Gold Coast business: BOBs Beer brewery and restaurant opening on corner of Elkhorn Ave and Orchid Ave at Surfers Paradise

A flash new Gold Coast brewery and restaurant is almost ready to open its doors. Here’s what you can expect.

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THE co-owner of a flash new Gold Coast brewpub has placed his faith in Surfers Paradise, adamant the suburb will boom in the near future.

BOBs Beer’s chief operating officer Dhi Vig believes Surfers is already on the up and expected his venue boasting 16 taps and “sophisticated” restaurant fare would help drive further investment.

He pointed to development of oceanside Cali Beach Club, due to open early this year, as another example of the changing face of the party precinct after the coronavirus crisis hit.

“A lot of new businesses are coming. Things are changing. I would say in a year or so a lot more will be happening in Surfers Paradise,” Mr Vig said.

“There’ll be more venues like us, giving an experience no one has in Surfers now.

“I see people say Surfers Paradise needs rejuvenation, that things are not great – but I see locals here all the time already.

“Surfers Paradise is known around the world, not just Australia, and when people talk about the Gold Coast they talk about Surfers Paradise.”

Head Brewer Ryan Fullerton blows the froth off a new brew. Picture: Glenn Hampson.

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BOBs, on the corner of Elkhorn and Orchid avenues, is due to open Monday after COVID-19 resulted in delays.

“They (Gold Coast City Council) were very accommodating and the approval process was easy, but the build was difficult considering the size of the equipment,” Mr Vig said.

“We also had COVID, so we had to stop construction during that period and that slowed things down a little bit.”

BOBs (best of beers) will split its taps — eight will be used to pour craft beers from New Zealand and Australia and eight will be dedicated to creations by BOBs head brewer Ryan Fullerton, who moved from Victoria in late 2019.

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The former Clifton Hill Brewpub worker has relished the chance to create his own brewhouse for the first time.

“It was a massive undertaking. There’s been challenges and setbacks, but now it’s set up this brewery is running like an absolute dream.

“It was winter in Melbourne when I stepped off the plane, 22C here and I just thought ‘yeah, I could get used to this’.

“You have to have the passion for high-quality beer and talk to people drinking it. There’s just a piece of glass here between me and the people drinking my beer – I hope they come and say g’day.”

Head Brewer Ryan Fullerton says he believes Surfers will recover. Picture: Glenn Hampson.

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Mr Fullerton expected lager would prove particularly popular with Gold Coast customers.

BOBs restaurant will serve modern Australian fusion fare by head chef Norbert Szlama.

Mr Vig wants to see BOBs achieve a sought-after AGFG Chef Hat and be recognised as a hatted eatery.

Items on the menu include lamb sirloin with asparagus and goat cheese curd, Hungarian seafood chowder and lollipop chicken wings.

Manager Bruna Mancini said it had been exciting to see the venue take shape.

“It’s a lot of work, it’s not something easy, but you can see there’s a lot of love in the venue in the details,” she said.

“When you part of the process it’s like you’re giving birth. It’s your baby.”

About 35 workers have been employed at BOBs.

Mr Vig said the venue had been working to reduce environmental impacts and would use spent grain to create plates.

BOBs will be open every day of the week from midday to 12am.

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