Another quiet closure in the city.
A build-your-own Chinese bowl spot on Kingsway near Burnaby’s Metrotown has quietly shut down after about a year and a half.
Dragon Bowl at 4929 Kingsway has been closed since the spring, with no announcement from the brand.
Customers first reported finding it closed in April, with a sign on the door saying the owners were away on vacation until April 30.
By late May, customers said it still hadn’t reopened, and it has stayed closed since.
On Google, the location’s listing is tagged as permanently closed.
When we walked by recently, the red Dragon Bowl sign and awning were still up, but there was no sign of the shop coming back.
The Burnaby location is still listed on Dragon Bowl’s website.
We first spotted Dragon Bowl moving in in December 2024, in the former Onezo Tapioca unit, and it opened in February 2025.
It was the brand’s first Burnaby shop.
The concept was simple and quick.
You picked a bowl size, then a protein like chicken thigh, beef slices, pork tenderloin, lamb shoulder or jumbo shrimp.
Then came one of seven sauces, from the house Dragon Sauce to Black Pepper and the fiery Hot Devil Chili, over rice, noodles or salad, with three side dishes on the side.
It was the kind of fast, fair-priced lunch that fit right in on this busy stretch of Kingsway.
Burnaby isn’t the only Dragon Bowl that has gone quiet.
The Richmond location is oddly listed as temporarily closed.
The downtown Vancouver shop is still running, so that’s now the place to go for a bowl.
Dragon Bowl joins other recent Burnaby closures like Yunshang Rice Noodle at Crystal Mall and Sugar Burst at Metrotown.
Address
4929 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 2E5
