Nautilus Restaurant

This is by far the most beautiful and fantastic restaurant I went there the first time September of 1993 and have loved it I just went again in September 2006.

Nice atmosphere just beautiful. The food is fantastic and how can anyone go wrong in Port Douglas,

Jimmy

We dined at Nautilus Restaurant recently and enjoyed an amazing evening. The food was wonderful, excellent flavours with an excellent wine chosen from the list. Reading some of the reviews here I can definitely say that my fiance and I enjoyed our engagement in one of the best restaurants in Australia. Thankyou to the staff who were wonderful.

Greg Rush - Adelaide

My Partner and Myself decided to give ourselves a treat to some fine dining, the food was exquisite , and the setting is very romantic. The atmostphere was just fantastic all over. We would recommend this as it is worth the experience and the food was great. Try the Mango Daiquiri.
Service was fine and the waitress new the menu perfectly.

Sadly, the reports of this Restaurant far outweigh our experience. Although the setting is exceptional; the food was, at best, slightly above average. It was not in the class of what the prices indicate. We chose the degustation menu to experience the Chefs range. There were too many conflicting flavours in some of the dishes and the use of salt overpowered what should have been a subtle pasta and pork dish. The dessert was ordinary. We were also kept waitng for far too long after our reservation time. I can accept 10-15 mins, but 30 mins is a bit too much - and this was compounded by the staff having to ask our name again at the 15 min mark! Not good. And when you order the degustation menu with accompanying wines, you expect the wines to actually accompany the food and not arrive as you are at the end of that particualr course. I feel that this establishment is living off its reputation and its unquestioned ambience alone - the food and service do not measure up to them.

We definitely don't agree with the reviews of how marvellous this place is ! Firstly you have a steep walk on a dusty path up to the restaurant and it is not covered at all apart from palm trees, Port Douglas does rain on and off during the day and night as it is tropical. Furthermore, the restaurant only has palm trees covering it until they manage the plastic sheeting when you have become more than damp !!
All that aside the restaurant itself is beautifully furnished and set out and the food of an extremely high quality, however, the time it takes for the food to arrive is ridiculous and I actually fell asleep whilst waiting for our dessert, therefore, we had coffee back at our hotel. The other thing is that the waitresses seem to treat you as if you are lucky to be in this restaurant and slink around in low cut black dresses. Would we return - NEVER !!!!

WOW!!.. this is a mind blowing experience. So highly recommended it's not funny!!.. If you are looking for the right place to take someone for an extremely special occasion, this is it.. AMAZING food & service & most of all - ATMOSPHERE.. Loved it

The epitome of romance. Unfortunately I was struck with the flu the last time I was there, but I refused to cancel the reservation because I was craving the place! Even with a fever, headache and cold sweats, I was entranced by the ambience - curvacious high backed chairs, mosquito coils, candlelight, just magic. I didn't want to leave!

whoa it simply the best, a little expensive but thats ok coz ur payin for the service of eating there not just the food. highly recommended! really! 9.97/10

Absolutely breathtaking venue and dinning experience, Thank you. I have dined in many establishments, and Nautilus is exceptional by far.

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