The data behind this ranking: BestDish has scored 14 kebab venues in Cairns, drawing on 5,954 Google reviews across 9 suburbs. The median venue score is 32 (out of a top score of 73); the median Google rating is 4.5★. Current #1: Yaya’s Hellenic Kitchen and Bar with a score of 73. Updated September 2026.
| Venues ranked | 14 |
| Google reviews analysed | 5,954 |
| Median BestDish score | 32 |
| Score range | 17–73 |
| Median Google rating | 4.5★ |
| Suburbs represented | 9 |
No ranking moves of 2+ places since the last snapshot — the current order held steady.
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 kebab ranking — nothing here is a separate or hand-picked figure.