The Reef Hotel Casino
The Reef Hotel Casino or Pullman Reef Hotel Casino is the only casino in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
The Reef Hotel Casino | |
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Location | Cairns City, Queensland |
Owner | Casinos Austria International Limited and Accor Casino Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd. |
Website | https://www.reefcasino.com.au/ |
The hotel has 128 hotel rooms[1] and is jointly owned by Casinos Austria International Limited and Accor Casino Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd.[2]
The complex features a central LED pillar and interactive floor which is prominent next to BAR36. The bar hosts free live entertainment 5 nights a week and serves food from 4pm-8pm every night.[3] The Reef Hotel Casino also houses the Merchant Artisan Food & Coffee cafe plus four restaurants: Tamarind, Café China Noodle Bar (in the former Cairns Customs House), Cafe China Restaurant and Flinders Bar & Grill.[4][5] It also hosts the Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome the rooftop.[6] The Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome features a number of native Australian species including koalas, sugar gliders, red-legged pademelons, rufous bettongs, saltwater crocodiles, freshwater crocodiles, water monitor, scrub python, eastern short-neck turtle, red-tailed black cockatoos, double-eyed fig parrots, tawny frogmouths, laughing kookaburras and many other species.
History
- January 1992. The Queensland Government called for submissions from interested parties to build and operate a casino in Cairns.[7]
- January 1996. Casino licence granted. Reef Casino Hotel commenced trading on 31 January.[7]
References
- "Cairns Attractions - The Casino". Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- Reef Casino Trust
- "BAR36 Dining". Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- "Reef Hotel Casino Dining". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- "Cafè China Restaurant". The Reef Hotel Casino. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- "Cairns Wildlife Dome". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- "History of Reef Casino Trust". Retrieved 17 May 2017.