With a complete Resort environment all your wants and needs will be met. Sit back, relax and enjoy. Rydges Esplanade offers you so much more than your greatest expectation, a place to unwind from your busy schedule. At Rydges Esplanade Resort you will discover three superb resort swimming pools, one children's pool, two tennis courts, a complete Health club, Aerobic classes, spa, sauna, masseuse services, all this set within the lush tropical surround. Located conveniently on the Esplanade, Rydges Esplanade Resort is in walking distance to a vast array of Cairns finest shopping and dining facilities. The Resort is also the perfect base to explore the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage Rainforest Areas. CHB Restaurant serves a sumptuous full buffet breakfast, all day dining snack menu for lunch and in the evening, the Fire & Ice Seafood Dinner Menu. The Fire & Ice Dinner is an innovative concept mixing the style of a la carte dining with traditional buffet. Diners select from a choice of freshly prepared meats, poultry, fish and seafood that are then cooked on the flame grill, right in front of you and exactly the way you like it. The variety and choices on the buffet is extensive and the dessert and cheese selections are deliciously tempting.