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Chef's Degustation

Seven courses at a six-seat counter facing the pass — our executive chef narrates each plate, from the first raw-bar course to the final tropical dessert.

Book Now $185 per guest
The Experience

Dinner with the engine running

The counter sits two metres from the pass. You'll watch every plate finished in front of you, hear the thinking behind each course, and eat dishes that never make it onto the main menu.

Chef's Counter Rated 4.9 by guests

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narrated courses

What's Inside

Built around the details

Six seats only

An intimate counter with a direct line to the kitchen team.

Seven courses

A narrative menu that moves from raw bar to reef to tableland dessert.

Chef narration

Each course introduced by the chef who built it.

Signed menu

The evening's menu, printed and signed, to take home.

"At the counter there's nowhere to hide — the food either speaks or it doesn't."

How It Works

Your evening, step by step

From first enquiry to last pour, the experience is choreographed — here's the shape of it.

Start a booking
1

Book the counter

Six seats, three nights a week — reservations open 30 days ahead.

2

Arrive hungry

A welcome pour and the first course within minutes of sitting down.

3

Seven courses, one story

Each plate introduced at the pass — ask anything, the kitchen is open.

4

Kitchen tour

Finish with a walk through the kitchen and a signed copy of the menu.

7

narrated courses

6

seats per service

30

day booking window

In Frame

A look inside

Included

Everything in the package

  • Seven-course narrated degustation
  • Welcome pour on arrival
  • Optional sommelier wine pairing
  • Behind-the-pass kitchen tour
  • Printed and signed menu
  • Priority gaming-floor entry after service
The Counter Experience

$185 per guest

Seven courses · optional wine pairing $95 · Thursdays to Saturdays

Seven narrated courses, a kitchen tour, and the evening's menu printed and signed to take home.

"Two metres from the pass, seven courses, not a weak link. The painted crayfish course alone justifies the flight to Cairns."

James Whitford

James Whitford

Guest, Melbourne

Questions

Before you book

The counter menu is built separately each service, includes dishes never served in the main room, and every course is introduced personally by the kitchen.

Yes, with 72 hours' notice — the counter menu is rewritten for each guest rather than substituted.

No — it's optional at $95, and our sommelier can also build a by-the-glass progression on the night.

Yes — all six seats can be booked privately, which makes it one of our most requested small-format celebrations.

Coral Cove Eats

Ready when you are

Tables, tournaments and tastings — one booking away. Our concierge answers within the hour, seven days a week.