About Us

Located on Wharf Street in the heart of Port Douglas’s dining district, 2 Fish is proud of its leading reputation as one of Port Douglas’s premier award wining restaurants.

2 Fish was established by Jeff Gale in 2003 and quickly established itself as one of Port’s most exciting and innovative restaurants. After a mid career sea change from TV Production, working with Grundy TV, Seven Production and Beyond Limited, Jeff arrived in Port Douglas and initially honed his restaurant administration skills as the Business/Financial Manager of such signature Port Douglas restaurants as Nautilus Restaurant and Salsa Bar & Grill, and then moved on to establish his first Port Douglas restaurant venture Swish. From these simple beginnings Jeff has created one of Port Douglas's most successful restaurants. You can often find Jeff in the restaurant, enjoying lunch or dinner or behind the bar, assisting the floor crew on busy nights, ensuring that our restaurant patrons get the best possible level of service and attention.

Head Chef Tommy Young has created an exciting and mouth watering menu that showcases the best of Tropical North Queensland produce and of course specialises in the wonderful variety of fresh reef fish, abounding in the warm tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Tommy comes to 2 Fish after working at Nautilus Restaurant, the iconic Port Douglas restaurant. Although Tommy is Australian born he was brought up in England and gained his extensive cooking training there before moving back to Sydney. Empowered with a passion to cook good food Tommy set about gaining experience in a number of Sydney restaurants before heading north to Port Douglas. Tommy's main focus is on clean, simple cuisine that utilises an interesting combinations of flavours.

Our Restaurant Manager Nick Tither and his dedicated staff are there to guide you through our menu selection and extensive wine list and attend to every detail to make your dining experience with us at 2 Fish a memorable one. After finishing his degree in Political Science at Canterbury University in New Zealand Nick decided it was time to do some travelling and got as far as Port Douglas, a place his father had visited many times and recommended as a great place to visit in Australia. Given there was little opportunity to use his degree in Port Douglas Nick returned to utilise his barman skills gained while a student at the famous Dux-de-Lux in Christchurch. It wasn't long before Nick's abilities were noticed and he quickly moved into restaurant management roles, firstly at Zinc Restaurant and now at 2 Fish.