Waterside Resaurant - CAIRNS CITY

Good food, not really special but OK. Nice staf. Beautiful view over the harbor. We spend a pleasant evening here.

Waterside Restaurant is a in the Cairns Plaza Hotel where I stayed recently. They only do breakfast and it was your average buffet fare. Eggs, bacon, sausages, baked beans, mushrooms, etc. You can also have continental breakfast if you like.

We had a look at the menu out the front then decided we would like to eat here...we were ignored and overlooked numerous times when we waited at the front to be served. When we were approached, i asked the lady if there were any tables as we didn't have a booking...she said she would check...she never got back to us and walked passed us a number of times afterwards...just as we were about to leave we were approached by a waiter who said there were no available tables at this time but we could wait at the bar which we were happy to do. 5 mins later we were seated. We ordered the field mushrooms as well as garlic prawns for entrees. Quite tasty..For mains i had the steak and rib combo and my gf had a small steak as well....both were cooked perfectly and food was really good on the evening....the downside is that we were served by about 5 different people all night so really had no idea who our waiter/waitress was when we wanted anything...we'd read great reviews but were definitely underwhelmed by the experience...

They were very busy when I went in to grab breakfast and we only had a few minutes before our boat left. They were quick and got our food in no time thank you

We went here for a few drinks before dinner. Great spot with comfy lounges, or sit at the bar. It is at the end of the pier/marina and is a great little find.