Port Douglas - Food

Deciding where and what to eat for dinner is the big decision each day as there are so many good restaurants in Port Douglas. One of the fun things to do during the day is to menu shop as you pass the many restaurants in the street. Needless to say seafood forms a significant part of most menus.
 Below is a selection of a few of the restaurants that we visited during this holiday.

We visited Lanternfish on two occasions, initally for grilled fish - barramundi and coral trout - to eat with salad at the apartment while the second time we tried their street eats - Morton Bay Bugs  and Mushroom Gozleme - very tasty.

Port Izakaya is a great place for sushi. We had lunch there on two occasions, selecting items from the sushi train - delicious. However the highlight was the meal we had there one evening especially the two entrees we shared of calamari and scallops - fantastic. The mixed vegetable tempura was good too.

Dave's Takeaway was a great discovery. The Schnitz Burger was excellent and Robin enjoyed the grilled fish. A special feature of this cafe is the Wall of Daves.

For Chinese food we always visit Jade Inn.

On this visit we shared plates of Hokkien noodles and honey chicken.

2 Fish may have moved location but the food is still good. I enjoyed yellow tail tuna with stir fried vegetables.

For comfort food you cannot go past the Iron Bar. Robin had rissoles and mash while I had the lamb shank pie - the same meal we had three years ago. The food was really good - we are not really in a rut!

One of the special restaurants in Port Douglas is On the Inlet near the marina. We had tried to eat there before on other visits but it was always booked out. This time we booked a table two days ahead.
We had a table on the decking overlooking the inlet and until it was too dark watched the boats returning to the marina. The meal started when we shared a bowl of prawns. We then both ordered spaghetti marinara with lots of seafood including prawns, mussels, pippies, scallops, reef fish and yabbies. From our table we could watch fish swimming beneath the decking.
One of the patrons showed us a photo on his phone of a crocodile which had arrived during a previous visit and took time out to rest on the rocks below.

Bel Cibo continues to be a great restaurant and we had dinner there on two occasions. On the first visit we started with the Italian flat bread with rosemary and parmesan and then shared the seafood taster plate. For the main course I enjoyed the hand made gnochi with pancetta, pumpkin and spinach while Robin had the pan seared barramundi with spinach and hand made gnochi.On our final night in Port Douglas we returned to Bel Cibo and shared a plate of the flash fired calamari. I then had the saffron risotto with Morton Bay bug, spinach and peas while Robin enjoyed the veal scaloppine.

We started visiting Taste on Macrossan for a drink of coffee and hot chocolate. One day we also ordered the barramundi, duck and crocodile spring rolls for lunch which we enjoyed. After checking the breakfast menus of a number of restaurants and cafes we decided to have our final breakfast out at Taste on Macrossan. Robin had eggs with bacon and tomatoes while my breakfast was baked eggs with mushrooms, pumpkin and capsicum.

Although we enjoyed dining out we also enjoyed lighter meals in the apartment. A roast chicken from Coles provided dinner with salad and a couple of lunches.

One night we purchased a smoked salmon pizza from Rattle n Hum while on another occasion we bought a chicken, bacon and prawns pizza from Portica Pizza.

On most nights we ended the meal with a gelati or sorbet from Shakes Gelati Bar. Absolutely delicious. Perfect way to end the day.

There are restaurants in Port Douglas catering for all tastes. Enjoy.