Which is better for fried chicken in Cairns: Dundees on the Waterfront or Hecho En Mexico Cairns?

Dundees on the Waterfront ranks higher on BestDish (62 vs 62 points). Pick Hecho En Mexico Cairns if its raw Google rating is higher (4.7★ vs 4.6★).

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Dundees on the Waterfront vs Hecho En Mexico Cairns

the top two for fried chicken in Cairns, compared properly

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: Dundees on the Waterfront beats Hecho En Mexico Cairns for fried chicken in Cairns — it leads our ranking by 0 points (4.6★ across 5,317 google reviews). Pick Hecho En Mexico Cairns if its raw Google rating is higher (4.7★ vs 4.6★).

Dundees on the Waterfront vs Hecho En Mexico Cairns — fried chicken in Cairns (September 2026)
	Dundees on the Waterfront	Hecho En Mexico Cairns
BestDish rank	#1 🥇	#2 🥈
BestDish score	62	62
Google rating	4.6★	4.7★
Google reviews	5,317	2,059
Price tier	$$$	$$
Suburb	Cairns City	Cairns City
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Go deeper: Dundees on the Waterfront dossier · Hecho En Mexico Cairns dossier · the full Cairns fried chicken ranking

How we score: Google review strength (rating above a 3.8 baseline weighted by volume), blended with community-consensus mining on high-traffic pages. No pay-to-rank.