| Pub | Comments | Location |
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| ATHERTON | ||
| Barron Valley Hotel | This down market, clean and friendly bar is decorated
like a gents! (Tiled walls) No tables and the only seats
are at the bar. Live music Fridays. The food is extremely
cheap and comes in enormous portions.
Last visited March 1999 |
Main Road |
| CAIRNS | ||
| Barrier Reef Hotel | A scruffy down market pub selling cheap beer.
Last visited March 1999 |
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| Big Kahoona Bar | A pleasant water-sports themed pub. Food comes from
the same kitchen as Gilhooley's. On my visit a very good
live band were playing.
Last visited March 1999 |
Pier Complex |
| Cascades | This small pleasant motel bar and larger restaurant
has the unusual feature of water running down the windows
from little sprinklers!
Last visited March 1999 |
A1 Motel, Sheridan Street / Grove Street |
| Charlie's Bar | A very pleasant and reasonably priced hotel bar. The
all you can eat banquet in the restaurant is highly
recommended.
Last visited March 1999 |
Acacia Court Hotel, Lake Street |
| Cock and Bull | Very nice "hunting lodge" decor in this
enormous pub. Two separate food counters dish out
enormous portions at cheap prices.
Last visited March 1999 |
Grove Street / Digger Street |
| Crown Hotel | A plain large scruffy pub with a cheap food menu.
Last visited March 1999 |
Grafton Street |
| Fox and Firkin | An "English style" pub with a large balcony
overlooking the street, and an apparently never used
dance floor. The food is excellent, with large portions.
Live music can be noisy but is usually very good. The
worst pint of Guinness you've ever tasted, and after
drinking the house brew I know why they call it Firkin
Ale - it's absolutely disgusting.
Last visited March 1999 |
Lake Street / Spence Street |
| Gilhooley's | A standard fake Irish interior to this popular pub.
The food is very good, with additional entertainment
provided by the failure of the ordering computer! Live
traditional Irish music when I visited.
Last visited March 1999 |
Pier Complex |
| Harbourside Hotel | A boring hotel bar which closes at 22.00
Last visited March 1999 |
Lake Street |
| Johnno's Blues Bar | $5 gets you in to this scruffy upstairs bar/club. On
my visit the live band (Dangerous Beaver if I recall
correctly) were absolutely superb.
Last visited March 1999 |
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| Reef Hotel Casino | A spectacular plastic interior in this casino /
restaurant complex, with a number of bars scattered
around. The all you can eat $15 Asian buffet is excellent.
Last visited March 1999 |
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| Sports Bar | A large scruffy night club. No sports theme to speak
of.
Last visited March 1999 |
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| Trinity Wharf Tavern "Deckie's Bar" | A scruffy pool hall with about twenty tables.
Last visited March 1999 |
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| Underdog Hotel | A young person's bar with pool tables and a dance
floor. The food in the attached "Tucker Box"
looks OK. Make sure you see the horizontal bungee!
Last visited March 1999 |
Sheridan Street / Spence Street |
| KURANDA | ||
| Billy's | A large bar / BBQ restaurant. The food looks good.
Last visited March 1999 |
Coondoo Street |
| Garden Bar | Another BBQ bar. Lots of tables in the impressive garden. Swimming pool.
Last visited March 1999 |
Arara Street |
| Kuranda Trading Post | A large restaurant bar serving excellent steaks.
Last visited March 1999 |
Coondoo Street |
| MAREEBA | ||
| Carrier's Arms | Two bars and a pool room in this nice pub. A very
cheap menu.
Last visited March 1999 |
Ant Hill Hotel |
| MOSSMAN | ||
| Royal Hotel | A little down market but clean and tidy bar, lounge,
and dining area at the rear. The sign says air
conditioned but it lies! The lunchtime food is good.
Last visited March 1999 |
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| PALM COVE | ||
| Beach Bar | A pleasant open bar attached to the Beach Cafe next
door. Service difficult when it's empty. Swimming pool
for resort residents only.
Last visited March 1999 |
Paradise Village Resort |
| PORT DOUGLAS | ||
| Courthouse Hotel | A nice wooden interior and cane chairs in this two
sided bar decorated with guiness promotional material.
Blues night Monday. Live music Sunday. A large dining
terrace.
Last visited March 1999 |
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