Burleigh Pavilion to transform Gold Coast

Work is underway on the most ambitious restaurant project in the Gold Coast’s history.

The Burleigh Pavilion is a $9.1 million project which will cater for up to 600 diners across multiple zones on its second storey, with completion tipped for December.

It will house a yet-to-be-named restaurant run by revered Sydney chef Guillaume Zika. It will have an open kitchen and it will be divided into casual and more formal dining areas and will double the usable space with another 150 squares of alfresco dining.

The project is the work of Sydney outfit May Hotels.

General manager Justin Tynan said the hotel was there for locals and that the venue’s casual zone would include beach showers so guests can freshen up when they come from the beach.

“We’re 100 per cent accessible to the point we’re building an entrance off the beach,” Mr Tynan told the Gold Coast Bulletin.

“The whole idea is that you can get straight out of your wetsuit, put your board on the rack and have a beer in the corner bar.

“There’s definitely not going to be any big bouncers there saying you’ve got to wear a collared shirt. It’s a very accessible venue and price accessible too.

“You can enjoy the best location on the coast in your boardshorts for the cost of a beer or a burger.”

“There’s about five iconic sites like this on the east coast of Australia and when we saw it five years ago we fell in love with it straight away, just for its location.

“Even the storms that crashed through it didn’t deter us — they deterred a lot of people, but not us.

“Now we’ve future-proofed it so if there is a storm coming we can pop all those windows out and let the sea in, then it’s an easy clean up before we reopen.”

5th July 2018