The data behind this ranking: BestDish has scored 15 bao venues in Cairns, drawing on 10,690 Google reviews across 4 suburbs. The median venue score is 48 (out of a top score of 69); the median Google rating is 4.7★. Current #1: Malatang Noodles with a score of 69. Updated September 2026.
Score distribution — Bao in Cairns (September 2026)
Venues ranked
15
Google reviews analysed
10,690
Median BestDish score
48
Score range
38–69
Median Google rating
4.7★
Suburbs represented
4
Top movers this month
No ranking moves of 2+ places since the last snapshot — the current order held steady.
Methodology
Venues are ranked by review strength: Google rating above a 3.8 baseline, weighted by review volume (a 4.6★ with 2,000 reviews beats a 4.8★ with 60). Global fast-food and dessert franchises are excluded.
Scores and review counts on this page are computed at build time from the exact same dataset that powers the
live bao ranking — nothing here is a separate or hand-picked figure.