5.0/ 5
Lovely venue where the team couldn’t be more warm or obliging. 🎰 💯💰
The Reef Hotel Casino is a land-based casino and hotel complex in central Cairns, Queensland. The casino combines live tables, a recurring Texas Hold’em schedule, more than 450 gaming machines and several automated or rapid electronic table-game formats. The property also offers restaurants and bars, hotel accommodation, live entertainment, sports viewing, Reef Rewards membership and parking benefits connected to eligible gaming activity.
The gaming floor includes Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, Sic Bo, Reef Routine and Money Wheel, Texas Hold’em cash poker, 450+ gaming machines, automated Roulette and multigame electronic terminals.
The live floor includes Blackjack, Roulette, Mini and Midi Baccarat, Sic Bo and Reef Routine. Money Wheel is also available.
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🎩Classic table games
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Sun–Thu 10:00–02:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–04:00 |
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🎲Additional games
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Sun–Thu 10:00–02:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–04:00 |
The Reef Hotel Casino minimum bet varies by game and table, with individual limits displayed before play.
Texas Hold’em cash poker runs Friday and Saturday from 19:00.
| Offer | Formats | Opening Times / Information |
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| Cash games | Texas Hold’em | Fri–Sat from 19:00 |
The casino has more than 450 gaming machines with denominations from 1 cent to $1 and progressive jackpot products.
Electronic gaming includes fully automated Roulette, Vegas Star Multigame and Rapid Roulette.
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🎰Gaming machines
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Sun–Thu 10:00–02:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–04:00 |
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⚙️Electronic table games
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Sun–Thu 10:00–02:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–04:00 |
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🍽️Tamarind
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Tue–Sat 17:30–21:30 |
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🥨Flinders Bar & Grill
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Sun–Thu 10:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–02:00 |
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🍜Soy Kitchen Street Food
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Sun–Thu 16:00–22:00; Fri–Sat 11:30–22:00 |
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☕Merchant Artisan Food & Coffee
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Daily 06:30–12:00 |
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| Category | Description |
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| Gaming promotions |
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| Live entertainment |
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| Sports screenings |
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| Rewards & member benefits |
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No. The Reef Hotel Casino is a land-based casino in Cairns, QLD, with in-person gaming at its physical venue.
No. The Reef Casino online pokies are not offered as an online casino product; the venue's digital services focus on membership, rewards, bookings, events or visitor information.
A dedicated The Reef Casino online app is not available; digital services are provided through the venue's other online channels.
You must be 18 or over to enter and use the casino gaming areas.
Bring valid photo identification for age verification and for Reef Rewards membership services when required.
Casual clothing is acceptable as long as it is neat and clean.
Onsite parking is available, with selected complimentary parking benefits tied to table play and Reef Rewards.
You can play Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, Sic Bo, Money Wheel and Reef Routine, Friday/Saturday Texas Hold’em, 450+ gaming machines and automated electronic table games.
Lovely venue where the team couldn’t be more warm or obliging. 🎰 💯💰
Fletcher, wherever you are dealing cards and stealing hearts, this is yours. My blackjack dealer for the night — young bloke, hilarious, armed with a bone-dry wit that turned dropping cash into genuine entertainment.
Don’t expect the polish of the major casino operators here. Then again, it’s far from terrible. The people are welcoming, and both food and drinks are priced fairly given the city-centre spot near the wharf dining strip. My tip: grab a membership the moment you walk in — discounts, free parking, and it won’t cost you a thing.
Brilliant atmosphere and a great spread of games. The real drawcard though is blackjack dealt from actual shoes rather than a CSM! Please don’t ever move away from this — it’s a genuine point of difference for anyone sceptical of those machines… Wonderfully old-school in the best way. The dealers were a fascinating mix… and security kept things low-key, a refreshing change from the heavy-handed approach at the big Sydney and Melbourne venues.
This review covers their Friday and Saturday night NL Texas Holdem specifically. Getting a seat means phoning the venue at exactly midday to land on the list, and half the time nobody even picks up. Messages go unanswered. Two tables exist yet only a single one ever runs. Walk-ins have zero chance of playing. Hopeless for anyone visiting from out of town. The 10-max game crawls along, worse still whenever the auto shuffler dies. The table itself has an odd shape — a dealer cutout means whoever sits beside it can’t see the action or the players opposite. Certain staff get genuinely rude over phones and chip splashing. Rake is steep. Plenty of room for improvement across the board here.
