Alida Restaurant at Penny Royal

Alida Restaurant at Penny Royal is a Launceston dining venue built around Tasmanian seafood, premium meat and cocktails. Its stated focus is steak and seafood, with produce sourced from Tasmania where possible and a menu that reflects the wider Josef Chromy food and hospitality businesses. The restaurant is listed with a 4.3 Google rating from 509 reviews, giving prospective diners useful context alongside the venue’s own description.

The representative menus include a broad selection of seafood, from Tasmanian oysters served natural or Kilpatrick-style to Thai green scallops, kingfish crudo and Stanley octopus. Other notable dishes include Cape Grim beef tartare, pork belly, market fish and Cressy lamb rump. The grill section features dry-aged scotch fillet and Cape Grim porterhouse, while herb-roasted cauliflower provides a vegan main option. Desserts include rosemary and orange panna cotta, pavlova, berry and basil parfait, and a selection of cheeses. The website notes that menus may change on the day, so these dishes are best treated as examples rather than guarantees.

The setting is designed for a more polished meal within the Penny Royal complex. Inside, the restaurant has white-clothed tables, white plastered walls and views across the water, along with a sit-up seafood and charcuterie bar. Its drinks offering centres on cocktails made with house-prepared syrups and infusions, local ingredients where available, and carefully selected glassware, equipment and ice. The venue has also hosted special events, including an intimate whisky dinner with a matched four-course menu, showing that it can work for celebrations and group occasions as well as a standard lunch or dinner.

The restaurant’s story is closely connected with Josef and Alida Chromy. It was named for Alida Chromy, who was involved in the family’s business ventures and was known for her enthusiasm for seafood. Josef Chromy’s background in butchery, smallgoods and the Tasmanian meat industry informs Alida’s emphasis on beef and quality produce. The venue was relaunched from the former Penny Royal Wine Bar and Restaurant with a redesigned interior and a new bar concept, under chef Aidan’s seafood-led direction.

A significant update applies to any visit planned now: the website says Alida Restaurant will serve its final guests on Sunday, 9 August 2026, after the premises are leased to another local hospitality operator. Bookings and the current menu should therefore be checked directly before making plans.