Lyara Restaurant And Bar

We had late night dinner after a great day scuba diving. Saw the restaurant a few times walking by and really appreciated the look and outdoor seating. We were not disappointed as we sat outside on the soft cushions. <br/ <br/ Ordered family style so the chicken satay curry puffs with peanut sauce great starters. Three dishes for the table a north style chicken curry noodle dish quite new to us but great. Thin noodles in curry sauce with wonderful peanut back. Topped with crunchy noodles and excellent flavours. <br/ Chicken lemongrass main with coconut rice had excellent flavored. Chicken cooked just right and good balance of spice. <br/ Spicy beef main was best with roti and coconut rice. <br/ <br/ Service was friendly and excellent. Only problem was slow and we were quite late so seemed long night. <br/

Wow, this is another level of Thai food. I have eaten a fair bit of Thai food in my life and this was different but in a very good way. My meal was delicious and tasted unlike anything I had had before. The sauce on the chicken was lovely.My dish was Gai Takrai served with salad Jasmine Rice Marinated grilled chicken with lemongrass, peanut and tamarind sauce.My husband had a beef dish and enjoyed that too. Miss was happy with her chicken satay and her rice when it arrived.The service was slow but this wasn't a problem for us as we enjoyed looking at the beach and watching the nightly bat migration.

Best Thai in Cairns. In my opinion this is by far the best thai in Cairns and worth the higher price tag. The food is always fresh, full of flavour, and presented well with little added extras that the ordinary thai takeaway oversees. I would recommend the betel leave cones with a delicious vibrant filling. It is a little pricier then most thai but i still think its great value for money. Plus if you dine in the atmosphere on the verandah is lovely looking over the esplanade.

Nice setting, good service, but the meals took quite a while to arrive, considering it was so quiet. We had the curry puffs yum! Red curry marinated duck amazing! And beef massaman dry beef but great flavor It's definitely worth a try but beware, it's spicy!!

TAMARIND, MEET YOUR MATCH. Ever since moving to Cairns 3 yrs ago Ive been on a search for a place in the right location, for the right price, with the right foodand having eaten in most places that look half decent around town......well Ive finally found it.<br/ <br/ Recomended to me by the head waiter of one of the best restaurants in the Pier Complex, I took my 2 good friends there for dinner. I little bit aprehensive, as they are both very involved in the catering industry and one of them is a chef, I knew they had high standards and this place was untested.<br/ <br/ We all fell in love. The location is perfect down on the esplanade, but upstairs away from the car fumes and perfectly positioned for a post dinner wander with a cup full of NZ icecream.<br/ <br/ They are currently cash only and BYO, but please dont let that put you off. Theres an ATM downstairs and another at the night markets a few doors down. Fill your wallet and then go fill your belly, you will not be dissapointed.<br/ <br/ We tried 4 mains and 4 entrees and not one of them missed the mark. Pad Thai, fish cakes, green curry, duck with red curry grapes, prawn rolls, oysters, every single dish was amazing.<br/ <br/ Do your self a favour, you'll probably see me there because Ill be going very regularly !