Pedro's The Restaurant
Ulverstone Tasmania – The Treat
The one person choosing not to eat their salad, decided to indulge in a Tasmanian-made Valhalla ice-cream cone from the take-away department as we left. It turned out to be the most enormous cone, stuffed with mounds of chocolate and jaffa ice-cream.
Tasmanian made Valhalla chocolate and jaffa ice cream
Probably not ideal parenting: rewarding a child for refusing to eat salad. But it was a special treat. Just like the entire town of Ulverstone Tasmania, really!
Map of Ulverstone Tasmania…
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Pedro’s has to be one of the best seafood restaurants in Tasmania. The food is really special and the setting is magnificent (as are the staff.)
Being a tourist, I have noted that the restaurant is well supported by the locals and it is advisable to book on weekends to avoid disappointment. The adjacent fish and chip shop is also popular and reflects the high standard of the restaurant.
The main street of Ulverstone is of the old style with no fancy shopping centre. Foodies should pay a visit to Leven Gourmet Meats for some of the finest meats and smallgoods in Oz. Cape Grim beef is unique as it derives from a part of north west Tasmania that boasts the world’s cleanest air. I stock-up with beef, brawn and wallaby salami before boarding the Spirit of Tasmania for the trip back home.
For a pleasant Sunday morning activity I would recommend a visit to the nearby Penguin market followd by lunch at Pedro’s.
Thanks Roger! I’m sure Pedro’s will be extremely happy to read your glowing endorsement of their seafood, etc. And thanks for the tip about Leven Gourmet Meats – I’ll be sure to pay them a visit next time.
All the best, Tania
This came from Linda, one of our readers, who is moving to Ulverstone…
Thanks for a great website, it is helping with our relocation to Tassie to live in December 2012. We are popping over in December this year for our final look before we move over, and searching for a house to purchase.
We will be moving into the Ulverstone area as our children will be attending Leighton Christian School and would love to see some more articles on this area if we could please.
Can’t wait to move over for a more simple, relaxed life. Now to start and look for work or start our own business again.
Would love to make contact with people around this area before we move as we are moving over without knowing anyone or any family there, just love the place to bits.
Cheers, Linda
If anyone would like to make contact with Linda, please let us know!
hi tania!!
it sounds like the big move is just about here! hope the packing is going alright!
my husband and i have lived in ulverstone for six years and we love it!!
we also moved to the area to slow down the pace a bit and start a family… we now have a 3 and a half year old daughter, and find that ulverstone is a great place for kids to grow up!!
i love that i can get pretty much everything i need in ulverstone- and parking is free!
all the best with the move, and i hope we can meet you and the family when you are in the area!! nicole meijer
Thanks Nicole – I’m sure Linda is getting very excited about her family’s move now. She’ll be glad to hear how happy you are to live in Ulverstone, and I hope the two of you do meet up one day.
Well, I think I know where we’ll be stopping for lunch on our drive from Stanley to Beauty Point in March!! Thank you for the informative article. Now to Pedro’s website to have a little look…
You’re welcome Susan. Can’t wait to get back there myself! Enjoy.
We love Ulverstone too and want to make it our Tassie address one day, (hopefully in the next 2yrs). We keep an eye on the real estate and you can be spoilt for choice!
Leven Gourmet Meats are DEFINITELY worth the visit, more than once and they were even good enough to freeze our custom order so we could take it back on the Spirit with us, and even said they’d take orders from the mainland.
We were lucky to be there in time to take advantage of the fresh pre-Christmas cherries and ordered some for delivery to NSW when we got home.
It’s so good to have locally grown TASTY fresh produce available easily too.
LOVE TASSIE!!!
It’s great to hear this feedback on Tasmania, Lynn. Hope your search for a new home is successful – it sounds like Ulverstone is the place to be! And I’m sure Leven Gourmet Meats are pleased with all this love!!