Fishbowl Is Opening Its Second Salad-Slinging Queensland Store in Burleigh Heads in August

Talk about making up for lost time: after finally heading north to Queensland, opening its first Sunshine State store in Newstead in Brisbane in mid-July, Sydney salad chain Fishbowl will launch its next outpost in August. This time, it's setting up shop in Burleigh Heads, and giving Gold Coast residents a taste of its Japanese-inspired bowls.

Fishbowl originally started serving up healthy vegetable-filled bowls in New South Wales six years ago, in 2016, back when founders Nathan Dalah, Nic Pestalozzi and Casper Ettelson were all uni students. Since, then, in just NSW and Victoria alone, it has expanded to operate 22 stores in Sydney and five in Melbourne.

Launching on Saturday, August 6, the Burleigh Heads spot will be the chain's Gold Coast flagship joint, and will continue to serve up the dishes that've made the brand such a hit. The company sells more than 10,000 bowls of its most popular dish — The OG, that salmon sashimi bowl with kale, savoy, beets, shallots, edamame, red onion, roasted sesame dressing, seaweed salad, tobiko and crispy shallots — every week.

For newcomers to Fishbowl, the chain's bowls revolve around its range of house favourites. So, you can enjoy its original salmon sashimi number, its coconut chicken bowl and a warm 12-hour braised brisket option — among other varieties — but personalise it by choosing from brown rice, sushi rice, glass noodles, mixed cabbage, mixed leaves and soba noodles as bases.

As it did in Brisbane, the brand is making its GC debut in the most enticing way any new eatery can: with freebies. For Gold Coast folks keen to give Fishbowl a try — or Brisbanites in the neighbourhood on Saturday, August 6 — there'll be free bowls for the Burleigh Heads store's first 100 customers on opening day.

It's also slinging $10 bowls afterwards until close, and there'll be free seltzers, live tunes and other giveaways.

Find Fishbowl at 2 James Street, Burleigh Heads from Saturday, August 6.

Images: Nikki To.