The crystal structure of the organoplatinum(II) title complex, [Pt(C9H6NO)(C11H13O2)] or [Pt(methyleugenol)(8-hydroxyquinolinato)], has been determined in order to verify the coordination environment of the PtII cation, which was found to be square-planar with the N and O atoms of the quinolinate ligand cis and trans, respectively, with respect to the ethylenic double bond. The least-squares planes through the two aromatic ring systems make an angle of 39.87 (10)°. In the crystal, chains are formed parallel to [100] sustained by C—H...O hydrogen bonds. Parallel chains further interact via C—H...O and C—H...π contacts. The complex shows interesting activity on four human cancer cell lines with IC50 values between 1.92 and 4.86 µM.