The Cooktown Hotel boast a quirky pub called the Top Pub. We had a smashing burger ... Best this trip and rissoles with mash and veges. Both fantastic home style meals ... Just what we needed after a great day of sightseeing around Cooktown. The range of on tap beers is limited to the mass produced stuff but who's complaining. They have a nice outdoors area as well as pool table and bar area stuffed with interesting memorabilia and photos. A great way to end the day.

Reward for climbing mount cook in the morning is a couple of cold beers and a counter lunch. I can report at the Cooktown 'Top' Pub the service is friendly, the beer cold and the Topper Burger hit the spot. My day is complete!

Any one who visits Cooktown and doesn't call in here for a drink is missing out. This is a quintessential North Queensland pub and although it is some 48 years since I last visited I still found a great pub still going.
Call in and have a few beers, talk to the locals or just sit looking out the windows.
Lots of food and a big outdoor area.

Great Aussie pub - could do with some decent "IPA" on tap! Food was good but an ant came with chicken schnitzel - not really a big deal until the owner of the schnitzel 12 year old James was banned from the pool table. Chicken parmigiana was good but bug.. I mean big... portions again! Pesce pescatarian enjoyed bits of sea food platter! Would have been four stars if James could have played pool!

the quality of the food is fantastic, the size of the meals very big....atmosphere is friendly....beers are cold, nice range of wines