Tattooed Sailor Coffee Roasters: The Cairns Roastery on Newell Street
Cairns has its own coffee roastery, in a Bungalow shed, and it also trades as Newell Street Cafe. The blends, the prices, and the Mareeba-grown one.
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Cairns Food & Drink
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Where to eat and drink in Cairns, fact-checked and taste-tested where humanly possible. From Rusty’s Markets mangoes and Night Markets food court feeds to Atherton Tablelands tasting tours, dinner cruises on Trinity Inlet and the cafes locals defend like family, this category covers the far north’s food story properly. We only feature venues we can verify are open and trading, we tell you honestly what’s worth your holiday calories, and we keep exact prices out of it because menus change faster than blog posts do. Expect market guides, tour shortlists, cheap-eats institutions and the odd unapologetic love letter to somewhere we keep going back to.
Paper Crane Cairns: The Asian Restaurant Behind the Esplanade
Paper Crane sits on the ground floor of Crystalbrook Riley beside the lagoon pool, and anyone can book it. The menu, the set menus, the weekly deals and how to get a table.
New Bars and Revived Pubs Around Cairns: Where Things Actually Stand
Wild Pony Saloon, Murphy’s on Sheridan Street and the revived Aloomba pub. Addresses, what they are actually like, and what we have not been to yet.
Salt House: The Best Table on the Cairns Marina
Water on three sides, an Argentinian wood-fired grill and a lawn bar that needs no booking. Hours, what to order and when to get there.
Palm Cove Tavern: The Pub That Welcomes Your Dog
A proper pub one street back from the Palm Cove beachfront, with a good bistro, weekly specials and a beer garden that genuinely welcomes dogs.
Vivo Palm Cove: The One We Actually Recommend
Beachfront on Williams Esplanade, open from 7am to dinner seven days, and the best pasta in Palm Cove. Menu prices, hours and why we rate it.
Crystalbrook Riley: The Rooftop Bar You Can Walk Into
A twelfth-floor rooftop bar, an all-day Asian restaurant, a lagoon pool and a day spa on the Cairns Esplanade, none of which need a room key.
Rusty’s Markets Cairns: What to Buy and When to Go
Rusty’s runs Friday to Sunday in the Cairns CBD, about 180 stalls of tropical fruit, produce and street food since 1975. Hours, parking and what to buy.
Tropical Fruit Seasons in Cairns: What’s Actually at the Markets, Month by Month
Walk into Rusty’s Markets on any Friday morning and you’re standing in one of Australia’s great food rooms:…
Food and Wine Tours in Cairns: The Local’s Shortlist
Here’s a secret the reef brochures won’t tell you: Cairns sits next door to one of Australia’s great…
