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Mondrian Gold Coast
Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia · Mondrian · Core Luxury
Mondrian Gold Coast opened in June 2025 as the brand's first Australian property — a 24-floor beachfront tower at Burleigh Heads, a suburb recognised as the birthplace of modern man-on-man competitive surfing, where the first heat format was staged at its right-hand point break in 1977. Designed by BAR Studio (architect and interior designer of Capella Sydney), the hotel introduced the Mondrian brand — originally founded by Ian Schrager in Los Angeles in 1985 — to the Asia-Pacific.
- 208 rooms
- Opened 2025
- Rooms from 376 sq ft (35 m²)
- Architect: BAR Studio
- Interiors: BAR Studio
About Mondrian Gold Coast
- Burleigh Heads is credited as the birthplace of modern competitive surfing's man-on-man heat format, first staged at its legendary right-hand point break in 1977 — the hotel's pool club and surf-culture positioning sit on top of that specific sporting provenance.
- BAR Studio, the firm behind Mondrian Gold Coast's design, also designed Capella Sydney — two of the highest-profile Australian hotel openings within two years, by the same practice.
- Mondrian was founded in Los Angeles by Ian Schrager in 1985 as part of the original boutique hotel movement; when it opened in Burleigh Heads in 2025, it became the brand's first hotel in the Asia-Pacific after 40 years of operation primarily in North America and the Middle East.
- Entry-level rooms start at 376 sq ft (35 m²).
History
Mondrian Gold Coast is the first Mondrian in Australia and opened in 2025 as a new-build luxury beachfront hotel at Burleigh Heads. The property is part of Accor’s Mondrian brand and was positioned as a design-forward destination with immersive social spaces, dining, and wellness programming. The official site highlights its all-day Italian restaurant, lobby bar, seafood restaurant, pool club, and CIEL Spa.
The setting
Mondrian Gold Coast stands at 3 First Avenue on the beachfront esplanade of Burleigh Heads, a suburb celebrated as the birthplace of modern competitive surfing — the first man-on-man heat was staged at its legendary right-hand point break in 1977. Opened in June 2025 as the brand's first Australian property, the 24-floor tower sits with Burleigh Beach a six-minute walk away, the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre eight minutes by transit, and the volcanic headland of Burleigh Head National Park 12 minutes away. James Street, the suburb's acclaimed strip of independent restaurants and boutiques, is an eight-minute walk, giving the hotel a dual identity as both a surf-and-nature retreat and a culturally rich coastal base.
Restaurants and bars
- Haven Restaurant — Restaurant · Seafood, wood-fired, Australian coastal
- LiTO Restaurant — Restaurant · Italian
- LiTO Bar — Restaurant · Italian
- Sunset Bar — Bar
Amenities
- CIEL Spa
- pool club
- ocean-view social spaces
- all-day dining
- lobby bar
- wellness programming
- beachfront location
- bespoke event spaces
- Sauna
- Fitness center
Awards
- 9 Queensland Hotel Association Awards for Excellence nominations (2026)
- Esquire — The Best New Hotels in the World (2026)
- Forbes — 25 Dazzling New Luxury Hotels Opening In (2025)
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