The Raw Prawn

The service by Blair who attended to our special celebration occasion at the restaurant was as superb as the meal served. Please accept our complements for a perfect setting. See you next time.

I have eaten at the restaurant twice in recent visits to cairns.
On both occassions the food was excellent and the service very good.
I will be in Cairns again this week and will enjoy a beer and a meal at this great eatery once again

Went to the raw prawn on valentines day 2012 and had an extremley great time will be back for more

and the port was a really nice end to a great evening

What a pleasant dining experience. Food, customer service, timing and value you for money. The entrees and main meals are decent portions and you won't be leaving hungry. Staff are neat and tidy, friendly and prompt to serve even on a busy night. I have been to this venue for lunch on numerous occasions and can't fault it. Dinner a second time is a must. Menu has variety including an extensive wine list. Restaurant has own brand champagne and beer. Impressed!

Me and my husband ate at the raw prawn early this week, i have to say it is one of the best seafood meals i have ever had.
Everything was amazing from the food and wine to the service. thank you very much we will be back again.

I first had a meal at the Raw Prawn over ten years ago. It was a little pricey but worth it.

Since then I have dined there on many occasions. It has remained "A little pricey but worth it". Both the food and service are consistently excellent.

Local produce is used for the majority of the dishes and is always in top condition.

It's worth the visit.

We have just been to 'The Raw Prawn' for dinner. I chose this restaurant after reading through the reports on this site for seafood restaurants and the 'hopefully' good advise from other patrons.
We were very happy with the service we received from the staff, the food was very nice, tasty and above what was expected in quantity. The kids meals came out a few minutes after our main, but the manager was very appologetic and ensured that we all (x5) received free desserts due to the lateness (5min) of the kids meals.
I would highly recommend this restaurant for a beautiful seafood meal whilst in cairns. Whilst it is not the cheapest in price, the quality and service were second to none, the kids kept asking why we were being treated like royalty, hard to explain to them that's what you get from a quality restaurant.

We have had lunch here on occasion, and they do the best lunch special in town! Two courses and a drink for $22.50 per person. The Chowder is different, and good, and the mud crab, tasty (we had the chilli on the side). The coconut seafood a definite hit as was the trio of seafood! It great find on the not so good Esplanade!!

Raw Prawn was a lovely surprise on our stop over in Cairns, the seafood was fresh and beautifully cooked, the salads were tasty and full of ingredients. The drinks menu and selection was diverse and the service was excellent.

We were very happy customers who will be back again. Thank you

What can we say about The Raw Prawn, what a great place and the food even better. The service was fantastic and the mannerism of the saff was fantastic to watch.
Will always go back for more!

P.S The port was very nice.

this restaurant is so damn good i'd recommend anything on the menu. i am particularly fond of the mornay oysters. devine!

My wife and I received a recommendation from one of the local tour operators to eat at the Raw Prawn. With so many places to eat on the boardwalk it's hard to know where to eat.

They offer a 30% discount on your food if you order by 6.15PM. We took the plunge and ordered their big seafood platter at $250 ($175- with discount).

We were not dissapointed. The food was fresh and tasted amazing all cooked to perfection with their rather fussy French Chef (don't ask for your lobster to be steamed ... he just refuses to do it).

We came back a second time before heading home.

Make sure you eat here!

We were lucky enough to find the Raw Prawn early in our short break to Cairns and ate dinner there twice. The service is fantastic but the food is even better.

Fresh lobsters from the tank cooked to perfection on night 1, and the next night we had fresh mud crab (1.1kg).

If you order before 6:15pm you get 30% off your bill (not including drinks).

I've eaten in many fine places around Oz and the Raw Prawn is equal first for quality and service. They are number one for price too.

I am from Spain and I have been in Australia. I have eatten in many restaurants in Australia during my holidays but the Raw Prawn in Cairns was excellent, the food and the service.
The service is very important when you are havind a nice dinner, and I really enjoy with the waiter. He is blond long hair and he has a pearcing and a cool tatoo in his harm. The worst thing is that he was laughing about my accent (I am joking).
I will be really grateful if u let him know that it was cool and I have fun during the dinner. Hope he remembers me.
Thank you very much.

My husband any I dined at the Raw Prawn a few times throughout our holiday in Cairns from Scotland. We also took friends there & recommended the restaurant to family visiting Cairns.

On one of the occasions my husband had the coral trout cooked in coconut - it was amazing and so I asked for a low down on the recipe which the chef was happy to give me. Unfortunately, I have lost the recipe and would, if the chef is reading this review, love to have it emailed to me!!

The food, ambience & service is top class - and although not cheap, it won't blow the budget!

Therese Selfridge
Brisbane

My wife and I visited this restaurant three times in our five day visit to Cairns in February 2004. The food is absolutely excellent. We tried a variety of dishes, including the Macadamia Bay Bugs, the seafood curry, and the wild barramundi - all cooked to perfection.

The service was also excellent, and our particular waiter couldn't have been more friendly or helpful - a credit to the restaurant and its owners.

Well worth a visit if you are in Cairns.

I recently dined at the Raw Prawn with a table of 8 work colleagues visiting from Melbourne. I had been to the restaurant many times before and was happy to visit again.

My visit on this occasion was unforntunately marked (literally) by a bottle of Tabasco sauce. I had taken the bottle from the table to add to my fabulous oysters, when , after a gentle jiggle, the bottom of the bottle gave way and the contents ended up on my lap! The mine host, Peter Horn, immediately came to my aid and was genuinely concened. Unfortunately this was the end of my night, but my colleages remained to be enterained on the house. My trousers were laundered and returned to Melbourne.

Not the sort of restaurant review you might see too often, but indicative of the fantastic service at the Raw Prawn. I shall return.