The Grand Poobah

I love the poobah. I love it’s vibe. It’s people and is a leader on having a safe, warm and welcoming place to everyone

It's a nice enough little venue. I've been here twice now. The atmosphere of the place is nice and gives a comfortable impression, particularly in the smaller room. The entrance to the venue is via a flight of steep stairs, so if you are somebody who is living with reduced mobility you may find accessibility to be challenging.

The bouncer was very arrogant. He was grabbing some woman while on duty outside the door and it was just disturbing … he denied me entry claiming it’s lockout but It was only 1am and if I’m correct Poobah doesn’t do that until 2-3am from what locals have told me? I wasn’t drunk or rude at all and in proper attire.so this behaviour is just odd. I’m from America and was looking around bars for my travel blog as I have a high amount of followers who like seeing the worst-best clubs/bars in the world. Definitely rating this place a 1/10. Need to do something about your unprofessional bouncers. Especially fondling a woman while on duty. A few other people who saw was repulsed as well.

Awesome venue, great staff, big dance floor, loads of seating, and a pool table. What more could you want!

Great venue for performance events. Bar staff are really friendly and fast. Very good choice of bar for a Friday or Saturday out.

Have not pulled a root yet.
Thanks for the reply. Maybe I need to brush up on my game of Pool!

Awesome place, friendly staff, really awesome and chill vibe. If you're staying in Hobart even for a short time I strongly suggest coming down here to have some fun!
Great place to play some pool too!

Good music events. Only downside is that it can take a while to get a drink if it's busy. Perhaps they were just understaffed on the day though.

Spacious venue with two main areas. There are often events, which almost always incur a door fee these days. There's usually a lot of people here on Saturdays and it can be a great place to drink, chill or see a gig. You'll nearly always see a lot of people sitting out the front smoking as there's no smoking area within the venue. It's not uncommon for people to be on drugs, that is no fault of the venue though.