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Australian
Modern Australian cuisine is a style of cooking which borrows technique from the classic cuisines, but also takes care to utilise Australian regional produce.
There are just a few restaurants in Cairns who fit under this category, but they're all spectacular, and worthy of visiting while you're here on holiday.
Eden House Restaurant
20 Gillies Highway, Yungaburra
(07) 40953355
http://www.edenhouse.com.au/
Family owned restaurant in a Heritage Listed homestead, Eden House is recommended by Gourmet Traveller for it's contemporary country cuisine.
View More InfoMeldrum's Pies In Paradise
97 Grafton St, Cairns
(07) 4051 8333
Cake and pastry shop in the best, bustling cafe strip in Cairns... Grafton Street.
If you are a connoisseur of the Aussie pie this place is your heaven. Proven to make the best pies this state has seen by a string of Gold medals and VERY content locals.
After you visit Meldrum's every other pie shop will be compared to it's awesome standards.
Melt-in-your-mouth pies, delicious bakery sweets and a lunch menu packed full of flavour.
Nu Nu Restaurant
123 Williams Esplanade, Palm Cove
(07) 4059 1880
http://www.nunu.com.au/
A modern Asian-inspired Australian restaurant with a casual tropical flair.
View More InfoOchre Restaurant
43 Shields Street, Cairns
(07) 4051 0100
http://www.ochrerestaurant.com.au/
Neoteric Australian cuisine is the focus of Ochre Restaurant's sensational menu, incorporating Australian bush foods in innovative, exciting dishes. Menu changes seasonally, as different fresh produce become available. A must try!
View More InfoOutback Jacks Bar and Grill
Cnr Abbot and Florence Street, Cairns
(07) 4031 9771
http://www.outbackjacks.com.au
Thoroughly huge steaks dominate the menu at Outback Jack's. The meat cabinet boasts an amazing array of carnivorous delights, hailed to be the largest variety of steaks in the world. A great family restaurant, especially on Tuesday & Wednesday nights when kids eat free between 5-7pm.
View More InfoSalsa Bar & Grill
26 Wharf Street, Port Douglas
(07) 40994922
http://www.salsa-port-douglas.com.au
Views of Dickson Inlet from a traditional plantation style Queenslander house, make Salsa Bar and Grill truly tropical. This is a very popular restaurant - even with US Presidents and short Australian Prime Ministers. Food is of a high calibre, and bookings are recommended.
View More InfoTjapukai
Cairns Western Arterial Road, Caravonica, 4878
(07) 4042 9900
http://www.tjapukai.com.au/tjapukai-by-night/
Experience the spirit of indigenous Australia with the Tjapukai Night Tour, where you will enjoy a four-course buffet dinner and a live performance demonstrating the Aboriginal culture.
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