Cairns Restaurants

Cairns restaurants rank among the best in Australia. With an impressive variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, seafoods & meats available Cairns restaurants produce food of exceptional quality. Seafood is featured predominantly in many restaurants due to the availability of great fresh produce.

Cairns is also able to attract world-renowned chefs due to the lifestyle opportunities it presents. You are unlikely to go hungry in Cairns with well over 180 restaurants to choose from. If your choice is Thai, Indian, Seafood or a Steakhouse you will be bound to find something to suit your taste and budget from casual cafes, pub meals to restaurants in five star resorts. There is an abundance of restaurants on the waterfront along the Esplanade, The Pier Marketplace and throughout the CBD area. Most restaurants open for lunch & dinner seven days a week.

Dress standards for restaurants in Cairns is casual. Jackets are never required. Some restaurants are licensed which means that they serve alcohol. If a restaurant is unlicensed it will probably be a BYO or bring your own alcohol. BYO restaurants are common, most will charge a small corkage fee. Some restaurants are both licensed and BYO. These restaurants usually only allow you to bring wine and will almost certainly charge for corkage. It is still usually worthwhile bringing your own.

There are some great lunch & dinner tours operating in and around Cairns. Just click the links below to read about them, check the prices and book.

Ocean Spirit - Dinner Cruise
Looking for that perfect way to end the most perfect day? Look no further.. Come aboard Ocean Spirit's luxurious catamaran - champagne in hand, strolling on the foredeck, savoring the sights of the city and the rainforest clad mountains, then enjoy a mouth watering dinner while watching the sun set, cruising on Cairns waters.

Flames of the Forest Dining Experience
Explore the mysteries of time, rare indigenous Aboriginal and Australian culture, local history and customs with a feast of tropical dining as the enchanting rainforest becomes a living stage in a theatrical and sensory odyssey for grown up travellers. The stories and secrets of this ancient place are brought to light and life in this truly unique experience.
This product is seasonal and operates from mid-March through to mid-January only

Cairns Night Zoo
Experience nocturnal wildlife in the tropics at Cairns' one and only Night Zoo. After a delicious Australian BBQ, grab a torch and begin your walk to meet the creatures of the night. Join a Swaggie and enjoy billy tea and damper with him by the campfire. Kangaroos will come down to say G'day and maybe even share a bite to eat! Complete the evening by learning some Aussie bush dances and join in a sing-along. It's more fun than you can imagine!

Some Cairns restaurants our Cairns team likes:

Cairns Japanese Restaurant
Sushi Express
79 - 87 Abbott Street
(07 4041 4388)

Cairns Thai Restaurant
Sawaddee
62 Shields Street
(07 4031 7993)