The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over A$65)
$$$ (A$50 to A$65)
$$ (A$35 to A$50)
$ (under A$35)
Prices are for a three course meal for one without drinks. They include tax but not service.
Red Ochre Grill This multi-award winning restaurant serves gourmet dishes made from a wide range of native Australian bush foods, such as acacia seeds and crocodile meat.
43 Shields Street
Tel: (07) 4051 0100.
Website:
www.redochregrill.com.au Price: $$$$
Plantation Bar and
Grill
A delightful indoors/outdoors setting (white wicker chairs, terracotta tiles and fairly lit palms), delicate flavors and superb service make this one of Cairn’s best kept secrets.
The Hotel Cairns, corner of Abbott and Florence Streets
Tel: (07) 4051 6188.
Website:
www.thehotelcairns.com Price: $$$-$$$$
Chapel Chapel is a trendy hangout on the Esplanade with stylish al fresco seating and consistently good seafood dishes.
91 The Esplanade
Tel: (07) 4041 4222/4333.
Price: $$$
2 Fish Restaurant In a stunning seafront location,
2 Fish’s innovative, refined dishes incorporate Cairns’ freshest seafood (diners can even ask for today’s ‘Market Catch’).
Pier Shopping, Pier Point Road
Tel: (07) 4041 5350.
Price: $$$
Villa Romana Trattoria With its cosmopolitan piazza style café setting and homestyle Italian menu,
Villa Romana brings a taste of the Mediterranean to the Australian tropics.
Corner of Aplin Street and The Esplanade
Tel: (07) 4051 9000.
Website:
www.villaromana.com.au Price: $$
Pattaya Thai Restaurant An excellent budget option, family-owned and run
Pattaya serves authentic Thai curries in intimate surroundings.
62 Spence Street
Tel: (07) 4051 5748.
Price: $
Nightlife:Cairns has an extraordinarily lively, though in some places slightly unrefined, nightlife. Many of the venues form a ‘strip’ along Spence Street, and in general, entertainment on offer here will be wilder than elsewhere. For more information, check out
www.canz.com.au Bars: The
Metbar, 15 Spence Street, is a stylish bar with quality drinks. The
Mad Cow Tavern, 25-27 Spence St, is a great place for a funky night out and the swanky
Gilligan’s Backpackers Hotel & Resort, between Sheridan and Grafton Streets, has a huge open air beer hall, as well as a mezzanine bar with a 24 hour license.
The Woolshed, 24 Shields Street, is popular with backpackers and local youths. So is the Met Bar, 15 Spence Street.
Clubs: Tropos, corner of Lake and Spence Streets (website:
www.troposnightclub.com) has a troupe of dancers and a unique daiquiri bar on the balcony.
Soho Nightclub, level two, 59 Shields Street (website:
www.sohonightclub.com) showcases massive international acts and DJs, while
Velvet Underground at the
Reef Hotel Casino, 38-41 Wharf Street (website:
www.thevelvetrope.com.au), is the home of dance in Cairns, playing anything from funky house, to tough electro and rough breaks.
Live Music: The legendary
Johno’s Blues Bar, corner of Abbott and Aplin Streets, (website:
www.cairns.net.au/~pedro/johnos) has live music from blues and rock performers every night. The
Brothers Leagues Club, 99-105 Anderson St, Manunda (website:
www.brotherscairns.com.au) has regular music from breakthrough bands and top tribute acts.
The Edge Hill Tavern, 145-147 Pease Street (website:
www.edgehilltavern.com.au) has live music from local bands.
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