Mure family celebrating 50 years of seafood with refurbished look and fresh new venue

The Mure family has been supplying Hobart with fresh Tasmanian seafood for five decades. To mark the occasion, they are showing off major refurbishments.

Three generations of the Mure family are pictured in front of their business at Constitution Dock, Hobart in 2017. (L-R) Jude, Wilson, Eve, Will, Jill, Jock Mure. PIC: MATT THOMPSON

Will Mure’s parents Jill and George established Mures Fish House in Battery Point in 1973.

Over 50 years and three generations later the Mures family continue their commitment to promoting family, community and quality Tasmanian seafood and hospitality.

A year before the Australian Bicentenary in 1988, the business moved into its current location on Victoria Dock, and introduced the couple to the “crazy” side of tourism.

Will Mure and wife Jude, of Hobart, celebrating 50 years of the restaurant and fishmonger business.

The Australian Bicentenary commemorated 200 years since European ships arrived in Sydney, and was marked by a tall ships race with boats from across the world diverging in Hobart.

“It was a huge step into tourism and the crazy waterfront side of it,” Mr Mure said.

Mrs Mure said they have seen lots of changes in the tourism and hospitality industry over 50 years, with the biggest challenge being staff retention following major disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr and Mrs Mure are celebrating 50 years of their family seafood restaurant business with the opening of the next chapter of Mures with a new venue, fully refurbished restaurant and new private dining space overlooking Victoria dock.

Mures Restaurant external after new redevelopment, opening new Kelp Bar. October 17, 2024. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Their two sons catch fish for Mures, and their daughter runs the Lower Deck restaurant.

For the past five months extensive renovations have been ongoing, transforming the Upper Deck and adding a new venue- Kelp Bar.

Despite having to hand out earplugs at times supporters of the restaurant kept coming.

“We had all our locals dining downstairs and putting up with the noise and being really great about it,” Mrs Mure said.

George and Jill Mure at their restaurant. File picture

Mures Restaurant external after new redevelopment, opening new Kelp Bar. October 17, 2024. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Kelp Bar will provides a relaxed space with stunning views to hang out and have a signature cocktail, Tasmanian beer and cider, fresh Tasmanian seafood from the new bar menu or wait for a table at Upper Deck.

Mrs Mure said they bought Tasmanian art to adorn the walls, Tasmanian timber for the structures, and the “Tassie feeling”.

“You get a real vibe that everybody is part of it. It’s a really loved building, and it caters for everybody,” Mrs Mure said.

“With the Upper Deck and the Kelp Bar we are hoping we have everything that was missing now.”

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