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Rattle & Hum 38 Macrossan Street

 LUNCH Another old favourite eatery: Extensive menu and great for Pizza Pizza Inferno $26 Good Ol Fish & Chips $30 DRINKS Super Crisp stubby $8.50 250ml Wynns "The Gables" Cab Sav $18.00 Rothbury Estate Sav Blanc bottle $38.00 Locals discount $9.68 Surcharge $0.77

316 Bar & Bistro at Ramada Resort Port Douglas

 LUNCH One of our favourite restaurants over the years  but I am afraid it is slipping. The Karaage Chicken Burger $28 was woeful, no texture, no taste and an awful bun.   Battered Fish & Chips $28 One of the most consistently good fish & chips in Port Douglas Earlier this year I voted it 8.9 out of 10 (there has never been a 9 out of 10) and this time it dropped to a 7, just slightly overcooked. The drinks This has not been as straight forward as it should be, now and in the past. A beer, glass of red, a bottle of white and 2 glasses. This time we ended up with an extra glass of white?  To make the staff member feel better, I apologised  and just paid the bill. We did not take the extra glass of white but were billed an extra $4? $40 So, when we feel like spending $117 on lunch again  we will give some extra thought as to where that will be? Dining out in such a famous tourist town should be a pleasant experience and after living here for...

RESTAURANT IN THE REEF at Reef Resort Villas, 121 - 137 Port Douglas Road, Port Douglas

    LUNCH FISH & CHIPS Battered Barramundi, chips, green salad, lemon & tartare $26 CAJUN CHICKEN SALAD Cajun Chicken, mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, onion, potato crisps, sweet soy mayo. $25 Add Avo $5 Washed down with a Super Crisp tin $9, a bottle of Queen Snapper 2025 Sauvignon Blanc $40 (10% discount on drinks for Reef Resort residents.) Both meals were excellent and a good choice of fish, forget the " reef fish " you see on some menus and go for Spanish Mackerel or Barramundi up here.