Julaymba Restaurant
Featured in Masters of Cuisine as one of Australia's leading dining experiences
One of the "must do" experiences while visiting the Daintree/Port Douglas region is to enjoy the dining experience at Julaymba Restaurant & Gallery at Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa. The expertise of our acclaimed chefs will have you surrendering to what has been called the true Australia tropical gourmet cuisine.
The restaurant takes it’s name, Julaymba, from the local Kuku Yalanji word for “Daintree River”, which is the area in which we are located and a place visited for thousands of years by the indigenous people of the region. Authentic Aboriginal artefacts and original artworks are on display in the Art Gallery and available for purchase… take a little culture home!
Julaymba Restaurant & Gallery, with it's balcony terrace, overlooks the peaceful fresh water lagoon and is accessible via boardwalks through the rainforest. It is uniquely crafted to compliment the rainforest setting and capture the serenity of the seasonal fresh water stream flowing beneath. For something different, private dining decks located by the lagoon are the perfect touch for romantic getaways.
Menu are based on spa cuisine featuring a native twist.
Entree
Light damper loaf served with bush tomato butter, Australian dukkah and macadamia oil. $8.50
Tasmanian Oysters natural placed on ice and served with watermelon, pickle ginger and lime salsa. $3.10 per oyster (min of 4)
Smoked local Crocodile salad of cucumber, honeydew, chilli, Vietnamese mint, red onion and heart of palm splashed with a ginger and mirin dressing. $21.00
Tableland Red Claw Yabbies tossed with lemon myrtle, pepperberry, pineapple juice, sugar cane syrup and rainforest liqueur served with coconut infused rice. $21.00
Take a Julaymba Journey down the majestic Daintree River from the waterfalls high in the hills (red claw), cruising the meandering river (crocodile salad) out to the mangroves of the entrance (oysters) to the clear blue waters of the Coral Sea (prawns). $24.00 for one / $34.00 for two
Chicken breast tossed in a salad of snow pea sprouts, rockmelon, honeydew, red onion, cucumber, pickled ginger and mint with a coconut and coriander dressing $17.00
Mains
Our Signature Dish - Wild caught local Barramundi, (KUDI pronounced goodie) with native bush herbs wrapped in paperbark, native ginger leaf and served with our chef’s rainforest salad $31.00
Gulf Tiger Prawns coated with lemon myrtle and coconut served on a salad of locally grown ripe Hawaiian paw paw, lillypilly, red onion, mint and coriander with a rosella coulis. $32.00
Tableland’s Grass feed Beef - eye fillet cooked to your preference on roasted taro batons, Dutch carrots, broccolini finished with a pepperberry jus. $32.00
Kangaroo cooked medium rare on southern gold potatoes and steamed bok choy with a wild hibiscus verjuice reduction. $29.50
Lemon myrtle fettuccini tossed with forest mushrooms, chilli, Italian parsley, eschalots, pine nuts, a dash of unwooded chardonnay and finished with truffle oil and shaved parmesan $28.90
The Menu
Select from innovative menus - tropical breakfasts featuring fresh exotic fruit, healthy cereals, fresh juices and full cooked meals, delicious lunches and evening meals to delight the most discerning palate.
With nature integrated into every aspect of the resort, native ingredients, some collected on the property, are used to create sensational signature meals and featuring light and healthy spa cuisine for the guest who enjoys delicious meals in line with good health and wellness
Aboriginal Influence
In keeping with the tradition of Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa and in consultation with the local Aboriginal Kuku Yalanji people the menu has been carefully designed to balance the multicultural tastes of cosmopolitan Australia.
Incorporating an abundance of unique and exotic sundrenched Queensland fruits, tropical reef fish and local produce with native and Indigenous nuts, berries, flowers, leaves and seeds, and thus infusing the worlds oldest living rainforest and with an understanding of the Aboriginal Dreamtime.