Barefoot luxury.

Seven days a week, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Nu Nu sits right on the sand at Palm Cove, on Cairns' northern beaches. Coconut palms overhead, the Coral Sea out front, a table in the shade between them.

The food is tropical and delicious: reef fish, coconut, mango, chilli, lime. Coffee at sunrise. Cold wine as the sky turns pink. Come as you are, kids and all.

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A long table set on the sand at blue hour under coconut palms strung with lanterns, pink, orange and yellow flowers down its length, the Coral Sea behind

BEACHFRONT SETTINGS

A long table on the sand is something we do. For weddings, corporate and everything bigger, see our events. Plan your event

REEFRAINFORESTCANECATTLECORAL SEAPALM COVESINCE 2004

SEASONAL · LOCALLY SOURCED

From the kitchen this season.

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LAND

BBQ striploin, miso caramel & lime kosho

Local reef fish roasted in a charred banana leaf with mango masala, herbs and lime

SIGNATURE

Reef fish, mango masala & smoked yoghurt

Raw yellowfin tuna with smoked almond, grapes and red pepper, a crisp on the side

SEA

Raw yellowfin tuna, smoked almond & grapes

WHAT'S ON · PALM COVE

Mark the calendar.

Dinners, specials and things to take home. Here’s what’s coming up.

A Nu Nu Christmas pudding tied up in white paper with string, on a stoneware plate

CHRISTMAS PUD · ORDERS OPEN

The puds are online.

We ship in early December to anywhere in Australia, or pick one up in Palm Cove.

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“Nu Year” hand-lettered in white on lime

31 DECEMBER · PALM COVE

New Year’s Eve on the beach.

See in 2027 at Nu Nu, under the palms. Tables are booking now.

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Melbourne Cup day at Nu Nu: performers in white hats and yellow outfits dancing between the tables

EST. 2004 · FOUR OWNERS

Since 2004. Bringing joy, making memories.

Nick, Jason, Amy and Mo opened Nu Nu on Palm Cove beach in 2004. Two decades and a few thousand services later, they are still going strong.

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NU NU EVENTS & THE MILL

Two thousand, inside and out.

A night crowd under festoon lights outside The Mill's big shed

THE MILL, STRATFORD · WEDDINGS · CORPORATE · CATERING

Weddings, corporate, off-site catering and sole use of the restaurant, all with our events team. Bigger nights go to The Mill, our heritage timber-mill venue in Stratford, Cairns.

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NUMI · ICE CREAM SHOP · PALM COVE

Ice cream,
slow churned.

Numi is our ice cream shop in Palm Cove, from the same kitchen as Nu Nu. Tropical fruit, cream and cane sugar, scooped into paper cups. Follow along for this week’s flavours.

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