Review Rattle N Hum Bar & Grill - Cairns

RATTLE N HUM Beautiful views overlooking Cairns water Quick and friendly service Great pub food choices Beer from the tap could of been colder Plenty of seating options from outside in the beer garden to inside watching sport on the big screen Pizzas were flying out the oven. I ordered vegetarian which had far too much sauce/dressing Arcade games, pool table available too

Great Bar / restaurant on Cairns Esplanade, just across from the waterfront. Was busy every night I walked past but still had tables available when we went in for dinner. We had steak, ribs and gluten free pizza. All very tasty. Order at the bar and collect your food at the kitchen when yout buzzer goes off. No table service. Cool places for families as they have a pool table and video arcade games to entertain the kiddies.

Strolling along the Esplanade, you'll come across the booming jubilation of customers sitting along the kerbside. Their happy rattling and humming is synonymous to Rattle N Hum, a lounge bar with a glimmer of Australian magic. But on the inside are lacquered wooden furniture and dimmed lighting that welcome you into an atmospheric and intimate diner restaurant. But our reservation led us beyond the main room and out the back which is neatly decorated, quieter and more airy. We ordered a Rattle's Meatlovers pizza and baked Cajun barramundi and garlic prawns. There is minimal table service and you have to order and pick up your food at the counter. Nevermind that, the setting is absolutely fantastic and caters to anyone, but the food did not necessarily reflect its friendliness. Seeing their wood fired oven on display, I was keen to try out their pizzas. To may dismay, the meatlovers pizza was downright awful. There was nothing inherently wrong with the meats but it was the dough that completely devastated the entire dish. My expectations of handmade dough was shattered by their use of store bought dough with little to no give or chew. As a pizza lover, when I saw the gum line between the cheese and the dough, I was in for a horror. The pizza bases are pre-sauced before it is fired, resulting in the cheese and ingredients not fully adhering to the dough, revealing a dreadful image of patterned indents found on store bought dough (refer to photo). The crust was also distressing, extremely hard to bite and awfully sweet. For $22, it was an expensive serve of McCain frozen pizza. On a good note, the barramundi was well seasoned and tender with a juicy, terrific grilled sweetcorn and refreshing salsa on the side. The garlic prawns was delicately beautiful in flavour and mouthfeel, it had me wanting more to sweep away my pizza misery. If I were to return again or to advise anyone about Rattle n Hum, stay far far away from the pizza!

We ate here twice for lunch and the food was amazing! Highly recommend the burgers, salads or fish and chips. Will definetly go again when we visit next.

Great venue .. caters for all. Whether if it's for a sit down meal, to watch the footy or cricket or for a few drinks and a dance. Definitely worth a visit. Ohhh and the woodfire pizzas are awesome.

Pathetic when a customer is told he can't get what he would like with his steak as the cash register wouldn't let it happen bad choice of venue lesson learnt it used to be that a place would accommodate the customer's needs and then my wife's meal ceaser salad never seen alfalfa spouts on it what da

Excellent place and service. Friendly and kind staff. Loved the food. Fun ambience and music.

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT make the mistake of thinking that the wedges is suitable for just one person. We ordered a pizza and the wedges for two people and we are currently walking back to our accommodation so full we feel like we are going to explode. The food was delicious, the meal size ample and the service friendly and efficient. Do definitely recommend you try it during your stay, it is busy for a reason, we expected a wait for food but it was fairly quick.