The Best Places to Eat Near Zinc Port Douglas, by the Record
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Rank 1. Zinc Port Douglas
Modern Australian
Marble bench tops and pendant lighting set the tone at this Modern Australian restaurant on Port Douglas's main corner, where the menu leans into local seafood and Far North Queensland produce. It reads as the kind of place where you could go on a date or a group dinner and neither party would feel shortchanged. The Australian Good Food Guide has given it a Chef Hat.
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Rank 3. Nautilus Restaurant
Modern Australian
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Rank 4. Harrisons Restaurant
Modern British
Modern British cooking in tropical Far North Queensland sounds like a concept that shouldn't work, yet here it is, pulling two Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hats. The menu leans on classical technique while letting the surrounding reef-and-rainforest produce do the talking. It's a proper sit-down restaurant, unhurried and polished, the kind where the beverage list gets as much attention as the kitchen. Port Douglas's special-occasion default for anyone who knows the town.
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Rank 5. Nu Nu Restaurant
Modern Australian
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Rank 6. Salt House
Australian
The wood-fired grill does a lot of the talking at this waterfront restaurant and bar, where the menu leans hard into Far North Queensland seafood and regional produce. The deck looks out over the marina and the mountains beyond, which is a combination that makes it easy to stay for sunset whether or not you planned to. A One Chef Hat from the Australian Good Food Guide, and the kind of place Cairns locals bring people they want to impress.
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Rank 7. Ollie's Italian
Italian
Dry-aged beef finished on a Josper grill is the thing to know before you sit down at this waterfront Italian restaurant on Marlin Parade. Hand-stretched pizzas and house-made pastas round things out, with local seafood woven in because this is Cairns and it would be rude not to. The views over the water do a lot of heavy lifting for the room, and the Australian Good Food Guide has given it a Chef Hat.