Just strolled past on our first afternoon in Cairns exploring The Pier and The Esplanade waterfront. Came across this small cafe selling coffee, treats such as lemon tart with ice cream, beer (Peroni) by the bottle and a decadent range of ice creams and sorbets....On our first visit, I had the lemon tart and ice cream and coffee. Excellent food in a peaceful, non rushed location. Whilst it's adjacent to the helipad, it's surprising how little backdraft is caused by the helicopters ie none at all.
If you're an aviation fan, this is a good spot to have a coffee or snack and watch the scenic flight helicopters take off and land with passengers embarking/disembarking. Free entertainment!
On our second visit in the afternoon I had the lemon sorbet and mandarin sorbet. The lemon was cold and tart as expected; the mandarin was an eye-opener, so few chefs manage to enhance/empower the very delicate mandarin flavour into something robust and get the colouring right too!More