Wedding Reception Venues in Port Douglas & Daintree

Couples planning a destination wedding in Port Douglas & the Daintree will find the reception venues grouped in a few clear settings. Wharf Street and the marina hold most of them, Island Point Hill has an open-air garden restaurant, and the Mowbray Valley has a rainforest marquee.

Seated numbers and how much you want to arrange yourselves are the two questions that sort them.

Reception settings, compared:

• Marina outlook: The Boat House Venue seats 50 upstairs above the boats, from $2,500 room hire, and Barbados Port Douglas styles receptions for up to 70 on the boardwalk.
• Hemingway's Brewery Port Douglas, also at the marina, takes weddings with an upstairs room, a deck and catering from canapés to plated meals.
• Salsa Bar & Grill on Wharf Street seats 120 across the whole Queenslander, from $3,000 minimum spend with no hire fee.
• Nautilus Restaurant holds weddings of 12 to 200 among the palms, and can run from ceremony through to reception.
• Flames of the Forest seats 200 under a black silk marquee with a crystal chandelier, with coach transfers for every guest.

For a relaxed pub reception, The Court House Hotel has hosted casual weddings, with its whole first floor available for up to 200.