Club Beenleigh completed renovations to their Member’s Bar with Hot Concepts last year and turnover increased by over 50%. So naturally they approached Hot Concepts to renovate their  Bull ‘n’ Barra Restaurant and Function Rooms.

The official re-opening was an exciting evening for the local area with attendance from Local Councillors, Club President and Members, Management and of course the Hot Concepts Team.

The project involved a completely renovated restaurant, bar, kids room, two function rooms, bathrooms and an exterior render. The feedback has been unanimously positive from management, staff and customers.

Cineplex Redbank have already opened their doors with the eight cinemas screening ahead of schedule, in time for the Easter school holiday rush with the Deluxe Lounge and Cinema Café official ribbon cutting two weeks later attended by the Mayor of Ipswich, Councillor Paul Pisasale and Managing Director of Retail First, Steven Bridges.

The Cineplex boasts eight cinemas with sleek and sophisticated interiors including deluxe reclining chairs in every cinema. The “Deluxe Cinema” is fully equipped, fitted entirely with luxurious reclining chairs and is completely licensed. Linked to the Deluxe Cinema is the Deluxe Lounge where patrons can wine and dine before or after their movie as well as order food and drinks to arrive during a screening. The Deluxe Lounge offers an exclusive menu and is also licensed with a fully equipped bar providing a very DELUXE overall experience!

An innovative addition to the cinema precinct is the trendy cafe accessible to not just movie-goers, but to all shopping centre patrons, creating a new dining destination independent of the movie experience.

Hot Concepts regularly features in industry publications. Read our QHA August article about the functional designs of bar work spaces, and the effect these have on the employees and the establishment.

In late March of this year, we finished the first stage of the Balmoral Cineplex renovation. This consisted of the Cafe, now referred to as La Prima Caffe, and Cinema One.

In a very quick 5 weeks we managed to achieve the program from demolition through to handover, just in time for the opening night.

Check the project further on our projects page here.

The image below shows the opening night for the movie “Half of a Yellow Sun”, where the director was present and held a question time after the movie had finished.

Great night, and we were relieved to have finished the cinema in time!!!

Thanks to all who have visited us over the two days at the Hospitality & Gaming Australasia (HGA) Expo. We hope to see you all soon.

Thanks to Stephen Hughes from Cubus Concepts for loaning us the tub chairs. Check out their furniture here.

Thanks also to Tim Russell from Interface Australia for your continued support with regards to carpet specification. Check out their carpet tiles here.

Interview with owner of the Hotel Norville, John Anderson. Interview was with Ken Ross, Managing Director of Hot Concepts in March, 2012. The locals compared the renovation of the hotel to that of something that you would in Melbourne as apposed to that of Toowoomba. The town is rich with rich architectural heritage and tradition and the renovation of the hotel relfects the notions of this.