Set on the fetching Darwin Waterfront, The Precinct Tavern attracts an eclectic crowd who come for the classic pub offering, fruit-driven cocktails, craft brews and the tropical vibe.
In many ways, The Precinct Tavern is a traditional Aussie pub – a big place with not a lot of furniture to stop you moving around. But in other ways, it’s a thoroughly modern seaside venue that revels in its tropical location – huge windows overlook a beautiful terrace, which in turn looks over a wave pool and crocodile-protected lagoon water park.
The Precinct is set on the upmarket Darwin Waterfront and probably attracts the broadest range of customers of any pub in the city. Families pop in for a meal and soft drinks after a session in the wave pool, tourists settle in for a cool drink and meal after promenading along the seafront, and groups of 20-somethings swarm onto the terrace in the evenings.
The venue has one of the widest ranges of craft beers in Darwin, including the appropriately named Lagoona Matata Sour Ale from Moon Dog brewery in Victoria. The food menu, meanwhile, features old favourites, such as steak, pizza and burgers, along with the likes of bao buns packed with smoked pork belly and slaw spiked with hoisin sauce, and roast pumpkin salad for the vegetarians.