Mt Lyell Motor Inn
Mt Lyell Motor Inn pub frontage and verandah on Orr Street

Queenstown · West Coast Tasmania

Mt Lyell Motor Inn

The Mining
Hall.

Casual dining in a Queenstown hall named for the mine. Value meals, share platters, Tasmanian beer, and a room built for talking. Not trading at the moment — this is what a tenant switches on.

The beating heart of Queenie — restarting with a $490 million mine.

Value share boardsTasmanian beerA room built to talk
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Hall Board with schnitzel, snags, slaw, chips, mustard and gravy
Hall Board
Roast Tasmanian pork with snags, mash, apple and pickles
Tassie Pork
Grilled beef and pork snags with potato gems and slaw
Sizzle Board
Tasmanian beers in schooners and a jug on the bar
On Tap

01 The brief

A room built for talking.

Casual dining — not fine dining, not a takeaway window. Value meals priced so a table does not negotiate, share platters built for two, three or four, and Tasmanian beer in schooners and jugs.

What it is

  • Casual dining — not fine dining, not a takeaway window.
  • Value meals priced so a table does not negotiate.
  • Share platters built for two, three or four.
  • Beer in schooners and jugs — Tasmanian, Last Rites on the house taps.
  • A place to sit and socialise after work, after a ride, after the train.
  • A warm, generous hall — timber, fire, long tables, good noise.

Who it is for

  • Miners and contractors on the West Coast.
  • Mountain-bike riders off Mt Owen.
  • Tourists off the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
  • Festival crowds in Unconformity weeks.
  • Locals who already know the door.
  • Everybody in town that night — one room, one menu.

Atmosphere

A grand, easy hall — fire, timber, the mine’s name on the wall. Built for socialising: long tables for crews, corners for two.

Loud enough to feel alive. Quiet enough to talk. Riders, miners, tourists and locals in the same room.

Tenancy · Queenstown TAS

The house named for the mine

Take over the pub named for the mine that is coming back.

Mt Lyell Motor Inn carries the mine’s name on the wall. The kitchen is not trading at the moment. That is the opening: a fitted house, a coast filling with mines, explorers and a wind farm, and a tenant who reopens it.

Pub + restaurantBottle shop potential
A$490m
Mine restart next door
~300 jobs
23 years of wages in town
2029
First metal — the pub feels it first

Indicative project figures from ABC News and Sibanye-Stillwater public reports. Timing and outcomes remain subject to approvals and delivery.

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Street verandah of Mt Lyell Motor Inn on Orr Street, Queenstown

02 The house

A landmark the town already knows.

Park frontage, the mine’s name on the wall, ranges behind the roof. Street verandah, rooms over the pub.

Mt Lyell Motor Inn with park frontage, war memorial and ranges behind the roof
Park frontage · the mine’s name on the wall
The long street verandah on Orr Street
Street verandah

Why a tenant wants this street

Main-street verandah, park frontage, railway over the road. You are not teaching Queenstown where the pub is. You are the publican who opens it again.

Owner-managed motel rooms operate on the same block as destination context. They are not part of the operator package.

Questions

Common questions

What is Mt Lyell Motor Inn?
Mt Lyell Motor Inn is a fitted pub and restaurant (the Mining Hall) at 1–5 Orr Street, Queenstown, Tasmania. The kitchen and F&B are not trading at the moment. This site presents a tenancy opportunity for an operator to reopen the hospitality floor. Motel rooms on the same block are owner-managed and are not part of the operator package.
What is the Mining Hall?
The Mining Hall is the casual dining concept for the house — one room, one menu. Value share boards, Tasmanian beer (including Last Rites on the house taps), and a warm hall built for talking: timber, fire, long tables. It is not fine dining and not a takeaway window.
Who is the tenancy for?
An experienced publican or hospitality operator who can run kitchen and bar — volume and value trade for miners, contractors, locals, Mt Owen riders, Wilderness Railway passengers, and Unconformity festival crowds. Day 1 is reopen, don’t rebuild: the fitout is in place.
What about the Mt Lyell mine restart?
Sibanye-Stillwater has approved a restart of the historic Mt Lyell copper mine — about A$490 million capital, roughly 300 jobs, works from H1 2027, first metal early 2029, expected around 23 years of operations (figures from ABC News / Sibanye-Stillwater public reports). Locals call Mt Lyell the beating heart of Queenstown (“Queenie”). The pub is next door to that story.
Are the motel rooms included in the lease?
No. Motel rooms stay owner-managed. The operator opportunity is the pub and restaurant (F&B) only.
Is the venue trading now?
No. The kitchen is not trading at the moment. Kitchen, cool rooms, bars and dining rooms are fitted and ready for a tenant to reopen.
How do I enquire?
Use the Enquire form on this site, email deltapipi@bigpond.com, or text 0409 018 021 or 0413 590 489 (SMS only). Address: Mt Lyell Motor Inn, 1–5 Orr Street, Queenstown TAS 7467.

The test

Four people off Orr Street share a board, drink a beer, leave full, and do not argue about the bill.

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