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Great Barrier Reef restaurants
Queensland resort cuisine used to mean predictable buffet fare, and since you're most likely to eat where you're staying, there was little incentive to improve. But an influx of big-city chefs and greater focus on local fish and produce—including "bush tucker" ingredients from the rain forest—mean you can choose your resort by the quality of its restaurant. We've suggested our favorites below, plus a handful of off-property options.
Husband-and-wife chef team Danny Chapman and Lisa Mackay took over The Beach House kitchen in July 2006, fresh from Melbourne's sophisticated dining scene. Ever...more
Some of the Barrier Reef's best, albeit priciest, cuisine can be consumed afloat. On the luxury 56-foot yacht Enterprise, which can be day-chartered for up to...more
Angsana Spa Resort's signature restaurant dishes up wonderful Asian-inspired seafood; our favorite choice is the macadamia-crusted soft shell crab with banana...more
With its opulent Louis XVI furnishings, Waterford crystal chandelier, original artwork, and cascading limestone fountain, La Fontaine is the culinary...more
This place is serious about its meat—so serious that the chefs have grade-A beef flown in twice-weekly from around Australia. Your choice of sirloin,...more










