Our favorite places to eat.

Cairns is such a great place to dine out - full of friendly people - the air is warm the food is fresh.
Our thoughts on food is that if you are going to pay for it you want the experience to be wonderful.
The food, the service so here are our tried and tested great restaurants and cafes.

We recommend that you make a reservation for breakfast:

Reef Encounter
The perfect venue surrounded by the crystal clear waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
Reservations: 4051 5777

 Flecker's Botanical Gardens Cafe
Eggs Benedict with lime hollandaise or the waffles both are outstanding and the location set in the botanical gardens is superb there are some lovely walks through our lovely tropical botanical gardens and if you choose the waffles you may need to do several laps but they are so worth it also great for lunch and the mango smoothies are very good as well.

Dolce Café
In it’s a tiny café with great coffee, fresh fruit juices and great fresh food for breakfast or lunch.
Address: Shop 1 Shield Street, Mantra Esplanade
Telephone: 4041 2124

Lunch & Dinner:

Barnacle Bills Seafood Inn
Cairns has wonderful fresh seafood and Barnacle Bill’s is the perfect spot to enjoy it, we love Barnacle Bills – the Scallops St Jacques are our favorite but everything is great.
Address: 103 The Esplanade Cairns
Telephone: 4051 2241

Reef Encounter
The food is great every night - but if you’re looking for a great Sunday night roast you couldn't find a better location than surrounded by the crystal clear blue water of the Great Barrier Reef onboard Reef Encounter
Reservations: 4051 5777

Cést Bon French Restaurant
Cairns only French Restaurant and the food is delicious and the service, fantastic
Lunch : Tuesday to Friday
Dinner: Tuesday to Saturday
Address: 20 Lake Street Cairns
Telephone: 4051 4488

Piccolo Curina Italian Restaurant
Fabulous Italian for lunch or dinner hard to go past the sand crab, lasagna and make sure that you leave room for the freshly made desserts.
Address: 92A Lake Street Cairns
Telephone: 4051 5137

Donnini’s Ciao Italia at the Pier
Great fresh Italian, great food, great service, great location
Address: Shop 7K Northern end of Pier Quayside Shopping Centre
Telephone: 4051 1133