Port Douglas Restaurant Strip

 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...

    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.

  We hoped to redeem this offer at lunch on Monday 8 June 2026. It was not to be, the promotion is only available at Dinner from Tuesday to Saturday. No matter we had lunch: Battered Flathead, chips and salad: $34 Beef and Bacon Burger:  $25 Washed down by a glass of Shiraz; $9 and a bottle of Pinot Grigio; $51 Lunch was good but complicated. We had to order from the pool bar and then move up to the Oak & Vine restaurant to use glasses instead of plastic for the wines. Lunch was delivered promptly from the other restaurant, the Lillypad, which was not open, by the pool attendant, because the Oak & Vine was also not open? Clearly displayed.

Dickson's Inlet from the outside deck. The Tin Shed Burger $23 member. $27 visitor. Battered Mackerel with chips and salad $31 member. $36 visitor. The Tin Shed in Wharf Street is a favourite with locals and visitors alike.  Drinks are competitively priced for instance; Rothbury Estate Semillion Sauvignon Blanc bottle is $28 and Great Northern Super Crisp $6.20  

  This is our first review since Covid and typically we have chosen "Fish and Chips" and a Beef Burger.  Not always but very often.  As a retired couple we dine out at lunch at least once a week. Choochooz did not  disappoint; the burger was good and the fish and chips equally as good. Super Crisp stubby - $9.00 Little Angels Sauvignon Blanc bottle - $45 Bosworth Pinot Noir glass - $11.00 Angus Burger - $25 Battered Mackerel & Chips - $35 Payment surcharge - $1.50 Total - $126.50

 We have not made a new blog since Covid. We intend to start again with ChooChooz at the Marina.