Gold Coast Surfers Paradise bar’s coronavirus reopening goes viral

A glitter strip bar restaurant’s promotion to open its 500-capacity venue for just 10 has gone viral with patrons clamouring to have it to themselves.

Katie Lowry and Laura Griffiths at White Rhino – 10 people can win the sole table available for its reopening on Saturday night. Photo: Pedro Freitas

A GLITTER strip bar restaurant’s promotion to open its 500-capacity venue for just 10 lucky winners of an online competition has gone viral with patrons clamouring to have it to themselves.

Surfers Paradise hotspot White Rhino Bar and Eats launched the competition on Monday aimed at relaunching plans to reopen from Thursdays to Sundays with a bang.

The draw for the sole table of 10 and cocktails on arrival on Saturday coincides with a live streamed house party it is planning with its live 42 Band on the premises.

Bree Maloney and Bonnie Pickering at White Rhino – it relaunches this Saturday. A competition online to win its sole table for 10 patrons who will have the 500-capacity venue to themselves has gone viral. Picture: Mike Batterham

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“One table of 10 available for Saturday!” the post reads, adding: “You, your friends plus 42 Band the ENTIRE venue to yourselves!

“We’ve had so many requests for reservations for this Saturday – so we thought this would be the most fair way for someone to reserve a table due to restrictions.”

As of yesterday afternoon, more than 2500 people had tagged friends hoping to win seats at the table which with the full menu and waiter service on offer. White Rhino intends to draw the winner on Friday.

White Rhino Bar & Eats partner Matt Keegan: “To have 2500 so far shows how excited people are to come back and party.”

White Rhino spokesman Matt Keegan said the promotion was intended as a way of signalling it would reopen for Thursday-Sundays for 10 at a time.

“The group who wins will have the venue from 7pm to themselves and can stick around and party. It’s going to be a celebration of the official relaunch and reopening.

“It’s been an amazing response – to have 2500 so far shows how excited people are to come back and party and it’s an even stronger indication of how excited people are to come back to White Rhino.”