Your Wedding Reception in Port Douglas at Zinc Restaurant

Few destinations are more romantic or popular for weddings than Tropical Port Douglas in Far North Queensland (FNQ), set amongst the magnificent surroundings of the Great Barrier Reef and the World Heritage Daintree Rainforest. Beautiful one day, perfect the next.

While Port Douglas offers the perfect romantic location for getting married, Zinc offers a stylish reception venue for you and your guests to celebrate your wedding day.

Some of the benefits of holding your wedding reception at Zinc:

Reception Venue in the Heart of Port Douglas

Zinc Restaurant provides a wonderful venue for stylish and romantic wedding receptions. Located at the beach-end of the main street of Port Douglas, Zinc is close to a large number of the holiday accommodation apartments and houses in town, is right by famous Four Mile Beach and St Mary's church is around 500 metres away. Visit our location page for more information.

Experienced In-House Wedding Reception Coordinator

Our in-house wedding coordinator, Danielle, has been involved in the wedding industry in Port Douglas for more than 15 years as the owner/operator of Port Douglas Weddings (which she sold recently to focus on our receptions).

Quite simply, Danielle knows weddings and understands your needs!

Dedicated Reception Areas

Unlike most reception venues in Port Douglas, Zinc has dedicated areas for you and your friends and relatives, so that your wedding reception can be held without interruption from other restaurant patrons.  

Zinc restaurant has two areas available depending on the size of your group: 

• A function room - suitable for up to 45 guests depending on table configurations.  This room is air-conditioned.
• An outdoor area, with a retractable awning, just outside the function room - suitable for up to 45 guests. This is not airconditioned however Zinc enjoys cool sea breazes during the months of April to November.
• Wedding receptions with more than 45 guests can utilise both the inside and outside areas. We have held receptions for around 100 guests using both areas.

Because Zinc has a dedicated wedding reception area, we do not have to charge you a large "sole-use" fee. There is a minimum spend charge but you will find that this is well below typical sole use fees and unless you have a very small reception, you will exceed the minimum spend anyway.

Food, Beverage and Service

At Zinc, we are committed to providing you and your guests with outstanding food, an amazing selection of cocktails, beverages and wines, and attentive, professional service.

Zinc Lounge

Zinc has a lounge area that remains open until late, perfect for that drink after your reception, if needed. A lounge menu is also available until late.

Live Web Camera - Free

We also offer our high-quality web camera at no extra cost when you hold your reception at Zinc. This means that friends and relatives not able to be in Port Douglas can view your reception via the internet....live.

Simply let Danielle know that you would like this inclusion and we will have the camera running during your reception.

Contact Us

Please contact our wedding reception co-ordinator, Danielle, for all wedding reception enquiries via email or our online enquiry form:

Danielle is committed to making your reception at Zinc stress-free, truly special and memorable.

Visit Us

If you are visiting Port Douglas at any time, please let us know beforehand so that we can arrange a time for Danielle to show you through Zinc and answer any questions you may have.

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Wedding Links

If you haven't already arranged your accommodation, transport, flowers, ceremony or other important aspects of your wedding, we are in the process of compiling a page of links to local wedding-related businesses in the Port Douglas area. Our links page will be completed shortly.....click here for a peek.

Testimonials

Dear Danielle,

Sorry for not writing to you sooner but time has been quite scarce since we
got home.

Thank you so much for all you help on the day. The reception was everything
we wanted. It was perfect.

Please also thank all the staff who worked on the night as the biggest
compliment from all the guest was that the service was excellent and the
staff was so attentive. They did a fabulous job looking after everyone.

We had the best time and have to commend the chefs for the food...it was
awesome. All our guest were so impressed with the meals as they were
unbelievably delicious.

Again, thank you so much for helping us have a unforgettable reception. You
did a great job and everything was just perfect.

Yours sincerely,

Kelly & Josh
October 17th 2009

Hi Danielle,

I just wanted to say thank you, you and your staff were fantastic.

Everything for the food to the room set up was better than I ever imagined. Everything was amazing.

We had the best day and night and everyone is still talking about how good it was.

Also I big thank you to your staff, they were always there and we never had to wait for anything, the night would not have been so good if it was not for them.

Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!! We can’t thank you enough for your efforts and service.

Sincerely

Katherine B
August 28th 2009

Hi Danielle,

We just wanted to drop you a quick email to say thank you so much for everything you did for our reception.

Zinc was a beautiful place to hold our reception and far beyond our expectation.

Your staff were friendly, professional and simply wonderful. They took a lot of pressure of us and allowed us to just relax and enjoy the atmosphere.

The food was absolutely perfect. Everything was delicious.

Your help leading up to the day was brilliant and simply invaluable. Planning a wedding away from home was always going to be a challenge but your expertise and support made it a whole lot easier.

If you ever have a potential client who would like to speak to someone about what to expect from Zinc then please do not hesitate to contact us, we would be more than happy to tell them about our experience with you.

We wish you, your family and all the staff at Zinc all the best for the future and once again thank you for all your help.

Kind regards,

Kayana and Shayne
July 7th 2009

Hi Danielle,

We just wanted to say a quick thank you for our wonderful wedding ceremony
at Zinc on the 9th April 2009.  We had such a great night & everything went so
well & stress free!

You did a great job setting up the function room, it looked absolutely
lovely.  Even though we are in Melbourne & you in Port Douglas, you made it
so easy to arrange everything & provided us with all the information &
advice needed.  We thank you for meeting with us before the big day to go
over everything & show us around Zinc.

Thank you to the wonderful & talented chefs you have working there, the meal
was absolutely lovely & everyone commented on how beautiful it was.  I even
had one guest comment that it was the best meal he ever had!  The meal
selections all looked great it was so hard trying to choose just a couple of
each to have on the menu.

Also a big Thank you to the waiters & waitresses, they did a great job on
the night.  A lot of the guests commented to me that they were never waiting
for anything, the waitresses were always on top of it & drinks were always
full!!!  A special mention & thank you to Shell, she did a wonderful job &
even when Nigel & I came back to have another meal at Zinc, she remembered
us & still made us feel very welcome.

If you could also thank the DJ for his time & service, he did a great job!

We highly recommend having a wedding reception at Zinc & we wouldn't change
a thing, everything was absolutely perfect & everyone that works there is
very friendly & goes out of their way to help you (and the cocktails are to
die for!!!!).

Thanks again

Nicole & Nigel

Hi Danielle

Just a huge big thank you to you and the staff – we had an exceptional day/evening that will forever be remembered. The tables looked great and the cupcakes were yummy. Everyone commented how great the food was – I loved every bit of it all! Port Douglas is a truly magical place and was the perfect setting for our wedding. All your help and organising meant I didn’t have to think about anything – from start to finish it was a very painless experience.

Please pass on our thanks to Angelo and all the staff – we will return at some point in the future and definitely stop in to enjoy the Zinc experience once again.

Thanks, Becky and Bryan

Dear Danielle

With apologies for taking so long to email you, I'm writing thank you cards but they will be another few weeks away but I wanted to email you to say a very big thank you for all your help in making our reception so incredibly wonderful. The service was great, all the waiting staff were very attentive and looked after everybody extremely well. We got so many comments on the food, it was amazing and all courses were exceptional, I knew they would be after I came up in march and sampled the menu! I think you will have a few return visitors! The table settings looked lovely also. Afterwards it was only a short stroll home to the Cayman Villas.

Cameron and I feel extremely lucky in that it isn't easy organising your wedding from so far away and I did choose everything myself but we couldn't have asked for a better wedding, all the locals from Port that helped us were really helpful, friendly and a pleasure to deal with.

Many thanks again

Warm regards

Sarah and Cameron

Hi Danielle,

As Father of the Bride I would like to thank you and your team for such a wonderful wedding reception for Bec & Corey. Our guests, all from Melbourne & Adelaide were most impressed with the friendliness of the staff the set up of the reception and the the food. Accolades to the chef.
My Wife and self will be back in Port Douglas in May 08 for a bit of R & R and we hope to make it a point to have dinner at Zinc whilst we are there.

Regards,
Des & Donna

Dear Danielle,

Hi Danielle

We would just like to say a HUGE thankyou to yourself and the team at Zinc for the most perfect wedding reception we could ever ask for. The whole night was absolutely perfect, from the room set up, to the staff who provided the most outstanding service and of course to the most beautiful food we could ever imagine. Our guests could not stop talking about the delicious meals and your gorgeous staff, with some so impressed they chose to dine at your restaurant again in the days following the wedding.

Also a huge thankyou for all of your assistance leading up to our wedding day. You were incredibly helpful in answering our many questions and emails.

It has been an absolute pleasure dealing with you Danielle. Please pass on our thanks and gratitude to all of your staff who made our perfect day so much more special.

Many Thanks

Corey & Bec

Dear Danielle,

Ellen and I would like to express our sincerest gratitude for the wonderful job you, Angelo, and the team at Zinc Restaurant achieved in hosting our wedding reception on July 7.

Over the months preceding the wedding our dealings with you were most professional, which surely helped the event run as smoothly as it did. The night itself was absolutely perfect. We cannot be more effusive in our praise for the wait and kitchen staff. The waitresses were prompt, friendly and very attentive to our guests needs. The food too was superb, all our guests commenting on how much better it was than the standard wedding reception fare.

You did a fantastic job setting the tables and room up in the just the way we envisioned, which helped create a magical ambience. A special thank-you too for arranging the webcam to be set-up. It proved a hit with everyone, particularly the many friends & family in Australia and overseas who couldn’t be there. It helped them ‘feel a part of it’. Thank-you again, it will be a night that will live forever in our memories.


Yours Truly,

James & Ellen

Hi Danielle

So sorry that I have taken so long to contact you. Been busy organising our Post Wedding Party (this Saturday) for all those family & friends that couldn't make it to P.D.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help and assistance in organising my wedding. The restaurant looked fabulous, the food was fantastic and the service was exceptional. I wish that I could do it all again. I couldn't have asked for a better restaurant for my wedding reception and I will be happy to recommend Zinc to anyone who is thinking of getting married in Port Douglas. Thanks to you, Angelo and the team at Zinc, I received nothing but compliments all night about how good our wedding was.

Thanks again for everything...
Hope to be up there again soon!

Best Wishes
Belinda C xox

P.S. Love the photo's on the website...brings back happy memories!!!!

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