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My Italian Baby is offering three items at $8 each. Caesar Salad Pizza Margherita Lasagne Two of us shared all three for lunch on a Thursday and found the offering to be very good. So lunch for two came to $24 and with a bottle of Shiraz the total was $53. There is much to like about this arrangement including the underground car park during rain. My Italian Baby Portico Building 17/53 Macrossan Street Port Douglas. Phone:  07 4099 5330 Port Douglas Budget Dining > .

Drinks at Happy Hour prices. REEF RESORT Bar and Restaurant 121 - 137 Port Douglas Road Phone: 4099 3999 .

Dave's Takeaway is dine in, el fresco and takeaway. Local deliveries. Phone: 4099 4474. Dave's is one of the longest continually operated eatery of it's type in Port Douglas.  Dave has come up with a special: Burger, Fries and a soft drink for $12. 5/35 Macrossan Street More at Port Douglas Cheap Eats > .

Breakfast on Sundays from 8 o'clock Eggs Benedict..............$12.90 Omelette...............$11.90 Port Douglas has some excellent restaurants for breakfast in Macrossan Street, the marina or the Port Douglas and District Combined Clubs. What is so good about the club is it's value for money. We lunched there last Friday and found the lunch value was just as good. Seafood Basket...............$25 Salt & Pepper Calamari..........$23 Just as important is the price of wine: I think for lunch time a bottle for $24 is about right. Try some other tips with Port Douglas Cheap Eats > ,

Boardwalk dining option. Cocktails. Savings Passport. LURE at Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina  is one of our favourite eateries and that you can get a 10% discount for the total bill makes it one of the most affordable dining options in Port Douglas. For instance 1/2 dozen oysters for $10 at Saturday lunch time comes out at $9. Calamari, Oysters and Smoked Salmon Burger In the last fortnight we have had lunch at LURE three times, the food is good and the price is right. Savings Passport are available at most tour desks: More at Port Douglas Cheap Eats >

This is a photograph I took on 14 Aug 2014 when we rode our bikes into town.  I put it on this blog and accompanied it with this caption: Between 3pm and 6pm on Sundays: $6 fish & chips Yalumba Pinot Grigio $30 If that doesn't say and do something for Port Douglas I don't know what will so I submitted it to Bindu Travel Apps when I used to write for them.  It was knocked back by the newly appointed Australian editor, from memory, she said "fish and chips can be found anywhere". I was the local writer, the editor was based in Brisbane and had visited Port Douglas once before. Sound familiar? We have dined at Lure for breakfast which was about as good as it can get and yesterday we had lunch. Starting with ice cold light Great Northern draft.  Studying the menu takes time and as there was a cruise ship in I tried to speed things up. I needn't have worried because the service was on the mark despite the marina being packed, the b...

Black Tiger Prawns $30 per Kilo 626 grams go a long way Market Park, ANZAC Park and Rex Smeal Park area great place to picnic and they are all close to the Port Douglas Village Shopping Centre in Macrossan Street. The shopping centre houses Coles Deli, Malone's Butchery and Dominos Pizza. The parks house picnic tables and at Rex Smeal Park 2 free electric Bar-B-Q's mind you the barbies might need cleaning depending on what time you use them and what day you go there. They are cleaned by council early in the morning on week days. You can enjoy more of Port Douglas dining options here:  Port Douglas Cheap Eats .

My Italian Baby 17-53 Macrossan Street Phone 4099 5433 4099 5330 Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Italian waiter Wirra Wirra Adelaide Shiraz $39 Pizza S.S Innaminka $20 Capers,  anchovies,  olives,  sun-dried tomatoes,  basil,  oregano and  flore di latte. Spaghetti Bolognaise $24   with shaved Parmesan  Opening day for My Italian Baby. The meals were first class but would like to see a cheaper local's house wine as happens in Italy. More to follow......... .

Watch this space - 17/ 53-61 Macrossan Street. Specials Opening on 16 Aug 2018 Menu by Chef Dan Watt

Dining with the Crocs During winter the Port Douglas AFL team "The Crocs" play at the Port Douglas Sports Complex on about every second Saturday afternoon. They get a mention on this dining blog because of the value they offer. Bear in mind this is a no frills arrangement but the value is there: Hot Dogs - $3.50 Ham and salad rolls - $5 Mocka's Pies - $5 Chips - $3.50 3 Dim Sims - $3 Beer - $5 Spirits - $8 Cider - $5 Wine by the glass - $5 Bottle of wine $18 Free Admission

Found this on the Port Douglas Cheap Eats website : We opted for the wine, an Angus beef burger and a rib fillet steak burger. $29.80 for two. It was excellent. Reef Resort is next to QT on the Port Douglas Road. You will need a voucher from the Savings Passport: .

I have written about restaurants in this one location many times and I have done that because different restaurants just pop up there. I am talking about the Portico building in Macrossan Street and please do not confuse the well established Zinc Restaurant on the corner of Davidson Street. So why is there such a high turnover of restaurants at the other corner, the corner with Owen Street? The location is surrounded by accommodation options, it is in Macrossan Street with lots of foot traffic and there is free off-street parking underneath. So what goes wrong? I put it down to the price of the wine. My wife and I dined at the Pasta Company when it first opened up there this year. We had the special which was a pasta dish and a glass of wine for $20 at lunch time.  My pasta was very good, my wife's pasta was OK and the wine was excellent. To have another glass of wine is where the problem started. $10 for 150 mills is too much especially at lunch time. We asked for t...

I am posting this as a promotion for the Port Douglas Cheap Eats website .  I like pizza and I like the park. We dine out in port Douglas frequently but the cheap eats help us enjoy other dining options. There are three take away pizza places in Port Douglas village but the closest to Market Park is Domino's in the Port Village Centre where Coles is. There are also two bottle shops in the same complex. Talk about budget, Domino's do $5 pizzas: And you can order by phone. .

Lunch time Burgers One of the things that attracted us the most was the fact that N17 Burger Co is BYO for wine. They also have a beer and cider bottle licence. We started with a Peroni mid-strength - $6. Then some burgers; mine being BBQ Bacon Cheese Burger - $11.50, left above and my partner's being Cheese Burger - $12.50, right above. A side of Sweet Potato Fries - $5. Everything arrived on time and piping hot with plenty of serviettes and hand wipes to finish. We brought our own Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon for a corkage fee of $4. Verdict There is a lot to like about this place and for a Macrossan Street Eatery good value for money. We found the Cheese Burger the best and enjoyed the Sweet Potato Fries. Considering the cost of the wine, our lunch came to slightly less than $50. We will return.